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Entries Tagged as 'internet'
springleap shuts down
April 1st, 2008 · 35 Comments
Tags: 2.0 · internet · springleap · start up
Wake up South Africa! Seedcamp launches.
July 4th, 2007 · 9 Comments
Open Coffee founder, Saul Klein, let me know today that a new incubator for early stage Internet Start-Up’s has launched.
Seedcamp is inviting applications from new start-up’s, are choosing 20 for the selection round, and the winning 5 will be given 50 Thousand Pounds seed capital for a 10% stake, together with intense mentoring and introductions [...]
Tags: entrepreneurs · internet · investment · start up
Twittering with Twitter
May 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment
If anyone wonders why I’m grouchy tomorrow, it’s not coz I’ve still got flu! It’s coz I’ve been learning the art of Twittering till 3.03am
Tags: internet
FlyMango.com goes Down
May 7th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Mango on Friday put up 5 000 tickets for sale at R1 (exclusive of airport taxes) on all its routes for bookings in May. The offer is on a first come, first serve basis, Mango said in a statement.
I guess the viral element took a little time to get going, but this morning the FlyMango.com [...]
Tags: internet
Launching a New Website
May 2nd, 2007 · 3 Comments
About 2 hours ago, I received an SMS from an ex-colleague who is busy working on some interesting Internet projects…
“Hi, we have launched www.name-of-their-site.com tonight. We are offering 30,000 rand in prizes. Check it out Regards name of ex-colleague”
Why did I take a look at it, when I get requests on a regular basis, and [...]
Tags: internet
Corporates banning Facebook
April 29th, 2007 · 4 Comments
A highly reliable source has let me know that facebook was banned this week at the Truworths group.
I was also told that Old Mutual has (or is about to) add facebook to the disallowed sites.
I’m not surprised to be honest. Facebook is primarily a social tool and it is HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, and i doubt it [...]
Tags: internet
Internet Celebrity’s in South Africa
April 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments
I was part of the 100 strong audience last night to watch Founder of the Creative Commons and author of the book Free Culture, Professor Lawrence Lessig. Lessig is in South Africa with the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, to talk about “freedom of the Internet”.
(…and GUESS which row I was sitting in?)
I’d [...]
