Bill Gates asks a question on LinkedIn Answers
LinkedIn has recently upgraded its home page and functionality to be more in line with the competition, like Facebook. However, I’ve never really perceived Facebook as direct competition for LinkedIn because they focus on different markets completely. As you may know, Facebook is more of a student hangout, and LinkedIn has always been a place […]
Cellphones, Cheating and Couples
Recently a question the following question was posted on the Bruin-ou.com forum: Should we as individuals be concerned about those ringing and in many cases “vibrating” cellphones of our girlfriends/boyfriends, which we never get to see? Here’s my response…Besides being a part-time dating coach, I speak across South Africa to parents, teachers and teenagers about […]
How to avoid phishing emails from South African banks
For the first 8 years of my professional career, I specialised in information security or Internet security, working for various ISPs and banks in South Africa, England and the United Arab Emirates. The particular focus I had was on looking after the network security and managing the firewalls. So, for the most part, my work […]
South Africa nearing 1 million broadband connections
MyADSL reports that South Africa is nearing 1 million broadband Internet connections… South Africa is closing in on the one million broadband connection mark, mainly due to fast wireless broadband growth. Telkom’s ADSL service is still the leading broadband service in South Africa with around 400 000 subscribers. Vodacom’s 3G/HSDPA service is fast catching up […]
Business networking tips – How not to network
Today, I conducted a trial run for my new business social networking workshop. It was well received overall,l and I’ll be formally launching this in March. Anyone in sales, marketing or self-employed, entrepreneurs or small business owners will benefit from this workshop.