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Facebook’s IPO

Facebook’s IPO

Following Facebook’s move to file for IPO has been fascinating reading and everyone seems to have an opinion ... not everyone is capable of building a company like Facebook! There is no question that a community north of 800million users has significant value. Zuckerberg is one of the brightest tech entrepreneurs of our generation and he has surrounded himself with the best (I am a fan of Sheryl Sandberg in particular). Read More

History being made

History being made

The team from RamsayMedia, Samsung and Cytrus have been working dilligently to complete the CARapp and getting it live. We are very excited that this ground breaking application is now live and available exclusively on the Samsung Application Store.

To get your own version of the application on your Android device search for "carapp" on the

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Cytrus releases its new look website

Cytrus releases its new look website

Today Cytrus releases its new look website including a showcase of some of our latest work (watch this space). Less is more... the design and content of the site was driven by an insight from Saito in a paper he wrote on 'The Moral Dimension of Japanese Aesthetics' - he wrote - "Simplicity is not only Read More

Car Magazine reveals beta CARmag Android application developed by Cytrus

Car Magazine reveals beta CARmag Android application developed by Cytrus

Last night Cytrus had the privilege of attending the beta launch of the Ramsay Media Car Magazine Mobile Application in association with Samsung Mobile and developed by Cytrus Technology. All the main folks were there, some words were spoken and good times were had by all. The CARmagapp is a state-of-the-art Android application for fans of Read More

New Managing Director Andrew Davies starts at Cytrus

New Managing Director Andrew Davies starts at Cytrus

Last week I was tasked by Grant Byron, our Service Delivery Manager, with putting together a few words on the business strategy for Cytrus going forward … here goes … During the course of my association with various technology businesses and projects, some more successful than others, I have learned that there are two elements that Read More

Cytrus Announces SA Ubuntu Foundation Sponsorship

Cytrus Announces SA Ubuntu Foundation Sponsorship

Last Friday I had the pleasure of attending the SA Ubuntu Foundation’s latest networking breakfast at the Hilton Hotel in Cape Town, where I had the opportunity to announce the sponsorship of the SA Ubuntu Foundation’s new website. The site was built and designed by our talented team and released at the end of May, and Read More

Opinion: Groupon & other group buying sites

Opinion: Groupon & other group buying sites

Recently, our Business Analyst, Clyde, blogged about the Silicon Cape event he attended at La Med in Camps Bay. Two of the guest speakers had been Wayne Gosling and Daniel Guasco from Twangoo, the group buying website that was recently acquired by hugely successful Groupon. This week, our Product Manager Retha took to the blogosphere to Read More

Silicon Cape Networking Event #4 – Sponsored by Cell C

Silicon Cape Networking Event #4 – Sponsored by Cell C

I recently attended the latest Silicon Cape networking event, the community-driven initiative that aims to establish Cape Town as the centre for start-ups in Africa. It was the fourth event of its kind, this time sponsored by Cell C and held at La Med in Camps Bay. The sponsorship meant some great freebies for attendees: the first few Read More

SAUbuntu Network Breakfasts in Cape Town

SAUbuntu Network Breakfasts in Cape Town

The SAUbuntu Foundation (SAUF) has brought a new dynamic to the Cape Town business networking scene with their monthly breakfast meetings. Excellent speakers coupled with stunning venues draw over 120 attendees from all industries to every meeting. 2010 speakers include: Pregs Govender, Commissioner of the SA Human Rights Commission, Rudolf Gouws, Chief Economist at Rand Merchant Bank, Jeff Read More

Cytrus develops mobile applications for Samsung

Cytrus develops mobile applications for Samsung

Three mobile applications developed by Cytrus are now available for download via the Samsung Apps website. The African Weather Forecaster app, Lotto Results app and the Sky Cycles Calculator are all free to download. They’re lite apps (smaller than 2.0MB), and are compatible with Samsung smartphones and various other Samsung handsets that are using the Read More