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Communication
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Brilliant UK Businessman Actually Charges Cold Callers To Phone Him
29 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Every time the phone rings, this UK man hears cha ching! After getting sick and tired of receiving numerous calls from telemarketers, he figured out a way to make money from the whole ordeal.
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This Short Film Will Change Your Mind About Smartphones [VIDEO]
27 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Charlene deGuzman, who is variously a actress/comedian/musician/tap dancer/awesome person, stars in this smart and eye-opening short film entitled, ‘I Forgot My Phone’. The film documents the modern world we live in, which is saturated with smartphones.
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Shuttleworth Not Deterred As Crowdfunding Money Is Returned
23 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Ubuntu Edge is a concept for a smart-phone that will be more powerful than a desktop computer – hence, SUPER-smart phone. The project was to be funded through IndieGoGo, and while the project smashed the record for the largest crowdfunding project (ever) and raked in over R129 million, they fell R205 million short of their goal
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Zuckerberg Launches Internet.Org To Get The Whole World Online [VIDEO]
22 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A few months ago Google said they will be working towards providing internet connectivity to parts of the world that don’t have it via WiFi-broadcasting balloons. The project bears the appropriate moniker, ‘Project Loon’. On Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg announced that together with Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Samsung and Qualcomm, they will be founding Internet.org. This project […]
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Cell C Has The Worst Rate Of Dropped Calls And Is “Breaking Promises”
20 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Cell C for yourself, the power is in your hands! Or not. Cell C’s promises don’t seem to be worth the paper they’re written on. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s most recent assessment of service quality has found that Cell C has the worst rate of dropped calls of all cellphone operators in Johannesburg.
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Mark Shuttleworth May Have Set The World’s Biggest Crowdfunding Record
20 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember when we told you about the Ubuntu Edge, the super-smart phone Mark Shuttleworth plans to release that will be more powerful than a desktop computer? No? Well here it is. Anyway, Mark may have set the record for the largest crowdfunding project ever!
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Cellphone Etiquette Across The Globe [INFOGRAPHIC]
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The world is made up of many diverse cultures, all of whom have their own way of communicating. It is no wonder then that different parts of the world have different ideas when it comes to cellphone etiquette. RepairLabs obtained all the information and consolidated it to show cell phone etiquette around the world.
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No Phubbing: Australian Group Campaigns To Stop People Checking Phones During Conversation
06 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
There is nothing worse than feeling like the third wheel, especially when your friend’s mobile gets more attention than you. A new term has been coined for the antisocial behaviour, “phubbing” . Phubbing is the act of “subbing others in a social setting by checking your phone”.
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Check Out The Ubuntu Edge: Shuttleworth’s New Super-Smartphone
05 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mark Shuttleworth is at it again, changing the future into how we always envisioned it to be… like the Jetsons. But with better hair. Using crowdfunding website, Indiegogo, Shuttleworth is asking donors to contribute towards creating a smartphone that is more powerful than a desktop computer. The phone, which will run on Shuttleworth’s Ubuntu, can […]
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Worried About Your Boss Seeing Your Dodgy Facebook Pics? Get This App
17 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
That awkward moment when your boss runs into compromising photos of you on the interwebs. If this is a worry in your life, as a result of raucous social activity, then this app could be the savior you’ve been waiting for. A new iOS app called Secret.li aims is to cut the lifespan of those […]
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The Steve Jobs Movie Becomes The First Official Trailer To Drop on Instagram [VIDEO]
16 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Of course the Jobs movie based on ex-Apple CEO Steve Jobs has a finely tuned trailer for Instagram. The feature for the movie that stars the likes of Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gadd has specifically been created for the social media platform. To check out the official trailer, click here and to view the Instagram video […]
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Talk To The Hand – The Glove Phone Is Amazing [PIC]
21 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This could be the perfect invention for those chilly winter mornings. Gloves that double as a phone. This is exactly what O2, a communications company, has unveiled. The glove phone is phase two of the company’s Recycle collection. Designer Sean Miles constructed the gloves from vintage Mui Mui and Pineider gloves and coupled that with recycled phone parts. These […]
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5 New Features That Apple Will Give Us In iOS7
22 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
According to Techzoom.com we have a lot of things to be excited about with regards to the upcoming iOS7 software. We have listed some of them for your pleasure, click through to see what they are.
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Martha Stewart Is Using Online Dating Sites To Find A Lover [PIC + VIDEO]
07 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Media mogul Martha Stewart has taken to online dating site Match.com to find Mr Right. Stewart talked to Matt Lauer from the Today Show to enlighten him on her progress. After posting this profile of herself, she has since received more than 20,000 views and 1,000 messages of interested suitors.
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Are You Making Yourself A Target For Hackers? Tech Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself [INFOGRAPHIC]
30 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The latest and most prominent victim of hacking was the Associated Press’ Twitter handle. The handle was used to publish a tweet that falsely reported a bomb explosion in the White House, which injured Barack Obama. This infographic provides you with all the information you need to avoid becoming a victim of cybercrime.
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Deciding Between Whatsapp And Viber? Viber Let’s Hackers Access Your Phone
29 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Android phone users who have the Viber app have been issued warnings by security firms that there may be a bug in the popular chat application that allows hackers to bypass screen locks and take control of the phone. So how many people are at risk? 50 million, give or take.
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Silicon Valley’s Entrepreneurs Fuelling Another Industry: High-Tech Prostitution [VIDEO]
16 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Bay Side area of Silicon Valley attracts crowds of successful entrepreneurs to settle down, owing to its close proximity to a concentrated cluster of hyper-successful tech companies. And boy, do sex workers like this neighbourhood
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Google Builds Tool To Safeguard Your Data After You’re Dead
12 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What happens to your data when you die? That question has become increasingly mainstream over the last two years. Thankfully, Google has launched a new tool that will enable users to determine a sending destination for their data in the event that they die.
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Anti-Kidnap Bracelets Send Distress Signals To Twitter And Facebook
08 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This hi-tech bracelet has mobile phone technology built in which can send prepared messages when the bracelet is triggered, using phone and sat-nav technology to warn of the wearer being in danger, and pinpoint their exact location. Distress alerts are sent as posts to Facebook and Twitter.
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See How Far We’ve Come – 40 Years Of Cell Phones In Pictures [GALLERY]
04 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the first cell phone call. Take a look at the progression of the phone over the last four decades, from the “brick” to the almost paper thin smartphones of today.
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The World Finds Our Fake Palm Tree Cellphone Towers Intriguing [GALLERY]
27 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As global telecoms industries continue to boom, countries need to find innovative ways to make the expanding network of supporting telecoms infrastructure fit into the urban jungle. South African photographer, Dillon Marsh has produced a series of photo’s of South Africa’s tree-style cellphone towers. Marsh said: In certain cases the disguised towers might not be […]
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10 Cape Town Schools To Receive Broadband From Google’s White Spaces Trial
26 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google announced yesterday that their TV white spaces (unused channels in a TV spectrum) trial will provide broadband connectivity to 10 schools in and around Cape Town. The trial will demonstrate the potential of white spaces as a platform to deliver faster internet connectivity to the developing world, if it comes off. Broadcasters, however are […]
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Google Glass Hype Is Dwindling – Fears Of Big Brother Are Growing
20 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google Glass is a potentially revolutionary technology that could fundamentally shift the way that humans interact with their environment, and dramatically improve productivity. But the product also requires the user, and anyone who comes into contact with the user, to be prepared to have the boundaries of their privacy stripped away. Google Glass will in […]
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Apple Lands Augmented Reality Patent
20 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Okay, Apple signed another patent – but this time it’s a goodie. Yesterday Apple was awarded the patent for an augmented reality system, giving users the ability to tag objects on screen in live video relayed by the phone camera, which would bring up information about those real-world items in a heads-up display. In english […]
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New York’s Answer To The Pay Phone [GALLERY + VIDEO]
19 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg recently called on creatives to devise a better plan for communication in New York to replace the mangy, disease ridden pay phones currently in operation. The goal of the project was to completely redesign the and rethink the pay phone as a platform for communication, as well as […]
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If We’re Not Writing Actual Letters, Should Our Emails Have Such Elaborate Signoffs?
15 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
What is your signoff? Let’s be honest, we’ve all wasted too much time thinking about how to sign off at the end of an email. There’s a check list of questions that every one of us runs through: What do I write at the end of a business/professional email? Do I need to change my […]
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Mind Blowing Pictures From Inside North Korea [GALLERY]
12 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Associated Press’ chief photographer in Asia, David Guttenfelder, has started posting pictures from inside Pyongyang to his Instagram account. The pictures show shots of daily life inside the capital of Pyongyang. The pictures range from the local bar food, to propaganda pictures lining the streets. I feel I can help open a window into a […]
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iPhone Apps You Need: Share Files With Everyone In The Room
22 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ever wanted to share a presentation, video, music file or high res photo from your phone to your friends, or recent acquaintances? The baked-in sharing options currently available on your standard iPhone make video sharing a tedious affair. Even with DropBox, you need to ask for someone’s email address, and then you have to invite them, […]
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5 Must-Have Apps To Boost Productivity And Streamline Your Online Life
05 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The simplest way to lead a productive lifestyle is to form good habits, like having a set time to drink your morning flat white or for uploading your cat photos on to Instagram. For a lot of us, most of our time is spent online so it makes sense to streamline that vibe. Please enjoy […]
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Everything You Need To Know About The Next BlackBerry: Leaked Training Presentation
17 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Earlier this week, we told you about the 15 000 (at least) new app submissions that BlackBerry is planning on launching alongside the launch of its new smartphones and OS. Here is a good look at a lot more information ahead of that launch. Rogers is a Canadian wireless carrier and has started training its […]
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