2010 February | Web AddiCT(s);

Samsung Star winner is…

6 Comments 26 February 2010

The Samsung Star Competition has come to an end. It was capped at 100 entries to give the contestants a 1% chance of winning the touch screen mobile phone each. Without further delay it is time to announce the winner. The winner of the Samsung S5223 is…

Arb Thoughts

South African flavoured URL shorteners

5 Comments 24 February 2010

Quirk are giving away 50, $50 Google Analytics Individual Qualification vouchers to whoever uses the #QuirkLovesROI hashtag and includes a Web Analytics or Conversion Optimisation tip. This info was found in the Quirk Newsletter which happens to land in your inbox every Wednesday. Thank you Quirk. Something Quirk happened to mention in their newsletter happens [...]

Innovation

Recognizr: Facial Recognition Augmented Reality

3 Comments 23 February 2010

Here’s another glimpse into the future of your Google Android Mobile phone brought to you by TAT running on top of TAT Home, the 3D Android interface. This silent demo of Recognizr is mind boggling. Imagine being able to recognize your contacts just by their faces and then showing you all their social networks and [...]

Mobile Phones

Samsung Star

142 Comments 22 February 2010

The great folks over at Samsung Blog have given me this phone to give to you. The Social Web ready Samsung S5233. All you need to do to win this phone is post a comment below answering the following question: What is the other name of the Samsung S5233? . It’s Mobile Monday so here’s [...]

Arb Thoughts

FNB Paypal post vanished

3 Comments 21 February 2010

I wrote a post about FNB and Paypal earlier. It has vanished from this blog. Luckily it was indexed by Google so here it is again: It’s official First National Bank are in talks with PayPal to launch PayPal South Africa. In this screenshot taken by Charl Norman at what looks like FNB’s official site [...]

Google

Pondering Google’s Buzz

5 Comments 21 February 2010

When Google Buzz was let out into the wild it was everything but a finished product. Firstly, they published all the folks you contacted most frequently via Google Talk and Gmail. There is a huge privacy flaw in Google’s new Twitter/Facebook competitor, Google Buzz. When you first go into Google Buzz, it automatically sets you [...]

Blogging

9 Google Buzz tips

2 Comments 19 February 2010

Google Buzz is just becoming more and more useful especially if you are a blogger. Thanks to the awesome people who Your Web AddiCT has been interacting with on Google Buzz many awesome ideas have been sparked or built upon. Many ideas for blog post which are relevant to you have also been found from [...]

Linux

MeeGo Where Maemo & Moblin Went

1 Comment 18 February 2010

Maemo is a software platform developed by Nokia for smartphones and Internet Tablets. It is based on the Debian Linux distribution. The platform comprises the Maemo operating system and the Maemo SDK. Maemo is mostly based on open source code, and has been developed by Maemo Devices within Nokia in collaboration with many open source [...]

Blogging

Ways to monetize you blog in South Africa

1 Comment 18 February 2010

In the following presentation by Justin Hartman (Afrigator/Adgator CEO) he shares some pretty intersting facts about the top12 blogs in South Africa. Justin also shares ways in which you, as a South African Blogger, can make money using affiliate, PPC and CPM advertising. There is also some important news for all of the current bloggers [...]

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