Woolworths And Quirk Rollout First Facebook Retail Experience – Woolworths SA and Quirk have collaborated to enhance South Africa’s f-commerce platform, facilitating and executing sales transactions on Facebook, and providing more than four million users a new offering in online shopping experiences. [mail&guardian]

Kallis And Petersen Put SA In Command – Jacques Kallis and Alviro Petersen hit centuries to drive South Africa into a commanding position on the first day of the third test against Sri Lanka at Newlands. South Africa, trying to win a series at home for the first time in three years, had slipped to 56 for two after being sent in to bat, before Kallis and Petersen rescued them with a 205-run partnership. The hosts ended the day on 347 for three. [stuff]

Hybrid Shark Found Off Australian Coast – The world’s first hybrid shark — a cross between the common blacktip and the Australian blacktip — has been found off the east coast of Australia. Researchers found 57 of the new sharks along 2000km of coastline between NSW to Queensland, and believe it is a sign the animals are adapting to climate change. [msn]

Obama Joins Instagram – President Barack Obama, who has a history of being social media savvy with his campaigning, has coincidentally used this period of intense media scrutiny to join photo-sharing darling Instagram as @BarackObama — in addition to buying promoted tweets for the search terms “Iowa Caucus.“ [techcrunch]

Man Enters US With No Passport – Just iPad – A Canadian man who realised he forgot his passport as he approached the US border found a new way to gain entry – his iPad. Martin Reisch was a half hour from the border when he decided to try to gain entry rather than turn back and make a two-hour trek back home to Montreal to fetch his passport. He showed the police a scanned copy of his passport on his iPad. Ow shaiya Dropbox! [telegraph]

Demi Moore To Star In Porn Star Biopic – Demi Moore has joined the cast of the upcoming biopic about the late Deep Throat star Linda Lovelace. Moore will play feminist activist Gloria Steinem, who strongly criticised pornography in her writing, in Lovelace. Amanda Seyfried stars as porn actress Lovelace, whose role in 1972’s Deep Throat helped to bring porn into the American mainstream. [newsau]

Google Gets 200+ IBM Patents, Including ‘Semantic Social Network’ – Google got a late Christmas gift in the form of 217 patents, acquired by way of IBM. While the patents cover a variety of topics, one in particular could give the search giant a new tool for its social network, Google+. [mashable]

Morrissey Image Hidden In Google Earth – A clever Smiths fan at Google Earth has hidden a highly pixilated image of the band’s frontman Morrissey in front of the Salford Lads Club in Manchester, England. The building is a crucial part of the band’s iconography, having appeared in the music video for their song “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before” and on the front cover of their classic album The Queen Is Dead. [rollingstone]

Romney And Sontorum Tie – Preliminary results from the Iowa caucuses show Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney locked in a tie, with Ron Paul finishing third. With 99% of votes counted, Mr Santorum led by five votes. Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann have settled firmly into a second tier of candidates. [bbc]

Taking to Twitter, Murdoch Signals Support for Santorum – The media mogul Rupert Murdoch signaled his support for Rick Santorum on Monday evening, calling him the “only candidate with genuine big vision” for the United States. His comments were significant not only because Mr. Murdoch controls Fox News Channel and The Wall Street Journal, but also because they were made on Twitter. [nytimes]

Twitter Embarrassed By Fake Wendi Murdoch Account – Twitter, the popular microblogging site, apologized on Tuesday for incorrectly verifying a false account for Wendi Deng, the wife of News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch. The fake account with the handle @Wendi_Deng popped up on Sunday soon after a real Twitter account was started by the media mogul on New Year’s eve. [timesofindia]

Blue-Light Campaigners Take Plight To UN – A lobby group trying to stop government ministers and other VIPs from using blue-light vehicles to move through traffic has accused the minister of transport of ignoring a public petition demanding he take action against the convoys. [news24]

Apple’s Head Designer Gets Knighthood – Jonathan Ive, Apple’s head of design, has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours list. Mr Ive, who can now style himself Sir Jonathan, has been made a Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE). [bbc]

Sexy Celebrities Hit The Beach For The Holidays – The furiously frigid weather has finally hit the east coast, and though it’s only been a day or two, we’re already over it. So while we sit at our desk bundled in layers, we thought it might be fitting to take a look at how a few celebrities celebrated the holidays by spending them seaside. Whether it was Rihanna in Miami, Jessica Alba in Cabo or Rachel Zoe in St. Barths, these hotties definitely know how to do fun and sun in style. [huffpo]