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Keeping private, online For some, privacy is a huge concern when it comes to their online profiles on the various social media platforms. The key is to either make sure that the platform you choose to use is serious about keeping your information private and that you choose the best privacy settings for you, or don't include your personal information online. It's difficult to keep a low profile on the internet, with social interaction moving heavily in that direction, but always remember what your parents and teachers taught you when you were a kid - be wary of strangers. Meeting strangers online can be even more deceiving than a face-to-face encounter because there's no room for your 'sixth sense' to come into play; always have your guard up.
According to Facebook, privacy is the number one most important thing for the company - I suggest we all make it our priority when socialising online as well. Cheers, Sindy Peters, Africa editor Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive. Send all your Africa marketing news africanews@bizcommunity.com. Top stories
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NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists has expressed its alarm at the deterioration of press freedoms in Egypt ahead of November's parliamentary elections and next year's presidential vote. In particular, it is concerned over the firing on Tuesday, 5 October 2010 of Ibrahim Eissa, the editor-in-chief and founder of the independent daily Al-Dustour. 
Standard Bank's HIV/Aids programmes have touched the lives of an estimated 160 000 Standard Bank employees and their families, says Sim Tshabalala, the bank's chief executive. 
DUBAI: User privacy is the priority of internet social networking site Facebook, which has come under fire from users for its privacy settings, the company's director of market development said on Sunday (17 October 2010) in Dubai. 
ITNewsAfrica's bi-monthly Innovation Dinner will take place on 27 October 2010 in Johannesburg with ICT leaders addressing the theme 'Our connected future'. Keynote speakers will stimulate discussions surrounding the factors that hinder network deployment and potential solutions to facilitate the delivery of the new generation broadband technology. 
The African Bureau of Conventions has announced that it has been accepted as a member of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). ICCA's network of approximately 900 suppliers to the international meetings industry has members in 86 countries. 
The 2010 Africa in Motion (AiM) Film Festival begins this week from 21 October to 5 November 2010 at Filmhouse Cinema in Edinburgh, Scotland, with screenings of over 70 films from 28 African countries. 
The UK-based New Africa Analysis, a fortnightly magazine on progressive Africa, launched on Monday, 11 October 2010 in South Africa with 10,000 copies of the first issue printed and made available. 
According to the 2010 Newsroom Barometer survey, conducted by McKinsey and Co. and the World Editors Forum, chief editors worldwide cited declining interest among young readers as the greatest threat to newspapers in the future. There are those, however, that are succeeding with younger audiences. 
Inter Press Service (IPS) Africa has launched its new multimedia website to present the story of Africa's development. The website launch in Africa coincided with the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, commemorated on 17 October 2010. 
Huge inequalities in international research capabilities and knowledge fragmentation hamper the capacity of social sciences to contribute answers to global challenges of today and tomorrow. This is one of the many criticisms against the social sciences, according to the 2010 World Social Science Report (WSSR) launched for the first time in South Africa on Monday, 11 October 2010. 
The partnership between pan-African sports broadcaster, SuperSport and DFL Sports Enterprises has been extended for a further three seasons into 2015. According to SuperSport, the positive reponse from the African continent to the Bundesliga has resulted in the new contract extention which secures the broadcasting rights. | International news |
SOUTH KOREACMO Council and BPI Network to partner with Asia-Pacific business and technology report
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Furthering their regional reach and access, the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council and the Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network will team with the Asia-Pacific Business and Technology Report (APBTR) to gain new content channels and syndication sources in the world's fastest growing and most influential regional market with more than four billion consumers. Read more >>UNITED STATESSeptember 2010 US search engine rankings
RESTON, US: comScore, Inc. has released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the US search marketplace. Google sites led the explicit core search market in September with 66.1% of searches conducted, an increase of 0.7 share points from August 2010. Read more >>UNITED STATESGap gives way
Clothing giant Gap feels social media heat, scraps new logo. Read more >>UNITED KINGDOMInterflora vs M&S: Online marketers await outcome with bated breath
LONDON, UK: Flower retailer Interflora has begun legal action against Marks & Spencer for allegedly bidding on its brand name on Google Adwords. According to Matthew Whiteway, client services director at leading search specialist agency and technology firm Greenlight, were Interflora to win this battle, it would set a precedent, with a number of advertisers likely to follow suit. Online marketers meanwhile will be waiting with bated breath. A ruling in favour of Interflora could see them frantically having to review their AdWords accounts. Read more >>SERBIAGfK purchasing power study shows distribution of Serbia's wealth in 2010
BELGRADE, SERBIA: GfK GeoMarketing has released new purchasing power data for Serbia. With a per capita purchasing power of €3022 (about R29 000), the Serbians have slightly more than a fifth of the average purchasing power available to an EU citizen in 2010. Read more >>UNITED KINGDOMConsumer demand for chocolate stays sweet
LONDON, UK: As the UK's National Chocolate Week commences (11 - 17 October), latest research from Mintel reveals that despite cutbacks in other areas, chocolate sales are staying sweet - with UK sales of chocolate confectionery increasing by 9.2% between 2007 and 2009 to reach an estimated £3.6 billion (about R39 billion) and sales projected to grow even further to £4.1 billion (about R44 billion) by 2015. Read more >>UNITED STATESCoffee marketers can warm up to young sippers for long-term growth
[Mintel Oxygen] CHICAGO, US: A cup of coffee is a daily occurrence for 66% of Americans according to Mintel, but sales have been relatively unchanged in recent years due largely to the sector's loyal, older customers. However, appealing to the younger coffee consumer may be just what companies ordered to heat up the market. Read more >>UNITED STATESJoin CMO webcast on organisational transformation
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SOUTH AFRICAVizeum SA drives off with BMW SA
Vizeum South Africa will be taking over all of BMW South Africa's media strategy, planning and buying needs as of 1 January 2011, the vehicle manufacturer announced today, Friday, 15 October, 2010. Vizeum replaces Nota Bene (media planning) and The Media Shop (media buying). Read more >>SOUTH AFRICANew Touareg: Fast and fancy greeny
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Volkswagen has halved its current Touareg model range, binned the V10 engine and replaced it with a more environmentally friendly V8 and at the same time used one of the V6 models as a flagship for the introduction of its BlueMotion Technology in South Africa. Read more >>UNITED STATESLive drive
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SOUTH AFRICATwo-in-one luxury on Pepper & Loop
[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] Cape Town's city centre now has so many five-star hotels you're more likely to find a filet Béarnaise and top-notch Caesar Salad if you walk the streets than a white pipe or hit of tik. Competition is rife too, so the winner here is the customer who can choose from superb accommodations and fine dining within a few city blocks. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAL'Ermitage Estate - elegant
[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] The Huguenots came to Franschhoek in 1688. Right, I've said it. Is there anybody who remains in any doubt about this fact? They also went to Wellington, but we don't all know that because Wellington has the genteelness not to shove it down our throats at every turn. Read more >>More Travel news...
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SOUTH AFRICAA rollicking Raiders of the Lost Aardvark
[Michael Britton] During World War 2, an intrepid, almost blind airplane mechanic with a heart murmur so loud you can hear it across the street, flies a cranky biplane from Cape Town to Cairo. The original mission - to deliver documents to Walvis Bay - becomes a madcap adventure as our unlikely hero, Salty Hepburn, pursues a suspicious tramp steamer and double agents across Africa. En route he encounters flamingos, mielie fields, gorillas and a wicked German baron. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICATurning back time with Taxi Violence's latest vid
[Ruth Cooper] I really like Taxi Violence's time-bending, Frankenstein-esqe music video for "The Turn". I don't think it is really meant to be viewed as comedy and is probably meant to be more touching and heartfelt, but I can't help cracking a chuckle after watching it. Maybe I have a rather twisted sense of humour, but, either way, it's a fine piece of work that really complements the yearning lyrics. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICADaisy daisy... I'm half crazy all for the love of you
[Ruth Cooper] Rocking the Daisies; pretty scenery, cold windy nights, sunny days, cramped camping, noisy neighbours, random drunkards, eco hippies, hay bales, lilo's, oh yes and some music. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAWhirling dervish transforms Carmen
[Debbie Hathway] Dada Masilo had the audience roaring with delight by her second entrance in her contemporary dance version of Carmen at the Baxter Theatre last week. Even more mesmerising than she was in her interpretation of Romeo and Juliet last year, this petite dynamo couldn't blend in to a corps de ballet if she tried! Read more >>SOUTH AFRICARocking the Gardens promotes greener living
[Ilva Pieterse] Amid live music, comedy and entertainment, Rocking the Gardens' message of preserving our planet rang out loud and clear on 9 and 10 October, 2010, at Emmerentia Dam, Johannesburg. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICADaughtry in Cape Town and Joburg
American rockers Daughtry will be performing at the GrandWest Grand Arena, Cape Town, on Wednesday, 27 October, before heading to Joburg for a second gig on Friday, 29 October 2010 at the Coca-Cola Dome. Read more >>More BizLounge news...
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