Kate Gets Topless Welcome From Tribal Villagers – If she had been hoping to put thoughts of the topless furore behind her, Kate didn’t have a chance yesterday. As she arrived at the tiny village of Marau on the Solomon Islands, she was greeted with a line-up of bare-breasted dancers. The irony was surely not lost? [dailymail]
Editor Suspended Over Topless Kate Pictures – The editor of the Irish Daily Star has been suspended after the newspaper published topless photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge. Michael O’Kane has been stood down while an internal investigation is carried out. [skynews]
2 Million iPhone 5s Sold In 24 Hours – Online orders for the phone exceeded 2m on Friday, the first day consumers could makes purchases over the web, Apple said yesterday. The performance more than doubled the 1m mark for first-day online sales set by the iPhone 4S last year. [telegraph]
Woolworths Only SA Retailer In Dow Jones Sustainability Index – Upmarket retailer Woolworths is among five South African companies to be included in the Dow Jones sustainability index (DJSI) this year. Other local companies on the index are Gold Fields, Investec, Nedbank and Sasol. [bdlive]
Marikana Miners Lower Salary Demands – The striking miners at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine have accepted for the first time to lower their salary demands, the mediator in the dispute said on Monday. They’ve dropped from R12,500 to R11,000. [news24]
Malema To Speak Out After Geting Bounced By Police – Expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema will speak out on Tuesday after he was denied entry to an event where North West miners were to be briefed. [timeslive]
David Cameron Says England Is ‘United’ Against Mitt Romney – David Cameron described US Presidential candidate Mitt Romney as having the “unique distinction of uniting the whole of England against him”, a Hollywood movie mogul has said. [telegraph]
Secret Video Captures Uncensored Mitt Romney At Fundraiser – In a hidden-camera video captured at a private fundraiser and posted Monday afternoon to the website of Mother Jones, Mitt Romney offers an assessment of Barack Obama’s supporters that is far more withering than any he’s revealed in public. [time]
SA Man Gets 85 Years For Swazi Plot – South African Communist Party member Amos Mbedzi, who was convicted of murder, sedition, the unlawful possession of explosives and breaching Swaziland’s Immigration Act, was yesterday sentenced to 85 years’ imprisonment by the Swazi high court. [bdlive]
How A Remote Island Split China And Japan – The wave of anti-Japanese protests currently sweeping across China has its roots in history but more recently can be traced back to April, when the firebrand governor of Tokyo announced plans to buy a group of islands claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan. [cnn]
Div Feels The Springboks Are Too White – Former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers is upset with what he feels is too white a Springbok team currently playing in the Rugby Championship. Yawn. [sport24]
Google Just Bought Its Own Instagram – Five months after Facebook’s (FB) famous $1 billion Instagram purchase, Google (GOOG) is trying to get in on the photo-tweaking action too. The search giant has acquired Nik Software, the 17-year-old company behind photo-editing and filter app Snapseed. [wired]
Floyd Mayweather Won Half A Million Dollars Betting On A Losing Team – Mayweather, whose nickname is “Money”, is this year’s highest earning American athlete after picking up $85 million for fighting Victor Ortiz and Miguel Cotto. And he’s not afraid to risk some of that cash either. [businessinsider]
New Internet Explorer Weakness Already Exploited In Trojan Attack – A previously unknown security hole in Internet Explorer 7, 8 and 9 is being actively exploited to deliver a back door trojan known as “Poison Ivy,” researchers warned. Security blogger Eric Romang, who uncovered the vulnerability this weekend, wrote on his blog yesterday. [cnet]
Scientology’s Power In Hollywood Is Waning – For decades, the Church of Scientology has held powerful sway in Hollywood, but the release and success of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master” has some claiming that the controversial religion is losing its grip on the entertainment industry. [huffpo]
‘Gangnam Style’ + ‘Call Me Maybe’ = This Is Crazy – What happens when you combine the most viral song of the spring with the most viral song of the summer? Let’s find out. [mashable]
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