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Communication
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We Live In The Future: Log On To Facebook With Your Face
12 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Researchers at the University of Manchester’s mobile biometry project have put together a demo application that allows people to use voice and face recognition to log in to Facebook, Twitter and Gmail accounts, which is going to be hell for people with a forgettable face.
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Your Sperm Hate Phone Calls
10 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Phone calls are, by their very nature intrusive, and downright offensive for the majority of the occasions that you’re determined to suffer them. But we won’t go in to that in too much detail right now. All you need to know is that your sperm are on our side, and they hate you for all that calling you’ve been getting up to.
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The New 2oceansvibe Didn’t Take One Phone Call To Develop
15 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There seems to be a lot of people still addicted to phone calls of late – desperately wanting to cover detail which has/could’ve been discussed and confirmed in email. So here we are – stuck between people who have progressed, and others who have replaced the phone cord with what seems to be an invisible umbilical cord. Which brings us to the new 2oceansvibe website – listen to this..
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UK Phone Company Announces Redundancies Using Super-Fun Traffic Light System
12 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There are many different traffic light systems employed today. There is, of course, the very successful and highly regarded precursor to all of the traffic light systems, the traffic light. Then there’s Everything Everywhere’s take on the traffic light.
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Dilbert’s Scott Adams Agrees: Wireless Voice Calls Are Obsolete
01 Oct 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
One of the worlds front-runners when it comes to social observation, Dilbert’s Scott Adams, has joined the groundswell tsunami of support for a change in how we communicate in the era. In particular, voice calls vs emails and SMS. Here at 2oceansvibe, we have written REAMS on it (here, here, here, here, here, here and […]
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PHONE NUMBERS – EXTINCT IN FIVE YEARS TIME – WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO THEN?
01 Sep 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 8 Comments
As we continue the crusade.. I hope everyone noticed the spice headlines on Monday and, in particular, the article about phone numbers being extinct in five to 10 years – something I have been banging on about for quite some time now. Or, more to the point, I simply believe unexpected or unplanned phone calls […]
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TEN TIPS FOR THE CHILEAN MINERS
01 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
It’s Spring Day. Wonderful, isn’t it? Sure, depending on where you are in the Southern Hemisphere, the weather might not be very Spring-like. But such is life, and the meteorological musings of our planet. The good news is that the days are getting longer, the sun is shining more regularly, animals are copulating left, right […]
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SEND FREE SMS FROM YOUR COMPUTER – NEW LOCAL FREE SMS SERVICE HITS THE WEB
27 Aug 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
My children, you know that every now and then I like to treat you with helpful hints and tips that will make your lives easier. We’ve already had that conversation about how we don’t make phone calls unless absolutely necessary, right? We text first. Okay? Okay. But some of you came to me recently, with […]
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MWEB UNCAPPED BROADBAND – LET’S HAVE THAT CHAT
20 Apr 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 15 Comments
As the regulars would have noticed, 2oceansvibe has been plastered with ads for MWEB’s new uncapped broadband service – the first uncapped service in South Africa. They have a number of packages and there is one to suit every pocket and speed. I would like to tell you about my package. Sis, don’t be rude […]
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YESTERDAY’S UNANNOUNCED VISITS ARE TODAY’S UNEXPECTED PHONE CALLS
19 Mar 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 6 Comments
That’s How It Is regulars would have caught my contributing story which was published a week ago. Now I’ve said a lot in the past about phone etiquette and how one should roll if one truly wants to live the holiday. So I put together a final say on the matter, we you might find […]
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“THE OATMEAL” ALSO HAS ISSUES WITH PHONE CALLS
25 Feb 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Look, there’s a time and place for phone calls. YOU just don’t seem to get it. Unexpected or unplanned phone calls are slowly but surely becoming the new anti-social smoking. People are starting to realise that the more accessible we have become, the less time we have to ourselves and the more intrusive every phone […]
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THE IPHONE AUTOSTICH APP
22 Jan 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 7 Comments
The Blackberry Brigade can keep on scratching their heads and punishing themselves in general, as I present another wonderful app I have found to use with my iPhone. This one is called “AutoStitch Panorama” and stitches together ANY series of pics that you take (up, down, and all around). And it is COMPLETELY automated. You […]
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WELL WHADDAYA KNOW, THE RINGTONE INDUSTRY IS COLLAPSING!
21 Jan 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
“Collapsing” might be a bit extreme, but recorded figures indicate complete irradication of personalised ringtones by 2016. Why, do you ask? I’ll tell you why. And it’s not because people are getting tired of cute tunes coming out of their phones. They’re just not phoning as much. This, from Fortune Magazine: A big reason consumers […]
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THE NEW CELLPHONE RULES – A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE
26 Nov 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 36 Comments
This aricle has been brewing for some time and may have been touched on before. I remember some time ago I gave my ten cents with regards to phone calls that come in from Private Numbers – you can read about those here and here. the majority of you agreed. Today’s discussion (the comments section […]
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YOUR NEW VOICEMAIL MESSAGE
23 Mar 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 5 Comments
We’re pretty passionate about cellphone rules (check out article Latest Cellphone Rules), here at 2oceansvibe and have even included them in our Cape Town Rules section of the site. Following on from that article, I have noticed more and more people struggling with private numbers. I’ve found that some people are still unable to ignore […]
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THE LATEST CELLPHONE RULES
13 Feb 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 19 Comments
If you call me with a private number or a number I don’t know, I will not answer. FACT . If you don’t leave a message and call me again, I still will not answer. FACT . You can do this as many times as you wish over as many days as you want and […]
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PRIVATE NUMBERS
22 Apr 2007 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
It is with some amusement that I read the words “Private Number” or “Unknown” on my cellphone’s display. The phone is set to ‘silent’, returned to it’s previous position and ignored. Unknown numbers will, quite simply, not be answered. Ever. The non-answering of these calls has become something of second nature to me. It’s honestly […]
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