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Prepaid Price War Erupts In SA – A price war has broken out in South Africa’s mobile industry. Within minutes of each other on Wednesday, Cell C and Vodacom both announced they were slashing the cost of prepaid call tariffs to 99c per minute. Spicy. [mail&guardian]

Michael Caine Trapped In Dressing Room Overnight – The actor, who was filming Now You See Me in a disused theatre, was accidentally locked in a makeshift dressing area overnight before being set free the next morning. He should have blown the bloody doors off. [guardian]

Mandela Rhodes Building Fire In Cape Town – Details are still emerging as to the extent of the fire at the Mandela Rhodes building in Cape Town last night, or what caused it. [silversurferman]

Facebook Halts Orders Ahead Of Floatation – Facebook has stopped taking orders for its shares ahead of its much-hyped stock market flotation on Friday – which could value the company at more than $100bn (£63bn). [skynews]

Robert F Kennedy Jnr’s Wife Found Dead – Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, has been found dead in her home in Bedford, New York. The cause of death is currently unknown. [huffingtonpost]

Rare Interview With William And Harry – In a rare interview, the two princes sat down with Katie Couric as a part of the lead up to Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee. A preview clip of the television special shows the American journalist meeting with Prince William and Prince Harry, answering questions about one of the most important women in their lives. [dailymail]

Does Coffee Make You Live Longer? – The latest installment in the long saga of coffee just came out. It’s a big new study that found that people who drink java appear to be less likely to die prematurely than those who don’t. Ja – you heard me. [npr]

Milestone For Wi-Fi With ‘T-Rays’ – Researchers in Japan have smashed the record for wireless data transmission in the terahertz band, an uncharted part of the electro-magnetic spectrum. The data rate is 20 times higher than the best commonly used wi-fi standard. [bbc]

Shareholders Sue JP Morgan – Two shareholder lawsuits were filed late Tuesday against J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and its top executives over the revelation last week that the bank had suffered more than $2 billion in trading losses. [wallstreetjournal]

JP Morgan Losses More Like $3 Billion – The trading losses suffered by JPMorgan Chase have surged in recent days, surpassing the bank’s initial $2 billion estimate by at least $1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the losses. [nytimes]

Billy Bob Thornton Admits He Blew Marriage To Angelina Jolie – Billy Bob Thornton has played an outlaw, Davy Crockett, even the president of the United States in film, but in reality, this stone-faced actor says he suffers from deep insecurities, which he says cost him his marriage to Angelina Jolie. [abcnews]

Google Enhances Search With ‘Knowledge Graph’ – Yesterday, Google announced the rollout of its Knowledge Graph, which will cause a big change to how results are delivered in the SERPs. Basically, the intent behind the Knowledge Graph is for search engines to think more like a human. [hubspot]

Honda Unveils Segway Competitor – The people mover has gotten an upgrade: On Tuesday, Honda announced its new Uni-Cub, a personal mobility device that lets you glide around the office or the aquarium perched comfortably on what looks like a trash compactor on wheels. [latimes]

J-Lo Takes Forbes Celebrity List Top Spot -While she hasn’t stormed Silicon Valley just yet, Jennifer Lopez is a state-of-the-art celebrity success story. With $52 million in earnings over the last 12 months and a massive amount of fame, Lopez lands at No. 1 on our Celebrity 100 list for the first time. [forbes]

Ferrari’s New Green Car Will Be Most Expensive Yet – Ferrari will turn to fuel-saving hybrid technology to create its most powerful and expensive model, showing that even elite performance cars are under pressure to get greener. And this puppy is gonna cost ya. [sfgate]

Gaga’s Promoters Still Pushing For Indonesian Concert – Lady Gaga’s Indonesian promoters have vowed to fight to save her show, despite police denying it a permit and Islamic hardliners threatening “chaos” if she comes to the mostly Muslim nation. [afp]

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COMING UP TODAY

Maya On Money – Maya On Money is a finance feature, hosted by Maya Fisher-French. She will be teaming up with the Just Josie lunch show at 12h30 every Thursday, to bring us simple and useful finance tips. [mayaonmoney]

Balls ‘n All – They have the team from Sports Illustrated SA in studio. They’ll be covering the June issue of SI which hits the shelves tomorrow. [ballsnall]

FRESH PODCASTS

Rob Stokes On Biz Connect – Having carved a powerful niche in Southern Africa’s digital marketing sphere, Rob Stokes, the Master And Commander of Quirk e-Marketing, chatted to Bob Skinstad on the Biz Connect business segment, brought to you by ITEC Connect. [podcast]

Henry Rollins On The Bro Show – The lead singer of Black Flag and the Rollins Band chatted to Snoddie about genetics and violence, the world in turmoil, the music industry, South Africa and the upcoming American elections. [podcast]