Important news and views you may have missed from the week that was. Last week saw the web go wild for Gmail’s calling service, Online Gambling was officially banned in SA and the finalists for the Loerie Awards have been announced. Here’s more!
Online Gambling Banned – and you can bet on that! In a move that may surprise many, the North Gauteng High Court handed down a ruling that says it is now illegal to gamble using digital products inside South Africa. More …
In a direct move to becoming even more competitive, Google now offers Gmail calling service. Although only available in the US right now, this will change in the near future. More …
What SA consumers buy online: Market research company Synovate uncovers the online spending habits of South African Internet users. Movies and music downloads, books, travel, CDs and DVDs and mobile content are top favourites. More …
It’s a man’s branded world. August 20 saw the ninth FHM Style and Grooming awards handed out at a function in Jozi. Here’s a list of what brands were rated best! More …
A simple, but effective idea that has enabled Vitabiotics to target only females and measure the response to the ad through SMS. More …
Loeries 2010 finalists announced. All the usual suspects present, and some great campaigns! More …
The similarities between the logos of Cell C and Athletics SA – “looks like someone did not do their homework”. More …
An essential guide to the world’s most anticipated Tablets (and we don’t mean pills!). More …
Consumers ‘duped’ by rate cuts: The DOC denies misleading consumers, claiming that interconnect rate cuts are only the “first step” towards lowering mobile telecommunications costs. More …
This is a particularly frightening and tragic story : Teenagers on Facebook Death List murdered. More …
Google simplifies and revamps their calendar allowing simplified event scheduling. More …
Tips to dramatically increase your Facebook advertising skills. More …
Report finds that Mobile is a good starting point for non-profits engaging with donors. More …
Why the future of social media marketing is global. More …
Parents sue Facebook over Ads and Like data: they claim their respective adolescent children are being exploited for commercial purposes whenever they see a friend has “Liked” a Facebook.com ad. More …
Marrying media buying and social media: Buyers are collaborating closely with social media strategists to create campaigns that cover all key online touch points, and to ensure that the campaign concepts they help to devise and the placements they negotiate extend to consumers on social media sites. More …
Tracking ROI on the web: The one advantage the web has over other media has been its ability to prove consumer involvement with the aid of click-throughs to the site. This is not going be that easy in future however, with marketers’ “owned” media now hosted by social networks. Or is it? More …
More and more older users are flocking to Facebook, Twitter. More …
50 Best Websites of 2010: From the helpful to the distracting, the big hitters to the unknowns, TIME offers a road map to the best of the Web. More …
