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Facebook Valued At $50 Billion
03 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Facebook has been valued at more than $50 billion, which is more than Time Warner. Justin Timberlake probably thinks that’s really cool. The Great Folly Of Zuckerberg cracked the 50 billion mark after raising $500 million in investment from Goldman Sachs, and a Russian company called Digital Sky.
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Strong Rand Makes US iTunes A Bit Of A No-Brainer
03 Jan 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
I’m not sure if you caught the live financial indicators on the right-hand side of the page, but the Rand is absolutely KILLING it against the US Dollar. At the current rate, I’m renting movies from the US iTunes store at R26 a shot – and some of them haven’t even hit the circuit here in SA. Let me show you how.
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Step Up Your Twitter Etiquette, Dawg [VIDEO]
31 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Better put this one on your New Year’s resolution list: Don’t follow Ricky Romance, make sure he’s not following you and if you see them recommend you follow him – delete your twitter account. Watch him hand out twitter tips and a death threat to Chris Brown after some particularly nasty exchanges in 140 characters or less.
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This Month’s House & Leisure Magazine – Get It!
29 Dec 2010 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Did you manage to catch this month’s House & Leisure magazine? It’s their 200th issue and I must say, it’s an absolute cracker! Were you aware that they were voted the best home and decor mag in South Africa? True story.
Speaking of stories, check out the one circled on the cover – follow link to enlarge.
Buy it now – at all good news agents..
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What BRIC Means To South Africa
29 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
South Africa has received an official invitation to join the BRIC economic development block, comprised of emerging giants Brazil, Russia, India, and China. In short, we’ve just been called over to the bleachers by the cool kids, and offered a cigarette.
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What’s This Google?
24 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Google’s logo mutations are mostly spot on. For Easter they gooi some bunnies. When there’s pumpkins and draculas you know it’s Halloween. Bobsleds, Winter Olympics. It’s not always pretty but most times it makes sense so what in the name of everything holy, clear and sacred do our friends over at Google mean by this one?
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Medscheme Overcharges Because It Makes Sense, Not Money
23 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This according to Andre Meyer their big chief executive. The Big Chief came under fire last week because his company is increasing their rates by 6.9 percent instead of the recommended 3.6 percent. But you and I profit. “After all, by law medical schemes are not for profit entities,” he said in a statement. You scheme?
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Cosatu Strikes Against Walmart – Pre-Emptively
22 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
SA’s union-in-chief has threatened strike action against the US retail giant before a single Walmart brick has been laid. That’s the way we do it here, Yanks. You don’t come to our country with your big ass shops and just put them up everywhere. We have rules. And Cosatu.
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Julius Malema On The Late Show With David Letterman [VIDEO]
22 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If someone had told you that the creator of the Simpsons, Matt Groening, and late night talk show king, David Letterman had parodied ANCYL[biters] president, Julius Malema, you would not have believed them.
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Checkers? Nataniel? “Turducken”? Really?
20 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
Checkers have made well-known South African socialite, fashion designer and aspiring chef (that’s kok in Afrikaans, I’ll have you know), Nataniel their go-to guy for meat-product advertisment. As you can see, they like to push it pretty hard.
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The Terrible, Terrible Future Is Here: Advertisements That Burn Logos Into Your Eyes
20 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
I have feared this for years. What happens if one day you switch off the television, but the McDonalds logo is still burnt into the back of your corneas, and it won’t go away until you buy the Biggest Mac that there ever was? Well, that day is today friends. Sort of. Once in a theatre in Germany.
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Tina Fey Is Sarah Palin? Epic Sunday Tribune Fail
18 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Independent Newspapers has been providing us with little gems of unintentional wordplay for years now. And when they’re not reporting that X politician has been fingered by Y investigative body (how many times could you withstand that kind of interrogation before you cracked?), they’re making pictorial gaffs. Please enjoy this little piece of joy.
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Very, Very Cool Youtube Ad
17 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
I know – it’s December, you’ve got this big pseudo-Christian consumerist monolith being forced down every available orifice imploring you to spend more money on This New Shiny Thing, and maybe you’re a little sick of that right now. I understand that. But believe me when I say that this is a freaking awesome advert.
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Ha. Awesome Wikileaks Advertising In Pakistan.
16 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Pakistan’s relations with the U.S. were talked up pretty heavily in the latest Cablegate leaks; further, false leaks with heavy anti-Indian sentiment were spread around the country by major national newspapers. So it’s nice to see the Pakistani advertisers make the most of an awkward situation.
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Oh Hey, Just Unicycling Across The Country, No Big Deal
14 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Unicycling has arguably been around since there have been wheels and chairs. That’s just science. Charity has been around for a pretty long time too. So it’s fitting that these two ancient disciplines would come together in the Counter Balance ‘Freedom Revolution Tour,’ which is raising funds to provide disadvantaged school kids with shoes.
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80s Sun City Commercial [VIDEO]
14 Dec 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
We pulled out some vinyl in the 2oceansvibe Radio studio the other day and found ourselves playing We Will Rock You by Queen. My Friday co-host, Bruce, reminded me of the old classic Sun City TV commercial, which used the same song. My Twitter friends helped find the video. Check it out – epic!
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Public Service Announcement From Seth: Money
09 Dec 2010 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Every now and then I drop one of these public service announcements, because I love you and you should know about them. Love is an action, not an emotion, okay?
Think about that. I’m acting out my love for you.
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Amazon.com: The Face Of Hypocrisy
09 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We live in a world where business ethics trump their moral counterparts with ease, so perhaps we shouldn’t get too upset about this.
You may well remember that Amazon.com abandoned WikiLeaks after suffering less than subtle diplomatic pressure from the United States.
While disappointing, that kind of move was inevitable, perhaps even understandable. If the negative attention damaged the brand, Amazon has since committed public relations hara kiri. Cue global brandfail for Amazon.com in three, two, one…
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News24, Is This Entirely Necessary?
09 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The face of news is changing on a daily basis. It really has to. For as long as people have communicated, the basic premise of news has been one person asking another, “Tell me something new and interesting.” One person’s “new and interesting” may not be another’s news. News24 is very aware of this fact.
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Proverbial Wallets from John Kestner on Vimeo.
Robot Wallets
07 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Paying things with cards is weird for me. I mean obviously the convenience of having a plastic card that gets me stuff is great – I got to take advantage of the Threadless sale, for instance – but without that tangible sense of loss at having to fork over a wad of cash, there is the risk of going overboard is substantial. Folks at MIT have some ideas about that.
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Michael Jackson Posthumously Foils Media Pirates With Vuvuzelas [VIDEO]
07 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
No, I am not pushing it with that headline. This is for real. Chamona! Game Software developers, Ubi Soft, have introduced a novel (and thoroughly heart-warming) anti-piracy measure into the Nintendo DS version of Michael Jackson: The Experience – vuvuzelas. That’s right. Copy this game at your own aural risk.
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Brandhouse Drive Dry Advertisement – Mildly Spicy [VIDEO]
06 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
This is hardly breaking news, but our inboxes have been haunted by it in the last few days, so we thought we’d fill in those of you who haven’t seen it already. Brandhouse is this festive season’s latest corporate entity to launch an anti drink-driving television and print campaign. Let’s just say “prison” and “enforced spooning”.
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Bad Brad Murder Charge
30 Nov 2010 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – 29 November 2010: Former Big Brother celebrity Bradford Wood at the Benoni Magistrate court in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he was granted bail for his alleged role in the death of several illegal miners on 29 November 2010. Wood and four others face murder charges after four illegal miners were shot […]
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Dirty Skirts Today On 2oceansvibe Radio
30 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Today’s 2oceansvibe Radio line up is pretty spicy.
We have the Dirty Skirts in at 09h30, chased by the editor of Playboy South Africa, washed down with a little Sex In The Mother City with Doctor D. It’s basically all about prescribed psychotherapeutic drugs, sex, and rock n’ roll on 2oceansvibe Radio this morning.
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Monday Morning Badvertising – This Time From France!
29 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
I don’t understand this. At all. I mean, I’m tempted to just leave this here and let you guys draw your own conclusions, but I feel like you’re owed some kind of explanation. Which is unfortunate, because I have nothing for you. Sexualized CGI animals. Using Orangina as a household product. In France.
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Nando’s Punishes Cell C With 5G Chicken
27 Nov 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Nando’s have taken things to the next level this time, with the appointment of their new “CEO.” His name is Kagiso and the whole ad rips off every ounce of the Trevor Noah Cell C ads. They mention 5G (rather than Cell C’s claimed 4G) and they even play with the Cell C ‘logo’ at the end. Full marks!
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John Sterenborg Responds To Robert Gumede M&G ‘Telkom Tender’ Article
23 Nov 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
Some of you might have caught a very spicy article published in the Mail & Guardian just over a fortnight ago. It was entitled ‘Timeline Of A Telkom Tender‘ and had to do with the business dealings between one local man, Robert Gumede, and British businessman, John Sterenborg. 2oceansvibe has received statements and press releases […]
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Youtube’s Ad Of The Year Isn’t The Old Spice Guy
23 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Instead, it’s a video of some dude using a woman and a small child as a seatbelt. Or it’s about hugs. Or maybe they’re saying a woman and child will hug you if you drive a car in Sussex? I’m not totally sure, because the important thing to note here is that somehow this lost […]
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Win Tickets To Thursday’s Cosmopolitan Summer Party!
22 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Cosmopolitan Summer Fashion show and after-party is one of the most anticipated and sexiest events of the year. It has to be said that with the myriad of invites sent to 2oceansvibe, this is one we would never (and have never) turn down! And now you can become a part of it too! Follow […]
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Checque Please!
22 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
There’s a restaurant in Pringle Bay, just an hour from Cape Town, called Hook, Line, and Sinker. When you walk in to this effortlessly cool establishment you are guided to a table hewn from American Poplar that is scrubbed daily with Sunlight liquid and once a week rubbed lovingly with Cobra wax.
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