Social media can change our lives. The last two weeks has been an eye opening experience to say the least. A South African hero and international role model for millions was arrested for the pre-meditated murder of his girlfriend, in his house, while she was locked in the toilet. His defence is that he thought […]

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Always wanted to be in the pilot’s seat? Well here’s your chance! Pilots have long been known as the cowboys of the sky, traversing the open fields of cloud and lassoing herds of runaway balloons. Giddy up, up, and away and save on a beginner’s flight course for up to three people with Trans Africa […]

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Whoopsie. Here we have the classic boarding gate near miss scenario, combined with your standard government official self-entitlement complex, whipped into a beautiful medley of foot-stomping. After Yan Linkun (a mining company executive and CPPCC member) and his family arrived late for their flight back to Guangzhou from Kunming Changshui airport, it wasn’t the end of the world […]

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Students at the Illinois University of Chicago and inventor Victor Mateevisti investigated whether an “enhanced sense of one’s environment can be created with off-the-shelf sensors and hardware.” And according to them , yes, yes it can. The Spider Man suits allows the wearer to sense obstacles and other people without the use of their vision. […]

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Stellenbosch University’s meat scientists have been busy little bodies, conducting a thorough study of commercially-available meat products in the wake of an international scandal around the presence of delicious horse meat in European meat products not labelled “horse meat”.

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Helicopter rescues of prisoners seem to be popular in Greece, and for the most part they prove successful. This was not the case for Panagiotis Vlastos. Greek killer Vlastos made his fourth attempt to escape the Trikala Athens prison on Sunday. A helicopter flew above the prison courtyard and after failing to pull down the fences with a […]

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The New York Times is a good example of how savvy print publishers can survive in a digital age. And their advertisers are keeping in step with them, giving a great example of what it takes to delight the eye on the printed page in an era of online rich media ads. The full page […]

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The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday that Google was in talks with record labels to launch their very own music streaming channel. Since that report broke, reports have emerged that indicate that YouTube is preparing to do the same thing by fencing off part of its video real estate in order to become a […]

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A study conducted by a geologist from University of Oslo, Bjørn Jamtveit, and his colleagues suggests that a micro continent may lie between Madagascar and India. The evidence of the long lost land comes from sand extracted from the Mauritian coast. The sand collected from the two sites of the coast showed about 20 zircons – crystals […]

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This year’s Marie Claire naked issue is on sale, and boy it is a doozy. If you ever wanted to catch the likes of Rob van Vuuren, 2oceansvibe Radio‘s Bailey Schneider or EWN’s Aki Anastasiou in their birthday suits, then this is an all-in-one solution. Who does this year’s issue benefit? The Organ Donor Foundation […]

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North Korean women are being urged to choose one of the 18 approved hairstyles below, to do their bit for their country. The hairstyles have been approved by communist officials in an attempt to outlaw any western influences. It will also be easy to distinguish between married and unmarried women based on their hairstyles under […]

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If you’re an up and coming artist, you’ve almost definitely heard of South African art heavyweights like Penny Siopis,  Karel Nel, Dianne Victor and Colbert Mashile. And you know what they all have in common? They’re all past winners of the Absa L’Atelier art competition – winning this competition is what launched their careers. If […]

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Finally! A cure for that dirty scraping sound. Park like a pro and never damage those rims/pavements again. Like attempting to walk backwards on a tight rope, reverse parking can be somewhat difficult; with the reverse parking sensor delegated drivers can experience easy docking. The sensor has an LED display that shows the distance of […]

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If you missed the Mail & Guardian Newsroom show on 2oceansvibe Radio, don’t dispair. We have the podcast of this week’s Mail & Guardian Newsroom show for your analytical pleasure. In this week’s edition, show presenters Deshnee Subramany and Lisa Van Wyk covered the Oscar Pistorius bail application hearing, and Mamphela Ramphele’s new political party platform, “Agang”. They spoke […]

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At least 33 people were injured at a NASCAR race at the Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, when a car flew into the fence of the track. The pile-up was triggered by the leading driver, Regan Smith when he tried to block Brad Keselowski from winning. Justin Allgaier, a driver said, “Just seeing the carnage on the racetrack, […]

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On Saturday night the audience at one of Kanye West’s headlining shows in London got more than they bargained for. During West’s performance of “Clique,” he shared his opinion of Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake’s new ensemble, “Suit & Tie,” adding in some of his own lyrics to the duo’s new hit single. I got love for Hov. But I […]

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After 10 weeks of awesome online content, we’re finally at the finale of Tropika’s Kagiso’s Island of Treasure web series and the last episode finishes things off on a nice, quiet note. Kagiso tracks down his crew and takes a final trip to the Ocho Rios dolphin cove. While when the show kicked off I […]

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Moving House’ debut/self titled album is one which every ‘Hipster’ on Kloof Street – sporting a denim shirt, bowler hat and a pair of skinny jeans with a skinny Caffè Mocha in one hand, an iPhone in the other, has been anticipating. Even though one might feel that this band caters to  a pop/indie lover, […]

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Oscar Pistorius is currently out on bail of R1 million as handed down by Magistrate Nair on Friday in the Pretoria Magistrates Court, and will be charged with murder of Reeva Steenkamp. During Nair’s judgment on Friday afternoon, he listed a number of personal facts relating to Oscar Pistorius, including the net worth of his […]

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That’s right, kids. The 85th edition of the Oscars has come and gone. If you’re keen to outsmart your friends who don’t spend the majority of their time on the internet, then catch the full list of winners below.

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A group of British students led by Dr Simon Park, have produced a distatsteful series of art prints that record the growth of bacteria on cell phones. Yes, they “paint” with bacteria. They call it “bioart.” The images were made when the students placed cell phones petri dishes, and left them for three days. The growth […]

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Oscar Pistorius has been granted bail by Magistrate Nair of the Pretoria Magistrate’s court. Bail has been set at R1 million. PART ONE PART TWO OSCAR PISTORIUS BAIL HEARING DAY FOUR BLOW BY BLOW Today was day four of the Oscar Pistorius bail application hearing, where Advocate Gerrie Nel summed up his arguments before Magistrate […]

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We all know Downton Abbey’s Charlie Carson. He’s the head of the house. He’s the head of the vibe. And he’s loyal, to the end. And so, on this Friday afternoon, we present a tribute post of love and homage to the man with the voice. 1   2 – He is hip   3 […]

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I do not lay awake at night wondering about the permutations of whether Oscar Pistorious shoots with or without prosthetics, I do not toss and turn weighing in my mind the quality of Lindiwe Mazibuko’s State of the Nation Address rebuttal, nor do I consider whether Vernan Philander can bowl better. No friends, I ask myself how can I get more people drinking wine

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Okay, you’re getting saturated with the visual representations, we know. But you really do have to see this one, for the sake of your own clarity. CLICK HERE for the high res version CLICK HERE for all of the Pistorius coverage so far. [Source : National Post]

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One week before she died, Reeva Steenkamp suffered at the hands of an anonymous Twitter troll. While unpleasant, online trolling is by no means an unheard of phenomenon. But the tweets from the anonymous “Janne LA” in reply to Oscar Pistorius, Reeva Steenkamp and some of her friends indicate that the troll moved in the […]

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Fox News experts mention necklacing, “white-on-white violence”, and apartheid in the space of 30 seconds while discussing the Pistorius case. Just enjoy that

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Google launched their new laptop yesterday, the Chromebook Pixel. The Pixel’s most impressive feature is its high resolution touchscreen, and inside it’s packing an Intel Core i5 processor. Senior Vice President of Chrome, Sundar Pichai: Touch is here to stay, and I’m pretty sure every laptop will have touch in the future. Using a laptop […]

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Paypal has launched a chip and pin machine for European markets. The new machine will allow small businesses in Britain to transact with credit card, debit card and paypal payments, with what is essentially a European retro-fit of the already awesome PayPal Here card swiper, used extensively in the US. Of coure, cards with chip […]

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Ever wanted to share a presentation, video, music file or high res photo from your phone to your friends, or recent acquaintances? The baked-in sharing options currently available on your standard iPhone make video sharing a tedious affair. Even with DropBox, you need to ask for someone’s email address, and then you have to invite them, […]

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