SA’s Chad le Clos Overtakes Phelps And Takes Gold – With the predatory instincts of a great white shark, Chad Le Clos hunted down the legendary Michael Phelps over the final lap to do the impossible – win an Olympic gold medal in the men’s 200m butterfly event in London last night. [timeslive]
Michael Phelps Makes History With 19th Olympic Medal – Four years after he climbed to the top of Olympic achievement, Michael Phelps took the last step he needed to reach the absolute peak. The greatest swimmer of all time became the most decorated Olympian of all time when he won a record 19th Olympic medal at the London Games on Tuesday. [nbc]
Anger As Badminton Stars Play To Lose At Olympics – Spectators at Wembley Arena booed as the Olympic women’s doubles badminton competition descended into farce with four pairs deliberately playing to lose. Players served into the net, hit shots long or wide, and employed time-wasting tactics as they appeared to try to engineer themselves a favourable draw in the next round of the competition. [skynews]
China Will Try To Land On The Moon – China will attempt to land an exploratory craft on the moon for the first time next year as it continues keep up the momentum of its space programme. [ibtimes]
Naspers Looks Beyond Tencent – As Africa’s largest media company, with 5.6 million pay-TV subscribers today and a potential market of hundreds of millions more, Naspers Ltd. (NPN) would appear to have almost limitless room for growth. [bloomberg]
Google Buys Wildfire For US$250 Million – Google has just bought social marketing software developer Wildfire, which lets brands serve marketing and ad campaigns on Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube and LinkedIn. Wildfire has grown to 400 employees over the last four years and now serves 16,000 customers. Several sources and blogs say the sale price was around $250 million. [techcrunch]
Gaddafi’s Son Wants ICC Trial – Slain Libyan dictator Mummar Gaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam believes he should be tried before the International Criminal Court if justice is to be served, his lawyers said Tuesday. [ahram]
Dewani’s Lawyer Reckons He Needs Another Year – Honeymoon murder-accused Shrien Dewani needs a year to recover from depression before facing extradition proceedings, a British court heard on Tuesday. [news24]
Murdoch’s ‘The Daily’ Lays Off Third Of Staff – The Daily, News Corp.’s attempt to create a digital newspaper for the iPad age, is laying off nearly a third of its staff. The publisher plans to tell its workers today that it will fire 50 of its 170 employees, according to people familiar with The Daily’s plans. [allthings]
Gareth Cliff Cleared Of ‘Bitch’ Charge – The Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) has dismissed a complaint against controversial 5FM presenter Gareth Cliff for calling a woman a “bitch”. [channel24]
France Introduces Financial Transaction Tax – France becomes the first country in the European Union to bring in a tax on financial transactions today. It was first proposed by the former French President Nicolas Sarkozy who suggested a 0.1% levy on all share purchases involving France’s biggest companies. [yahoo]
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Hotmail Replaced With Outlook In Microsoft Shakeup – Microsoft is overhauling its free webmail service, dropping the Hotmail name it has used since acquiring the product in 1998, and renaming it Outlook.com. [bbc]
Boris Johnson For British Prime Minister? Rupert Murdoch Seems To Think So – “Johnson met Rupert Murdoch recently to discuss how his candidacy might be promoted, and has invited the media tycoon to join him at the Olympics. It is said that Mr Murdoch wants to get rid of Mr Cameron. Westminster has noted the Sun’s growing enthusiasm for Boris, and how it contrasts with the vitriol the newspaper now reserves for Messrs Cameron and Osborne.” [telegraph]
First Look At Michael Douglas As Liberace – It’s Michael Douglas and Matt Damon like you’ve never seen them before. Douglas got into character as legendary pianist Liberace on the set of “Behind the Candelabra” on July 30. Damon plays his alleged gay lover. [abcnews]
Why James Holmes Has Fans On the Internet – There are fans of everything on the internet. Even James Holmes, the 24-year-old accused of killing 12 and injuring 58 in the Aurora, Colorado theater shooting. What would drive a bunch of seemingly normal internet geeks to worship a mass murderer? [gawker]
Now Is The Time To Buy A Private Jet – It’s a wallet-slamming recession for the 1 percenters — and it’s hitting them right in their G5s. Moguls and wealthy celebrities are seeing the value of their private jets tumble as the regular pool of used jet buyers has dried up. [nypost]
Rob And Kristen Battle Over Dog Custody – While Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart didn’t have any kids together, RadarOnline.com exclusively reports that the fractured pair are embroiled in a bitter custody dispute, as they battle over their beloved adopted pooch! [radar]
Finally! An Airplane Food Cart That Doesn’t Block The Aisles! – Orbit is a concept system for delivering food on commercial aircraft by UK designer Heather Dunne. The space-saving solution improves upon the traditional airline food cart by making it slimmer and longer, so passengers can get around flight attendants. [psfk]
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SA’s first female cricket commentator, Kass Naidoo In Studio – There’s no shortage of things to talk about with Kass Naidoo. She joins Bailey Schneider from 14h00-15h00 today to discuss the CSA bonus scandal, her stepping back into the light, and her future plans. [baileyschneider]
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Mommy Matters – They chatted to SAFE-KIDS about the importance of first aid and the essential skills necessary as a parent, teacher, nanny, au pair – when faced with a kiddie-crisis. From how to manage your confidence in a CPR emergency to basic first aid. They also caught up with Jenna Pietersen after the birth of Baby Ruby, and found out how’s she’s coping as a first time mom, her experiences and expectations. [podcast]
Gary Cool Interviews UK Band O. Children – His love affair with O. Children began when Gary Cool legally downloaded their track Dare Disco Dancer, and to this day it continues. Listen to Gary Cool from The Rock Dimension talking to his idol. From the time it began to the all time love now. [podcast]
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