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Contemporary wisdom says that the lower the price of a service, the more people will use it. Consumer electronics is a great example of this though the early adopters will pay a premium to be the first to own a new gadget, it is only when the price drops that mass adoption takes place. Consider […]

Admit it, as a niche (luxury) brand you probably scoff at social media. What, you wonder, does your brand have to do with some pimply kid on a skateboard messaging his friends? But you’d be wrong on two counts. A KISSMetrics report reveals that social media users are both wealthier and older than you think. […]

To understand the true benefits of unified communications (UC) it is necessary to examine the current state of this market, where it came from and where it is headed. Along the way we can debunk a few myths and misconceptions that stand in the way of its widespread adoption. UC is not VoIP It’s bigger […]

OK, you might have seen the rumours about Microsoft buying Skype. Microsoft is apparently offering $7 billion dollars for the VoIP service — which sounds like silly money. In fact, this might be the biggest acquisition that Microsoft has ever done. However the details lie in the partnerships this can enable for Microsoft. Skype is the […]

Seventeen years into our democratic dispensation we seem to be making little progress in devising and successfully implementing growth strategies and policies that can have a sustainable impact on our structural problems of high unemployment, increased inequality and pervasive poverty. These problems are in fact a legacy of the apartheid period and the biggest challenge […]

Businesses thrive when executives and managers have timely access to the information they need. But that doesn’t mean everyone needs the same tools. Business intelligence (BI) tools can be incredibly powerful. They offer great richness and depth of information to senior decision-makers. But they are not for everyone: at lower levels of the organisation, full-strength […]

The recent declassification of previously secret documents by the FBI, and the availability of these on their so-called Vault website, have given the public access to, among others, the documents pertaining to the UFO “incident” at Roswell in the US, dating back to 1947. The incident in question involves, not merely sightings of “flying discs” […]

A very interesting statement was made by a Cricket Australia spokesman on May 6 when questioned about the now shortened Test series against South Africa, set for this coming October. Australia are touring to return the favour of South Africa, having toured Down Under during December and January, both countries’ most profitable time for cricket. […]

Today the early warning for a government in trouble seems to be when the rulers in question clamp down on electronic communication, especially social media and SMS. We’ve seen it happen across the African continent and further afield, starting with Mozambique and India in 2010, and then this year in Egypt, Tunisia and Cameroon. In […]

In the modern day and age of immediate satisfaction we sometimes, as sports coaches, overlook our own job — to coach. To coach means to develop, to develop means to take a specific interest in a person who is also your player and build this person’s character and skills — this means caring as well. […]

A lot of cake has been promised to ordinary citizens lately. Such have been the levels of desperation; the citizenry seem to have lost their usual sense of fear of those who lord it over them. Promises of cake when there is no bread will no longer suffice. How else do you explain the amazing […]

Should the public tolerate instances of irresponsible behaviour on the part of corporations or companies where the handling of substances that are potentially harmful to human health is concerned? Most people would agree that the obvious answer is NO – especially judging by most of the responses to recent TL-articles on prospects of “fracking” for […]