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Business
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New Service Let’s You Spend Time With Your Fave Celebrities, At A Fee
11 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Why has it taken the world so long to come up with this – it’s a total no-brainer. IfOnly is the name of a new site that is bringing people and celebrities together – and making serious cash while doing it.
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The Patek Philippe Nautilus Chrono Is Available To You At Around R1 Million [GALLERY]
11 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Previously available with a leather strap, the 5980 is now available in a package that is made entirely out of rose gold. But if you feel like stepping out in one of these, you’ll have to fork out first. One million rand, please.
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Check This Out: The Rise Of Domestic Robots [INFOGRAPHIC]
11 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We all started dreaming about house-cleaning domestic robots ever since we saw those efficient little robots zipping around spaceships in the ‘Star Wars’ movies. While we might not have achieved quite that level of household domestic robot penetration just yet, we’re not far off.
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TIME Magazine Makes Fat Joke On The Cover, Mocking New Jersey Governor
08 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
‘Time’ is known for their world-class journalism, hard hitting analysis and classy magazine covers. Never one to take cheap shots at public figures, the world was shocked when they decided to make a fat joke on their most recent cover.
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House Of The Week: Check Out The Veranda On This Baby [GALLERY]
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Knysna – we all know it’s pretty. At least, we hear so. This week’s newest edition to the House Of The Week has burst through the front door and wrestled our eyeballs and perceptions into submission. Just take a gander at that gallery. Did you notice the panaromic veranda and the almost 360 degree view of the Outeniqua Mountains? Of course you did. For R32 million, you make sure you notice the details.
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Tech Report: Enjoy These iOS7 Tips And Tricks [VIDEO]
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
If you’re somewhat disenchanted with how quickly the honeymoon was over for you and iOS7, you may want to rekindle your love for the piece of technology that you spend more time with than anything else by taking a deeper look into its innermost being, and finding new, fresh delights. For your pleasure, we present these iOS7 tips and tricks.
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Forbes Gives 5 Reasons Why You Should Buy The Xbox Over The PS4, And Vice Versa
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
It’s every gamer’s conundrum – the Playstation or the Xbox? Of course, those loyal to desktop PC’s will dismiss both options, but those gamers who need more than a keyboard and mouse will be looking to invest in one of these new devices – but which one?
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Mango Airlines Give Middle Finger To ASA
06 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Just after we published the article on Mango Airlines and their case with the ASA, we had a little squizz on their website to see if they had obeyed the ASA’s ruling – and we found something that might be of interest.
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This Chinese Firm Wants To Build A R80 Billion Miniature City In Jo’Burg [PIC]
06 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A Chinese firm named Shanghai Zendai plans to build a mini city in Johannesburg on the 1 600ha of land and buildings it bought from explosives company AECI for R1 billion. Shanghai Zendai say that their development will be the future centre of Johannesburg.
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Mango Airlines Seem To Be Lying About Internet On Board – Forced To Remove Claims
06 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 10 Comments
Last year, Mango airlines famously became the first South African airline to offer in-flight internet access. Strangely, Mango also became the first South African airline to lie about having internet access on board. Yup, the Advertising Standards Authority has decided that, in order or you to use WiFi access as part of your marketing strategy, you need to actually have WiFi.
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Remember The Kanye West Proposal Video? Kim Is Suing A YouTube Co-Founder Because Of It
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you recall, we posted a story last week about Kanye West’s showstopping proposal to Kim Kardashian. Later, we managed to acquire some actual video footage of the proposal – and it is that video footage that is now involved in a major court case, where Kim K is looking to sue YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley for posting a video of the proposal online at his new Internet venture MixBit.
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This Is Why Our Own Police Commissioner Is Being Investigated [AUDIO]
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Sanef deputy chairperson, and editor of the Star newspaper, Makhudu Sefara speaks with Mmanaledi Mataboge about the police’s threat of legal action over intercepted calls involving police commissioner Riah Phiyega. This comes shortly after the Independent Police Investigative Directorate confirmed that it is to probe claims of defeating the ends of justice against Phiyega.
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This Teenager Just Sold Her Virginity For R285,000 [PIC]
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There have been rumours about this sort of transaction happening for a while now – but sources in Russia have just confirmed that a deal has very definitely been sealed. What’s more, police have given the lucky lady the green light, claiming that the transaction, “does not fit into a description of the ‘Prostitution’ clause.” Really? It doesn’t?
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These Are The Worst Things About Working At Google
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
It’s everyone’s dream job to work at Google, isn’t it? It’s one of the most forward-thinking corporations on earth – the pay is great, the benefits are out of this world, and the working environment is unparalleled anywhere else. Take the Swiss office, for example, where employees spend their days working inside old ski-lifts, and can take a breather in an aquarium equipped with reclining seats. So what’s the downside?
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This SA Band Will Be On The Jimmy Kimmel Show Tomorrow [VIDEOS]
04 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Meet Jean-Philip Grobler, aka St. Lucia. Originally from Johannesberg, St. Lucia grew up performing with the Drakensberg Boys Choir School in KwaZulu-Natal. Nowadays he lives in Brooklyn, and is blowing up on the New York music scene. On October 31 he posted the following announcement to the band’s Facebook page:
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The First Instagram Ad Was For Michael Kors – See It Here [PIC]
04 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A while ago we broke the news that Instagram would soon be placing ads in your news feed. Many people were miffed, but many applauded Instagram for allowing users to close the ad once they’ve seen it, and for allowing feedback about how to make ads more aesthetically appealing and personally valuable. The first of what will be a long line of instagram ads appeared on users’ screens last friday, and it was an ad for American designer Michael Kors.
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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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House Of The Week: Your New Favourite Place Is Bali Bay [GALLERY]
31 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
You might not have heard of Balie Bay. It’s a tiny curve in the coast of Camps Bay, and it happens to be bordered by a handful of stunning properties. And you can count this badboy as part of the club. Billed as “sheer 5-star luxury”, this R29 million, four-bedroomed property is basically an elaborate diving board for the ocean – which is what you’ll be calling your pool from now on.
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Tech Report: This Stellenbosch-Made App Is Revolutionising The Way You Buy Things [VIDEO]
31 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Meet SnapScan. Developed in Stellenbosch, SnapScan is a mobile payment system that uses a combination of QR code recognition and PIN entry for payment of goods and services, without a credit card or cash note ever seeing the light of day. It’s a payment system that could mean the end of grubby banknotes and troublesome change, and we have the lowdown.
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Remember That Bitcon ATM idea? Here It Is Actually Working [VIDEO]
31 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember the story about a bitcoin ATM opening in Canada? Well, they’ve already installed it and its working as we speak. The machine now lives at Waves Coffee House in Vancouver’s downtown area. It uses palm-recognition for users to log in to their accounts, which is pretty nifty – but could get pretty gross pretty quickly.
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Don’t Read This If You Suffer From Jealousy
31 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Aah the lottery. It’s a bit of a gamble – but every now and then some shmuck out in the middle of nowhere wins the whole shebang. Like this guy, who won over a hundred million rand, spent it, and became a binman. Now, the Florida Lottery says 67-year-old James Bozeman has claimed a R29863500.00 Florida Lotto jackpot just last month.
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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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Stop Everything: They’re Making An ‘Entourage’ Movie
30 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
After much anticipation and controversy, the show’s creator and screenwriter, Doug Ellin, has confirmed that the hit show will become a movie. I say anticipation because since the show launched in 2004, it captured everyone’s attention with it’s “one celebrity cameo per show format”, creating a massive worldwide audience.
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An Inconvenient Sex Tape: The Gross Mismanagement Of Online Branding in South Africa
30 Oct 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 12 Comments
A very interesting thing happened yesterday and it deteriorated rapidly, as we predicted. It had to do with Land Rover, FNB, a media company called Mindshare and a sex tape.
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That Area ‘Just Below Gardens Centre’ Finally Gets Its Own Name
29 Oct 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
You know that area just below Gardens Centre? It isn’t really Gardens, or Oranjezicht, and it sure as hell isn’t Downtown. A few weeks ago Name Your Hood officially launched their latest campaign, the naming of Hood 8, AKA ‘That Area Just Below Gardens Centre’ in Cape Town. We’re glad to report that Hood 8 finally has a name: La Guma.
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Enjoy These Business Tips From A Billionaire Who Used To Be A Hobo [VIDEO]
29 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
John Paul DeJoria was a hobo – but he always had good taste. Even in his homeless days, he slept in an old Rolls Royce along LA’s Sunset Strip. But he had plans. Years later he finds himself in more comfortable conditions, having founded the stupendously successful Paul Mitchell Systems, and Patron Spirits.
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This Guy Used To Work For Absa In Cape Town – And Then He Stole R15 Million
29 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
John Julyan is a former Western Cape relationship manager at Barclays Wealth (a division of Absa). He is also a very naughty man. Not “use tax-payers money to buy porn” level of naughty, but more “steal more money than I can carry” kind of naughty. He was so naughty that he was found guilty on Monday of 39 counts of theft, totalling R15 million.
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Charles Saatchi Is Suing Nigella Lawson For R8 Million
29 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Charles Saatchi is on the brink of suing his ex wife, Nigella Lawson for £500,000. Just prior to their divorce, photographs emerged of Saatchi holding the throat of Lawson at a popular London restaurant. When public sentiment concluded that Saatchi had assaulted Lawson, Nigella maintained absolute silence, cementing the opinion that Saatchi was guilty of abuse.
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This Is Why Starting Your Business On The Side Is A Good Idea
29 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Budding entrepreneurs out there will be keen to pack it up at their current job, sign a lease for a new office space, and ship out immediately. But in such a competitive market where more businesses fail than succeed, its important you consider every step as carefully as possible. The first step is to decide whether to keep your job, and have your business on the side or to go the full Montgomery Burns and dive straight in to business. Here are a few reasons why you ought to be doing the former.
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Land Rover SA Are Using Sex Tapes To Market Their Cars
29 Oct 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
A reader sent in a link to an article about a Hollywood actress’ sex tape. It included a trailer for the sex tape, with Land Rover SA’s branding all over it.
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