Wow, for those in the industry of social media and the likes, this will be quite a wow for you – word out is that CNN is interested in buying famous blog, Mashable.
At the moment nothing is official and sources report that ‘a little birdy’ told Reuters that this was the case. It was also said that the amount would be in excess of $200 million!
Here’s a video:
If you’re interested in reading more, The Next Web have covered the story here.
So by now I guess everyone’s heard about Sasha Martinengo leaving 5FM, it’s a great loss and mornings will never be the same. I must admit, Sasha’s show is probably the one 5FM show that I still listen to, otherwise I’m tuned into KFM.
Today Sasha put out a Facebook message questioning his fans as to whether they’d be interested if he had his own radio show. Sasha went on to question whether a show with motoring, motorsport, DJ decks, The Dot Spot and F1 would tickle anyone’s interest?
Very, very, very interesting!
I reckon I’d tune in! :)
It was a couple weeks ago that I did an interview with the Airborne folks, remember? The saffers who have created a cutting edge solution to some problems in the music industry! Well, I’ve got some good news, the Airborne staff have been kind enough to provide me with some free coupon codes for you to use once you’ve got an account.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Airborne, here’s the video, I suggest you take a watch:
Here’s what you do:
Right, let’s get onto those coupon codes, click them to enlarge them, log into your Airborne account and enter in the coupon code, you’ll then be able to enjoy following some incredible artists:
Best part: The artists will still earn money even when you use these vouchers, so go on and support someone!
For a long time I had a friend who worked at Neotel and over the months it was clear that they were gearing up to do some big things and I think this is one of them – NeoGo.
Neotel has launched a new service offering which gives you 24GB of data and a USB modem for just R799 once off – best part, the data’s valid for 12 months! Let me rephrase that for you, you pay R799 and you get a USB modem and 24GB’s of data.
That’s an incredible deal, probably one of the cheapest I’ve ever seen so if you’re a 3G user then this is something you should jump onto.
Click here to access the deal!
Consumer Electronics Association (CES) took part this weekend. CES is a trade association that promotes growth in the consumer technology industry, so much growth that the number said was 186 billion dollars! CES 2012 took place this weekend and from what I’ve seen and read, it was a cracker.
Some new technology trends were announced that the event, they covered:
Some cool trends in the mix, I can’t wait for the technologies to hit South Africa, especially the smart applications – I want my kettle to turn on via my iPhone in the morning ;)
Look & Listen have announced the launch of their digital store which sells MP3′s. The digital store features MP3 downloads, top MP3 songs, top MP3 albums as well as South African music downloads.
After looking around the store I can tell you that the average price of a song is R9.99 and R99.99 for an album, bringing it in cheaper than a lot of resources. There are over 100 genre’s to choose from and the South African music area is expanding quickly.
Must say, I normally buy my MP3′s from International sites, at around a dollar or so, but this definitely opens up a few questions: Will the download speeds be faster, are the payment options sufficient (Credit Card, Wallet, EFT, eBucks, Mimoney, Vouchers) and so forth.
Anybody tried? http://www.lookandlisten.co.za/mp3/
[Thanks Andre]
It’s been a long time coming, but something like this is worth waiting for. I’ve been using Web Africa for over a year and have only had problems twice – Once was down time for a couple hours and the other was caused by a Seacom problem, so it wasn’t even really Web Africa’s issue, so that’s technically 1 problem in over a year – not shabby at all. So, my point here is that when it comes to Web Africa, I’m totally thumbs up and to hear that they now have uncapped.. BONUS!
You’ll get unlimited data, free email addresses, a customer zone to monitor everything and a secure ADSL account. Now, here’s the best part, let’s look at the prices:
Pretty competitive prices if you ask me. I know that MWEB users have complained and complained about uncapped Internet, so knowing that Web Africa is behind this movement makes me feel that their prices are the cheapest, purely because of their service.
Alright, alright, sounds like I’m sucking up big time, I get it, but seriously, I have no reason to lie to you about my experience, so just take my word for it – Web Africa Home Uncapped – A must try!
Interested in reading more – click here.
You know those massive queues that form when Apple releases new iPhones, iPads and so forth? Well, imagine what it’s going to be like when his biography gets launched on the 24th of October!
This isn’t really news, we all know the book’s been in the making for a while now, what breaks my heart is that millions of people would have been longing for Steve to sign their books and unfortunately that will no longer be the case.
In honor of Steve, I will personally go and buy a book, a piece of his legacy in my house will be received with great pleasure.
Will you buy a copy?
Who doesn’t love a good bargain? Silly question really, everyone does! I came across a new website called Guzzle, which aims to provide, us South Africans, with a place to track down specials. Let’s call it a specials engine to be cool shall we? :) The best part about this website is that it covers appliances, cell phones, electronics and even groceries, so it’s not locked into a niche, which so many of these sites are.
Good items being shown on the website come from the major retailers in South Africa, Pick ‘n Pay, Makro, Dion Wired and Game, so it’s all the major brands in one easy and convenient place for you.
5 reasons why I like Guzzle:
The project is a self founded project, it’s not a marketing strategy or VC funded venture, the owners want to service the consumer. The owner told me that a great thing about the website is that it exposes prices to the consumer, which prevents us (the consumer) from spending money we shouldn’t be spending. Now I think that’s awesome.
Before I go, let me just mention that next Tuesday we giving away prizes, guests can just look at our http://www.facebook.com/GuzzleSA page for the competition details. Guzzle is giving away a Nintendo Wii Sports, Digital camera’s, TV etc, we just gave away R1000 cash.
For all SA’s Newspaper and Catalogue Specials, go to Guzzle.co.za.
I’ve read many posts over the years that discuss the perks of working at some of the leading technology corporations, but it’s not often that this information is compiled into a visual representation, in this case, an infographic. I thoroughly enjoyed looking through this infographic, but then felt a little jealous afterwards ;)
Just click the image below to enlarge it:
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