Coca-Cola Drops Rooney – Wayne Rooney’s foul-mouthed tirade has cost him roughly R7 Million, as Coca-Cola have pulled their partnership with the Man United ginger-ninja. Rooney, a mere child at 25, was seen by millions screaming the F-word into a camera after scoring a dramatic hat-trick against West Ham. I can relate – once I said ‘cock’ on air. Puma were not impressed. [dailmail]

Gaddafi Writes Letter To Obama – Gets Bounced – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has rebuffed a personal appeal from Muammar Gaddafi to President Barack Obama to stop an “unjust war” and demanded the Libyan leader withdraw his forces and go into exile. Obama received a rambling, three-page letter from Gaddafi asking for a halt to a Western air campaign against his forces, but US officials bluntly dismissed the plea. Nailed! [guardian]

Twitter Now A Source For Good Investment Returns – Research into Twitter’s utility as a news feed for making stock market decisions has turned up something odd: Following Twitter is almost as good as taking dedicated analysts’ advice when it comes to earning profits. The conclusion has spun out of research by doctoral student Timm Sprenger at the Technical University in Munich. More.. [fastcompany]

Scientists Grow An Eye From Stem Cells – Scientists have used stem cells to grow a rudimentary eye in the laboratory in a landmark study that raises the prospect of creating tissues to treat blindness and tease apart how diseases can destroy eyesight. The Japanese team is the first to make significant progress in turning embryonic stem cells into an organ as complex as the eye. These guys are good. [guardian]

Google To Revamp YouTube With Channels – Google Inc. is working on a major overhaul of YouTube as it tries to position itself for the rise of televisions that let people watch online video in their living rooms. YouTube is looking to compete with broadcast and cable television – a goal that requires it to entice users to stay on the website longer, and to convince advertisers that it will reach desirable consumers. [wallstreetjournal]

Gautrain Fares For Pretoria-Jo’burg Announced – A monthly return ticket on the Gautrain between Hatfield in Pretoria and Park Station in Johannesburg will cost R1 716.”[The tickets] are sufficiently price attractive to create a substantial shift from private car use to public transport in the form of the Gautrain,” Gauteng transport provincial minister Ismail Vadi said. [mail&guardian]

Gbagbo Might Be Running To SA – South Africa, Togo and Angola are possible safe havens for Ivory Coast’s besieged Laurent Gbagbo should he negotiate an exit from his West African country, African Union (AU) sources said on Wednesday. “South Africa has offered several times before and Togo is now indicating to us that it could be willing to take him in,” a senior AU official told Reuters. [news24]

SA Para-Athlete banned For Doping – SASCOC (South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee) on Wednesday confirmed that para-athlete Fanie Lombaard has tested positive for the use of a prohibited substance and has been banned for a period of one year. Lombaard won the gold medal in the F42 category of the discus competition at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand in January. [sport24]

Berlusconi Underage Prostitute Bunga-Bunga Sex Trial Begins! – Italy’s bunga-bunga trial opened on Wednesday morning in a narrow Milan courtroom under a giant mosaic of Justitia, the Roman goddess of Justice. But the atmosphere surrounding the trial of Italy’s prime minister, who is charged with paying an underage prostitute for sex and abuse of office, looked more like Carnevale than a court case involving the highest levels of government. [dailybeast]

Liz Lemon Has A Bun In The Oven – Jane Krakowski isn’t the only 30 Rock star with a baby on board. Tina Fey, 40, is pregnant with her second child, her rep has confirmed. Fey announced the news herself during a taping of The Oprah Winfrey Show on Wednesday. In her new memoir Bossypants (out now), Fey wrestled with the idea of having another child. [usmagazine]

Video-Sharing App For iPhone Polishes Clips With Effects – Vlix, a new video sharing application for iPhone, combines mobile sharing features with sophisticated video editing functionality for an Instagram-meets-Vimeo application experience. The iPhone application and its companion website, developed by video advertising startup SpotMixer, are meant to create a shoot-and-share-and-view solution for mobile video clips. [mashable]

Thursday Is “Vote For Table Mountain” Day – Table Mountain is at the bottom of the final 28, in the running to be one of the new seven wonders of nature. Table Mountain needs YOU to vote at least every Thursday. We need 30 million votes to make the final 7.  You can vote on the website or by SMSing the word ‘table’ to 34874 (SMS cost R2). You can vote once on the website and as many times as you want on SMS. come on, gang, let’s do this thing!  [votefortablemountain.com]

New US Dating Site Is Pretty Close To Prostitution – The kindest thing you could say about the new dating site Whatsyourprice.com is that it is the perfect place for the world’s laziest dudes and most cynical women to hook up. The least kind thing you could say is that it is mass-scale prostitution. Are you ready to buy and sell “first dates?” [gawker]

Tissot Augmented Reality Window At Harrods – Swiss watchmaker Tissot has partnered with Holition to showcase its Ladies and T-Touch collection in one of Harrods iconic Brompton Road window displays as part of the store’s new promotion celebrating all things Swiss. The augmented reality application will be live and fully interactive on weekends between 12pm and 6pm from 1st – 24th April. [luxuo]

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