Africa

News, Tech May 22, 2012

Google Motorola Deal, Finally Sealed

It has been a while since the news about Google acquiring Motorola has been broken. There were still protocols that needed to be met and contracts…

News, Tech May 22, 2012

From The MailBox: What’s New on Jobberman

Editor’s Note: The last time I got a mail from Jobberman (aside the job alerts), I did blog about it. I remember it was…

Mobile, News, Products, Tech May 22, 2012

Startup Stories: Dear Spinlet, Are You Sure You Have Got It Figured Out?

Spinlet, a music streaming service some people are refering to as the iTunes of Africa finally launched after months of media hype. Our very…

Developers, News, Tech May 22, 2012

How Failing Fast And Smart Can Grow Your Business

This is a post I wrote last year. It has some striking lessons for me and I believe that anyone working on a startup…

Developers, News, Tech May 22, 2012

Thinking Startup? How About Creating An Inspiring Office Space

Editor’s Note: The office space is often taken for granted, but contributes a lot to the success of a startup. How interesting is your…

News, Products, Tech May 22, 2012

Conference Calls Reinvented By Inventor of Google Voice

Craig Walker, the inventor of both Google Voice and DialPad, is now reinventing conference calls with his latest venture, UberConference. Teleconferences notoriously suck, but UberConference thinks…

Events, News, Tech May 21, 2012

Meet The Lions: An Emerging Africa Partnership

The world economic forum was held between 9-11th may 2012 in Ethiopia and was well attended with over 700 leaders from 70 countries in…

Jobs, Products, Tech May 21, 2012

What Language Do You Speak? Welcome To The Blackberry Generation

Do you speak BlackBerry? That is the question Research in Motion, makers of BlackBerry phones will like to know. BlackBerry is searching for ten individuals,…

Events, News, Tech May 18, 2012

African News Innovation Challenge To Transform The Continent

Over history, mass media has been disseminated in various ways like the old letter in the bottle, using pigeons, to the stages of technological…

News, Products, Tech, Web May 18, 2012

E-commerce Sites Start Using Pinterest to Market Their Products

Following the extensive growth of Pinterest in recent months, several large e-commerce sites have added plugins to the new social network.  Recently, both Amazon…