2009 May | Web AddiCT(s);

Nokia 97: How blogging competitions should be done.

6 Comments 27 May 2009

In December 2008 Your Web AddiCT first blogged about the Nokia N97 (video & specs). Nokia are about to launch this touch-come-qwerty mobile phone and are running a global blogging contest where 97 Nokia N97′s are up for grabs. If you’d like to win a Nokia N97 head on over to Paul Jacobson, Nafisa, imod [...]

Arb Thoughts

Just some cool Friday stuff

No Comments 22 May 2009

I haven’t posted in a while, so I thought I’d share some cool stuff I’ve found the past week or so. I’ve been sharing this through my twitter profile as I find them, but I thought I needed place more emphasis on them. The worlds first battery fuelled by air – Developed at the Chemistry [...]

Africa

Africa’s first IM Book in bid to combat illiteracy

No Comments 06 May 2009

In an effort to combat illiteracy books are now available via the MXit IM platform. From today, MXit users will be able to download an entire book on the MXit network for a mere R13.50 (50 Moola per chapter), which is a fraction of the cost of purchasing literature in traditional bookstores. Find the Mbooks [...]

Innovation

The next technology battle: Laser vs LED

3 Comments 05 May 2009

After the HD vs Blu-Ray disc format wars were over, Blu-ray emerge the clear winner, however soon to be replaced by HVD, but that’s another story. Anywho, it seems we have another technology war upon us, also in the entertainment industry, but this time televisions. The war this time is between Laser TV (currently backed [...]

Social Media

Internet World 2009

No Comments 02 May 2009

I went to the Internet World 2009 expo this week and just wanted to drop a quick post about it. There was a lot of companies punting their wares and old jokes about swine flu, but in the end I thought it was a quite a success. Lots of interesting people and companies doing some [...]