This week Kaya FM receives the prestigious award for reaching 100,000 subscribers on the worldwide streaming channel, making it the station with the most active YouTube subscribers in the country. Kaya FM established its YouTube channel back in 2011 and after much planning around positioning the platform as part of its audience acquisition strategy the...
Day: <span>2 October 2020</span>
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Google’s Parent Firm Alphabet to pay Publishers R16.5 billion ($1Billion) for news content curation
Google will start paying select media outlets to display curated content on its news app in a concession to the industry which has accused the search engine and other tech giants of unfairly using content for years. The company has set aside more than $1 billion (R16.5 billion) to cover the program’s first three years,...
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Anything to do with Crypto Currencies is highly suspect, says Mzansi’s Financial Watchdog
As yet another cryptocurrency scam is investigated in South Africa, the director of investigations and enforcement at the financial watchdog warned consumers to stay away. “In my opinion, anything to do with a crypto is highly suspect and nobody should be invested in anything form of cryptocurrency or any of the products that go with...
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Whose Job is it to Train our South African Youth in Digital Skills? writes Visagan Naidoo
Our youth unemployment crisis is one of the biggest challenges facing South Africa, but this is not news. High unemployment has been the status quo for so long that it seems to have become acceptable. Let’s be clear: high unemployment is entirely unacceptable, especially when we realise that 58% of our population is classified as...
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Indian Startups to Collaborate to fight Tech giants monopoly
Google, which reaches more internet users than any other firm in India and commands 99% of the nation’s smartphone market, has stumbled upon an odd challenge in the world’s second largest internet market: Scores of top local entrepreneurs. Dozens of top startups and firms in India are working to form an alliance and toying with the...
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LinkedIn has roll out New Feature: LinkedIn Stories
If you’ve been on LinkedIn recently, you may have noticed several new updates. The website has a new design, and updated search and messenger functions, among other things. But one of the most notable features is the addition of “LinkedIn stories” — a tool that lets you, much like Instagram or Snapchat, post minute-by-minute updates...