Archive | June, 2010

South Africa 2010: Will Ghana keep the African dream alive?

26 June 2010 ~ 2,624 views

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South Africa 2010: Will Ghana keep the African dream alive?

Enthusiasm for the six African countries that qualified to play in the on-going FIFA World Cup 2010 was very high. Considering the tournament was being hosted in Africa for the first time, the general feeling among Africans was that retaining the cup in Africa would be the best way to crown the historical event. It [...]

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A review of DStv Mobile and Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition

20 June 2010 ~ 29,445 views

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A review of DStv Mobile and Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition

DStv Mobile is not exactly a new service. It was initially launched in 2007 but with FIFA World Cup around the corner, Multichoice (operators of DStv) found a need to re-launch the DStv Mobile service. The re-launch is a born out of a collaboration between DStv, MTN (Africa’s leading telecom operator) and Nokia (world leading [...]

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South Africa 2010: Meet AfricaUnited

10 June 2010 ~ 1,778 views

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South Africa 2010: Meet AfricaUnited

MTN, the leading cellular network in Africa, is an official sponsor of 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™. They have been leveraging their pan-African presence with ads & promos all geared towards increasing their market share. Since MTN is pan-African, supporting a particular national team would make no sense. Thus, AfricaUnited is born. AfricaUnited is [...]

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DStv HD broadcast service: detailed info about DStv HD PVR decoder

6 June 2010 ~ 10,290 views

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DStv HD broadcast service: detailed info about DStv HD PVR decoder

Backstory: I had procured the DStv HD Decoder a few months ago but have been way too busy to share a detailed review. Considering the time lapse, I decided to package the  information into a comparative analysis. Hopefully, this would reveal enough information to help you decide. The world cup fever is upon us and [...]

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HTML5: meet the most progressive web browser

5 June 2010 ~ 11,306 views

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HTML5: meet the most progressive web browser

HTML is the acronym for HyperText Markup Language. In essence, it is the language in which web pages are written and interpreted by web browsers. HTML5 is thus the latest version of HTML. According to Wikipedia: HTML5 is currently being developed as the next major revision of HTML (HyperText Markup Language), the core markup language [...]

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