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.
The iPod’s second coming
It's the start of a busy gadget season that usually kicks off with a frisson of excitement with a certain ‘fruit' company's music product refreshes. Last week, Apple sent out invitations that simply have a guitar with an Apple logo replacing the soundhole on it, inviting the media to a Stevenote this Wednesday, 1 September 2010.
WWDC – Keynote thoughts from an African perspective
The mythical iPhone killer arrived today, but it was from Apple. A confident, proud and often passionate Steve Jobs strolled about the stage at Moscone West on Monday morning, 7 June 2010, unveiling the new iPhone, iOS 4.0 and ushering in the era of Facetime, person-to-person video calling.
Apple – Control freak or protector of the people?
Live from the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco immedia head strategist Anice Hassim says far from being a digital dictator, Apple aims to offer control of the content they receive while still giving them freedom of choice to also navigate out of this protected bubble…
2010 Heralds The ‘Planet of the Apps’
immedia Head Strategist Anice Hassim says this year will see us become the ‘Planet of the Apps’ with those addictive little downloads popping up on every screen including your car dashboard, television and photo frames...
Why we live and work in Durban
In an article first published in AdVantage magazine’s February 2010 issue, immedia Head Strategist Anice Hassim says that operating from the ‘primordial ooze’ of Durban makes for a hotbed of creativity and allows for a free style of thought and ingenuity that takes a company from good to great...