I just presented at the first Betavine Developer’s Day and some interesting statistics below:
- Expected global mobile users are 5 Billion at the end of 2010
- 91% of mobile phone users go online to socialize compared to only 79% of PC users
- 25% Facebook Mobile users
- Women express themselves more than Men via mobile phones
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Over the weekend RLabs in association with Cape Community Newspapers launched a mobile citizens journalism project where youth from local schools (Above is pic of one of the student groups) will be attending workshops hosted by these organisations. The course will cover various basic citizens journalism principles but will be focused on how the mobile [...]
With increasing number of people communicating via Social Networks it comes as no surprise that many movies are using Social Media as a way of reaching their target markets. With the success of recent blockbuster Avatar using Social Media as one of the key marketing tools to engage their possible audience. In South Africa movies [...]
With mobile phones being more than just a device for communication we’ve realised the potential of using it for reaching those who do not have access to special social services. Over the past three years we’ve used mobile phones in the areas of HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, Debt Counselling and Career Advice. We are now in [...]
Every second week we will be hosting a group of school girls for the introduction to social media and the various tools on the World Wide Web. The social media classes forms part of their life skills for the year. These sessions are facilitated by 2009 mom2.0 graduate Rae Goedeman. Rae is a widow from [...]
Below you can find an earlier version of the COFISA conference I’ve attended. This is a few months old but provide you with the basic idea of what was presented at the conference.
CPUT Research Day Showcase
View more presentations from Marlon Parker.
There has been an increase demand for reaching emerging markets using technology (ICT4D initiatives). No other technology like the mobile phone have the reach of impacting people on a large scale as required in these markets. With most emerging countries (African Mobile Access and Usage)having high mobile penetration, there is a need for more mobile [...]
Today learners from Hanover Park came for Social Media training with RLabs that will be hosted over the next 2 days. Ten learners who are in need of job readiness skills were introduced to basic social media skills, email, Google Docs, information searching and gathering, filesharing sites, blogging and micro-blogging. This is a continuous effort [...]
This morning a number of the RLabs team went to schools across the Western Cape to share the Mobile Counselling service with the learners. These roadshows are part of a RLabs project to support children at risk who are impacted by substance abuse and who are at risk. This initiative is support by a number [...]
Yesterday we launched the second year of our Mom 2.0 programme where we teach women from our community (Buzz at RLabs above)how to use Social Media to share stories, local news and to connect with other women globally. This year’s programme will be different in we will not just explore various Social Media technologies [...]
