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GENIUS: Check Out This Brilliant Advert For A Multi-Lingual School In Jo’burg
04 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
South African-based ad agency, Joe Public, created this masterful campaign for a school in Johannesburg that teaches in both English and Afrikaans. The campaign features a series of posters with poetry on them – that’s not the clever part though. The clever part is that each of the poems can be read word-for-word in both English and Afrikaans, with only slight changes in meaning.
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They’re Going Ahead With The Hyperloop – Official Name Anounced
01 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
News of Elon Musk’s plans to completely revolutionise personal transportation with the ‘Hyperloop’ emerged some months ago, but now it’s gaining speed as Musk’s dream slowly materialises. Now, the group that is going to develop the idea has stepped forward with an official name: Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc. But you won’t believe the other names that were floating around…
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Things Are Getting Real: They’ve Opened A Google Glass Accessory Store
01 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ever doubted that Google Glass would take off properly? One of those people who dismiss it as futuristic brouhaha? Be prepared to eat your words. Google Glasses are already out there, being worn and tested by an elite group of ‘chosen ones’ or ‘Glass Explorers’. Google has already had feedback from developers, and released a hardware upgrade for the product – and now they’re upping the stakes with an online accessory store.
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Here’s A Review Of The 13-inch Macbook Pro With Retina Display
31 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The 13-inch MacBook Pro has been a mainstay of laptop computing for years now. What’s phenomenal is the sheer consistency of the product – delivering top end aesthetics and performance year, after year, after year. This time Apple have, similarly to the new iPad, slimmed everything down without compromising on performance or display.
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Finally, Your Smartphone Will Be Able To Release Bacon And Coffee Smells [PICS & VIDEO]
31 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Trust the Japanese to invent something like this. It’s been a long time coming, ever since the world was introduced to the idea of synthetic smells with the brief,but interesting spell of ‘scratch-n-sniff’stickers. Now,instead of making smells come out of stickers, they’re making smells come out of your phone. That’s right, they’ve made a smartphone accessory that can make your room smell like coffee. Or Bacon. Or Curry. Whatever revs your motor.
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The First iPad Air Reviews Are In – Check This Out
30 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Judging from initial reviews, it looks as if the iPad Air is just as much a massive leap from the iPad as the MacBook Air was to the Macbook. Apple has challenged itself to produce something fresh, after recent iPads have more or less stayed the same,with the 4th-generation actually being bigger and thicker than its predecessor. Apple wasn’t going to make the same mistake twice – and the iPad Air certainly delivers.
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Everything You Need To Know About The First Human Colony On Mars [INFOGRAPHIC]
30 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Could we ever truly live on Mars? The mind boggles at the thought of it – partially because so many questions remain unanswered. Will we be able to come back? Will we be able to breathe up there? It just seemed too implausible to truly happen. But doubt no longer, because we have confirmation from this here infographic that a Mars settlement mission is very much on the cards.
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This Is Why The Internet Is Going Crazy About #PhoneBloks [VIDEOS]
30 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Some of you might have noticed the hashtag #phonebloks flying around the social media world yesterday, and wondered where the hell it all came from so suddenly. The answer? It was a social media ‘thunderclap’ initiated by Phonebloks. Phonebloks started out as a simple idea just over a month ago. Dave Hakkens, the man behind the idea, basically wanted to create a phone that produced less waste – a phone we could keep.
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The Comprehensive OSX Mavericks Review
29 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
It’s been a year since one of Apple’s chief techies – Scott Forstall – left Apple, and was replaced by Jony Ive and Craig Federighi, who were supposed to manage both iOS and OS X. This was meant to give Apple a chance to create a single, unified design across all operating systems. Apple followers will have expected OS X Mavericks to be quite similar to the new iOS – for the software to merge seamlessly between mobile and desktop device.
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This Guy Might Have Surfed The Biggest Wave Ever [VIDEO]
29 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When it comes to breaking records, some choose the safer route: opting to put straws in their mouths. Some, on the other hand, enjoy being towed into 30-metre waves by a jetski. This was the gambit of one Carlos Burle, in an attempt to break the world record for biggest wave ever surfed, held by Garret McNamara, who successfully carved a 23-metre behemoth just two years ago.
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Earth Has A New Species: The Cape Melville Leaf-Tailed Gecko [VIDEO]
29 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Just take a guess where scientists have found a whole array of new animal species. You’d be thinking somewhere isolated, somewhere big, somewhere uncharted… Yup, it’s Australia. The continent down under is home to some of the world’s most fascinating animals, and just a few days ago a few more were were added to the list.
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The Future Is Here – Space Travel Could Be A Regular Thing By 2016 [PICS & VIDEO]
28 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Well, we say ‘anybody’ – but by that we mean anybody who has R750,000 to spare on a trip to space. Yup, a small Arizona-based business, The Paragon Space Development Corporation, has used some existing technology to create a helium balloon that will take passengers to the edge of space.
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Please Enjoy This R2,500 Completely Over-The-Top iPhone Camera Lens
25 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
iPhone camera lenses are not a new thing by any stretch of the imagination. They emerged a few years ago, to accommodate and enhance the steadily improving camera technology that was being developed. They started out small, with individual lenses being sold for about R200, and a set of all sorts of different lenses being sold for around R500. It was more of a start-up company kind of thing to do – but now the big dogs have latched onto to the market, and Sony is one of those who are looking to make a big impact.
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You Have To See This Amazing Piece of “Land Art” [PIC & VIDEO]
25 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada unveiled his 11-acre land art portrait of a girl, who is apparently making a wish. Located in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast, Ireland, the artwork, titled “WISH,” took one month to construct and required 30,000 wooden pegs, 2,000 tons of soil, and 2,000 tons of sand.
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Russell Brand Takes On Hardcore Interviewer [VIDEO]
25 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Many of us know Russell Brand as an outrageous comedian famed for his absurd brand of humour. Not many anticipated his rise from the stand-up comedy stage, through the world of film and finally into political writing. He’s become a bit of an enigma in his own right, blending ridiculously silly humour with an earnest sense of political awareness – which comes to the fore in an interview with one of Britains toughest journos.
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This Red Bull Mountain Bike GoPro Footage Will Make You Tingle Uncomfortably [VIDEO]
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you recall, we did a story on the biggest mountain-bike backflip in history just a few days ago. That was pretty special, but we can’t recall seeing anything quite as visceral as this before.
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Dog Fans: This Is The Post You’ve Been Waiting For
23 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The more time we spend on the internet, the more we realise that the whole point of the internet is to display cats and dogs at their funniest. No, seriously now, we all spend a large portion of our internet time on pets – admit it. With that being said, we found a gallery of high-speed photographs of dogs shaking water off their faces.
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Here’s Everything Apple Launched Yesterday (incl. New iPad Air And Mini) – Quick 2min [VIDEO]
23 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s Christmas time again for the Apple family. And despite the fact that Apple’s launch events are now missing the engaging marketing savvy that only Steve Jobs could bring, Steve Cook gave an impressive performance at Apple’s annual iPad Fall Event – where he casually unveiled a whole host of new Apple products and software. Obviously, the headliner of the show was the new iPad Air – Cook managed to cover a whole lot more in a presentation that lasted over an hour.
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This Awesome Map Shows You What Each Country Leads The World In [PIC]
21 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Did you know that Morocco is the world leader in Couscous? Or that Germany has everyone beat when it comes to almost winning the world cup? Our particular favourite is Russia: raspberries and nukes. This map is like a thousand Chappie wrappers combined into one.
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Here’s The First TV Ad For The New iPhone 5S [VIDEO]
21 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Though the 5S, and it’s cheaper, plastic-shelled counterpart, the 5C, were released over a month ago, this is the first television ad to feature either one.
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If You Dig Mountain Biking, You’ll Dig This Backflip [VIDEO]
18 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Every year at around this time, all the major action-sports brands head over to Utah for the Red Bull Rampage, an event that has been going on for years, hosting the worlds greatest x-athletes. Oakley sets up a ridiculously massive ramp called the “Oakley Sender”, and the worlds best bikers do some insane stunts on camera.
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Soccer Kid Genius’ Grandpa Placed A Bet On His Future – And Won Millions
17 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Remember Harry Wilson? Well his granddad was either a soothsayer, a genius, or a lucky old fool. Grandpa placed a £50 bet on Harry to play for the Welsh football team, when Harry was only 18 months old. Harry’s debut just nabbed his Granddad £125,000 (R1,970,000).
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God Bless America: Wounded Soldier Salute Goes Viral [PHOTO]
16 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Talk about going beyond the call of duty. Corporal Josh Hargis was with his special operations unit in Panjwal, Afghanistan, when a woman detonated a suicide bomb vest nearby, triggering the explosion of 13 other bombs. Four of Hargis’ men were killed, and 12 other soldiers were badly wounded, including Hargis himself.
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Eminem’s New Single ‘Rap God’ Has Just Dropped – Listen Here
16 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There’s no question that Eminem has had a rough ride throughout his life – always at odds with how he coped with the atrocities of his early life, and how he managed his new life in the spotlight. He took a four-year hiatus after releasing Encore in 2004, and his two most recent albums Relapse and Recovery, were a bit hit and miss, with many fans claiming to have lost the real slim shady.
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Take A Squizz Inside Will Smith’s R25 Million Film Set Trailer [VIDEO]
15 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
You best believe that when Will Smith is filming out in far-flung locations, he ain’t going to the local motel to spend his nights. No sir. Being the only actor to have had 8 films gross over $100 million – he could afford to make sure that wherever he filmed, he knew he had a […]
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3 Steps To Turn Colonel Sanders Into Satan Next Time You’re At KFC
30 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Next time you have a fried chicken craving and you find yourself at KFC, here’s what you can do to turn good old Colonel Sanders into the devil.
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Stephen Hawking Reckons We Could Copy Our Brains Onto A Hard Drive
27 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
71-year-old Professor Stephen Hawking was at the Cambridge Film Festival to chat about the biopic detailing his life. While speaking about the film, Hawking spoke about the possibility of preserving brains on hard drives. He was asked if he thought a person’s consciousness could live on after death. His response:
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Mike Tyson, Blindfolded, Hitting 2 Bullseyes In A Row [VIDEO]
20 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you weren’t scared of Mike Tyson before, you will be after watching this video. Tyson takes part in a pre-show segment called “Celebrities Throwing Sharp Objects Blindfolded,” on Fox Sports, and his impressive accuracy when it comes to throwing darts is shocking.
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Wait Until You See The Inside Of This House [GALLERY]
19 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Check out this tiny home with a big surprise! From the back it looks like a drab cement garden shed, but once you take a look from the front the home is surprisingly wonderful! The house that can fit two people comfortably was designed with environmental balance and well-being in mind.
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Crazy Story: Homeless Man Finds And Returns $40,000 – Internet Rewards Him $93,000
19 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Here’s Glen James. He’s an american guy who lives in homeless shelters because a health condition prohibits him from working. Glen found a backpack with about $3,000 (R28,000) in cash, and $40,000 (R370,000) in traveller’s cheques outside a mall at the beginning of this week. He did the the natural thing, and handed the bag […]
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