BlackBerry Is Officially For Sale, But Will It Find A Buyer? – The Canadian smartphone maker puts a “for sale” sign up. But who is likely to be interested in buying the beleaguered company as it steadily loses ground to Apple and Google? [cnet]

England Wins Ashes Series As Aussies Collapse Under Broad Pressure – No-one does shameful collapses quite like Australia and Michael Clarke’s side conjured up one to remember, or rather to forget, at Durham to hand the Ashes series to England. [theaustralian]

Sales Assistant Says Oprah Is Lying About That Handbag Vibe – The sales assistant who refused to show U.S. talkshow billionaire Oprah Winfrey a luxury handbag costing nearly £25,000 claims the superstar lied about what happened in the luxury Swiss boutique where she works. [dailymail]

ANC Councillor Shot Dead In KZN – An African National Congress councillor has been shot dead in Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Monday. [news24]

Mugabe Tells Tsvangirai To ‘Go Hang’ – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Monday said those upset by his disputed landslide election victory could “go hang”. [timeslive]

Why Social Network Surveys Don’t Necessarily Reflect The Views Of SA’s Youth – Do social network surveys accurately reflect the views of SA’s youth? And are the media being critical enough when electing to publish their findings? [mail&guardian]

Dutch Prince Johan Friso Dies 18 Months After Ski Accident – Dutch prince Friso, younger brother of King Willem-Alexander, died on Monday 18 months after he was left brain-damaged by an avalanche while skiing in Austria, the palace said. [theage]

Kim Jong Un Inspects North Korea’s First Smartphone, An Android Clone – North Korea has unveiled its new smartphone, the “Arirang,” an Android clone named after a famous Korean folk song that’s also something of a national anthem. [washpo]

Applications Are Open For The New Minister Of Sports – If you keen to spend your weekends in the stadium suites of major corporations feasting on Biltong and Brandy and the winning team is always the team your money is on you should probably consider applying for this position [here]

All Blacks Rocked By Carter Injury – Dan Carter has been ruled out of rugby for 3-4 weeks with a calf strain and will miss Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup opener in Sydney. The star All Blacks’ first five-eighth pulled up tight after Friday’s training game at the Hutt Recreation Ground. [stuff]

WATCH: Norwegian P.M. Jens Stoltenberg Goes Incognito As A Cab Driver – From English King Henry V to Haroun Al-Rashid, the ninth-century A.D. Caliph in Baghdad, there’s a rich historical tradition of leaders going incognito in order to find out what their troops, subjects, or constituents really think. [time]

E-Cigarette Ban On Trains Branded ‘Ludicrous’ By Pro-Smoking Lobby Group – Smokers hoping to kick the habit will no longer be able to puff on an electronic cigarette during their commute after several rail companies announced a complete ban on the devices. [huffpo]

Facebook’s Worst-Case Scenario: Becoming the Next Yahoo – It’s 2020 and you’re 13 years old. There is very little delineation between real life and the Internet. You have no need to engage in a public forum, except on your terms. Social networking is baked into your everyday experience the way the web was synonymous with computers and mobile devices back in 2013. Where does Facebook fit in in this scenario? Your folks are using it.. [mashable]

High Life Brought Low: Jury Finds ‘Whitey’ Bulger Guilty In Killings, Racketeering – Two years ago, James “Whitey” Bulger — the famed and much-feared head of the Boston mob — was sitting pretty in Santa Monica, California. Today, he’s sitting in prison, where he could potentially spend the rest of the life. [cnn]

Justin Bieber Serenaded His Grandmother, Naked [Pics] – Justin Bieber is wise enough to know when a gift needs givin’ … but he didn’t have a box — so he covered his junk with a guitar and jammed out a naked serenade for one lucky lady fan — HIS GRANDMA! [tmz]

The Hunger Games’ Jennifer Lawrence Covers Vogue’s September Issue – Whether lighting up an indie or fronting a blockbuster franchise, Jennifer Lawrence is the most electric talent to hit Hollywood in a generation. Jonathan Van Meter meets America’s favourite heroine. [vogue]

Charlize Theron Dons A Bikini While Celebrating Her 38th Birthday – Theron wore the two-piece, yellow-and-blue swimsuit last week in Hawaii, where the “Mad Max” star and 17-month-old son Jackson had some fun lounging waterside and snorkeling together at a sun-drenched resort. [huffpo]

Lamborghini Debuts Most Extreme Gallardo – The Lamborghini Gallardo has entered yet another iteration – its 15th, and likely the last, in just 10 years – with the new Squadra Corse model. [luxuo]

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