A culture of curiosity: how to grow, nurture talent in the post-PC generation

Dev Culture is entrenched in the solving of a problem. You need them in the room, because their essential animating force is a curiosity that will empower them with enough data to hack the world around them.

Agencies – big, small you can have them all!

Despite a rapidly evolving post-PC marketplace, many clients continue to be distracted by the need to keep up with the Joneses and consider the image of their agency of choice, as opposed to its core competencies.

[2012 trends] Your friend is literally the trend

Here are the trends to look out for in 2012, as predicted by our founder and lead strategist, Anice. On the trailing edge, we’ll mark the final death of primetime, and on the leading edge – we’ll watch Africa take its place on the global app stage.

ZATV Guide is no more

This is the first update we’ve ever sent you as a user who has downloaded the ZATV Guide app. It is also the last update you’ll receive.

Steve Jobs: a “ding in the universe”

Just after legendary Apple founder Steve Jobs passed away earlier this month, immedia CEO Anice Hassim wrote a tribute to the icon from an African point-of-view.

Is your digital agency about thought creation or regurgitation?

Are you surrounded by talkers or doers when it comes to getting into the digital space? You may know the type that just sits there pontificating about this that or the other but when push comes to shove, doesn’t deliver the goods. We definitely know them; hell we’ve even had to work with them from time to time but immedia CEO Anice Hassim says it’s time to embrace a breath of fresh new digital air…

Apple update: Steve’s job is done

In a watershed event Apple’s Board of Directors has announced that Steve Jobs has resigned as Chief Executive Officer and the Board has named Tim Cook, previously Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, as the company’s new CEO. Jobs has been elected Chairman of the Board and Cook will join the Board, effective immediately.

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…

View from the Top Vol. 1 Episode 6 – Kanthan Pillay

It is 3 am on 6 June 2011 in San Francisco, California. Down the road at Moscone Center, hundreds of pilgrims have been camped out on the sidewalk since around 8 pm yesterday.

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.