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What happens on the Internet every 24 hours?
How much happens on the Internet in a single day? Would you believe that 294 billion emails are sent? 2 million blog posts are written? 864,000 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube alone? The...
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Bronx Shoes SA creates interactive billboards, powered by FB Likes!
To interact and engage their local audience, Bronx shoes have introduced an interactive ‘beard growing’ billboard. The billboard portrays an image of a man with a stubble beard. The copy urges users...
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Be ridiculously long lasting
Stride Gum claims to ‘be ridiculously long lasting’, so they decided to create a ridiculously long lasting web banner. The banner tested how long a person could click a mouse and hold it in a certain...
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A rugby tackle is worth a Salta beer.
Here’s a great installation from Argentinean beer brand ‘Cerveza Salta’… Argentina is a country crazy for soccer, but in the Northern Salta province, people love rugby. Salta Beer wanted to create a...
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McDonald’s Hamburger Timetable
The Hamburger Timetable is a smart campaign idea from McDonalds in Poland by DDB Warsaw. At the Central Station of Warsaw, McDonalds (which is right next door), integrated their menu items into the...
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Hellocomputer is Hiring
We’re looking for developers to join our award-winning team. We pride ourselves on the quality of our craft in the design phase, and this needs to translate to the final product. That’s where you come...
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Last Time
Eastpak, the urban lifestyle brand, has unveiled its latest campaign based around the thought provoking question: ‘When was the last time you did something for the first time?’ The campaign is all...
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Instacube: Android Instagram Photo Frame
Created by Design to Matter (D2M), Instacube breathes new life into the digital photo frame. The squared-off Instacube streams your Instagram photo feed in a much larger format than you can view on...
View ArticleHellocomputer shines at the 2012 Loerie Awards
Hellocomputer, has once again confirmed its position as a leader within the digital communications landscape by reaping 5 accolades at the 2012 Loerie Awards! It was a tough year for digital all-round...
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Update: The Latest Oreo Separator is Here
You may remember that, a few weeks ago, we reviewed the epic Oreo separator contraptions that had been built here. These machines serve to solve the problem of the countless productive hours that have...
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Instagram Video: What, Why, and How?
Last week Facebook made the bold move of introducing hashtags to its platform – a tool that was most commonly used on Twitter. And while some argued that it was a shameless copy-cat move on Facebook’s...
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Staff Profile: Dylan Kruger Head of Strategy
Hellocomputer Cape Town welcomed their new Head of Strategy, Dylan Kruger from Jozi, just three months ago. We ( copywriter Caroline Celliers) cornered our new senior and found out what he had to say...
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IMPI Challenge 2013
For those of you who haven’t heard, the IMPI Challenge recently took place in Cape Town at the Lievland Wine Estate on the 20th October 2013. What has been deemed one of the most exciting outdoor...
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Valentine’s Day
The heat of the day in Cape Town was replicated by the heat in the Hellocomputer office on Valentine’s Day, with the HC and FCB peeps making sure to pull out all the stops for the nights’ dates,...
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HC Swag: The Sneakers Edition
If anything is a vibe in the garment department here at HC, it’s sneakers. Some have foot fetishes; Simon Spreckley and Mark Tomlinson have a thing for sneakers, particularly those of the Nike...
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Social Feed – A new media platform that feeds children
3 out of 4 children go to school hungry every single day. With the cost of living and the minimum wage in SA, sometimes even a loaf of bread is too expensive for many households. Social Feed is a new...
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Periscope – here and now
By Avinia Naidu, Community Manager We’ve seen many live streaming apps for mobile users, from SnapChat to Vine. And what’s important to note is the accessibility, popularity and features that make...
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10 new advancements in Social Media this year
By Alex Krause, Community Manager The Social Media arena is constantly being updated with added features queuing up in your App Store Updates list. If you haven’t had a chance to download your...
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Instagram for Brands
By Mzo Ntuli, Content & Social Media Strategist According to the SA Social Media Landscape Report 2014, Instagram reportedly had 680 000 users in South Africa in late 2013. Today, there are over...
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A day in the life of a Traffic Manager
By Michelle Dyson, Traffic Manager I started my career in the direct marketing industry before moving into production. That role quickly changed and before I knew it I had the title of Traffic...
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