Open Technologist

Crowdfunding Definition – Music Industry Example

South African singer Verity Price found it hard to get a recording contract in South Africa. As featured on Carte Blanche, music producer Peter Lacey explained that the market for English speaking music in South Africa is less than 500 000 people and this includes international artists. A successful record in South Africa is considered selling 5 000 units. Besides releasing an album there is the added tasks of getting radio stations to play the music and getting retailers to sell the album....

MXit Blackberry

The MXit Blackberry application allows users to send messages at no cost over the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) network (Vodacom users). The application can be downloaded from the Blackberry app store or just point your Blackberry's browser to MXit's wap site www.mxit.com/wap. Some the features include: Changing of language within the app Mood and presence is saved and is not lost when log out The chat screen displays the time A template farewell message is can be sent to the...

Crowdsourcing Platforms

A crowdsourcing platform allows a organization to collaborate with a community to provide solutions to a project. When organizations decide on crowdsourcing a project they can either attempt to attract the crowd themselves, creating their own platform in the process, or make use of an existing crowdsourcing platform with an established community. The main difference is that an exisiting platorm will have an established community. Opting to create your own platform will require investment in...