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This Is Exactly How Social Media Is Turning Us Into Lunatics [INFOGRAPHIC]
19 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
WhoIsHostingThis.com has come up with an intriguing infographic called “Four Psychopathic Traits Of A Social Media User.” Click through to see what social media is doing to us.
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Hipsters’ Brains Set To Explode – Video Likely To Be Added To Instagram By June 20
18 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
TechCrunch, (the reliable source of anything you want to know on the Tech/Sci front) has announced that, according to a trusted source, Instagram will have a video feature come Thursday. Facebook is rumoured to reveal this new product that will enable Instagrammers to record and share videos across social networks whilst giving Vine a run […]
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How To Make Your Social Media Addiction Your Career [INFOGRAPHIC]
11 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Do you wish you could just sit on your computer all day and simply switch between these social media platforms to find out what is happening, what is trending and where somebody is? Do you wish your job entailed having your Twitter feed open at your desk?
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This Car Is Powered By Likes And Tweets #Seriously [VIDEO]
27 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A group of students that study in Kansas City have found a way to use social media to improve education awareness in America – oh and power a car.
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Nelson Mandela’s Granddaughter Flames Madiba’s Wife On Twitter, Then Deletes Her Account [PICS]
20 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Nelson Mandela’s daughters, Makaziwe Mandela and Zenani Mandela-Dlamini with the aid of Mandela’s former lawyer, Ismail Ayob have taken action to sue their father for his riches and artwork. Mandela’s granddaughter took to Twitter this afternoon to rant about the fiasco, calling Nelson Mandela’s wife a worm
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Tech Report – The Lowdown On Twitter #Music [VIDEO]
16 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The latest app from Twitter, #Music will interest you. Seth gives you the rundown on how it works, what it means for how Twitter will be doing business on your account in the future – and most importantly – whether you should download it.
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Fake Samsung S4 Twitter Accounts Are Posting Pro-Samsung Tweets
14 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Has Samsung no shame? The smart phone company gained some bad publicity recently when information leaked regarding their payment of Taiwanese students to write bad reviews about opposition tech firm, HTC. At the time, the SouthKorean tech giant blamed their social media agency, but it looks like they could be back to their naughty ways.
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Just When You Thought Warren Buffet Couldn’t Get Any Cooler, He Sends His First Tweet – And It’s Awesome
03 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
According to Forbes, Warren Buffet has a net worth of $53,5 billion (R478 billion). He is number 4 on the Forbes Billionaires list, second in the United States. He is the 15th most powerful person in the world, and is ranked number two on the Forbes 400 list. And now he has sent his first tweet.
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Watch This “News Machine” Turn Your Tweets Into Exaggerated News Headlines [VIDEO]
25 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A “news machine” has been developed by Color Magazine and interactive designer, Jonathon Chomko in an effort to highlight sensationalism in journalism. The new machine turns user tweets into headlines, through various media filters. It’s an epic visual demonstration of broken telephone in the news cycle.
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Mike Tyson Followed Luis Suarez On Twitter Right After News Of The Biting Incident Broke – Seriously [PICS]
22 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Moments after news broke of Suarez biting Chelsea defender, Branislav Ivanovic, Suarez had a new Twitter follower, none other than Mike Tyson. I cannot stress to you enough how awesome this is.
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Get The Most Important News Before Anyone Else @2oceansvibe
19 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Our Twitter account (@2oceansvibe) has almost 25,000 followers. That’s because people want to find out about news they really care about, the MOMENT it hits. And you can too! Follow us @2oceansvibe. And you can get Seth Rotherham’s (uncensored) tweets at @sethrotherham 😉
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Yesterday’s Cape Town Street Floods – All The Pics [GALLERY]
18 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Yesterday, Twitter was booming with warnings of an ominous storm that was set to break over Cape Town. Some people didn’t take the storm warnings seriously enough, and it didn’t take long for Twitpics of flooded streets to roll in. Check out the full gallery
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Behold: Bill Clinton Sends His First Tweet – Nails It [VIDEO]
10 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Watch hilarious interview with Bill Clinton and Stephen Colbert and witness Bill Clinton’s first ever tweet.
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Social Networks Don’t Play Together Anymore – Here’s Why
04 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There was once a time when all social media platforms were in harmony. There was no bickering or back handed fighting. That time is no more. Find out why
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Ad Agency Charges R9 200 For A Tweet
20 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Anyone who handles the marketing budget for a brand knows that creative in advertising costs a pretty penny. And with good reason – ideas are the very stuff of novelty. Ideas are what gets your brand remembered. A London-based creative agency has taken a novel approach to how they interact with their clients. They do […]
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English Boxer Trounces Twitter Troll By Turning Up On His Doorstep
13 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is a strong contender for the “Best Thing To Ever Happen To Twitter – Ever” Award. English boxer, Curtis Woodhouse recently suffered abuse at the hands of an anonymous Twitter troll following defeat in the ring to Shane Singleton over the weekend. Twitter user, @JimmyOB88 castigated Woodhouse for the loss of his light-welterweight title […]
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This App Will Revolutionise Phone Calls – If You’re Actually Still Making Phone Calls
12 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
After seeing the functionality of this app, it makes us wonder why no one has thought of it sooner. Thread is a new app that helps you keep up to date with your phone contacts. Not only does it give you the classic caller ID, it also shows the most recent Facebook and Twitter posts […]
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Our New Favourite Political Tumblog – “CC @HelenZille”
04 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Of all South African politicians, Helen Zille easily takes the crown for the most active and engaging Twitter handle. Spawned in her years as the Mayor of Cape Town, Mayor Helen’s Twitter handle quickly made a name for itself as a place where problems were dealt swift death blows. Burst water main? No problem. Shortage […]
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Book Review: #ThoughtLeadership By Liz Alexander and Craig Badings
27 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Book Review – #Thought Leadership by Liz Alexander, PhD and Craig Badings. It was probably inevitable that someone would end up writing a book Twitter style. Communications Professionals and Authors Craig Badings and Liz Alexander, have done just that. Thought Leadership is their buzz and their new book #Thought Leadership is sub-titled ‘140 prompts for […]
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Strange Tweets Express “Sympathy” For Reeva Steenkamp Days Before Her Death
22 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
One week before she died, Reeva Steenkamp suffered at the hands of an anonymous Twitter troll. While unpleasant, online trolling is by no means an unheard of phenomenon. But the tweets from the anonymous “Janne LA” in reply to Oscar Pistorius, Reeva Steenkamp and some of her friends indicate that the troll moved in the […]
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How Pistorius’ Journalists Have Massively Boosted Their Social Media Influence [ANALYSIS]
21 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Additional reporting by Gabi October The live tweeting of the Oscar Pistorius legal proceedings has announced a fundamental shift in the way that news is reported and consumed, and in the way in which we the audience relate to reporters. Magistrate Nair’s ban of video recording or photography while court is in session has left […]
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Don’t Get Lost In The Noise – This Is The #OscarPistorius Twitter List That You Need To Follow
20 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Feeling like you’re drowning in the noise of a million collective (and not always very intelligent) opinions while following the #OscarPistorius Twitter hashtag? This is the definitive #OscarPistorius list that you need to follow. Compiled by US reporter, Nick Stylianou, and comprised of journalists live tweeting legal proceedings and case facts as they break, you’ll […]
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Twitter Hackers Continue To Hit Top Multinational Brand Profiles [PICS]
20 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One would think the security on a top multinational brand’s social media account would be watertight, but over the last two days we have watched with mouth agape while the Twitter feeds of two major brands have been hacked.
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The Monday Afternoon Pistorius Update: Oscar’s Star Defense Team Includes Ex-Tabloid Editor, As Ex-Girlfriends’ Bickering Spills Onto Social Media
18 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Pistorius and ex-girlfriend, Jenna Edkins Things are falling apart, a little bit. Oscar Pistorius’ ex-girlfriends have not been shy to voice their opinions of the Paralympian murder accused. Most vociferous have been Samantha Taylor, and Jenna Edkins. Taylor told the press last year that she was “prepared to reveal what Pistorius made me go through”. […]
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The 2013 State Of The Nation Address – As Seen On Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
15 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Our friends over at BrandsEye put together this excellent analysis of the social media conversation that emerged around the 2013 State Of The Nation Address, or #SONA/#SONA13, as you might have seen it. This, from BrandsEye’s report: From the speech in 2011 with 6,000 online mentions, this year’s address delivered just over 49,000 online conversations. […]
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Pay With A Hashtag, Thanks To Amex And Twitter
13 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Twitter and American Express (Amex) have collaborated to make an online shopping cart, via Twitter. You’ll first need to sync your Amex to twitter. The twitter account has to be public and no prepaid or corporate American Express cards are compatible. You tweet the appropriate product hashtag and the @AmexSync twitter account will tweet a confirmation hashtag […]
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Vatican Announces Pope’s Resignation – Twitter Goes Into Joke Overdrive
11 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI will resign on 28 February, an italian news agency has announced. Twitter, in the mean time, has gone into a feeding frenzy.
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Why I Hate Twitter – A Journalist Explains His Departure From The Social Network
31 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Matt K. Lewis is a respected American journalist, who has been cited or quoted by several major outlets, including New York Magazine, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.
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How To Use Vine, Twitter’s New Video Sharing Service [VIDEO]
29 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s the hot new video app from twitter that allows you to share six second videos. Of course porn immediately got shared, followed quickly by advertisers publishing videos. But how the hell do you use it?
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Student Tweets From Inside School During Lone Star College Shooting
23 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This morning we reported on another school shooting that took place in the US.
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