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Business
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Jack Daniel’s Launches Radical Online Store
28 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Up until now, the only place to purchase bespoke Jack Daniel’s fashion wear or collectable items was by making the trip to the JD Hardware Store in Lynchburg Tennessee. Now, local Jack fans can do their online shopping and enjoy free delivery to anywhere in South Africa, from Sandton to Springbok, thanks to the newly launched JD online store.
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Instagram Ads Will Look Like This In Your Feed [PICS]
25 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Slowly, surely and inevitably, our social media spaces are becoming commercialised. We all knew it was coming – it’s just a matter of coming to terms with it, getting used to the new layout and trying to make the best of it. This time, it’s Instagram’s turn to start earning some cold hard cash.
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Please Enjoy This Quality Gumtree Ad From Woodstock [PHOTO]
25 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
One could spend hours scrolling through the listings of Gumtree. Logging in to one of South Africa’s most popular classifieds has become a little bit like window shopping, with a few key differences. For one, you don’t have to actually get up and go anywhere – so no need for pants.
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House Of The Week: Consider What 5 Bar Gets You In KZN [GALLERY]
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Welcome to the leafy Durban district of Kloof. Kloof happens to be perched on the edge of Kloof Gorge, which translates to “Gorge Gorge”. That’s because Durban is populated by English people who don’t really understand the Afrikaans names for things, leading to these kinds of cock-ups. What they have nailed, however, is stunning architecture.
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Does Social Media Translate Into Cash For South African Companies? [INFOGRAPHIC]
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cerebra, a brand-focused South African strategic communication agency, recently did a massive survey of how the best African companies utilise social media. Ever since the advent of sites like Facebook and Twitter, everyone wanted to know how these sites could work in business, and whether more followers really does mean more money.
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Tech Report: How To Stop The NSA From Spying On You [VIDEO]
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You may, like us, have been rattled by the news that the NSA is pying on pretty much everyone in the world. If your paranoia has gotten a firm grip on you, you may well want to join the growing band of people who opt to go underground. But you need not necessarily lose your ability to surf the web. Check out how.
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The State Of Unemployment And Poverty In South Africa [INFOGRAPHIC]
23 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It can be difficult to get an accurate, succinct handle on the state of unemployment and poverty in South Africa by wading through the morass of statistical information. Lucky for you, we have a condensed infographic on hand for you. Get up to speed with the state of your country, in a few minutes.
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Facebook Freaked Out Because This Guy’s App Lets You Control How Much Time You Spend On The Social Network
23 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Facebook’s suits are losing their minds over a small app developer in the States who developed a service with a unique selling point of limiting a user’s time on the social network. Break Your Facebook is a self-help tool of sorts, which aides in weaning otherwise-busy GenY-yuppies from social media addiction, freeing up time for work or, you know, real life.
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This Is How People Are Using Instagram To Sell Guns
23 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Woah! Instagram just got serious. No more selfies. No more sunsets – we’re talking guns baby. Instagram has made no official rule outlawing the sale of guns on their platform, so guy buyers or sellers can just scroll away on their smartphones, and they might as well be in Steve Hofmeyr’s basement.
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Elon Musk Bought That Bond Submarine Car And Wants To Make It Work [VIDEO]
22 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Elon Musk – the guy is a super-achiever, and there seems to be nothing that will halt his imagination. This time, Musk is planning to go one-up on James Bond. Remember the Lotus Esprit submarine that Bond had in The Spy Who Loved Me? Well, Elon Musk just bought it for $997,000, and he wants to turn it into a real-life submarine.
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Starting A Business? Here’s A Checklist For Getting Online [INFOGRAPHIC]
22 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’ve just started your own business, it’s vital that you get online as soon as possible. Whether or not you’re selling your product or service online, the internet is where people are going to find you. Annoyingly, getting online isn’t as dead simple as you might think, especially if you have no experience in the area. Lucky for you, this infographic will sort you out.
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For Old Time’s Sake: A Time Lapse Of Your Favourite Breaking Bad Locations [VIDEO]
22 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Joel Schat created this radical timelapse highlighting the locations of Walter White’s gradual journey from high school chemistry teacher to New Mexico’s meth kingpin. All the major filming locations are represented, from the White house, to Los Pollos Hermanos, to Saul Goodman’s office.
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BLIND: Woolworths Copycat Victim Accused Of Plagiarism [PICS] [UPDATED]
21 Oct 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 49 Comments
You would have picked up by now that Woolworths has been accused of being a copycat. This has come from a woman by the name of Euodia Roets, who says her hummingbird design was ripped off by the SA retailer. But someone else has come forward, saying that she stole the design herself.
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This Is The Longest Flight In The World
21 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Many of us are familiar with the pain of the long-haul flight. You emerge from your seat with your legs aching and feeling hollow. Your mouth is stained with drool,and you pants are covered in little bits of horrible airplane-food. It’s a nightmare, and people generally agree that the less time spent flying, the better.
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You Won’t Believe How Much They Sold The Last Violin To Play On The Titanic For
21 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember that part in Titanic when everyone was freaking out on the top deck, and they made the violinists play a few songs to calm everyone down? Yeah, well that actually happened, and one of those violins was just sold on auction.
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House Of The Week: R33 Million In Clifton – No Man Come Now Have You Seen This Place? [GALLERY]
17 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
No man. No man, come now. Have you seen this place? You need to see this place. Have you seen it? Have you seen the beach? You can spit on it from your lounge. Have you seen how white it is? It’s so white. If you’re worried about the feasibility of living in an entirely white home, sssh. If you have the money to buy this place, you have the money to have a dedicated surface integrity maintenance technician on 24 hour standby.
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Tech Report – JustDeleteMe Will Show You How To Scrub Yourself From The Internet [VIDEO]
17 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We’ve gotten to that point where many of us are questioning this whole internet thing. If you are among the many thousands of people who want out from the internet, or think you may well want to join that club in the future, then you need to check out JustDelete.Me.
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City Press Editor Ferial Haffajee Calls Her Journalists Racists – Storm Ensues
17 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ferial Haffajee took to Twitter to voice her concerns over racism, after she and her City Press colleagues took part in a meeting, “to have a discussion about a genuine future, to find ways of altering our work patterns, to do wonderful journalism”. It sounds like it didn’t go all that well, judging by her tweets following the meeting…
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Snuff Film Website Owner Arrested
17 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Some people like to watch fat men try to ramp over a dirty river in an inflatable tube – and fail. And then there’s some people who like to watch other people being murdered. Now, YouTube is the place to go for funny cat videos, but where can a man get some good old snuff? The answer, up until quite recently,was BestGore.com. That was, until it’s owner was arrested for “corrupting morals”.
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Women Are Spending A Fortune On This Online Game
17 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Much like Genghis Khan did in the in the early 1100’s, the Candy Crush Saga game is taking over the world, one woman at a time. The game is a variation of the “match-three” game format, similar to Bejeweled, where players attempt to make connections between three candies of the same colour. Sound boring? Some women might disagree – they’re spending £400,000 a day on this game.
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TopTV Is An Ex-Parrot
17 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Goodbye, TopTV. Fare thee well, for you are no more. After suffering months and months of severe brand damage by asking, being denied, asking again, and being denied again for permission to flight porn channels, the owners of the TopTV brand, On Digital Media have decided to pack it in.
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This Sales & Marketing Executive Position Will Change Your Life
16 Oct 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Shumani Mills Communications is regarded as one of the Western Cape’s most reputable and industry-leading service providers. This is your opportunity to be a part of something very exciting – connecting you to a new world of possibilities.
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Check Out The Work Spaces Of Jobs, Zuckerberg, And Picasso [PHOTOS]
16 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Everybody needs their own “mood-room” or “creative space” where they can go to seek inspiration, find solitude, and get down to some serious creative work. For most students, it’s a small wooden desk with strands of two-minute-noodle dangling off the edges. For office-workers, it’s a slightly bigger wooden desk, but without any noodles. But where did Einstein, Steve Jobs and Rudyard Kipling do their work? Take a look.
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The Internet Is Going Nuts For This Little Pig On Instagram [PHOTOS]
16 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Cats have been ousted as the most popular animal on social media for the minute, and have been replaced by a 6-month old pig named ‘Jamon’ from São Paulo, Brazil. The pigs owner is a bit of a funny one, often dressing his pig up as a turtle. (What?)
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Sports Supplement Found To Contain Methamphetamine, My Boet
16 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 10 Comments
Gym-going okes are always trying to push themselves, hey. And the scientists behind the supplements that keep the okes going, are also always trying to push themselves. Now, we all remember the Jack3d controversy, but this one is something else. Recent tests have shown that a popular sports supplement in the U.S. contains meth. That’s right, meth.
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Highly Insightful Interview With Vice Media CEO
15 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Vice Media CEO, Shane Smith conducted a lengthy interview with Fortune Magazine this past week, covering subjects ranging from Dennis Rodman and North Korea, to making money from YouTube and telling old media that they can “go to hell”. These are our highlights:
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This Is Why Your Brand’s YouTube Video Failed
15 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember YouTube in the good old days? In the beginning, YouTube was a sandbox for the lazy creative. Families would post home-videos, schoolchildren would post clips of teachers being hit with various forms of fruit – and cats stole the limelight in dazzling acrobatic displays. Oh how things have changed.
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Soon Your Face Will Appear In Google Results
14 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh, so you thought your name, face and fact that you “liked” the coffee at that place down the road was personal, private information? Sorry to say but, you’re wrong. At least in Google’s eyes that is…
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ATTENTION SA NETWORKS: US Phone Network Announces Unlimited Global Data Roaming At No Extra Charge
11 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Yoh yoh yoh! Look what they have in ‘Merica! US mobile network, T-mobile has announced that their customers will enjoy unlimited global data roaming at no extra charge as part of their Uncarrier initiative, starting October 31.
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House Of The Week: The View From This R30 Million Joburg Pad Is Worth Every Cent [GALLERY]
10 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Look, it’s been a while since we came across a place this special. Elevators, four floors and five levels, a fully integrated iTunes home entertainment system, a fully-besmegged kitchen – and then you forget about all of that, and smash an offer down right there and then. Because you just turned your head to look at the patio, and suddenly it occurs to you that whoever owns this house, owns the horizon.
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