Citizen journalism, let's keep our heads shall we?
Did this interview with Herman Manson of Media Toolbox a popular media newsletter. Here are the questions: To what extent is the M&G planning to make use of citizen/participatory journalism? What...
View ArticleGuess who owns facebook.co.za? Not Facebook.
It looks like Facebook doesn’t own facebook.co.za, its South African domain? I’m surmising this from the fact that: 1. it appears from the co.za registration data that the owner of Facebook.co.za lives...
View ArticleSocial media governments: Iceland, Nigeria, Rwanda & South Africa
An increasingly crucial part of our daily lives, social media is changing the way we interact, work and live. As a truly people-oriented medium, it is even altering our concept of society and...
View ArticleLook mom, I’m rioting on YouTube
It’s June 16th 2011 and the Vancouver Canucks ice hockey team loses Game seven of the Stanley Cup final to the Boston Bruins. A few beer bottles are thrown at the giant tv screen, some garbage cans are...
View ArticleBlackBerry sued over global service failure
In the latest twist of the tale of BlackBerry’s woes, the smartphone’s maker Research In Motion (RIM), is now being sued in Canada and the US as a result of the global BlackBerry Messenger failure. The...
View ArticleLenovo’s RIM acquisition not on the cards
Last week, a Bloomberg report suggested that Chinese electronics giant Lenovo was interested in acquiring struggling BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM). Apparently that report was wrong. A Sina...
View ArticleLooks like Lenovo really did want to buy BlackBerry
Looking back at BlackBerry’s rapid descent into ignominy, there are plenty of could have beens. The biggest of all them all — interest in a buyout from Lenovo — was long dismissed as rumour. It turns...
View ArticleCanada says no to Bitcoin as legal tender
If you’re planning a trip to Canada any time in the near future, don’t expect your Bitcoin to be treated as legal tender. The North American country made its position on the crypto-currency clear this...
View ArticleCape Town, think your water is bad? Onoway, Canada wants a word
Cape Town’s suffering from a bit of a water crisis at present. With less than 32% capacity remaining in our dams, the city has been declared a disaster area. But hey, at least we don’t have bright pink...
View ArticleUber-rival Lyft goes international, expands to Toronto
For the first time in its history, on-demand ride-hailing company Lyft will expand to a city beyond the United States. On Monday the firm announced plans to jump the northern border to Canada. It’s...
View ArticleUber-rival Lyft goes international, expands to Toronto
For the first time in its history, on-demand ride-hailing company Lyft will expand to a city beyond the United States. On Monday the firm announced plans to jump the northern border to Canada. It’s...
View ArticleCanadian college offers new qualification in growing cannabis
You can soon leave college in Canada with a qualification in growing cannabis. Yes Elon, weed. Ontario’s Niagara College, CBC reports, recently debuted its cannabis programme which teaches students the...
View ArticleUpdate: the Boeing 737 MAX 8 is now effectively grounded worldwide
Update, 13 March 10pm: The FAA on Wednesday “ordered the temporary grounding of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft” — that’s the 737 MAX 8 and 737 MAX 9 — backtracking on its previous stance that the plane is in...
View ArticleCanadian town takes up the ‘Cape Town Challenge’ to reduce water usage
A small town in Canada is taking up the “Cape Town Challenge” inspired by the latter’s recent struggle with water. According to a report on MyCoastNow, the news site of a local radio station, residents...
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