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…
I’ve had so many interviews since the release of my Parents Guide to MXit, I’ve not had enough time to notify people on my email list or around me to listen in as in the past. The person who taught me how to deal with the media, how to generate your own publicity, is Arthur…
SMSWeb, a company that specialises in providing free SMS messaging to schools, has joined the Online Safety Action Campaign today. Their services allow schools to be in more direct and immediate contact with their parents, and also allow the schools to save costs in terms of telephone, printing and administration costs. The service is currently…
This is short notice, but this may be of interest to you or someone else you know. I’ve already booked my seat for this event. The 2nd Annual MyADSL Broadband Conference is taking place this Friday. I attended last year’s conference and was very impressed with the quality of the speakers and the number of…
Microsoft is one of the companies that you love to hate. They are like the JR Ewing of the Computer industry. The big bully that everyone is afraid to upset. Besides the fact that Microsoft has a dominant market share in desktop operating systems and productivity applications, it also has a huge cash pile in…