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I just gave my first ever speech in Chinese at Tsinghua University in Beijing -- on why you need a strong sense of mission to change the world.This was also my first real speech in any language sharing how I started thinking about Facebook's mission, what has kept me going through challenging times and what our mission means now looking ahead for our community of 1.5 billion people.This video also has English subtitles and you may find it interesting if you're thinking about building something or are interested in Facebook's history.The themes of believing in your mission, caring more deeply than anyone else and always looking ahead are relevant to anything you might build.Last year I joined the board of Tsinghua's School of Economics and Management. This is a great center of innovation and many of the students here will become global leaders in technology, business and government. It's an honor to have the opportunity to help this university and talk with its students. I look forward to coming back again next year!
Posted by Mark Zuckerberg on Saturday, 24 October 2015Please Enjoy Mark Zuckerberg Give A Lecture In Chinese [Video]
26 Oct 2015 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Mark has many skills and can even speak Mandarin – and it is kinda humorous, although humbling, to watch.
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Get To Know What Your Kids Are Talking About Online. e.g. GNOC Stands For Get Naked On Camera (And IWSN = I Want Sex Now) – More Here
07 Sep 2015 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Parents, it’s going to be okay. Thanks to the UK, here’s a guide to what your teens are saying online when they write in all caps.
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Proof That Beer ‘O Clock Is A Real Thing
28 Aug 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
If you’ve ever had to defend yourself against allegations that you cracked your first beer (or glass of wine) a little too early this one is for you.
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This Messaging App Has The Worst Reported Privacy – We’ll Give You One Guess Which One It Is
19 Jun 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Whatsapp has taken over the way we communicate, from messages to voice notes to images, videos and calls… but just how many people are looking at your conversations?
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The App That Will Help Beat Cancer
05 Jun 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cancer Dojo is a space that brings the power of visual thought to life. It provides a platform where people can grow, learn and share skills and tools as active participants in their bout with cancer.
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Copy And Paste And Send This Text To Your Friend To Reset Their iPhone
28 May 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ah, there are some friends I would love to send this special message of love to, if only so that they put their phone down at the dinner table. I may actually keep it on hand…
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You Won’t Believe The Words Scrabble Will Now Let You Use
22 May 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
I get that board games have to roll with the times to stay relevant but some of the new additions to the Scrabble dictionary are just, like, really eww.
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Lindsay Lohan Screwed Up Massively Trying To Write In Arabic On Instagram
22 Apr 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Everyone has that one mate with what he thinks is ‘peace, love, serenity’ tattooed on his back, when really it means something completely different. He doesn’t have 3,5 million Instagram followers though.
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Apple’s New Emoji Have Varying Skin Tones!
24 Feb 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We have all sat too long and accepted the emojis that are available. Well, you can breathe easy now: there are 300 new ones around the corner.
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Watch This Little Girl Respond To Beyonce And Co’s ‘Ban Bossy’ Campaign [VIDEO]
27 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A couple of weeks ago Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg started a campaign to ban the word ‘bossy.’ But there’s an alternative. Instead of removing a word from language entirely why not start an informed dialogue around how the use of the word? Listen to what these little girls have to say about the word ‘bossy.’
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Umm, Beyonce And Posh Spice Are Trying To Ban The Word ‘Bossy’ [VIDEO]
11 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
A couple of celebrities and politicians are throwing their weight behind a campaign to ban the word “bossy.” Among them are Beyonce, Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Garner and former US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice.
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Praat Die Taal? The Brain Benefits Of Speaking More Than One Language [INFOGRAPHIC]
24 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If english isn’t your home language in South Africa, there is a very high chance that you speak more than one language. And if you do, take this moment to bask in the glory that is your superior brain.
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STOP EVERYTHING: Fake Interpreter Wanted For Kidnapping, Rape, And Murder
13 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
SHUT. UP. eNCA has broken more amazing details pertaining to Thami Jantjie, the sign language interpreter who played air guitar through Nelson Mandela’s Memorial on Tuesday. eNCA reports that Jantjie faced charges of kidnapping, rape, attempted murder, and murder.
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The Fake Sign Language Interpreter Held Someone Hostage With A Brick
13 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Yep. Uh huh. This story really IS getting better. Thamsanqa Jantjie, the man who interpretive-danced his way through Nelson Mandela’s Memorial service in Soweto on Tuesday has a very, very sketchy past.
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Meanwhile, The Employers Of The Fake Interpreter Have Vanished
12 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The failtrain just a-keeps-on-a-rollin’! Deputy Minister for Women, Children and People With Disabilities, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu said in a media briefing earlier today that the owners of the firm that had been contracted to provide Thami Jantjie for signing at the Nelson Mandela Memorial in Soweto on Tuesday had pulled something of a ninja bomb. The owners […]
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Comedy Gold: The Bogus Sign Language Interpreter Has Been Faking It For Years [VIDEO]
11 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
This is a video of Jacob Zuma singing at ‘Kill The Boer’ at the ANC Centenery Celebrations in Bloemfontein, South Africa in January 2012. And who should be standing next to him, but the bogus sign language interpreter from yesterday’s Nelson Mandela Memorial at the FNB Stadium in Soweto. It’s actually too awesome. UPDATE: For those of you […]
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British Politeness Translation Table Goes Viral
06 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The British have become known as quite a polite group of people, well, some of them anyway. Their sometimes too-polite phrases give the illusion of class and a well established set of manners. However, a translation table that has been making the rounds on the internet recently, might change the way you listen to them.
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Students Develop Gloves That Translate Sign Language Into Speech [VIDEO]
10 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A group of Ukrainian students are deservedly receiving a large amount of attention for a very impressive student project that has seen them qualify as one of the six finalists at this year’s Microsoft Imagine Cup. They’ve invented a glove that can translate the movements made by sign language into speech.
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Google Now, Because Siri Is Too Mainstream [VIDEO]
03 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hipsters take note, there is a new smartphone personal assistant on its way: Google Now. It’s a search-centric, voice-powered digital assistant for the upcoming version of Android that launches mid-July.
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ANC: We Want Six Provinces
29 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
A reduction in the number of provinces is something the ANC led government has often toyed with, but it appears this policy has gained increasing support among party delegates at the ANC policy conference in Midrand this year. The biggest change would see the Northern Cape, Western Cape, and some parts of Eastern Cape merge.
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Barclays Fined £290 Million Over Libor Fixing
28 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Well this is terribly worrying. Yesterday, Barclays bank – one of the biggest banks in the world – was fined a record £290 million for attempting to manipulate the world’s benchmark borrowing rate – the Libor. This is a huge blow to the bank’s reputation and raises questions over the future of chief executive Bob Diamond. Up to 40 other global banks face being named and shamed too.
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Google Out To Save 3,054 Endangered Languages
21 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We sometimes underestimate the importance of language, especially when swimming in the ubiquitous sea of English. Language is bound tightly with identity, and when you imagine a language going the way of the Dodo, it is scary to think what else is lost with it. Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, has launched the Endangered Language project, a website devoted to preserving languages that are close to dying out.
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Korean Air Wants Travellers To Embrace The “Primitive Energy” Of African People
18 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
At the beginning of this year, it was announced that Korean Air would be launching the first nonstop flights from Northeast Asia to East Africa: specifically, from Incheon International Airport, South Korea, to Nairobi, Kenya. Derogatory seems a modest way to describe some of the advertising used for the new route.
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A Skype Call In Ethiopia Now Carries A 15 Year Jail Term
15 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Things have been less than fun with respect to freedom of speech and freedom of expression in the landlocked central African country of Ethiopia in recent years. And they just got worse. Because now a simple 30-second Skype call could land you in jail.
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David Cameron Leaves 8-Year-Old Daughter At Pub
11 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
British Prime Minister, David Cameron, left his eldest daughter, Nancy, at a pub following a Sunday lunch. It happened after a mix-up with his wife Samantha, Downing Street has admitted. The couple only realised their daughter was missing when they got home.
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Do Ideas: A Book About Doing Your Ideas
07 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A very stimulating new book has just launched: Do Ideas. The book, curated by Don Packett, features contributions from some of South Africa’s brightest minds. They want you to embrace your ideas: “don’t be afraid”, they say. The best bit? It’s free, and online. Go on, you want to have a look.
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Mom Too Afraid To Let Daughter Fly 1Time, Issues Fake Bomb Scare
31 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A mother caused chaos yesterday when she called the 1Time call centre to tell them there was a bomb on one of their aircrafts. The valiant woman didn’t want her daughter to board a flight from Jozi to George, but alas, it was too late, and the aircraft was already in the air by the time the threat was received.
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Millions Of Rands Worth Of Textbooks Dumped At Eastern Cape Warehouse
14 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
After receiving a tip-off, the Sunday Times on Friday discovered that millions of rands worth of school textbooks had simply been dumped at a warehouse in King William’s Town, in the Eastern Cape.
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Racist Ranting Itumeleng Mabeba Says He Was Hacked
10 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A short while ago, Jessica Leandra dos Santos and Tshidi Thamana seemed to try to apologise for their recent actions, as well as form some kind of friendship. But Itumeleng Mabeba, a man at the centre of hate speech allegations for sending a very disturbing tweet, has claimed his Twitter account was hacked. His employer is also instituting an internal disciplinary process against him.
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Sexwale Affidavit On Mdluli Amongst Stolen Documents
09 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We had been wondering what might have been stolen from advocate Muzi Sikhakhane’s home in Northcliff, Jozi, last month. Sikhakhane is acting in a matter against controversial police crime intelligence boss, Lieutenant-General Richard Mdluli. Turns out, one of the documents stolen was an affidavit penned by Tokyo Sexwale, which accused Mdluli of abusing state resources.
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