Why and how invest on community based support

Posted in Lab experiments, Open Source, Social Networking, Standards and Best Practices on February 8th, 2010 by Ntokozo Yingwana Be the first to comment Tags: , , , ,

Ntokozo

Ntokozo

I remember once, out with a friend for dinner, ranting about the hectic day I’ve had. About the different difficult users I’ve had to deal with, when they suddenly jumped in and asked: “Do these people actually pay to use your site?”

I must say, this was rather deflating. I mean, why was I doing what I do, when there is no direct monetary value attached to it? But it’s a very simple business equation really: Traffic = Advertisers = Profit.

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Blackberry Tops!

Posted in Geekery, Mobile, Observations on February 5th, 2010 by Marian van der Linden Be the first to comment Tags: , ,

Marian

Marian

So, as you know, we are in the process of rebranding and personalising our mobile site (m.24.com), and I’ve been doing some research on what handsets are being used on our site.

Who would have thought that Blackberry would be the most used handset? … Continue Reading

Afridoctor: The next level

Posted in Business, Competitions, Mobile, applications on January 27th, 2010 by Matt Buckland 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , ,

Matthew

Matthew

Following on the success of Afridoctor winning the Nokia innovations competition, the labrats have done some planning to take the application to the next level.

Below is an edited version (for we cannot reveal all :)) of a powerpoint presentation, by myself and Blueworld’s Bradley Voges, which describes our future strategy. The original idea for Afridoctor came from wizz-kid Werner Erasmus — his idea beating 12 others in an “ideas” competition we had internally in 20FourLabs.
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Nexus One

Posted in Mobile, Observations, Open Source, User Interfaces on January 6th, 2010 by Uzair Parker 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , ,

Uzair

Uzair

Google’s Nexus One has officially launched and while I haven’t yet been able to get my paws on one (still sadly unavailable  in South Africa), I have managed to gather some  reviews, comparisons and useful specs to help shed-light on the first official Google Phone. However, unlike most blogs, this will NOT be a Nexus vs iPhone type post. … Continue Reading

iThief!

Posted in Geekery, Mobile, Observations on December 29th, 2009 by Uzair Parker 1 Comment Tags: , , ,

Uzair

Uzair

I recently had the displeasure of having my iPhone stolen out of my hand and out my car window which happened to be less than half-way open while sitting bumper-to-bumper in traffic in Koeberg Road. Yes, you read all of that correctly.  My phone was snatched from my hand through my partially opened window from my semi-stationary vehicle. … Continue Reading

Geek Christmas Gift Guide

Posted in Blogging, Gaming, Geekery, Web Development, applications on December 22nd, 2009 by Uzair Parker Be the first to comment

Uzair

Uzair

Dear Santa

Admittedly I have been a little naughty this year. For one, I didn’t always comb my hair or wear matching socks to work and my punctuality has been somewhat of late (excuse the pun). Also, I avoided pesky relatives where I could and threw moldy cheese at my ex-neighbor. And it’s not really my fault that I had to lie about that website which popped up just as the missus was walking in. … Continue Reading

Nokia Africa Calling All Innovators - Winners!!

Posted in Competitions, Mobile on December 8th, 2009 by Wendy Robb 19 Comments Tags: , ,

Afridoctor

Afridoctor

20Fourlabs, the innovation and applications division within Cape Town-based 24.com, walked away with the top honours last night in the Nokia Africa Calling All Innovators app competition. Their entry, Afridoctor, won the $85 000 first prize beating 125 other entries from developers all over Africa.


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The Most Influential People on the Web

Posted in Business, Geekery, Marketing, Online Personalities, Open Source, Standards and Best Practices on December 4th, 2009 by Uzair Parker 19 Comments Tags: , , ,

Uzair

Uzair

It’s a funny thing about celebrities. Upon inspection their composition appears as a hybrid mix of paranormal hype, unnatural alien-like beauty and enormous amounts of purple ego goop. Furthermore, they all seem saturated in an over-abundance of wealth and fame, both of which appear to legally allow for a constant state of inebriation or raucous moments of paparazzi eye-candy. Celebs live off media coverage often exploiting their positions in society and as recent scandals have shown, I really don’t need to joostify my argument ;-)
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Nokia Comes with Music - Interview & Competition!

Posted in Competitions, Mobile on December 2nd, 2009 by Ronald Bach 7 Comments Tags: , ,

Ronald

Ronald

Once you’ve read the article below, make sure you enter the 20fourLabs Nokia Comes With Music competition (see bottom of page) to stand a chance of winning one of two Nokia XpressMusic devices (with unlimited music downloads for 12 months) or Nokia Music Store vouchers to the value of R2,500!

[UPDATE: Competition has now closed. See list of winners below] … Continue Reading

24.com YOUR life online

Posted in Geekery, Mobile, Social Networking, applications on November 30th, 2009 by Wendy Robb 6 Comments Tags: , ,

Wendy

Wendy

Time and attention are both scarce commodities in this day and age, add to that the surplus of information both valuable and useless being flung at us from all directions and one may feel inclined to hide under the sheets in the morning and peep nervously at the flood of data lapping at your door … Continue Reading


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