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  1. Changing consumer behavior with mobile broadband and strategy by mobile operators?
    Mybroadband reports on how the ratio of mobile broadband in the UK has exceeded that of even Wifi:
    “Point Topic’s recent survey of mobile broadband users shows that the UK mobile phone companies have…
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  2. Moving! ... No longer blogging here
    I will no longer be blogging here.

    I have moved this blog, you can find ismail blogging at http://ismaild.com or read about startups in africa or read what i have to say at techleader or…
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  3. Autopage and their cold spam calls!
    I have just been back in South Africa for a little over one month now, my mobile number has been permanently on after a 2 year hiatus for just a month. In that time, i have received 3 cold calls from…
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  4. Is vodacom billing correctly for 3G?
    I have been using my vodacom 3g data bundle for about a month now. I use the modem with cheetahwatch a great application for mac, that adds a signal strength icon in your menubar. I was finally…
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  5. Was driving to the office yesterday, traffic was horribly backed up and then we drove past this. Seems like camphor cream is not just for dry skin, but also tarr roads!
    Was driving to the office yesterday, traffic was horribly backed up and then we drove past this. Seems like camphor cream is not just for dry skin, but also tarr roads!
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  6. Gmail Down?

    So for the first time, in the many moons i have been using Gmail. I got back a “Server Error’ message. Anyone else facing similar issues? See below:


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  7. Allow people to create a DVD of TED Talks using freedom toasters
    Something i have wanted to do for a while was distribute TED talks and Video tutorials on DVD to people who do not have access to the internet or who cannot afford the bandwith costs to download…
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  8. Has muti made a fundamental mistake in community management?
    So muti in the last few days has been in flames. It all started when someone posted a link on muti to a screenshot from Coda of apparent spam from blueworld. Imod stirred the pot asking a
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  9. Business oppurtunity for SEO
    Doing a search earlier i came across something interesting. If you search for “CellC Ussd Recharge” the top most link is MTN which is actually a direct competitor of Cell C. Jeremiah Owang say’s …
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  10. Mac vs PC
    Mac vs PC
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  11. The Iphone 3G Effect
    I wrote a post about a month ago on the 3G Iphone, it seems a ton of people are searching just for that “3G Iphone without a contract” and “Importing 3g iphone”, it would be a good idea to follow…
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  12. Why is shaunokes.com banned in the UAE?

    So, I innocently followed the top most link on muti hot and i get thrown this:



    “The page you are trying to access may contain content that is not consistent with the moral, social and…
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  13. Create a desktop app for muti.co.za
    I have been using a desktop app based on fluid and the iphone twitter client hahlo to access twitter. Fluid is a SSB (site specific browser) that converts a site to a native mac application, that…
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  14. Are we all going back to the future? … Nike is releasing shoes based on Mcfly’s shoes in this scene. Wicked!
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  15. Rare white tigers born in a Japenese Zoo, Tigers totally rock! via buzzfeed
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