Jeffreys Bay Considers Drones And Spotters After Shark Attack – Officials are examining options such as hilltop lookouts to avoid a repeat of the scare involving Australian surfer Mick Fanning. [mg]
McCain Who? Vets Slobber Over Trump – Think all vets care about the draft dodging CEO’s tough talk about McCain’s war record? They don’t. [db]
Mental Cape Town Wind Leaves Path Of Destruction [Images] – I don’t want to give you folks from Port Elizabeth the satisfaction but it looks like, just for the day, we have stolen the title of ‘the Windy City’. [2ov]
Some TV Guy Called Donald Trump An “Asshole” In Segment On Food Waste – “Our produce aisles have become a lot like Leonardo DiCaprio’s penis: exclusively accessible to the physically flawless.” [hr]
Apple Posts Another Record Quarter, With Over $1 Billion In Apple Watch Sales – Apple reported its third quarter earnings today, putting another period of eye-popping profits on the books. [verge]
Holy Crap – Instagram’s New Desktop Search Is Epic – So you’ve trawled through Instagram, taken all the screenshots you need in order to have a good chuckle with your mates and you’re set for a good time on your phone. [2ov]
Apple’s Cash Pile Crosses $200 Billion For The First Time – Apple has just announced record quarterly earnings with $10.7 billion of operating profit. This revenue accumulation has resulted in Apple’s biggest ever cash hoard, now standing at $202 billion dollars. [925]
Apple Stock Tumbles As iPhone Sales Disappoint – Apple’s stock tumbled 8% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the company reported it sold fewer iPhones than expected in the past three months and offered a weak outlook for the current quarter. [cnn]
App Store, Apple Music, iTunes Store Suffer Three-Hour Outage – Apple says its App Store, Apple Music, iTunes Store and some other services are back online, after a more than three hour outage. [smh]
Schalk Named Springbok Captain – Experienced loose forward Schalk Burger will become the 55th Springbok captain on Saturday when he leads South Africa out against New Zealand at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg. [s24]
SA One Of 8 African Countries Billed As Corruption Hotspots – South Africa is one of eight countries named as the worst in Africa for corruption. [tlive]
Audi, BMW and Daimler Near Deal to Buy Nokia Mapping Service – Car makers see potential for location-based services to become new revenue stream. [wsj]
Ferrari Recalls 2,600 Cars Globally Over Airbag Defect – Italian sports car giant Ferrari has recalled 2,600 cars globally because of a defect in airbags supplied by Japanese company Takata. [rte]
Facebook Must Hand Over New York Users’ Info To Prosecutors, Court Rules – Facebook Inc cannot challenge search warrants New York prosecutors used to get information from its site on hundreds of users suspected of Social Security fraud, a state appeals court said on Tuesday, in a decision likely making it harder for New Yorkers to keep their digital lives private. [reuters]
50 Cent: My Flashy Lifestyle Is All Fake – The rapper, ordered to testify about his finances in Manhattan Supreme court Tuesday morning, said that his over-the-top displays of wealth — the bling, the Lamborghinis, Bentleys and Rolls Royces — are all smoke and mirrors. [p6]
Bill Cosby’s Lawyers Blast Media Over Reports Comedian Drugged, Assaulted Women – Bill Cosby’s lawyers, in court filings today, argue the comedian’s admission he used Quaaludes in the 1970s does not mean he “admitted to rape.” [scpr]
How British High Society Fell In Love With The Nazis – Controversy followed the publication of footage of a young queen giving a Nazi salute. But in those days, British high society’s worship of Hitler was in full bloom. [db]
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Kiwi Who Doesn’t Speak French Wins French Scrabble Competition – The French-language Scrabble world championship has been won by a New Zealander who does not speak a word of French, competition organisers say. [bbc]
Drone Pilots Warned After Close Call With Passenger Jet – A “near miss” between a passenger jet and a drone has prompted warnings about safe use of the hobby aircraft. [bbc]
Twitter’s New Safety Center Helps You Deal With Harassment – It’s the company’s latest anti-troll move. Twitter on Monday took a new step against anonymous harassment on its network by launching a Safety Center that guides users on handling unwanted contact. [fort]
‘Lee Nelson’ Charged After Showering Sepp Blatter In Fake Money During FIFA Press Conference – The prankster – whose real name is Simon Brodkin – was arrested for trespassing after storming the stage at FIFA’s press conference on Monday. [mir]
Nicki Minaj And Taylor Swift In Twitter Spat Over MTV Video Music Awards – Nicki Minaj has lashed out at Taylor Swift on Twitter after she felt unfairly snubbed by the MTV Video Music Awards nominations. [smh]
Man Mocks KKK Rally With His Sousaphone In Hilarious Viral Video – It’s not the soundtrack the Ku Klux Klan was going for, but Matt Buck thought it was just what they needed. [grio]
The ‘Star Wars’ Force Frows Fresh In This Japanese Rice Field – An epic display of Star Wars love was discovered in Aomori prefecture in northern Japan earlier this month. Although the area hosting the art looks more like a lawn than a traditional Japanese rice paddy field, the style of the art does fit in with the country’s tradition of “tanbo” rice paddy field art. [mash]
Baseball Team Very Sorry About Corey Feldman, Won’t Let Him Happen Again – The minor league State College (Pa.) Spikes have issued a public apology for whatever orgiastic former Tiger Beat-er Corey Feldman did after their baseball game Sunday night. [gawk]
Woman Jumps To Her Death From 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar, Others Keep Drinking – A woman stepped through some shrubbery, climbed a ledge, and jumped to her death during a party on the roof of the 230 Fifth restaurant and lounge in the Flatiron District. An NYPD spokesman said the woman, 30, “entered the establishment, went to the ledge of building, and jumped from 20th floor.” [goth]
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