by admin | Mar 27, 2024 | Gerjo Hoffman, News, Other Tech News, podcast, Podcasts & Videos, renewable energy, T2S2, Toby Shapshak, wheeling
One of the most important new technologies in our renewable energy future is one you’ve probably never heard of before. Called wheeling, it is the way that electricity is accounted for when you move it across the grid — and you’re probably already using it, Open... by admin | Mar 24, 2024 | Column, Columns, News, Old Mutual, Other Tech News, South Africa, Toby Shapshak, Twitter, X
While social media was outraged about a clumsy Twitter response by Old Mutual, what irked me the most was an obvious lack of awareness about how we live in a mobile world. In case you missed it, someone complained that their mother’s policy had not been paid out,... by admin | Mar 17, 2024 | Cape Town, News, Other Tech News, South Africa, Toby Shapshak, travel tech tips
Johannesburg is a great city, the economic heartland of South Africa. But it’s New York to Cape Town’s San Francisco. Cape Town is a cross of a Mediterranean coastal resort and a European cultural capital. It has the seas, the mountains, the wine lands, the gourmet... by admin | Mar 17, 2024 | Column, Columns, News, Other Tech News, Podcasting, Podcasts, Toby Shapshak
I love podcasts. Not just because they are handy ways to listen to interviews or consume interesting information, but because of how much easier they make my life as a journalist. Rather than typing up notes on my laptop during an interview, I can have a conversation... by admin | Mar 15, 2024 | Columns, Google, Meta, News, Other Tech News, Programmatic advertising, Toby Shapshak
South Africa’s Fourth Estate “is on its knees” as Google and Meta’s dominance has captured 97% of all digital advertising in the country, creating an “extinction crisis” for the media. This is the view of Ishmet Davidson, the chief executive officer of Media24, South... by admin | Mar 14, 2024 | Columns, News, tech travel tips, Toby Shapshak, Travel, travel tech tips
Berlin is a delightful city, one that will always be associated with the Cold War for me, not least because of its eponymous wall and its pivotal role in that post-WWII standoff. My first trip was mind-blowing. I just couldn’t get over how much it had changed and how...