Be careful who you de-friend on Facebook

De-friending on Facebook has always been so much easier than ending a friendship offline because there has been no need to account for your actions – you simply click on the ‘remove friend’ link underneath your contact’s profile photo and hey presto! They’re no longer part of your network, and they’re not even aware of [...]

Being an open book could be risky for your career

According to an article on MyBroadband, job-seekers are being warned to avoid posting compromising photos and status updates, and even innocuous details like hobbies; political opinions; and personal lives, on social networking sites like Facebook as it is a growing trend for employers to routinely check potential employees’ backgrounds by doing online searches, sometimes even [...]

The etiquette of defriending

When social networking sites, such as Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn, began their rise to popularity, users seemed to race to add as many friends as possible, in an indiscriminate manner, perhaps out of curiosity to find out what acquaintances were up to, or maybe just to be seen as popular online. In this way, the [...]

The Grid: keeping South Africans connected

In a social-media saturated world, there always seems to be room for one more social network with an innovative approach to keeping its users connected. The Grid is a South African mobile social network that allows users to chat to their friends, keep track of their locations, and share things they like, from a cell [...]

OFF=ON – making the offline world more webby?

“OFF=ON | More and more, the offline world (a.k.a. the real world, meatspace or atom-arena) is adjusting to and mirroring the increasingly dominant online world, from tone of voice to product development to business processes to customer relationships. Get ready to truly cater to an ONLINE OXYGEN generation even if you’re in ancient sectors like [...]