Technotransect Who Creates Tech Wealth in Africa? "The government has a big role to play in Kenya," said Paul Kukubo, CEO of the country's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Board. "We need to protect the private sector until it can compete." We spoke in Kukubo's office in the Telposta Towers in downtown Nairobi. Out the window, the feathery acacias disguise the frenetic activity… Curt Hopkins View comments
Blogging Jux Comes To The iPad Jux, the boldest, loudest big-screen personal publishing platform around, has just made its natural leap to the iPad. As of today, the multimedia publishing platform that launched in August now supports touch-powered browsing. It's iPad-optimized, but all it needs is a tablet browser. Just go to jux.com and dive in. When I covered Jux's desktop… Jon Mitchell View comments
Community Your Klout Score Probably Just Dropped Today Klout released a new scoring model for its social media influence service. According to a blog post, this project "represents the biggest step forward in accuracy, transparency and our technology in Klout's history." Klout Score is based on the PeopleRank algorithm, which gathers information about how many people you influence, how much… Social Alicia Eler View comments
News Win $10k for Your Video on Why You Love or Hate Social Media Email service provider iContact is holding an interesting contest (we aren't involved, just like contests). Make a short video on why you either like or hate social media and post it before December 5th. Simple enough, and it sounds like a lot of fun too. Enterprise David Strom View comments
Location Found 1.1 for iOS & Android After months of careful iterations, a mobile app called Found is now available to all iOS and Android users in 26 countries. It's one of those apps that felt like it was missing from your phone until you installed it. Found helps you share where you're going and arrange to meet friends there. Or, it can help you find where your friends are… Mobile Jon Mitchell View comments