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AI won’t lead to better consumer engagement but machine learning will...
Published on Tuesday, 28 May 2019 by Jarred Mailer-Lyons in
Technology
Jarred Mailer-Lyons, Head of Digital at The MediaShop Science fiction movies and novels did an amazing job of creating and dramatizing encounters with Artificial Intelligence - but did it prepare us for the real world of AI? Unfortunately not… Most…
Andrew Dabbs, Digital Media Strategist at The MediaShop Over the Easter period, I was fortunate enough to travel and see my 95 year old granny in the beautiful county of Sussex. Only there for a short stay and sticking to…
Prince Ndlovu, Media Strategist at The MediaShop eGaming has been a massive sports and leisure pastime around the world, even creating instant millionaires and businesses in the process. All this has been driven by easy access to the internet. Tournaments…
Print is dying and Radio is next!
Published on Tuesday, 04 December 2018 by Marino Sigalas in
Technology
Print is dying and Radio is next! Now that was dramatic! OK, maybe I should change the header to “Radio as we know it is dying” says Marino Sigalas from The MediaShop. That’s because just like when the internet crawled…
Gareth Grant, Business Unit Manager at The MediaShop says that we’re looking at our smartphones every 12 minutes, but is it making us smarter? In today’s hyper connected ‘smart’ world, we find ourselves operating at an increasing and ever demanding…
On Comic Con, YouTubers and the business of gaming
Published on Tuesday, 13 November 2018 by Jarred Mailer-Lyons in
Technology
Jarred Mailer-Lyons Digital Media Strategist at The MediaShop investigates how 8 million gaming South Africans spend their time. I recently attended the Business of Gaming Forum (BOGF) in association with Comic Con South Africa, which hosted over 40,000 fans of…
Sean Sullivan - Business Unit Manager at The MediaShop. Attention spans are not shrinking, rather they are evolving to be more selective, according to new research. If someone invited you to watch a day-long movie you’d probably be pretty quick…
THE GENERATION GAP – WHO IS WHO?
Published on Monday, 22 October 2018 by Belinda Kayton in
Technology
Belinda Kayton, Media Strategist at The MediaShop looks at the differences between Xers and Millennials and highlights quite a few differences I often get asked “Who is Gen X?” and “What is the difference between a Millennial and a Gen…