I was meaning to publish this post on Friday but was distracted by events in Cape Town – which may have been a blessing in disguise as I have had some time to reflect on Day 2 of the programme. The programme on Thursday was packed with case studies from companies like Nike, Deloitte, JSE, [...]
It’s been interesting to see how far South African businesses have come with social media and how far they still need to go. The two brands who impressed me today were Standard Bank and Cell C. Here is why. It’s clear that involvement in social media as brands is forcing each business to go from [...]
As we mentioned last week the Social Media World Forum event is happening in Cape Town on June 1 & 2 2011. What’s really interesting is that the event is being described as a “double-billed technology extravaganza.” Here’s why: Running at the same time as the Social Media World Forum will be the Apps World [...]
Great news! Six Degrees is bringing the Social Media World Forum event to the Cape Town Convention Center on June 1 & 2. This event is held annually in New York, London, Singapore and Dubai, and it’s great to see Cape Town added to list. We are really excited about this as it will give South [...]
So South Africa hosted U2′s 360 World Tour this past week and it was nothing short of spectacular, with the band breaking an attendance record for their Johannesburg show. During their performance in Cape Town, Bono asked the crowd to turn on their cellphones to create some magic, the lights dimmed and this was the [...]
When U2 made the announcement last week that they were adding two South African cities to their 360° tour there was a lot of excitement, since the last time the band was here, was in 1998. Judging from the comments on Twitter it was evident that there was going to be a mad rush for [...]
Lately I have been getting huge value from Google Mobile Maps. So I thought I would share some of these with you as there is a huge amount of functionality that is just a click away on your phone. Most phones these days can use mobile maps, but if you have an Android, Blackberry, iPhone, [...]
Today we had the opportunity of meeting 2 of the faces behind Facebook in the European/African Region at the Habari Media event at The Venue in Melrose Arch. Here are some stats about the state of Facebook in South Africa. (The picture of the slide didn’t come out that well so we are repeating the [...]
Yesterday the traffic between Pretoria and Johannesburg was probably the worst this year. 2 accidents on the N1 put heavy strain on that and alternative routes. We were scheduled for a workshop which started at 9am in Morningside. We left Pretoria at 6:45am and arrived at the venue at 9am. While stuck in this traffic [...]
I am always on the lookout for applications that make my life simple and I think I have found the ultimate phone app, at least for what I need Enter Snaptu I love the user interface and it is really easy to navigate and use. Here is how I primarily use it: News & Blogs: [...]
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