Ismail Dhorat

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Tag archive for ‘Mobile’

Twitter Business Model, Why google is scared


Read Write web recently ran a post on monetizing twitter with a business model using ads. The post was good, and i believe it makes sense However i believe they missed one key point. Twitter can be used from your mobile phone.
When Google launched image based mobile ads. i briefly covered what google mobile [...]

IPhone available soon in South Africa, Need cheap replicas for Africa


Fin24 reported this morning that the IPhone will be available in South Africa. Often i have conversations like this with people regarding the phone
Friend: So how is that phone?Ismail: The best phone i have ever usedFriend: But you cant MMS / It doesn’t have 3G / You cant forward SMSIsmail: yes, but it’s still [...]

What is Google mobile ads missing?


Google launched mobile image ads a few days back, and i have been asking myself will they work? Techcrunch also ran a poll and unsurprisingly a large portion of people selected that they would not follow a mobile ad. However Google does point out that with increasing usage of mobile internet & larger screen [...]

The reason behind Apple Iphone shortages & the business model


There have been numerous reports of iphone shortages in Apple stores in the US. Check out news24 for the latest article on this or this article which speculated the shortages were due the launch of a 3G version. The main reason seems to be unexpected demand from the grey market (Imported via improper channels) and [...]