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Another South African innovation has taken the world by storm with a recent launch in Europe. This is all part of the world tour of latest Social Media startup, JamiiX. JamiiX provides management of conversations via Instant Messengers and Social Networks. It is a contact centre via text messaging. For more information about the launch visit the JamiiX Blog. Read More

According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project research, cell-phone texting has become the preferred channel of basic communication between US teens and their friends (See image below), with cell calling a close second. Some 75% of 12-17 year-olds now own cell phones, up from 45% in 2004. Those phones have become indispensable tools in teen communication patterns. Fully 72% of all teens2 — or 88% of teen cell phone users — are text-messegers. That is a sharp rise from the 51% of teens who were texters in 2006. More… Read More

This morning Gerhard Potgieter (iGeek) visited RLabs presenting a workshop on monetizing your blogs. Some of the key things any blogger can do to help get faster results are: - Focus your blog and establish your niche - Be passionate about your subject - Be obsessed… Read More

This video is one of our favorites explaining why we believe Social and New Media will change the way people engage with one another and with companies. It is also an opportunity for new innovations to emerge to better support people on these new platforms. … Read More

The Social Media Factory have just acquired a new client in the Social Change Assistance Trust (SCAT) that is an independent fund-raising and grant-making development agency. This latest partnership provides an opportunity for SCAT to utilise Social Media in their organisation enhancing their current activities. The Social Media Factory team will also provide a plan for SCAT on using mobile technologies to engage with the organisations in the various rural parts of South Africa. Read More