Comments on: Google SA: Set to rule

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Google South Africa - How do they know my name? | Web AddiCT(s); — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:46:56 +0000

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By: Spam blocked

Spam blocked — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:05:11 +0000

Tyler, what a shameless punt for Vinny. Why would Google acquire synthasite when it has a much better offering of its own? Duh! Vinny wishes that $5M is enough for it to start competing…with a company making $1Bn profit each year. I don’t think so.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:43:01 +0000

Stafford mentioned a huge punt around mobile search – I think Google see mobile web growing alot faster than PC conections (obviously as currently a 7 to 1 ratio exists). Look for mobile acquisitions I say.

By: sidakwa

sidakwa — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:21:21 +0000

my take is that they will invest heavily in universities , to make the students grow “dependence” on Google pages etc just like Microsoft did here in uk where it made available Microsoft products to students to use in universities for academic purposes , resulting in graduates who “prefer” microsoft products due to prolonged exposure .

google checkout is a sure bet and google products .

By: carls

carls — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:25:12 +0000

On the education front… I hope you are right, I really do! I am interested to see what real social investments Google will make – how they plan to tackle government and approach the divide – the rest of your specualtion is interesting and time will tell!

By: Tyler Reed

Tyler Reed — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:53:27 +0000

Garsen: I think it would be a huge bonus for Google to offer universities Google apps lcoally. It would do wonders for their local PR.

Marinus: I agree that the internet does not carry a lot of trust with South Africans. However, the increase in ecommerce locally and the fact that the younger generations trust the internet more than their older counterparts will play a role.

By: Marinus Opperman

Marinus Opperman — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:31:26 +0000

Honestly, I do not think it will take off with such a speed. South Africa’s internet users are too few to warrant too much expansion in this area. It may be a cultural thing, but the internet is not yet a trusted medium and it might take another two years or so with much cheaper broadband rates. I might be wrong, but that’s my point and I am sticking to it.

By: LordFoom

LordFoom — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:01:44 +0000

If broadband were cheap, then one could imagine Google teaming up with the OLPC project to provide the XO combined with google docs, apps, etc.

By: johan

johan — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:32:39 +0000

Sounds good, whichever way it turns out.

One thing is for certain, the local online industry is due for a boom. And we are up for it!

By: Garsen Subramoney

Garsen Subramoney — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:20:58 +0000

I’m not sure about your predictions on Google acquisitions locally but I agree that I can see how Google would want to explode its Google Apps range in South Africa. I wonder if Googles arrival has university IT managers praising the high heavens?