Google lays down the gauntlet
In an unexpected but incredibly shrewd move, search giant engine Google has acquired Motorola’s mobile phone business for a whopping $12.5b-billion in a watershed deal that has brought Google right back into the heart of the Smartphone war.
Will investors ever see the Apple fall?
In light of Apple's recent stunning quarterly results, it leaves investors begging the question: when should we be worried? When do we know that this Apple has started to rot?
The app vs. mobi debate – it’s not up for discussion.
The debate's over. We’re living in the time between times, between what was and what will be. You know, like when you went “Mom, get a mobile!” In a similar way an app is coming to entice your target market away, no matter what industry or discipline you are in, so best you get to understand the medium...
There’s a new style agency in town!
Establishing an app dev studio in South Africa is challenging, no matter what the resources you have at your disposal. It really is time for the media industry to stop living in denial.
The App vs. Mobi site debate gets ugly – well actually… just realistic!
We're often asked the question by clients why they should invest in an App when a mobi site will do just the same job at a lower cost. One such occasion arose recently when immedia held an App workshop at a large financial institution.
The thieves are at the temple and old media is fast asleep!
Now that Rupert Murdoch has made the first foray into tablet publishing with the launch of The Daily iPad newspaper, immedia CEO Anice Hassim says there’s an angle many local commentators are neglecting.
BlackBerry’s African conundrum
In a recent ‘intelligence session’ with a key client immedia Head Strategist & Founder Anice Hassim shared these thoughts on the future of Blackberry, in comparison to similar platforms and why it may not be a player in two to three years...
Express yourself!
immedia Head Strategist Anice Hassim says forget about media convergence, it’s all about expression convergence, if you want to stay in touch with what’s really going on in consumers’ heads...
How FaceTime changes everything
Last month Apple updated its line of iPods with the "iPhone without the telco" version of the iPod Touch, complete with Retina Display and more interestingly, FaceTime. Having spent almost six months on a Wi-Fi only iPad, I was anticipating that the FaceTime feature would be more useful than most were expecting.
