| | | Today's headlines | Calling Zimbabwe? Be careful… Someone might be listening
Yahoo reaches for relevancy with new 'smart' ads
Brother Gulf gears up to achieve 100% growth in three years
Agency urges caution on net neutrality
UPS offers wireless tracking via SMS
Omnifone opens music buffet for hungry EU mobile markets
Leading economist queries Dell's claims on Zimbabwe collapse
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Advertising | | AFRICA Yahoo reaches for relevancy with new 'smart' ads
Yahoo has offered its advertisers a way to make their ads more relevant to individual viewers through the search engine's new SmartAds program.
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Digital | | EGYPT Brother Gulf gears up to achieve 100% growth in three years
Brother Gulf, a global leader in the development and manufacturing of printing, communication and digital imaging products for homes, SOHOs and enterprises, has announced that it is targeting to double its revenues within the next three years.
ZIMBABWE Calling Zimbabwe? Be careful… Someone might be listening
The Interception of Communications Bill, awaiting only Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's signature to become law, will further constrict the flow of information already hampered by other laws deemed repressive, claimed civil society groups.
AFRICA Agency urges caution on net neutrality
[Carole Kimutai] The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday urged policymakers to proceed cautiously on any regulation of high-speed Internet traffic.
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Media | | AFRICA African journalists present 50-year retrospective
[Lavinia Mahlangu] As the African Union Heads of State and Government Summit kicked off in Ghana's capital on Sunday, 1 July, the continent's journalists presented a demonstration of their profession in the form of a recently launched book.
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Mobile | | AFRICA UPS offers wireless tracking via SMS
"Our customers have become more mobile as their businesses have grown, and their lives converge with their day-to-day work activities. So we find a lot of customers are using our mobile capabilities to extend their flexibility and productivity outside of work," said Jeff Reid, UPS's director of customer technology marketing.
AFRICA Omnifone opens music buffet for hungry EU mobile markets
 Omnifone has unveiled a new subscription-based music download service called "MusicStation" for mobile phone users in several European countries, and Africa could also benefit soon.
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Newspapers | | EAST AFRICA Somali newspaper office firebombed
Attackers have firebombed the offices of a newspaper in Somalia (Puntland) and the attack has been condemned by the IFJ, which has also called on the Somali authorities to bring those responsible for the firebombing to justice.
SOUTHERN AFRICA Lesotho reporter harassed at rally
A ‘Public Eye' reporter, Kabelo Masoabi, was verbally attacked at the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy's (LCD) rally in Makhaleng, Ha Ramabanta, in the Maseru district, over the weekend.
EAST AFRICA Somali mayor slaps reporter, has him arrested
Journalist struck and his arrest ordered by the mayor of Somaliland capital.
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Online Media | | NORTH AFRICA Yemeni journalist held for another month
A Yemeni security court has decided against releasing an opposition journalist, and he will be detained for at least another month.
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Radio | | ZIMBABWE Leading economist queries Dell's claims on Zimbabwe collapse
On SW Radio Africa's 'Hot Seat' program, journalist Violet Gonda interviews leading Zimbabwean economist Tony Hawkins, and poses the question whether US Ambassador Christopher Dell is right to say President Robert Mugabe will be forced to quit by record inflation of over 1,5 million percent by year end.
EAST AFRICA Comoros reporter held
A Comoros reporter from a state-owned radio station has been imprisoned for three days, and was allegedly mistreated while in detention.
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