2011 July | Web AddiCT(s);

14 Ways MXit Protects It’s Users

2 Comments 25 July 2011

MXit, Africa’s largest mobile social network, has taken a tough stance on cyber crime on its platform by adopting some of the most stringent social networking security guidelines available globally. The social network recently reinvented its look and in addition to its normal safety features, it included a number of new security measures, including allowing [...]

Blogging

My 3 Day Challenge on Livin’ It Up

1 Comment 19 July 2011

This is probably the second last post about the Livin’ It up Blogger Challenge. If you haven’t been following along these three posts will help you along. At first I introduced you to the Livin’ It Up game and invited you to join along. The response wasn’t that great and I felt really lonely in [...]

Cape Town

WordCamp Cape Town is back in 2011

3 Comments 18 July 2011

WordCamp Cape Town Venue Change Event details: WordCamp Venue: Atlantic Imbizo WordCamp Location in Cape Town: Clock Tower Centre V&A Waterfront Map to WordCamp Cape Town: http://www.atlanticimbizo.co.za/map.php Registration starts @ 8am Back in 2008 when founder of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg, was in Cape Town for WordCamp my wwworld changed like it never has before. So [...]

Innovation

Android WiFi Sync… or why the Samsung Galaxy SII rocks

2 Comments 14 July 2011

As promised in my initial post about the Samsung Galaxy S II here is one of the main reasons I think it totally rocks. Usually with other smart phones like the iPhone 4 or most other Google Android phones you actually need to connect your device via USB to achieve anything quickly. iPhone users have [...]

Google, HowTo

Searching Google by Images

No Comments 12 July 2011

In an ideal world, searching anything on the internet you would have to physically type a query into a search engine field. However, what happens when you need to search to find “data” about “data”? Before you get confused, let me explain. Suppose you have seen a picture on the web and out of curiosity, [...]

Blogging

Is Livin’ It Up Sustainable?

1 Comment 12 July 2011

I’ve been playing Standard Bank’s simulation game, Livin’ It Up, for a few weeks now and what started out as an interesting little flashback to days gone by when I used to play Sim City and Sim City 2000 (not The Sims, even though I did play that too) for hours on end turned into [...]

Blogging

#MobiBlog – Web AddiCT(s); now available as a Nokia App

2 Comments 05 July 2011

If you’re a blogger in South Africa, anywhere in Africa, or anywhere in the wwworld you should definitely consider offering your users a mobile version of your blog. Yes your theme looks mighty awesome but on the small screen it may be really difficult to read your words of wisdom. I just had a look [...]