International Relationship Builder
In America the website MySpace is having a similar impact to MXit in South Africa. In fact its amusing to me both start with “M” 😉 Anyway I will be drawing more and more comparisons between MySpace and MXit going forward. As I keep saying none of these issues are new and originated on the …
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This is not surprising news for me because my associate, Arthur Goldstuck, has made a similar prediction back in Feb 2005. This website is not about morality but it is about reality. And all you have to do in South Africa is look at the explicit adverts on late night TV, especially eTV and you …
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Tonight I won two awards at my local Toastmasters meeting. Toastmasters International is a non-profit organisation that helps individuals improve their public speakings. My club is has meetings twice a month at Old Ed’s (next to the Virgin Active) in Houghton, Johannesburg. And tonight I did my 3rd speech. The basic Communications & Leadership program …
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Robert X Cringely is a journalist, author and online industry commentator that I have been reading since I first discovered him in Computing SA back in 1993-1995. Anyway his insights are very accurate and the trends he spots turn out to be important in most cases. This week he wrote in his weekly column on …
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Breaking news about the growth of MXit. Why thy chose 2.3 million to do a press release I do not understand, 2 million or 3 million would be a good way to go. The important thing to note in this press release is the break-down of the age groups. That 12-18 year category being the …
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