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Marthinus Strydom February 06, 2012
This is actually quite hilarious and a foolproof way to permanently screw up your brand.
A year or so ago I purchased a treadmill for my home from a company called Fitness Direct. They now trade as Fitness World. The treadmill is not bad but the service sucks, but more about that later.
Then yesterday I received a promotional email from them, otherwise known as spam. I immediately deleted it and...
Marthinus Strydom January 31, 2012
Eliance today launched a new free Social Media communication service called AskMeAnonymously.com (AMA). With AMA you can ask your friends, or anyone else an anonymous question (or two). Your friend will never know who asked the question and you can answer the question either privately or publicly.
AMA is aimed at the teenage market. You know, when you were in high school you were too shy to ask...
Marthinus Strydom January 28, 2012
On the First National Bank internet banking website FNB announced that as from 12 February 2012 they are no longer going to send out One Time Pin notifications on login. What this means is that you will no longer receive a SMS notification after you, or someone else has logged into your online banking profile.
On the one hand, it may be that they believe it is not required from a security point o...
Marthinus Strydom January 26, 2012
The Blue Marble comes into focus with NASA’s debut of the highest resolution version ever released of the iconic Earth snapshot. NASA's newest Earth-circling satellite, Suomi NPP, snapped the photograph on January 4, 2012 using its Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite instrument (VIIRS).
Full-size version on NASA's Flickr.
Marthinus Strydom January 26, 2012
The Small Business Social Media Cheat Sheet.Courtesy Flowtown.com
Marthinus Strydom January 25, 2012
Apple's share of the US smartphone market doubled to 44.9 per cent in the final quarter of last year, according to research from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.The company said that Apple was now growing at a faster rate than Android in Britain, Australia and the US.
Dominic Sunnebo, global consumer insight director at Kantar, said: "Overall, Apple sales are now growing at a faster rat...
Marthinus Strydom January 24, 2012
Marthinus Strydom January 23, 2012
Like most people I read the newspapers regularly. Every day I scan all the daily papers that are delivered and I spend quite some time online browsing through the online publications.
My father was an investigative journalist with a colourful career spanning more than 30 years. I grew up in a house where many hours were spent discussing news and topical issues of the day. At the end of his career...
Marthinus Strydom January 21, 2012
KHULUBUSE Zuma, the nephew of President Jacob Zuma, has been arrested and tried for speeding in Ballito after he was caught doing 181km/h. He was driving a silver, convertible Maserati registered to Viglietti Motors in Cape Town. Apparently his mother was in the car with him.
This retard has been in the news for all the wrong reasons for the past three years and still he doesn't care. His nonchal...
Marthinus Strydom January 21, 2012
The US Justice Department’s shutdown of the popular file-sharing site Megaupload.com reverberated across the Internet on Friday raising new questions about the consequences for many other online services and the protection of personal information.
Although federal authorities said Megaupload.com was part of an international criminal ring, the practice of providing digital “locker...
Marthinus Strydom January 20, 2012
The 2011 Deloitte Best Company to Work For Survey sees three companies emerging as South Africa's most desirable employers: third-time winner in the large company category (>2 500 full-time employees) McDonald's SA; MiWay Insurance in the medium company category (301-2 500 full-time employees); and Eliance in the small company category (
This year, for the first time, the survey was officially...
Marthinus Strydom January 19, 2012
You know how desperately irritated you must be to actually sit down and write a story about a bad retail experience? Here is another one. Last week I went to Dion Wired online (http://www.dionwired.co.za/). I was looking for a bread machine. I found the Morphy Richards bread machine and went through the process of adding it to my cart and then went through the checkout process. I entered my credit...
Marthinus Strydom January 15, 2012
Tonight I had the misfortune to drive through the center of Pretoria and then through Sunnyside and Hatfield. The reason was because my GPS refused to let me drive any other route. I tried desperately to get it to take a detour and find an alternative route, but the stupid thing kept on sending me back. It was determined that I must drive through that very dodgy part of town. Women can sometimes b...
Marthinus Strydom January 15, 2012
66-year-old Rafael Dubazane and his 60-year-old wife Elssa were attacked at their home in Lindelani in the early hours of Wednesday morning, by angry community members. The suspects - who accused the two of witchcraft - set their house alight while the couple was inside. Dubazane managed to escape the house but was caught by the mob who then necklaced him with a burning car tyre. He was murdered ...
Marthinus Strydom January 13, 2012
"Difficulties are just things to overcome”– Sir Ernest Shackleton
The book “Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage” by Alfred Lansing is probably one of the most profound books I have read, and even though the book is about an explorer, the real value in the story is the great leadership lessons that it imparts. These lessons are as true today as they were then an...
Marthinus Strydom January 13, 2012
According to Mark Zuckerberg’s law information on the Internet will double every 18 to 24 months. The founder of the social media giant Facebook probably understated the growth of information, especially after the latest escapades of Wikileaks with the publishing of 251,287 United States diplomatic cables. The impact of these leaked documents have reverberated throughout the world and caus...
Marthinus Strydom January 13, 2012
The power of Facebook is no more evident than in the role it played during the recent revolts that toppled governments in Tunisia and Egypt. Social media has become a platform for political lobbying as was demonstrated with the Barak Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008, and more recently through citizen mobilisation. These two opposing camps are heading for a faceoff.
The recent Tunisia a...
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