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3 things you need to know about the platform agnostic publisher
By Shaul OlmertThe world of online publishing is constantly evolving. A 20-year-old industry that quickly became more powerful and influential than its older print sibling is undergoing constant disruption by new technologies and changing...
Mobile marketing’s consumer success shows why it has massive B2B potential
The success of mobile marketing with consumers makes this a potentially valuable...
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On 10 April, the Apple Watch became available for preorder and within...
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Memeburn’s 3-minute look at the updated Google Translate app [video]
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Uber’s $3bn bid for Nokia’s Here Maps is the one you want to be successful
By Myolisi Sikupela: Staff Reporter on 8 May, 2015According to the New York Times, Uber is rumoured to have put a bid for Here, Nokia’s mapping product. This is great news, not just for Uber but for the Uber user. Amongst its shortcomings, Uber’s mapping is shoddy at best. Often Uber drivers wonder off into the wild, heading in the wrong direction, when the pickup location had been clear and showed the right location on the user’s mobile device. Going up against Uber though is a consortium including German carmakers such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi and Baidu, China's biggest search engine. Facebook announced a partnership with...
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Gates Foundation injects $75 million more into African and south Asian disease control
By Chris Wilton on 8 May, 2015If you had as much money as you wanted, literally US$79.3-billion and a whole bunch of time what would you do? I would build a rocket, strap that floating trash island in the Atlantic to it and blast that bad boy all the way to the sun. No more trash. Simple and stupid expensive. I just need billions of dollars...If Bill Gates reads this, I hope he would chuckle to himself and jot the idea down on his to-do list. Money aside, the Gates Foundation is so far outside the box it needs a passport for the ideas and...