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Tech Report
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Tech Report: The Paleo Diet App Rundown [VIDEO]
19 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Are you paleo? Do you hate bread with a deep and burning passion? Do you run barefoot, or workout in shoes that have their own toes? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you’ll almost certainly enjoy this helpful rundown of apps for eating paleo.
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Tech Report: Chemical LED Lights Could Be Eskom’s Saviour [VIDEO]
12 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Eskom has the very serious problem of trying to increase electricity output while managing the already stressed grid. Of course, they could do this by discouraging electricity use, but that would cause shrinkage in production and consumption, hurting our economy. Lucky for Eskom, a South African company called Illuminate is producing a light that will take a load off our electricity grid without asking us to turn off the lights
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Tech Report – South Africa’s Data Crunching Smart Phone Will Blow You Away [VIDEO]
22 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two local 20-something entrepreneurs have developed a bona-fide smart phone ideally suited to our local context where smartphones are expensive to buy, and data isn’t cheap. Dream Mobile tackles both of those problems.
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Tech Report: This New Dating App Is Basically A Game Of Hot Or Not [VIDEO]
01 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Online dating is incredibly annoying, if only for one reason: we’re usually compelled to read reams and reams of personal information about a person when, if we’re completely honest with ourselves, the first impression is the only thing that matters. Introducing Tinder, the geolocated dating app that gets straight to the superficial point.
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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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Tech Report – Bitcoin Explained In Under Four Minutes [VIDEO]
09 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Are you still unsure of how exactly this decentralised currency works, or keen to get in on the action? Then check out this video for a step-by-step process of opening a Bitcoin wallet.
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Tech Report – Should You Buy The Nokia Lumia 920? [VIDEO]
02 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Has Nokia finally launched a product capable of swimming in the same smartphone pool as Apple and Samsung? It’s a fair question, given that you, the consumer currently find yourself in a tricky position. Do you go for a now considerably cheaper S3 or iPhone 5, or for the rather foreign, but attractively-priced Lumia? Check this out to decide.
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Tech Report – How To Get To Inbox Zero
25 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Inbox zero is an almost-mythical technological Nirvana that we all strive for. Seeing as most of us make a living out of the information in our inbox, a stress free life really does mean a big fat zero. Seth explores how to get there.
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Tech Report – Save The Life Of Your Cell Phone Battery [VIDEO]
18 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We’ve all had that phone that constantly drains itself of battery power, way faster than it should. Well, you may actually be to blame for this one. Check out the video below to make sure your charger never wrecks your phone
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Parents Reveal Photo Of Unfinished Text, Following Son’s Texting-And-Driving Death [PIC]
12 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
There is something quite harrowing about this photo of a kid’s cellphone, showing the conversation he was having via text, as well as the unfinished text he was writing before he crashed his car and died. Click through to see.
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Tech Report – Apps To Keep You Calm And Chill You Out [VIDEO]
04 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
If you’re struggling to unwind, maybe its time you realigned your chakras. And your smart phone can help you do just that. Check it out!
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Tech Report – How To Book A Hotel Online, And Always Get The Lowest Price [VIDEO]
28 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last week’s episode of eNCA’s Tech Report featured our insert on Tingo.com, TripAdvisor’s latest offering in foolproof online hotel booking. More often than not, hotel’s drop their room rates after you’ve made your booking, in an effort to meet booking quotas for calendar months. The result is that you’ll be punished for being organised and […]
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14 Things Oscar Pistorius Coverage Can Teach You About Working In TV News from André-Pierre du Plessis on Vimeo.
Local TV Producer Punishes US News Coverage Of The Oscar Pistorius Case [VIDEO]
20 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is great. Capetonian and current resident of New York, Andre-Pierre du Plessis has produced this delicious highlights reel of US television news fails in the Pistorius case. The title of the video is “14 Things Oscar Pistorius Coverage Can Teach You About Working In TV News”, and it is delightful. Du Plessis is also the […]
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Get The Vibe On TV In The UK
30 Aug 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Are you one of the tens of thousands of readers joining us every day from the UK? We know the ex-pat vibe is strong, so we thought we would give you a heads up on the TECH REPORT, a show featuring Seth Rotherham – now available in the UK! Click for times..
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Do You Hate Business Meetings? These Apps Will Save Your Life
28 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This episode is for all the corporate grunts out there. Have you ever left a business meeting with the feeling that crucially important details weren’t absorbed by the already drenched sponge that is your brain? You bet your sweet little corporate bum you have. Ever had a follow-up meeting and embarrassed yourself because you couldn’t […]
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Catch ETV’s Tech Report Tonight, 21h30 – Channel 403
07 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The latest in the hottest gadgets, apps, and tech news. ETV Primetime. Channel 403. Thursday, 21h30. And this is how we roll.
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Tech Report – Cloud Computing
10 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cloud Computing. You’ve probably heard the phrase at a bar, or around your depressingly busy photocopy machine at work. Bill from management, or Peter from accounts drops this term at every opportunity, and every time you just smile and nod. Standing there without a worthwhile contribution. So you embarrass yourself again, by talking about your […]
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Tech Report – Definitive protestor’s guide to uploading and sharing photos
26 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As Occupy Wall Street taught us, protesting is not only a fantastic way to keep your democracy vibrant and your government honest, but it also gives you a lot of ‘cool’ factor’. And nothing says street cred with protesting, like photos uploaded to the net from the actual protesting site. In this episode Seth shows […]
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Tech Report – Pirating On The Cyber Seas
19 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Steve Jobs once said, “Why join the navy when you can be a pirate?” The internet has changed everything, mostly for the better, but it’s also made it easy to steal stuff. So what makes a pirate on the cyber seas? In this episode Seth gets out his eye-patch, peg-leg and parrot and tries to […]
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Tech Report – How To Appear To Be In The Office When You’re In Bed
05 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Either side of New Year is quite loose when it comes to time at the office. Your boss will either be on holiday, or glad-handling some clients on the golf course, or something else as equally ridiculous. Instead of being in the office while the cat’s away, you’d rather be in bed, watching the test, […]
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Tech Report – Phone. Water. Fix!
29 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
There’s nothing worse than the sickening feeling you get, when your phone slips out of your grasp and splashes into the pool, or a puddle, or God forbid, the toilet bowl. The good news is, it doesn’t have to be the end for your vital appendage. In this episode Seth shows you that if you […]
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Tech Report – The Cure For The Shopping Mall Nightmare
22 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For some of us, shopping malls are the absolute worst. With queues and people breathing all over you, touching you, children, sticky ice-creams, screaming, and of course, the trauma of finding parking. In this episode Seth shows you how to avoid this nightmarish experience. *This insert was first published in December 2011 on ETV. […]
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Tech Report – South Africa’s Information Highway Is More Like A Country Lane
13 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Do you ever think back to a time before the internet? Before instant gratification and information at your fingertips, it was a time when you had to go to a library to find things out. It seems prehistoric compared to our lives now, where anything we want, information wise, is there for the taking. But […]
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Tech Report – Track The Track
06 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
We all know how annoying it is when you get a snippet of a song stuck in your head and it plays in a loop. Try as you might, you just can’t get rid of it and you have no idea how to identify it, until slowly, it begins to drive you mad. Don’t sweat. […]
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Tech Report – Prevent Online Embarrassment
28 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s common knowledge that job recruiters are increasingly scanning through your online presence, before considering you for a job. Seth shows us how to prevent any online embarrassments, with a few nifty apps that erase evidence of last night’s shenanigans.
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13,000 SATELLITES – RIGHT NOW – DEAL WITH IT
17 Sep 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
It’s not just fast cars, luxury villas, beautiful models, fine clothes, good service and champagne that we care about here at 2oceansvibe. Oh no – science and technology are right up there as well. How else could we have created SilverStreak, using merely my thoughts and a strand of hair from the TBG? Correct – […]
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SETH ROTHERHAM TO FEATURE ON NEW E.TV SHOW – ‘THE TECH REPORT’
15 Sep 2010 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Well it looks as though gaaning aan about all things cool and geeky has finally paid off! But don’t fright, you won’t be subjected to just me. Oh no, there is a whole group of us who will be keeping you up to date on everything to do with tech! That’s why they came up […]
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