4 ways to cut your mobile data costs

Mobile data is expensive, but there are many ways to reduce the amount of data you use

without compromising on your Android smartphone experience. Alcatel suggests a few tweaks and tips that will help you stretch your bundle further:

1. Use less data with Chrome’s Data Saver

With Chrome’s Data Saver, less data is downloaded to your device because Google’s servers compress websites for you. Not only can this cut down on data usage, it can also allow you to load web pages faster when you have a slow connection.

On your Android phone, open the Chrome app, tap ‘more settings’ and then tap ‘data saver’ under

‘advanced’. Switch the setting on; you can look at ‘data usage breakdown’ under ‘data saver’ to see a list of the sites you've visited and how much data you've saved.

2. Check that you don’t have apps draining your data in the background

Some apps may be running data services in the background, even when you are not using them. For

example, they could be downloading updated information, syncing data or tracking your location. Look at ‘data usage’ in the Android settings menu, and you may be shocked by how much data some apps are quietly consuming. In particular, look at background data usage, and tap on ‘restrict app background data’ if it’s not an app you use all the time.

3. Go ‘lite’ with some of your favourite apps

The developers of many of your favourite apps and services have created lightweight versions of their apps, designed to consume less data as well as to require less storage space and run better on older and slower devices.

Sometimes you might need to sacrifice a few features when you use the ‘lite’ version of an app, but for many people, it’s a worthwhile trade‐off for more efficient data usage. Some examples include YouTube Go, Google Go, Skype Lite, Facebook Messenger Lite and Twitter Lite.

4. Navigate offline with Google Maps and download media

Navigation with Google Maps can chew up a significant amount of data. You can save an area from

Google Maps to your phone or tablet when you have access to a Wi‐Fi network and use it when you're offline. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app and click download.

Where apps like Netflix, Google Play or Spotify allow it, why not download your media when you have Wi‐Fi access rather than streaming it using mobile data? This can enable you to have your entertainment at your fingertips, without blowing your bundle.

This edition by Fred Felton | Twitter @fredfelton 

5 Questions With Trend Analyst Dion Chang

Today I sat down with trend analyst Dion Chang from Flux Trends.

Dion Chang

I asked him 5 questions.

How far away are we from Free WiFi across Africa?

It's become such a commodity.  Profit is quite narrow in this medium.  When we see the benefit of it in countries GDP then maybe we can see it happening.

What social media trends do you see for 2015 and into the future?

Social Media Commerce.  We are at a tipping point.  It's the next step of shopping.  It's going to integrate into our lifestyles.

How do you see wearables and Google Glass?

I am disappointed in Google Glass.

Wearables are in a fitness phase at the moment.  I think wearables are going to disrupt the healthcare industry.

What does Flux Trends do?

We are a trends analysis company.   We look at the consumer mindset and we look at trends as a business strategy.  We are very much interested in disruptive technology.

Which South African Brands are doing well on Social Media?

Mr Price does it really well.  They speak to their target market well.
Spree is killing it.  They are also doing very well.

You can find Dion Chang on Twitter @dionchang


Interview by Fred Felton
Twitter @fredfelton


Fred Felton was a guest of MWEB WiFi at their #TheFutureOfWiFi Luncheon.
Find out about their WiFi here: http://www.mweb.co.za/MwebWiFi/AboutMwebWiFi.aspx

Highlights from Mobile Web in Africa and E-Tas 2014

Mobile Web in Africa 2014

Mobile Web in Africa held an interesting conference at the South Point Towers, Randlords in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. “Mobile Web in Africa” an interesting topic indeed. I’m sure a lot of folks have heard of the word mobile many times in their lives but they really don’t know what it is or what it really does, besides the fact that obviously we have mobile phones in our bags, rather hands and everywhere we go. 

Mobile refers to being able to move, not just move but move freely and easily of course and yes relating to mobile phones, handheld computers, handheld wireless device that allows users  to make calls and send texts and so forth. So at the conference it was more of mobile money, solution idea based and latest technologies.

At the conference there were great speakers lined up like the likes of Mike Sharman; founder of Retroviral, Sarag Arora; Principle consultant at KPMG South Africa, Walter Pike; founder at Pike and other great speakers. They emphasized on the importance of mobile money in Africa (Mobile money refers to payment services operated under financial regulation and performed from or via mobile phones or the internet) and how it has transformed Africa and the world as a whole and how the future looks like for mobile money.

It turned out that mobile money will become part of core economic infrastructure and money mobile operators and it will add features like ATM access mainstreams. That’s why mobile apps are the perfect platform to make payments and banking on your smart phones and tablets is the right way to go because it is convenient, safe and simple.

Standard Bank, Intel, Terragon group and JunkMail and other supporting organizations were part of the Mobile Web in Africa, in which they promoted creating an ecosystem, building new engagement platforms, new solutions across the customer’s life cycle, putting customers first and introducing the latest technologies like the AR. The conference was educating and innovating with the accurate and credible information that was shared by great speakers.   

Article by +Molly Dimpho 

TRAVEL & SOCIAL MEDIA AT THE E-TAS 2014

Damian Cook; CEO of E-Tourism Frontiers

The first E-Tourism Africa Summit at the great Turbine Hall venue in Newtown, Johannesburg.  Damian Cook; CEO of E-Tourism Frontiers, the company which organized the summit. E-Tourism Frontiers really knew what they were doing when they held their summit at Turbine Halls, with South African industrial architecture and breathtaking décor.

This summit focused on how online travel is changing and adapting and how personal touch is becoming a key focus. This included the importance of social media like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google, on how they play major roles to travelers and the audience in general. Not only that but ensuring that the audience is receiving the most authentic and correct information online since proliferation of information has taken the internet by storm. Most importantly it was about travel, technology and how travel trade can benefit from it.

Speakers like Chad Shiver, Mike Sharman, Sonal Patel, Spencer Spellman and Vusi Thembekwayo shared their experiences and great ideas to the delegates at the summit. Damian Cook emphasized on how important it is to take your brand and customers into consideration because at the end of the day it’s about helping your brand connect through conversation that inspire travel and tourism.

It was a tremendous event where delegates were stimulating business growth and sharing their experiences about travel, social networks and latest technologies. 

Article by +Molly Dimpho 

Free Tech Symposium For Durban

Join the Dev Community At This Free Tech Symposium For Durban

Date: 22 September 2014
Time: 8am
Venue: Dept. Of Information Technology, DUT, 22 Winterton Walk, Ritson Campus,
To Register For This Free Event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/symposium-on-web-mobile-software-development-technologies-tickets-12948283665


If you love Dev and know what a scrum master is then this event is for you.  Join the Dev community of Durban and come by and meet Taylor Gibb, Microsoft MVP.  He will be giving a presentation at the event.


This edition by +Fred Felton

Highlights from HackaDurban and Microsoft South Africa Reports On Unlicensed Software

HackaDurban Hosted Their First 24 Hour Hackathon on 15th - 16th August

Keynote speaker and judge included Craig McCleod and Bilal Kathrada.

Five challenges were identified:

1. Go Metro Challenge (Participants were asked to create a dataset of Durban bus schedules for Go Metro)

2. Project Hawk (Crime Surveillance)

3. Chariteez (An awareness driven t-shirt brand)

4. Danger (a game using Gamification elements)

On D-Day the participants had to pitch their model to a panel of judges.

Judges included Neil Vose, Jonathan Darker, Craig McCleod, Cade Lamalette, Bilal Kathrada and Alan Haarhoff.

First Place went to Chariteez for their creative use of branding in driving social awareness and responsibility. Second Place went to Project Hawk and Third Place went to Danger.

There were winners all around as each team left with some goodies from the sponsors.

To find out more about HackaDurban and their next event
visit: Durban.hackaglobal.com
Twitter: @HackaDurban
Email: NK on hackadurban@gmail.com



News From The Digital Crimes Unit at Microsoft South Africa

Unlicensed software still threatens local business growth

Fewer South African companies are using unlicensed software, opting to avoid the numerous security threats associated with counterfeit software, but one in three copies of software installed on local PCs during 2013 was still not properly licensed. The estimated commercial value (locally) of the unlicensed software is a whopping R4, 11 billion.

This, according to the latest BSA Global Software Survey, which states that there has been a 1 percentage-point decrease in the use of unlicensed software since 2011. The survey is conducted every second year by market research firm IDC and this year polled PC users in 34 markets including nearly 22,000 consumer and business users and more than 2,000 IT managers. BSA │ The Software Alliance is a non-profit trade association established to advance the goals of the software industry and its hardware partners and the organisation also represents Adobe, Autodesk and Noctranet and Symantec in South Africa.

“Hopefully this drop signals the start of a downward trend,” says Marius Haman, chair of the South Africa committee of BSA │ The Software Alliance and corporate attorney in the Digital Crimes Unit, Legal & Corporate Affairs at Microsoft Middle East & Africa. “Compared to unlicensed products, properly licensed software offers computer users more peace of mind when it comes to operational efficiency and security. Corporate users and general PC users are starting to view this peace of mind as an important component of success in business.” 

Pirate software - the digital equivalent of a Trojan horse of hackers

The biggest deterrent to using unlicensed software is being hacked or having your data stolen, as 64% of global computer users cited unauthorised access by hackers as a top threat while 59% of respondents cited loss of data.

This paranoia over malicious software being added into pirated software is not unfounded as the risks of using unlicensed software goes beyond breaking the law and infringing intellectual property rights of software vendors.

In a research whitepaper entitled The Dangerous World of Counterfeit and Pirated Software, IDC found that 78% of unlicensed software downloads included some form of tracking cookie or spyware installations. These install itself on a user’s PC and reports personal information without their knowledge such as credit card data, passwords and email contact lists that can all be exploited by cybercriminals.

When it comes to Trojans and other malicious adware, 27% of the downloaded counterfeit software incorporated these, which at best threaten a computer’s performance and may even cause it to crash, leading to costs in terms data and productivity losses. In the worst case scenario, the malicious software may also perform actions that are not authorised by the PC user like data deletion or copying of corporate information.

Often malicious software also prevents the installation of patches that Microsoft and other software vendors send to fix any vulnerability that hackers exploit, causing PC to remain vulnerable.

In spite of the potential damage that unlicensed software might cause to PC systems and networks, less than half of IT managers are very confident that their company’s software is properly licensed. Moreover, only 35% of businesses worldwide have written policies put in place that expressly require the use of properly licensed software.

“Business should ensure that they only purchase software from reputable companies, as a seller proposing to violate copyright law could just as easily view your credit card data or personal information as another source of revenue that can be sold to identity thieves,” warned Dale Waterman, who leads the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit in the Middle East and Africa region.

Waterman added that the use of unlicensed software can easily be deterred within the business environment through the establishment of a formal policy on licensed software use. South African organisations have to consider implementing more robust software asset management programs that ensure adequate controls are in place to provide a full view into what is installed on a network, and help to avoid the occurrence of security and operational risks.

(Source - Microsoft South Africa) 

This Edition by +Fred Felton 

News of Mobile Web Africa 2014 & Their App Competition

Mobile Web Africa is happening soon and their are some fantastic speakers  on board already.
There will be contributors from the UK, India, Hong Kong and South Africa.

Just some of the speakers lined up 

The event brings together industry experts from around the world as they discuss crucial issues in the mobile arena.

It all happens in Johannesburg on 10th and 11th September.

Some of what is on offer for You:

• In association with the MMA and Standard Bank the Smarties Awards will be held at the event on the evening of 10th September.
• MEF is hosting a session on the future of mobile money.
• Look out for the App Developer Competition - big prizes on offer.
• Tomi Ahonen will be delivering a futuristic address at the conference. 

Details of the App competition: http://mobilewebafrica.com/2014/app-developer-competition/

To book for the conference visit their site: http://mobilewebafrica.com/2014/register/

Twitter @mwebafrica  

(Source - Mobile Web Africa) 

Frontier Advisory talks Social Media in Africa

Frontier Advisory talks Building Companies and Brands through the Rise of Social Media in Africa

The concept of Social Media is top of the agenda for many brands and companies in Africa. Social media provides a unique opportunity for brands to foster long lasting relationships with their customers and it can be a very powerful weapon in the corporate realm.

A research, strategy, and advisory firm; Frontier Advisory held an interesting event on the 22^nd of July 2014 at Sandton, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). Building Companies and Brands through the Rise of Social Media in Africa was the topic of the day. 

The panel of speakers included:

Dr Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer, frontier Advisory

Justin Spratt; Managing Director, Quirk Digital Agency

Addiel Dzinoreva; Executive Director, Social Media Week Johannesburg

Nicholas Kuhne; Managing Director, Wunderbrand

Walter Pike; Founder, Pike New Marketing

Mike Sharman; Owner, Retroviral Digital Communications

Loyiso Twala; Creative Director, FCB Social marketing

Dion Chang; Corporate Trend Analyst and Design Consultant, Flux Trends

Frank Rizzo; Technology Sector leader, KPMG Africa

Jonathan Ainscough; Social media manager, Wits Business School & Search Online casting

They got together and conversed about the significance of social media and how brands and companies can capitalise and grow through social media platforms. The most important factor that was conferred about is ‘Authenticity’.

Brands need to be genuine and transparent on the digital landscape because it means a great deal to audiences. At the at end of the day social media is not about the number of followers you have but is all about managing the customers journey from its initial awareness to total engagement, building relationships and maintaining them.

In this case when it comes to your social media presence, quality should always trump quantity. Frontier Advisory really informed a lot of delegates and great event it was. 

Article by +Molly Dimpho 

Jobs In Digital In South Africa

Plenty of jobs around SA if you are into digital

Graphic Designer and Digital Content Manager needed for Vida
email marketing@vidaecaffe.com for details.


Native is looking for a Social Media Manager
Details: http://www.nativevml.com/job-detail/social-media-manager-5


Halo is looking for a creative team.
Contact Dean Oelschig for details on twitter - https://twitter.com/DeanOelsch


This edition by +Fred Felton

Vodacom Journalist Of The Year Awards Open For Entries

VODACOM JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR AWARDS MARK 20 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY – AS VODACOM CELEBRATES ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY

Grand prize of R100 000 for top national achiever

As South Africa marks 20 years of democracy, Vodacom is proud to announce this year’s coveted Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards, as Vodacom itself also celebrates its 20th anniversary.

The awards seek to acknowledge journalists who have shown exceptional commitment to reporting excellence across media platforms, and are recognised as a premier catalyst in rewarding distinction in the ever-more crucial arena of dissemination of news and information. They are recognised as a prestigious career achievement, with the overall winner receiving a R100 000 prize.

Maya Makanjee, Chief Officer for Corporate Affairs at Vodacom Group said: “As Vodacom celebrates 20 years of its mission to empower South Africans to be confidently connected, this year’s theme celebrating 20 years of democracy in South Africa is a great fit for us. Recognising excellence in journalism is a way for us to acknowledge and reward those journalists who are communicating vital news of an extremely high standard.”

Some of South Africa’s finest reporters have been recipients of the prizes in the past. The Vodacom Awards have a proud history of honouring excellence in journalism across a range of categories and have celebrated some of South Africa’s finest journalists. Journalists will be able to enter their best achievements in the following categories for work done in 2013/2014:

•             Television General News

•             Television Feature

•             Print General News

•             Print Feature

•             Radio General News

•             Radio Feature

•             Financial/Economic News

•             Sport

•             CSI/Sustainability

•             Social Media

•             Photography

Editors can also nominate their candidates for:

•             The Editor’s Choice Award and,

The judging panel will vote on:

•             The Lifetime Achiever’s Award that recognises the lifetime contribution made by a single individual to journalism and media in this country.

Regional category winners will receive R5 000 each, national category winners will receive R10 000 each, with the coveted and sought-after national accolade of Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award winner receiving R100 000.

Mary Papayya will convene a judging panel made up of some of South Africa’s most experienced journalists: Elna Rossouw, Collin Nxumalo, Arthur Goldstuck, Professor Johann de Wet, Joe Thloloe, Ryland Fisher, Patricia McCracken and Megan Rusi.

Papayya said: “The standard of entries last year, across all categories, was incredibly high. We look forward to seeing as many entries as possible this year. From major news organisations to community radio stations, we saw some amazing work and we hope to receive even more entries this year.”

The national award ceremony will be held in Johannesburg on 31 October 2014. “We are looking forward to hosting South Africa’s top achievers in journalism again this year, and being able to showcase the fine work produced by the media in our country,” said Makanjee.

“The interest in last year’s award was massive, and the impact of new media platforms was evident as the event trended on social media. This year we expect even more excitement and we really want to encourage journalists from around the country to enter their best work.

“We’d particularly like to invite journalists from community and smaller radio stations and publications to enter their work. Last year the national radio winner came from Radio 786, a community radio station, for his sterling coverage of the farm workers’ strike in the Western Cape,” said Makanjee.

Entries are open from 2 to 30 June; work submitted must have been produced between 1 May 2013 and 30 May 2014. Entries close at 6pm on 30 June 2014. Journalists and editors nominating their Editor’s Choice candidates can enter online through the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards website: journalist.vodacom.co.za  

Alternatively, participants can have their entries collected at their desks by Media Express, one of the sponsors of the awards, or they can be delivered to one of five Vodacom regional offices.

For further information, visit the website: journalist.vodacom.co.za  

HP Helped To Educate SA With The Anti-Counterfeiting Africa Conference

HP hosted the Anti-Counterfeiting Africa Conference recently, to help educate and empower organisations across the continent against the negative effects of counterfeit trade.

As a leader in the high tech industry sector, and a company that places a priority on protecting customers and its brand, HP will raise awareness on the impact and consequences of counterfeit trade during its summit in Johannesburg.

Reports¹ show that as the global trade in counterfeit goods is growing, Africa is increasingly being targeted as a market for counterfeit merchandise. A new trend has also emerged that Africa is being used as a transit route for fake goods, which also poses an indirect threat to European and American markets.

African nations are therefore becoming increasingly aware of challenges that counterfeit trade represents to their economies and their citizens, and becoming active in the fight against it.

Government officials, law-enforcers and representatives of ministries responsible for Anti-Counterfeiting, are gathering at the summit to discuss consumer protection and raise awareness against illegitimate goods.  Here, HP will outline how to fight counterfeiting, and look specifically at how policy makers can toughen applicable laws and enforcement capacity across Africa.

“The HP Anti-counterfeiting Programme works hard to protect partners and customers, but this is only made possible through close collaboration with law enforcers around the world” said Fabrice Campoy, Printing and Personal Systems Africa Director. “We therefore truly appreciate the cooperation of African law enforcement to helping to make this event possible, and protect African customers from the inferior standards and potential risks of counterfeit.”

Original HP supplies distinguish themselves by their superior quality and reliability at competitive prices. Authentic HP LaserJet and HP inkjet print cartridges, unlike counterfeits, benefit from a history of investment and testing to provide superior performance and consistent results.

“False goods impact businesses and global trade through lost revenue, damage to brands and the negative effects on hard-earned reputation and consumer confidence,” said Jeff Kwasny, Brand Protection Programme Manager for HP’s Printing and Personal Systems group. “At the 2014 Anti-Counterfeiting Africa Conference, we are bringing together those most affected by counterfeits in the region – from policy makers to brands like Unilever and Nike – so we can work towards tackling this criminal activity together”.

Across the EMEA region, over the last five years (2009 through 2013), HP has conducted around 1,600 investigations, resulting in about 1,300 enforcement actions (raids and seizures by authorities) and around 11 million units of counterfeit products and components seized, thus preventing them from being sold in the EMEA marketplace and beyond.

The Programme has also overseen around 4,000 unannounced inspections of HP products at the warehouses of HP Channel Partners across EMEA in the past five years (2009 through 2013), to verify that they are not selling counterfeit products to their customers.

Through its Anti-counterfeiting Programme, HP actively educates its customers and partners to be vigilant against fake printing supplies. It also cooperates closely with local and global law enforcement authorities to detect and dismantle illegal operations that produce counterfeit HP printing components.

For details on the event, and its speakers please visit http://hp-acf-africa-conference2014.com/

About HP

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software,services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.

(1)  Based on report from South African-based research and strategy firm Consultancy Africa Intelligence (CAI), entitled “The trade in counterfeit goods: What is it, why is it a problem and what is its impact on Africa?” http://www.polity.org.za/article/the-trade-in-counterfeit-goods-what-is-it-why-is-it-a-problem-and-what-is-its-impact-on-africa-2010-08-04

Opportunity for Designers courtesy of Samsung

Inspire Design, a search to discover South Africa’s Top Talent

Creating real opportunities, through the power of technology

Inspire Design is a new campaign launched by Samsung Electronics South Africa - with the purpose of discovering South Africa’s best up-and-coming designers from a spectrum of creative industries and helping to turn their dreams into a reality.

Samsung will run its first ever design talent search programme in South Africa, based on the company’s global strategy to strengthen its commitment to unleash the dreams, passions and potential of individuals with brilliant ideas through innovative technology. In order to ensure the success of this initiative, Samsung has partnered with some of the country’s most esteemed designers in the creative space, to help identify talent.

The campaign aims to unearth creative talent across five design categories: fashion, furniture, homeware and décor – and was launched during Africa's first international design fair The GUILD, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).

The four judges chosen to search and ultimately choose, South Africa’s best emerging design talent include successful Jewellery designer Kirsten Goss, premium artist in Homeware and Décor, Susan Slee of Maneki, internationally celebrated Fashion designer, Shaldon Kopman of Naked Ape, and CEO of premium Furniture store Bakos Brothers, Ryan Bakos.

Globally, the brand is associated with similar programmes that unleash potential of individuals in various creative categories which encourage individualism, from music to film. Locally, as an icon of originality and true self-expression, Samsung is using the design platform to find the creative talent of these four disciplines.

Michelle Potgieter, Director of Corporate Marketing and Communications, explains, “Samsung’s culture of innovation is reaching beyond product to help people everywhere realise their potential. With beautiful design at the heart of Samsung’s philosophy, we are proud to partner on an initiative that will discover and showcase our next generation of upcoming artists.”

The search will unfold in two phases: the national recruitment, entry and judging process will take place between March and May. The four  judges will then select eight winners – comprising the top two designs in each category of the five disciplines. These candidates will then have the opportunity of a lifetime to showcase their talent through extensive media exposure and network with distinguished South African buyers.

“The South African design industry has gained huge momentum in recent years, and now some of our best designers compete on a global stage with their peers. Samsung’s Inspire Design will provide a sustainable and credible platform to some of South Africa’s top talent, and offer a unique and exciting opportunity for designers already working in the various design spheres. It’s not only about technology, but about realising the potential of people with dreams and passion,” concludes Potgieter.

For more information on how to enter visit http://www.samsung.com/za/inspire_design/. T&Cs apply.

Meet the Inspire Design Judges:

Kirsten Goss - Jewellery design:

A style icon in her own right, Kirsten cites her Scandinavian heritage and South African roots as important influences. It is her rare talent for tapping into contemporary lifestyle trends that has seen Kirsten Goss jewellery becoming one of this country’s most talked about designer brands. Kirsten’s flagship boutique is nestled in leafy Kensington, while design and production are headquartered in a state-of-the-art design studio in Durban.  A truly global business, with African roots servicing an international clientèle.

Shaldon Kopman - Fashion design:

Shaldon Kopman is a well-recognised name in the fashion Industry. His career to date has spanned the globe. He is director and founder of the bespoke men’s brand Naked Ape. Shaldon’s comprehensive knowledge of the fashion industry as a whole is complementary to his creativity and uses this experience to conceptualise in a refreshing and artistic way. He has a special talent for interpreting trends and his passion for Africa is manifested in his designs.

Susan Slee - Homeware and Décor design:

Susan Slee is the owner of Maneki van Staal, a well-known jewellery designer and manufacturer. Her fascination with the simplicity of instant drawings led to the birth of Maneki van Staal, an instant success with an engaging story behind each product and character. In the last five years, Maneki have opened three outlets in South Africa. Currently the Maneki product range includes sugar spoons, teaspoon sets, salad and cutlery sets, ceramic tableware, leather handbags and jewellery.

Ryan Bakos – Furniture Industry Leader:

Ryan Bakos was born into the Bakos family business and took over the reins in 2008.  The first step in this process was the recent opening of a 4500m2 factory in Wynberg, a brave move that has enabled Bakos Brothers to compete on a larger scale, as well as cut out the middlemen. The factory buys fabrics and leather in bulk, direct from the wholesalers, which has dramatically reduced costs, resulting in reduced prices on its sofas especially. Ryan has also introduced a new, cutting edge internal information system, which disseminates information and enables interaction between employees, creating a sense of family for the 100 staff located around the country

To discover more, please visit www.samsung.com.