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Media
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This 24-Year-Old Is South Africa’s Youngest Ever MP
21 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This young man is being sworn into parliament today, what are you doing with your life?
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Tech Report: This Is How Data Will Save Agriculture [VIDEO]
15 May 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Old McDonald may have had a farm, but his kids are keeping that baby profitable by crunching data with software. Gone are the days of scratching harvest yields on clay tablets with sharpened bits of bone, my friends. Introducing: MySMartFarm.
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Actually, Mazibuko’s Harvard Vibe Was ‘Plan B’
15 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Although there has been a great deal of reported shock and surprise at Lindiwe Mazibuko’s resignation from her parliamentary post, DA leader Helen Zille doesn’t seem particularly surprised. Could she have known? Better yet did she promote plan B to plan A?
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Breakthrough: Fynbos Prevents Growth Of Breast Cancer Cells
13 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yet another reason to love being cape-townian! Not only do we have the most beautiful scenery as the view from our bedroom windows and the sea and the mountains a hop, skip and a jump from our front door but now we are surrounded by the latest treatment for breast cancer.
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This Is the Social Media Course You’ve Been Looking For
13 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is something we ALL could use. It’s a social media course, that helps you become a marketing guru. Here’s the thing: We all use social media every day. But how many of us are truly UTILISING these platforms to help us, help ourselves? As in, when last did you actually find an awesome job, […]
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Tech Report: Defeat Winter Flu With This App [VIDEO]
08 May 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Why not hand over our health to a clever algorithm? Believe it – there’s one out there. and while it’s not quite ready to take the place of a flesh and blood GP, it’s a great add-on to a real life doctor. Introducing Hello Doctor. Catch Tech Report every Thursday evening at 21h30 on eNCA […]
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Is Italy’s Notorious Serial Killer Behind This Latest Prostitute ‘Crucifixion’?
08 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The most horrific crucifixion murder you’ve ever heard of, just happened….
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SA Got It’s Very Own Elections Google Doodle
08 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Now this what you call putting SA on the map! Google’s daily doodle was dedicated to the national voting day yesterday. Check it out here… its pretty rad.
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Genius Outdoor Ad Campaign Makes A Mockery Of Election Posters
06 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This is beyond genius. This is next-level marketing. And we totally love it. How do you make a mockery out of the election posters that constantly nag us to show support for individual political parties and not do much else with our lives during the week ahead? You tell the population to live their lives […]
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Obama The Comedian At The White House Correspondents’ Dinner [Video]
05 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Now this is our kind of president! Publically mocking the failures of his policies and generally showing us that no one is too big or too serious for a gentle roasting from good old Barack. The U.S. president and first lady annually host a dinner for all the big wigs of the media, studded with […]
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Tech Report: This Web App Will Solve Your Parking Problems Immediately [VIDEO]
30 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What if we told you we could solve one of the most vexing problems of urban life – the search for a parking spot? We’ve discovered a nifty app that takes the guesswork out of the search. It isn’t perfect yet, but it’s definitely worth a look.
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Sports Minister Says We Won’t Send Black Swimmers To The Olympics “To Drown In The Pool”
30 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh dear Mbalula, what have you said now? It looks like an apology by the ANC to yet ANOTHER African country will need to be made after this guy went and said something rather embarrassing. Again. On Tuesday, Fikile Mbalula who is our country’s Minister of Sport and Recreation, sat at a meeting with some […]
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‘Go Fuck Yourself, Cape Town’ Blog Post Goes Viral – Gets Response
29 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 13 Comments
If you haven’t read it yet, now might be the time to do so. Jade Mitchell’s blog received some serious attention last week when she posted a scathing observation about Capetonians and their unwarranted sense of superiority towards themselves and their city. Titled “Go F***ck Yourself Cape Town” , the piece details an array of […]
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Tech Report: This Is How You Twar Before The Election [VIDEO]
24 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
General elections are coming up, and people are going to be picking fights with you on social media, left, right, centre, and fundamentalist. This is how you wage a Twar, and win it.
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Don Draper Just Called Justin Bieber A “Shithead”
24 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In a recent interview with Men’s Health, Jon Hamm of Mad Men fame called “Bieber or whoever” a “shithead.” Wonderful! Check out the full quote, below.
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Radvertising: HBO Has Just Produced The Most Uncomfortable Ads In The World [VIDEOS]
22 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
HBO Go is an integrated service from that company that streams HBO content to mobile devices and tablets. The offering itself isn’t innovative or groundbreaking, but the marketing hook is genius. HBO took the liberty of staging a few scenarios where it would be much, much better to watch their programmes outside of the company of your parents.
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Please Enjoy These Kids Trying To Deal With A Walkman [Video]
16 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One thing that is for sure, is the insanely high speed of technological advancement of every-day items we use. For most of us in our early 30’s, it seems like only yesterday that we were jogging down the street with our Walk-Mansitched to our belts or even playing a cassette tape in our cars. We […]
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2oceansvibe News Has Cameo On Oscar Pistorius Trial TV Channel 199
14 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This morning, the dedicated Oscar Pistorius trial channel on DSTV channel 199 featured an interview with one Mark Batchelor, a former Bafana Bafana footballer who suffered an alleged threat by Oscar Pistorius in 2012 that the Blade Runner would “break his legs.” We wrote a story about that incident, which the channel referenced for context […]
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Watch The First Episode Of HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ For Free
08 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
HBO posted the first episode of the new series ‘Silicon Valley’ on YouTube – for free. The show follows six programmers trying to make it big in Silicon Valley.
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Unearthed Footage Of Mad Men’s Jon Hamm On A 1996 Dating Show (With Bad Hair) – [VIDEO]
04 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Other than sleeping with the director or producer, it is hard for an actor to get a breakout role off the cuff. You have to put in the dirty work. Enter Mad Men’s Jon Hamm. Watch the 25-year-old Hamm pay his acting dues on a dating show in 1996.
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Game Of Thrones Pales In Comparison To Real-Life Medieval England [READ]
04 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Game of Throne’s bloody violencethat we love so deeply pales in comparison to the real-life historical tale of medieval England. Dragons? Nope. White snow zombies that no one seems to be taking notice of? Nope. But heaps of beheadings, disembowelments, torture, massacres, killing prostitutes, assassinations, dinner parties that end in everyone dead, noble families that tend to have very bad luck at keeping their heads attached to their torsos and a couple of royals all fighting for the throne? Sure.
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Letterman Retires: Here Are The Top 5 David Letterman Moments [VIDEOS]
04 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Dave “David” Lettermen will be retiring from show business in 2015, friends. He has been klapping ‘Late Night’ since 1982, and in that time he has racked up a few incredible interviews. Check them out. To see another five, click here. [Source : Mashable]
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Tech Report: Local Start Up Takes A Crack At Oil Spills And Nails It [VIDEO]
03 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Here’s a story for all the penguins who’ve ever inadvertently swum through an oil slick… or for anyone who’s helped clean up the beaches after a bad spill. Acublot is a new, very clever way of dealing with oil spills – and it’s the brainchild of an Upington hairdresser… True story. Catch Tech Report every Thursday […]
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‘Tsunami Of Internet Porn’ Shuts Down Famous British Lads’ Mag
02 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A famous British lads’ magazine is shutting its doors thanks to, what a leading senior female journalist termed, a “tsunami of internet porn.” We wonder if Oscar Pistorius’s obsession with YouJizz added to the tremor..
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You Just Missed Gareth Cliff’s Last Show On 5fm
31 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
A few hours ago, Gareth Cliff announced via Twitter that today’s show on 5fm would be his last. That’s correct – if you missed the show, then you will never hear Gareth Cliff on 5fm ever again. But you’ll probably hear him via his own thing that he’s setting up. Here’s the statement from his website:
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Tech Report: Will Mxit Succeed In India? [VIDEO]
27 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
No doubt you’ll know by now that South African messaging platform, Mxit has expanded operations to India, where it hopes to tap in to a feature phone market of half a billion users. But with WhatsApp and WeChat angling aggressively for the same slice of pie, how much hope does our homegrown company have? Check it out.
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Louis Theroux Really Is That Awkward
24 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Telegraph has conducted a lengthy, and very cool interview with documentarian Louis Theroux. These were our favourite parts. If nerd was a diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual [of Mental Disorders] you would check off… No, not all of them — I’m not that good with computers. But I’ve got glasses, I’m not […]
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Tech Report: Social Media Predictions For 2014 [VIDEO]
20 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
No business can afford to ignore the power of social media. Big business in particular is starting to cotton onto the fact that social media gives consumers inordinate power over their carefully crafted brand identities. So what’s the next big thing in this rapidly developing space? Here’s Seth’s opinion.
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Don Draper: Moments Of Marketing Wisdom [INFOGRAPHIC]
17 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Don Draper is a hard-drinking, chain-smoking, smooth-talking ad man with a shadowy past, and he has a way with words. And over the past couple of seasons he has dropped more than a few pearls of wisdom.
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Head Of Putin’s State Media Says Russia Can Turn US Into Radioactive Dust [Mushroom Cloud Video]
17 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The head of Russia’s media – a man basically hand-picked by Vladimir Putin to fulfil the role of unofficial propaganda minister – mentioned somewhat casually during a news show on Sunday night that Russia could “turn turn the U.S. into radioactive dust.” You know, hypothetically speaking.
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