2011 February | Web AddiCT(s);

How Android spreads around the wwworld

No Comments 24 February 2011

Want to know where in the world Google Android is being used? This is a data visualization of global Android device activations from October 2008 to January 2011. There are 2 new Android smart phones coming to South Africa thanks to Red Bull Mobile. The unboxing video will follow as soon as I’ve received mine. Stay tuned.

Cape Town

Living Labs Global Award 2011

No Comments 23 February 2011

Cape Town is one of the participating cities in the Living Labs Global Award 2011. Living Labs Global is a non-profit association based in Copenhagen (Denmark) with the objective to promote innovation in services and mobility in cities. Cape Town is looking to establish a new type of Venture Capital Fund on the African continent [...]

HowTo

How To MXit from Facebook

5 Comments 21 February 2011

Back before Facebook became what it was in South Africa and MXit, Africa’s largest social network, boldly went (mobile) where no other dared to travel. This was way before every radio dj and would-be South African celeb started pumping their twitter handles on the air. Do you remember those days? If you don’t they’ve been [...]

Mobile Phones

Android Booth at #MWC2011

1 Comment 16 February 2011

The Mobile World Congress in under way in Barcelona, Spain. Have a look at the Google Booth. This is like an Android fanboy’s playground. Slide included…

Innovation

PPM: Personalised Priority Messaging

No Comments 14 February 2011

A look at the evolution of business to consumer communication brought to you by Web AddiCT(s); favourite sponsor, Clickatell. Nowadays it’s becoming more and more difficult to meet the communication needs of an ever-growing customer base. How do most companies ‘talk’ to their customers? E-mailers or newsletters remain a popular form of communication. They allow [...]

Cape Town

Shell + Karoo = Gasland 2

No Comments 08 February 2011

So Shell want to frack the Karoo basin. Do we really need what is happening in the US (as seen in this video) to happen to residents of the Karoo? Several oil companies hope to prospect the Karoo for natural gas using suspect methodologies which have farmers and townsfolk alike up in arms. The latest [...]

Arb Thoughts

wwworld Update #1

3 Comments 02 February 2011

You might have noticed things changing, or rather slowing down, on this blog. Maybe you haven’t but they have. Instead of the daily hustle to get a blog post out to you I’ll rather write more detailed blog posts on a less frequent basis hopefully providing you with more to chew on so to speak. The internet [...]