Tonight, Monday 29 January at 7 pm I will be interviewed on Radio 2000 (99.7fm) by Allon Raiz with my friend Brian Carl Brown discussing LinkedIn and Social Networking for Entrepreneurs. This is just one of many recent interviews I’ve done in the month of January. So the year is getting off to a rocking…
Online gambling seems to be a hot topic in South Africa. Today, I’m interviewing with SAFM, a national talk radio station, on the topic of online gambling and online addiction. And so, not surprisingly, in preparation for the interview, I found this excellent write-up on the most comprehensive study on online gambling to date. Here’s…
Popular online social network MySpace will begin sending online alerts to users in certain US regions to help find missing children, as part of an expansion of plans to expand safeguards for users. MySpace struck a partnership with the National Centre for Missing & Exploited Children to enable MySpace Amber alerts, a programme between the…
This is from Mike Stopforth, Web 2.0 guru…I’ve already reserved my seat: I’m hosting another instalment of the infamous Geek Dinner movement, now branded “27“, on the 27th January at 5 pm in the Studio at Primi Piatti, Rosebank. The last one was an enormous success, and we’d like to keep the tradition going. I…
16 year old girl kidnapped by online predator using MXit. Avoid your child being next victim… Dear Parent and Teacher In October 2006, a sexual predator lured a schoolgirl using a cell phone-based messaging service. The suspect, a 33-year-old man, abducted and held the 16-year-old girl captive for five days, after he developed a cyber…