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How Twitter is changing lives on the Cape Flats and beyond

Over the last two years Twitter had a very big impact on the lives of many in the RLabs community on the Cape Flats. The journey with this micro-blogging platform started in 2008 when a number of young men and women were introduced to … Continue reading

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With Social Media you C.A.N

Today RLabs offered Social Media training to C.A.N a new client in the Social Media Factory. Four representatives from C.A.N came to the RLabs space not knowing much about social media except for them each having their personal Facebook accounts. By … Continue reading

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Latest Social Media in numbers

Below is a guest blog post from RLabs (11 June 2010)… AS we continue seeing the rise and growth of Social Media accross various industries, it is clear that we are seeing large volumes joining the bandwagon. Below we share some … Continue reading

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South African Twitter usage

Guest Blog Post by Social Media Factory: An excellent report by Fusenet have presented the Analysis and Demographics Of South African Twitter Usage. This report was based on Twitter data from March and April 2010.The report highlighted the following interesting findings … Continue reading

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Social Media for Business

Earlier this week the Rlabs team were again offering Social Media training, this time to the business sector targeting SMME’s. This is the first time the team offered training to the business sector. My slot for the training can be … Continue reading

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Social Media Factory training with SCAT

Yesterday was an exciting day for the the RLabs team who did training under the umbrella of Social Media Factory with SCAT an NGO doing work nationally. 3 Representatives from SCAT were sent to RLabs for training in the following … Continue reading

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Training the Trainers #2

As promised this the the follow up to my previous post titled: ‘Social Media: Training the Trainers’. This morning team RLabs were back at Silulo Ilutho Technologies on the second and final day of Training the Trainers. The topis covered on … Continue reading

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Social Media Revolution continues

Social Media definitely has changed my life or dare I say has given me a new lease on life. Watching this video has opened my eyes to the reality of how Social Media has impacted and still is impacting the … Continue reading

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Man behind National Braai Day gives away lamb…

Almost cannot read my own handwriting,but think this says @Clinton316 so congratulations!You now own a lamb. http://twitpic.com/1idiy4less than a minute ago via Tweetie Jan Braai janbraai Above is the tweet I got informing me I was the new owner of … Continue reading

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The RLabs “Twitter Gangsters” get to tell their stories

Local newspaper visits RLabs after Rlabs partnered with the World Bank at the Innovation Fair. The theme of the 2 day conference held at Hotel Le Vendome in Sea Point was “Moving Beyond Conflict”.

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