Old Mutual Buys 22Seven – Financial services giant Old Mutual has acquired personal financial management start-up 22seven as part of a strategy of what it calls “developing digital support for its customers”. The value of the deal has not been disclosed. [techcrunch]

Malema Bankrupt, Sars Tries To Have Him Sequestrated – Which is not to be confused with “castrated”. The City Press reported on Thursday that, according to court papers, the former ANC Youth League president owed Sars R16-million and is “factually insolvent and in no position to make payment of his indebtedness to Sars”. [m&g]

Johannesburg Posts A R4,95 Billion Net Surplus – That’s not a good thing, by the way. The surplus grew 18 percent, according to the report, which gave unqualified audits to most entities, except City Power and Johannesburg Water, which were often in the news over billing complaints. [timeslive]

Wow, The New BlackBerry Maps Are Worse Than Apple Maps – BlackBerry maps app is pretty terrible, even worse than Apple Maps on the iPhone. Here are just a few of the problems we found in BlackBerry Maps: [businessinsisde]

HMV Staff Use Hijack Twitter Feed, Tweet That They’re Being Fired – One staff member tweeted: “We’re tweeting live from HR where we’re all being fired! Exciting!” The worker, who was apparently using an iPhone, added: “There are over 60 of us being fired at once! Mass execution, of loyal employees who love the brand. [orange]

Zuckerberg: No, We’re Not Making A Facebook Phone. Stop Asking. – One of the ongoing tech rumors is that Facebook is, like, totally going to build a phone, you guys. Much to the consternation of tech bloggers with slow news days to fill and short-sighted Wall Street types, Zuckerberg has slammed the door on the idea of Facebook rather hard.[uproxx]

Facebook Rolls Out Gift Cards – Want to treat your Facebook friends to some unlimited breadsticks at the Olive Garden or a shopping spree at Target? The social network announced Thursday the arrival of the Facebook Card — a tangible, reusable gift card that allows you to keep monetary balances from different retailers on the same card. [mashable]

Guy Who Painted God-Awful Kate Middleton Portrait Also Did a Good Version He Won’t Let Anyone Photograph – The Dr. Frankenstein who wrought Kate Middleton’s infamously terrible official portait upon the world has finally been negged into submission: driven mad by the endless bad press, he has created a second, lovely portrait in black and white. But he won’t let anyone take pictures of it. [gawker]

Spotted: A “Vogue” Photo Shoot At The White House – Spotted Thursday morning at the White House: a team from Vogue moving cameras into the residence. What could that be about? Well, it turns out it’s a photo shoot of First Lady Michelle Obama for the magazine’s cover, most likely the March issue. [washingtonian]

The ‘Unbreakable’ Silvio Berlusconi – Silvio Berlusconi certainly knows how to typecast his potential constituency. The 76-year-old media mogul and four-time prime minister running for election in late February has been pandering to demographic categories on the campaign trail recently—and it just might be working. [dailybeast]

David Beckham Joins Paris St-Germain And Will Play For Free – David Beckham has joined French Ligue 1 side Paris St-Germain and announced he will be playing for free. The ex-England midfielder, 37, signed a five-month deal and will donate his salary – of at least £1m – to charity. [bbc]

Teen Legally Known As “Girl” Wins Court Battle To Use Her Own Name – An Icelandic teenager referred to as “Girl” by the island nation’s authorities was finally given the right to use her own first name by a court Thursday, according to reports. Blaer Bjarkardottir’s first name means “breeze” in Icelandic and was not on a list of approved names or otherwise permitted by the authorities. [nbc]

Bill Gates: Education Is The One Issue That’s Key To America’s Future – Bill Gates was on “Morning Joe” Wednesday to talk about the role of innovation in humanitarian aid, but singled out education as the issue that could most determine America’s future. “I’d pick education, if I was thinking broadly about America,” Gates responded. “It’s our tool of equality. It has not improved, it’s fallen behind other countries in a very big way.” [huffpo]

Zuckerberg: Facebook Doesn’t Really Talk to Google – Anyone looking for proof that Facebook and Google don’t have the best working relationship got it during Facebook’s earnings call on Wednesday. “Our relationship with Google isn’t one where the companies really talk,” [mashable]

EA’s CEO Makes A Passionate Response On Game Violence Controversy Question – John Riccitiello said he was hoping he wouldn’t get a question today on video game violence and the Newtown, Conn., shooting. But an analyst asked it, and the chief executive of Electronic Arts responded with some frank and passionate comments.[venturebeat]

Dakota Fanning Opens Up About ‘Newly Allowed’ Nude Scenes – Dakota Fanning might be one of the “Very Good Girls” in her 2013 coming-of-age drama, but that doesn’t mean she didn’t get the chance to show off her bad self in the flick. The actress bares more than just her soul in the film, going nude for the first time on camera. [mtv]

David Bowie’s Son Will Direct The Warcraft Movie – Duncan Jones has been announced as the director of Legendary Pictures’ live-action World of Warcraft movie. The project has been in the works since 2006 when Legendary acquired the film rights to Blizzard’s franchise and was previously assigned to Sam Raimi. [wired]

Kim Kardashian Shows Off Growing Baby Bump in Tight Gym Outfit – Now she’s really showing! Kim Kardashian flaunted her growing baby bump during a late night visit to the gym on Wednesday, Jan. 30.
The 32-year-old reality star, who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Kanye West, styled tight workout pants and a low-cut shirt to show off her pregnancy belly. [usmagazine]

Ron Jeremy In Critical Condition – After experiencing severe chest pains on Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles, Jeremy drove to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where doctors diagnosed an aneurysm near his heart and put him in the intensive care unit. [TMZ]

“Gay” Dog Sentenced To Death – The dog dumped at a Tennessee animal shelter to be destroyed because his owner thought it was gay has been saved at the last minute by a kindhearted animal lover.[dailymail]

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COMING UP TODAY

Goldfish On The Premier Show At 11h00 – Everybody’s favourite SA band boys, Dom and Dave ease you into your Friday with Seth and Bruce on The Premier Show at 11am today. What’s more is, at 12, they’ll also get a visit from Robbie Naish, the best-known name in windsurfing, who chats to them ahead of the Red Bull King Of The Air taking place this weekend. [2ovfm]

Sox And The City – From 15h00-17h00 today, DJ Sox will be banging out the best dance floor mixes. King of Castle Caprice, 31 and Trinity, Dj Sox is as consistently hot as a night out in Ibizia. Tune in from 15h00 and allow Sox and DJ Yaron to get you ready for the weekend! [soxandthecity]

FRESH PODCASTS

Online Recruitment Trends For SA and Africa – The Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show focussed on online recruitment in South Africa and Africa. The studio guest was Matthew Gray, web and mobile technology specialist at Graylink. Graylink provides cloud-based recruitment software to corporate Africa. Its web and mobile recruiting solutions help corporate companies recruit the best talent quicker, more efficiently and for less. They cover what recruiters need to know about online recruitment solutions and trends to expect in 2013. [podcast]