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The way in which we communicate has fundamentally changed in the last few decades. Today it seems almost unfathomable that a business or personal message could sometimes take days, or even weeks, to reach the desired recipient. Curiously, the mobile phone has been a critical factor in almost every major communication breakthrough in the last [...]

Big news for February was Nokia CEO Stephen Elop’s quick visit to South Africa while touring a few countries in Africa. In addition to spending some time in Kenya, where Nokia has a research facility, SA was the only other African country in which he made an appearance. The visit was highly publicised in local [...]

Most of us fondly remember the first time we sent an SMS. Back then, we were confined to alpha numerical keypads and passive black and white displays, good for little more than playing a vigorous game of ‘Snake’. Nonetheless, everyone embraced this technology and quickly began using it as a new and exciting form of [...]

If there’s one thing South Africa is chock-full of, it is talent. But ask any artist – musician, poet, writer – what their biggest hurdle is, and it is likely to be access to audiences. Even for those who enjoy the support and admiration of small groups of people, breaking through to the broader public [...]

Perhaps it started off like many modern romances: via instant messaging. Maybe it was Windows Live Messenger, perhaps WhatsApp. The platform’s not important. What matters is that love blossomed between two beautiful specimens – let’s call them M and N.   The conversation may have gone something like this (for the purposes of this blog, [...]