metaMeerkat : nog steeds bietjie sneeu op... From Desktop to Doorstep, Ordering Food Online has Never Been So Easy for Mumbaikars - The DeliveryChef Story In conversation with Aditi Talreja, founder of DeliveryChef.in, Abhilasha Dafria for YourStory.in finds out how with just one click the food is delivered from your desktop to your doorstep. Tell us about you, your background and tell us about your startup. What exactly is DeliveryChef.in? I’m a young foodie entrepreneur – I studied Finance & Accounting in New York University’s Stern School of Business and that’s when I first heard about ordering food online and began doing it on a regular basis. How is the order executed? So how did you come up with this idea? What were the challenges you faced while starting up? Since when have you been operational? How many food outlets do you have tie-ups with; as of now in Mumbai? How does the revenue model work with the food-chains you are tied up and the customers? Are there other players in the market doing similar things? Can you share with us some interesting trends about the market that you are trying to capture?
Shannon Hope - The Waiting Room Mugabe blasts Mandela Johannesburg - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has blasted former president Nelson Mandela 's reconciliation policies, and has labelled him "too much of a saint" in a television interview, The Sunday Independent reported. "Mandela has gone a bit too far in doing good to the non-black communities, really in some cases at the expense of [blacks]...," Mugabe reportedly told talk show host Dali Tambo in an interview. "That is being too saintly, too good, too much of a saint," he said. The interview, filmed for Tambo's show People of the South , would be aired next Sunday, the newspaper reported. According to The Sunday Independent, the interview included footage of the Mugabe family and interviews with Mugabe's wife Grace at a dairy farm. Tambo filmed the interview in Zimbabwe before Christmas and showed the family the final edit in Harare last weekend. 'Mugabe is an icon' "I interviewed Rhodesian leader Ian Smith in Cape Town in a previous series.
Africa's sexy tech: Death by innovation? The Cc-Hub, in Lagos, is a hotbed of successful innovation. But innovation isn't always the answer, says Michelle Atagana. African entrepreneurs place too much importance on innovation, says Michelle AtaganaStartups are forgoing solid business models in favor of trendy concepts, she saysTech wizards should first tackle the problem of service delivery Editor's note: Michelle Atagana is the managing editor of memeburn.com, a social media and technology news site. (CNN) -- In today's world of catchy buzzwords, a current favorite is "Africa is rising." In case you haven't heard, apparently the next Facebook, Google or Microsoft will come from Africa. In Africa, we worship at the altar of innovation Innovation is the fountain from which most African entrepreneurs drink -- their raison d'etre. Michelle Atagana But innovation has become quite formulaic for the quick-talking 20-somethings just itching to change the world. Read more: Why tech innovators are Africa's future
Africa: How Mobile Media Is Transforming Africa for Good Often has the question been asked: Who does technology serve? Earlier this year, as a member of the judging panel for the first African Open Data Bootcamp in Kenya, I came across a "Sanitation in Schools" app. It was developed after data indicated a worrying dropout trend across Kenya's counties. Data indicated that this was due to the schools' level of poor sanitation. The number of mobile phones in Africa stands at 650 million (from a mere 4 million in the late 1990s) and is set to reach the 1 billion bar in less than 5 years. A very exciting aspect of the mobile revolution in Africa is what it's used for. In 2011, the African Media Initiative (AMI), together with other partners, launched the African News Innovation Challenge (ANIC), in which a $1m fund promotes disruptive digital ideas to improve how news is collected and disseminated. Africa's mobile revolution Currently, there are some 650 million mobile phones on the continent. Why now?
Kitely Roll Out New Opensim Asset System This sounds like a great advancement because inventory is proving somewhat of a problem on OSgrid which is probably down to the huge storage requirement given they have the most registered avatars and regions. Clearly, Kitely are meeting this problem early on in their development and that is a big plus for using their service. I think more grids could push their databases to cloud and I always thought how useful it would be if a company like Kitely, or even Second Life, offered cloud based inventory data storage to other grids where Kitely or SL could, in effect, shield content from copy thieves since no grid owner using the service would be able to look at the data and change permissions. Linden Labs are not likely to do anything like that even though they are well placed both financially and with a huge store of content but I wont say never for I keep hearing rumors.
Social Cooperation Within Virtual Worlds: Old Social Phenomena Emerging in New Environments | Diana Constantinescu I. Introduction to virtual worlds What is a virtual world. MMORPG. The term MMORPG stands for massively multiplayer online role-playing game. A computer- based RPG (role playing game) takes place in an online virtual world with thousands to millions of other players.The user handles a client to connect to a server, usually run by the publisher of the game, whichhosts the virtual world and memorizes information about the users.
Kenya’s mobile telephones: Vital for the poor AFRICA’S “mobile decade”, when telephones at last reached most corners of the continent, has meant a huge improvement in the lives of the poor. But quantifying it is hard. How useful can a mobile phone be to someone living on less than $2.50 a day, the World Bank’s standard benchmark of poverty? Researchers in Kenya have given a partial answer. The weekly value of these sacrifices averages just over 72 Kenyan shillings (84 American cents)—not a trivial amount, seeing that the daily wage of a Kenyan labourer can be as little as a dollar. Almost half of those surveyed were using internet-enabled smart or “feature” phones. Still, only 16% of respondents said they were using their phones to browse the internet. But M-Pesa’s success has not escaped the notice of a government struggling to meet its financial commitments.
Tech4Africa is the premier mobile, web & emerging technology event in Africa.Tech4Africa games-change-awards-winners-announced# Games for Change announced that Never Alone was named the winner of the "Most Significant Impact" and "Game of the Year" awards. during the Games for Change (G4C) Awards. Hosted by Schell Games CEO Jesse Schell, the Games For Change Awards took place at the 12th Annual Games for Change Festival yesterday in conjunction with the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. Bounden (developed by Game Oven) won the "Most Innovative" award, while This War of Mine from by 11 bit studios won the "Best Gameplay" award. This War of Mine also took home the first-ever fan award - the "Mashable + Games for Change People’s Choice Award." Tracy Fullerton won the "Game Changer Award," which recognizes the significant global contributions of individuals who inspire and mentor new generations of game creators and researchers. The Games for Change Festival also featured an onstage pitch session that gave developers of games that are still in development the chance to make their case to funders.