Mobility 2009 reveals South Africa's cellular gap

FNB and Blackberry back 2009 study The South African cellular market reached a milestone of 50-milion connections at the end of 2008 – but only 68% of these represented individual users. This is the first key finding from preliminary research conducted by World Wide Worx for its 2009 annual Mobility study, backed by First National …

TED Fellow will be held for the first time in India this November

-TEDIndia invites applications from Indian trailblazers for TED Fellows program- The future beckons’ is being held in India for the first time ever from 4-7 November 2009, at the Infosys Campus in Mysore. What makes TEDIndia extra-special is, that the TED Fellows program will include a group of 100 innovators from India and South Asia …

Ramon Sampedro chooses Death over Life

Today I watched the movie The Sea Inside about the life of quadriplegic, Ramon Sampedro, who decided to end his life because of his physical disability. In the movie he is brilliantly portrayed by Javier Bardem, one of my favourite actors. The director Alejandro Amenábar is a favourite of South African movie critic Barry Ronge, …

Recognising the Power of .Mobi websites

If you believe in the power and value that the internet can bring to your business then try typing your web address into your mobile phone…..frustrating isn’t it? The Web has revolutionized how we interact with and publish information, however surfing the internet using one’s mobile phone, whilst being quite convenient, can be a very …