Archive | Mobile
07
Jul

Nokia Application launched for Mike Saunders Social Media Blog

In a world that is going crazy for mobile applications DigitLab and Sublime Media threw their collective minds together to create a Nokia Phone application for this blog. The app is a simple concept that channels this blog content to your phone through the OVI Store. If you would like to know more about facebook, [...]

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21
Jan

Insight into how Generation Y use social media

MTV Online presenter Tom Thurlow went on the streets to ask students about their digital lifestyle. What mobiles are they carrying and why? Are they adopting Foursquare or Facebook Places? Do any of them still read newspapers or do they get all their news online?

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19
Nov
20
Oct

Is social media changing the way we watch TV?

There are big questions about the longevity of TV alongside the competition of online media. Online video content has become so popular globally and in even in South Africa there seems to be a love for video content. Recently YouTube has broken into the top 5 most visited websites by South Africans. So the question [...]

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07
Sep

Does social media affect mobile marketing in South Africa?

There is so much to say here, but I will leave you with one of my most important observations. Social Media is the platform that companies can use to engage their mobile audience! ALL social media websites are mobile ready and they present a product to our consumers that is so integral to their daily [...]

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28
Apr

Thoughts on the Supersport iPhone App

Supersport released an iPhone app and I was asked to spend a bit of time on it in order to let you know what I think. Well here are my thoughts. Great User Experience The app probably has the most beautiful interface I have seen in a while. It uses the space of the iPhone [...]

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23
Mar

Forget teenagers! Generation X use social media in South Africa

Bizcommunity posted an interesting article the other day that spoke about the Friendship 2.0 study that was commissioned by MWEB. The study showed a very interesting statistic: The average age of Facebook users in South Africa is 33; MySpace is 32; Twitter and YouTube come in at 31; and the youngest in the survey is [...]

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01
Jan

Top iPhone Apps for South Africans in 2009

A few months ago I wrote a post on my top ten iphone applications for 2009 which may have been a bit soon to place judgement on future applications coming out in 2009. Now that we have reached the end of this last year I feel a little more equipped to provide a more substantial [...]

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29
Jun

Protect yourself from unwanted apps in iPhone App Store

In the new software update iPhone 3.0. Apple have bought in the option to create censorships over which applications can be downloaded. Even though it seems that Apple’s reason for this is so that it can allow adult apps into the App Store, I would still encourage you to make use of this ‘restrictions’ function. Especially if your children own an iPhone! Click here to find out how to enable this on the iPhone.

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