Mxit education takes off

Mxit has signed up 5-million subscribers to its educational content, and 600 000 to its eight exam revision applications. Mxit believes this provides ample evidence that the average mobile phone can become a transformative education tool for learners. Andrew Rudge, Read More →

SMS' Can Relieve Stressed, Lonely People

SMS' Can Relieve Stressed, Lonely People BERKELEY — Text messaging often gets a bad rap for contributing to illiteracy and high-risk behaviour such as reckless driving. But a social welfare professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has found an upside to texting, especially for people who feel stressed Read More →

15 Minutes with Ramon Thomas

This interview was compiled for a weekly feature in the Daily Dispatch newspaper in East London: Online behaviour expert Ramon Thomas talks to the Dispatch about technology and how it affects you. Profiles will appear at www.dispatch.co.za Q: YOU describe yourself Read More →

Report On Cellular Payment Systems In South Africa

This report is republished with permission from the author, Reuel Leach. You may contact him for more advise on saving money when using cellphones and Internet access on his cell 082 211 2619 Do you know what you are paying Read More →

A deeper look at MXit's war on porn and cyber criminals

This was announced a few days ago. And I would like to give some perspective before you read the official statement from MXit below. MXit has been around for a number of years. And the media has enjoyed blaming MXit Read More →

Using MXit on Your BlackBerry

BlackBerry Curve 9320 Even though BlackBerry has it own Instant Messaging software, 17 million MXit users make it very appealing to use the MXit application on your BlackBerry with unlimited Internet. So, you’ve got a Blackberry and you want to MXit with your Read More →