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Twitter® for BlackBerry®

April 10, 2010 Tech

I received this press release today and felt I should share immediately. I’m curious to see how Twitter® for BlackBerry® is going to do against Ubertwitter which has become the application of choice for any Blackberry user around the world. With the Twitter mobile and web site both lacking in the convenience of functionality that [...]

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Nokia N900

April 8, 2010 Tech

Being a layman, when I first heard that there was a new Nokia smart phone that was the closest to a mini-laptop as they have ever come, I looked to the geeks I knew. It was towards end of last year and I was attending a couple of Nokia events with those in the know [...]

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LinkedIn® For BlackBerry®

March 30, 2010 Random

Making sense of social media is a daunting task. MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, various Ning networks, etc all vie for our time and our energy, each supposed to serve a purpose yet often seeming more like redundant spaces. Beginning last year, I made it my mission to figure out all these spots I had profiles on [...]

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PayPal Launches In South Africa

March 25, 2010 Random

Being a layman when it comes to most technical things, there are certain things that I always seem to discover late and PayPal is one of those. I had always heard it being bandied around but never really took the time to figure out what it was about. Until, a couple of months back, I [...]

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Nokia’s Mobile Doctor

December 20, 2009 Tech

A couple of months ago, I did a little write-up on Nokia’s Calling All Innovators competition which was to give Application Developers the opportunity to create mobile and web applications relevant to the South African market. At a small, intimate event at Primi Piatti at Melrose Arch, Nokia announced the Top 10 submissions and the [...]

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Layman’s Thoughts – Samsung i8910

October 5, 2009 Tech

Not so many moons ago, when the cellphone first made its presence felt on African shores, no one could have predicted the extent to which it would truly penetrate the continent. Being a lover of gadgets, the explosion of the cellphone industry has meant that there is always something new for me to play with. [...]

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A layman’s thoughts – Nokia developer competition

July 29, 2009 Tech

I love gadgets & technology. I’m not an expert but I like what gadgets & tech can do for my life. I own two cellphones. Yes, one is a Nokia. If you have interacted with me, you will know that I am passionate about Africa. And I believe that, if there ever was a time [...]

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Nokia E75 Launch in SA

May 31, 2009 Tech

I’ve been underground for last couple of months so I didn’t score an invite to the launch of the Nokia E75. They were nice enough to send me a video of said launch though .  Expanding my horizons with this blog and exploring a lot more than just my ramblings and poetry so decided to [...]

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A layman’s thoughts on Nokia Music Store

May 26, 2009 Random

The bottom-line is this: all these great things happen in the world and Africa tends to be an after-thought, in relation to these happenings. Yes, we do lag behind in a number of instances but how do you think it feels when you are perceived as being at the bottom of the human barrel?  Not [...]

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