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		<title>Ed&#8217;s letter – October-November 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the middle of October the world ground to a halt. No, not quite, but to millions of BlackBerry users it seemed like it. For several days an outage caused users throughout Africa, the Middle East, Europe and South America to lose access to email and web-browsing facilities. BlackBerry’s popular BBM service was also unavailable. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://africancommunications.co.za/2011/11/eds-letter-%e2%80%93-october-november-2011/</link>
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		<title>Ed&#8217;s letter – July-September 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[‘I’ve always said that if you want to liberate a society just give them the internet.’ I wish that’s a quote that could be attributed to me. In fact, it was said by Wael Ghonim, who helped co-ordinate, via Facebook, the first mass rally against the regime in Egypt earlier this year. Ghonim, Google’s marketing manager, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://africancommunications.co.za/2011/11/eds-letter-%e2%80%93-july-september-2011/</link>
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		<title>Ed&#8217;s letter – April-June 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I wrote this the news was breaking about the PlayStation Network hacking. The first details were basic but disturbing: up to 77 million people’s personal details, including credit card information, may have been stolen by hackers. Playstation’s Network, its online marketplace, was launched in 2006 and allows users to buy and play games, music [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://africancommunications.co.za/2011/05/eds-letter-%e2%80%93-april-june-2011/</link>
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		<title>Ed&#8217;s letter &#8211; Jan-March 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hands up anyone who remembers British band The Tornados. A clue: it was 1962. No? Oh well. What about their hit single Telstar then? Shifted five million copies &#8230; first Brit band to crack No 1 in the US &#8230; jangly electronic instrumental &#8230; goes like this: Nah, nah, nah, nah nah nah nah nah [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://africancommunications.co.za/2011/02/ds-letter-jan-march-2011/</link>
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		<title>Ed&#8217;s letter – Oct-Dec 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Money. Now that’s a subject close to everyone’s heart. Making it, spending it, saving it. For many Africans, especially in the rural areas where banks are few and far between, the developments in money transfer technology have been a godsend. All it now usually takes is a mobile phone to move funds safely and quickly. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://africancommunications.co.za/2010/10/eds-letter-%e2%80%93-oct-dec-2010/</link>
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		<title>Ed&#8217;s letter &#8211; Jul-Sept 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, the Fifa World Cup has come and gone, and by all accounts it was a huge success. While the world’s greatest sporting event put the spotlight on South Africa’s ICT structures for a month (they passed with distinction), the sector’s long-term health on the continent is also looking rosy. As a recent Ernst &#38; Young [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://africancommunications.co.za/2010/08/eds-letter-jul-sept-2010/</link>
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		<title>Ed&#8217;s letter – Apr-Jun 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Technology is evolving at a pace many of us find hard to keep up with. This change is exciting but can also at times be nerve-racking, particularly when cyber criminals and identity thieves seem to be lurking around every corner, ready to pounce and spoil our enjoyment of the perks and efficiency of the tech [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://africancommunications.co.za/2010/05/eds-letter-%e2%80%93-apr-jun-2010/</link>
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		<title>Ed&#8217;s letter &#8211; Jan-Mar 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2010 has arrived and with it all of the excitement surrounding the Fifa 2010 World Cup. But don’t think that this is cause for celebration for soccer fans alone. Fifa’s sometimes seemingly unreasonable requirements for hosting the tournament fortunately include substantial ICT infrastructure upgrades and development. Running into millions of dollars, the legacy of this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://africancommunications.co.za/2010/02/eds-letter-jan-mar-2010/</link>
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		<title>Ed&#8217;s letter &#8211; Oct-Dec 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Curious to know whether I was being ripped off or not, I decided to contact my fixed-line telecoms provider earlier this week to pose a few questions. As this particular company is also my broadband provider I was interested to know whether my data cap had been affected by the arrival of Seacom – even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://africancommunications.co.za/2009/12/eds-letter-oct-dec-2009/</link>
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		<title>Ed&#8217;s letter &#8211; Jul-Sept 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m all for technology. The more aspects of my life I can automate or leave up to some gadget to do, or at least make it easier for me to do, the better. I use my mobile phone to keep track of my schedule – both business and personal. I keep detailed records of all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://africancommunications.co.za/2009/09/eds-letter-jul-sept-2009/</link>
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