Arrgh! To be a pirate and sail across the ocean of torrented movies and series has never been easier using this new app, Popcorn Time. Described as the “Netflix for pirates,” it allows you to stream torrents immediately and serves as an easily navigational platform. Legal? We highly doubt it.

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With a plane going missing, especially in this day and age, many people are confounded by authorities struggling to locate its whereabouts. They can find your missing smart phone with an app, why not a massive aircraft?

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This 7-year-old girl’s rendition of ‘Gloomy Sunday’ hits you on two levels of feels. One – you were never this talented at seven and probably sang kumbaya. Two – ‘Gloomy Sunday’ is one beautifully depressing song about suicide.

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When men try to imitate the voice of a woman, they typically raise their voices to a higher pitch, and in the end, sound like men imitating women. Actually training a man to “sound” like a woman is enormously difficult and doesn’t have much to do with pitch, says Monique Rissen- Harrisberg CEO of one of South Africa’s leading communication’s training companies, The Voice Clinic.

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Apple released their iOS 7.1 update. The update isn’t anything major but there are a couple of significant bug fixes and additions to the mobile operating system.

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So you want to have a mini-escape from the rat-race of your concrete-jungle life, but you don’t want to spend 45 minutes in a hot car driving out into the sticks and pay through your nose for the sky-rocketing price of petrol? We feel the same way. And that is precisely why Beau Constantia is […]

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Poker can be a harsh mistress. Many will know of the powers possessed by the dreaded river card, that can either make or break your hand. Let this be a warning to poker players – when you are drunk don’t gamble away your name.

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The Low Carb version of the famous dish from Brennan’s Restaurant in New Orleans. Surprisingly quick and easy, this chicken dish has a creamy garlic, chilli and onion sauce and is accompanied by baby spinach flavoured with garlic, onion and lemon as well as sweet carrots in butter.

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Is the drummer in your band struggling to keep the beat? Well with new developments in prosthetic technology, it might be more efficient to cut of his hand and get one of these bad boys. Check out the three-armed cyborg drummer that may put traditional drummers out of a job.

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Have a look at the big earners in the music industry. Rappers may constantly drone on about their cribs, fast cars and big cash money in their lyrics, but country music stars are bringing home the bacon at the top of the list.

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An uncharacteristic act of human kindness, by YouTube prankster Magic of Rahat, brought him and internet denizens to tears. His video in which he fooled a homeless man, Eric, into thinking he won $1,000 in the lottery, has gone viral.

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From the horse’s mouth: “I was detrimental to my own career.” We hit the mother load. Justin Bieber is frequently described as obnoxious, arrogant, ungrateful, snotty, insulting and disrespectful. During his deposition, Bieber portrays all these lovable character traits. Please enjoy, the contender for World’s Greatest Asshole.

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This view has been 12 years in the making, and it is spectacular. Following 9/11, only a building of grand scale would be able to claim back the skyline of Manhattan. Nearing completion, One World Trade Center does just that. This interactive image by TIME allows you to see New York from the momentous building’s perspective, 1,776 feet (541 m) up in the air.

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While ‘Mad Men’ is gearing up for its seventh season return, Peggy Olsen is forgoing clothing. Actress, Elisabeth Moss, posed topless for the cover of New York Magazine’s March issue.

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A couple of celebrities and politicians are throwing their weight behind a campaign to ban the word “bossy.” Among them are Beyonce, Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Garner and former US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice.

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I went to the Taste of Cape Town last year. It melted my face off. And by the looks of the line up, this year will repeat the performance without very much effort at all. Coffee cocoa ribs, cured Blesbok and Memories of a Sweet Shop are some of the things you can put in your mouth this year. And you know what else? The ticket prices haven’t changed for the last six years, and they won’t this year. Did you know that? Now you do.

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Beat the heat and handle the epic responsibility of keeping beverages cool with an 80L Goldair Patio Ice Cooler with Wheels. Insulated to keep your drinks cold, the Goldair Patio Ice Cooler also has easy rolling casters to make it a breeze to transport. A large capacity, open lid with dual access as well as Stainless Steel bottle and cap cup, makes the Goldair Patio Ice Cooler the perfect accessory for summer.

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Starving artists and freelancers are far too familiar with the impending threat of bills. Brooklyn-based photographer, Daniel Arnold had no idea where he was going to get the next month’s rent. So on the eve of his 34th birthday, the desperate Arnold decided to sell some prints on his Instagram account as a last resort.

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Africa is plagued with internet connectivity issues. This brick shaped device, aptly named BRCK, hopes to get more Africans online and more importantly, stay online. The device started out as a project to solve an African problem, but it may end up being used by hipsters who frequent coffee shop hotspots.

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The cycling enthusiast’s focus might have been on the Cape Argus on Sunday, but the baked bike ride in Cape Town stole the lime light on Saturday. Here are a couple of photos from the fourth instalment of the World Naked Bike Ride Cape Town.

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It is still unclear what Putin’s real ambition is in regards to Ukraine, but former United States National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, claims Putin “wants to rebuild the Soviet Union.”

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Normally only big corporate buy outs or investments make the headlines. But investing in startups is a strong area of interest for large corporations. A small business’s growth is often accelerated by investment by major corporations. So what do they get out of it?

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As you sit crawling the internet on your smartphone, desktop or snazzy laptop, it is easy to dismiss the work going on behind the scenes to get you your internet fix. Instead of cursing the offspring of your internet service provider when your router light goes off, or when your cat pictures are taking too long to load, take a look at the bigger picture.

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Saturday Night Live happened again this weekend (wouldn’t ya know it), and ‘Girls’ creator Lena Dunham spoofed Darren Aranofsky’s (and God’s) forthcoming film, ‘Noah’. It’s funny. Check it out.

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A lotto winner wasting his windfall on parties and hookers, or a retired sports personality sitting in a spot of financial bother doesn’t come close to comparing to these gentleman. After making it to the pinnacle of the billionaire echelons, more than a few have made quick work of losing it all.

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Much has been made of the defence’s argument in the Oscar Pistorius trial that witnesses Michelle Burger and Charl Johnson did not in fact hear gun shots on the morning of 14 February 2013, but the sound of Oscar Pistorius beating down the bathroom door with a cricket bat in an attempt to reach Reeva Steenkamp, and save her life.

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iPhone users at the SXSW festival were introduced to the use of iBeacon. iBeacons have been implemented at retail stores and some stadiums, but this was one of the first festivals that made use of the Bluetooth LE tech.

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Italians are up in arms about this advertisement by ArmaLite. Puns out of the way, the image of Michelangelo’s David wielding an assault rifle instead of his trusted slingshot has Italians freaking out. David would have made quick work of Goliath with this beast of a gun.

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Held every five years, North Korea’s elections are pretty simple. Unlike democratic elections in South Africa, there is no need for a long list of candidates on the ballot list. There is only one candidate a district can vote for.

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A bystander photographed the crazy moment when an airplane crashed into a skydiver as he was coming in for a landing. The light aircraft’s wing collided with the parachute’s strings, catapulting the skydiver into the sky.

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