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Tech/Sci
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This Billionaire Says Stem Cell Therapy Is Making Him Younger
28 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Billionaire fashion designer, Peter Nygard is spending a pretty penny on stem cell therapy in the Bahamas in a bid to reverse the process of ageing – and the 70-year-old is claiming that it works following an as yet unpublished study by the University of Miami.
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Four Tips For Creating Apps People Will Actually Use
28 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Creating a successful app is similar to climbing Mount Everest. According to statistics you have a 22% chance of maintaining your app users’ engagement. The odds of summiting the tallest mountain on earth are 29%. Here are a couple of essential tips to help you improve your chances.
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Rolls-Royce Is Developing Unmanned Cargo Ships
27 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Companies like Google and Tesla may be developing driverless cars, but Rolls-Royce is upping the ante by developing drone cargo ships.
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Black: The Self-Destructing Smartphone by Boeing
27 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Dial nine for self-destruct. Espionage gets its very own smartphone. Going solely by the handle ‘Black’, this smartphone from Boeing has the ability to self-destruct when tampered with. Perfect for the aspiring James Bonds out there.
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Tech Report: This Is How You Turn Your iPhone Into A Satellite Phone [VIDEO]
26 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you, like me, have found yourself lost in the Urals with nothing but the salvaged wing of a light aircraft for shelter, you’ll have wished for a satellite phone. Unfortunately, satellite phones are notoriously expensive, and confusing to operate. We’d like to introduce you to the Thuraya satellite sleeve. It’s your iPhone, but with satellite phone reception.
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The New Samsung Gear Fit Wristband [VIDEO]
25 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Samsung’s new Gear Fit wristband is the latest pawn on the battle front between the two tech giants, Apple and Samsung. The compact, curved screen smart wristband from Samsung becomes the company’s third wearable device following the launch of the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo.
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Presenting Project Tango: Google’s New 3D Mapping Phone
24 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember that scene from ‘The Dark Knight’ where Bruce Wayne mapped a building using a smartphone? Well that shit just became a reality.
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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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Seth’s Lifehacks: This Is How You Stop Whatsapp Saving Images To Your Camera Roll
24 Feb 2014 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
By now you would have been bust with a dubious images in your phone’s camera roll. Usually these dubious images come from friends who sent them to you in Whatsapp. This is how you ensure they stay in Whatsapp..
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This SA Entrepreneur Just Won A Prestigious Global Tech Competition Prize
24 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mellowcabs may be the solution to the traffic clogged city hubs of South Africa. SA entrepreneur, Neil du Preez and his electricity-assisted human-powered microcab has won the regional award in a prestigious global technology competition.
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Samsung’s New Ad Mocks Apple’s New Ad [VIDEO]
21 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Samsung are trolling Apple again. Hard. Remember the iPad pencil ad? Yep, well, so does Samsung. Here’s the ad they’re spoofing:
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Top Ten Robotics Companies To Look Out For
21 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In the spirit of keeping up to date with the length of time we humans have before our robotic overlords take over, here’s a watch list for companies at the forefront of robotic innovation. As they say, keep your friends close and your impending robotic overlords closer.
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This Local Online Shop Is Accepting Bitcoin Payments
20 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The guys over at CableKiosk.co.za are some of our neighbours over here at the Woodstock Exchange. Naturally, we were thrilled when they told us that they are now accepting payment in Bitcoin. Asked why they made the move toward Bitcoin, the team advised that they’re simply massive fans of open source systems. Fair play. Check […]
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How To Avoid Torrenting, And Still Watch Game Of Thrones
20 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Sitting at the tip of Africa has its drawbacks when you are desperate to watch Game of Thrones. That goes for most series. We are stuck with paying exorbitant fees for satellite TV that only has a couple of watchable channels anyway. So what else is there to do, other than pirating Game of Thrones ASAP using torrents?
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Are You In Your Mid To Late 30s? This Is When Moments Of Genius Appear
19 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Tracking the ages of people who achieve a moment of epiphany in their work, a study has found that the moments of a genius breakthrough tend to happen in your mid to late 30’s. Check it out..
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Study Shows That Online Trolls Are Awful Sadistic Psychopaths
19 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
‘Don’t feed the trolls’ has become a valuable lesson for anyone who has frequented an online comment section. Be it online gaming or social media, trolls plague the internet denizens on every front. But there is some comfort to be found in a recent study done by the University of Manitoba titled ‘Trolls just want to have fun.’
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Tech Report: Will Bluetooth Trackers Really Save Us From Losing Anything Again? [VIDEO]
19 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The dawn of Bluetooth 4.0 has heralded an explosion of consumer gadgets, including personal bluetooth trackers. They purport to save you from ever losing anything again, but are they really all that? We find out.
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WATCH: They’ve Dug Up The Steve Jobs Time Capsule After 30 Years [VIDEO]
17 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
It was thought to be lost, buried somewhere beneath Aspen, Colorado. Back in 1983 Steve Jobs gave a talk at the Aspen International Design Conference. After the conference, those present each donated an object to be added to a time capsule. Steve Jobs’s contribution – one of the first commercially available computer mice.
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You Gotta See This: Stellenbosch Has An Incredible Web App Showing Available Parking Bays In Real-Time
14 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Gone are the days of driving around endlessly looking for an open parking spot. This site shows, in real-time, the available parking bays in Stellenbosch and a couple of other cities and neighbourhoods in South Africa.
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The Rise And Fall Of Flappy Bird [INFOGRAPHIC]
14 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Missed the brouhaha over Flappy Bird? Don’t sweat it, cute stuff. Catch up on the complete narrative with this infographic. Do it before the after work beers, and you just might end up making a valuable contribution to the conversation for once.
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They’re Comparing Flappy Bird To Kurt Cobain
13 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
We don’t know if we would go as far as comparing a rock legend with a pixelated bird on a smartphone, but columnist Leigh Alexander from the Daily Beast tends to think so. It’s not like Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen took a shotgun to everyone’s phone after he decided to end it all.
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Leaked Images Reveal iPhone 6 To Be Larger With Rounded Edges [PHOTOS]
13 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Rumours have been floating around the web of late regarding the iPhone 6. Apple keep their new projects under tight secrecy but someone, perhaps a disgruntled employee, always slips out a pic or two under Apple’s radar. These leaked images are of the iPhone 6, claims blogger Sonny Dickson.
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Here’s The Forbes Interview With Flappy Bird Creator
13 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A few days ago the world was deprived of its access to what had become the crack-heroin of phone app games, Flappy Bird. Its mysterious taking down by its creator Dong Nguyen, had everyone questioning the reason behind it all. Nguyen sat down for his first interview after killing Flappy Bird with a reporter from Forbes. Here’s what the bird killer had to say.
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Tech Report: Paperight Could Change The Way We Buy Books Forever [VIDEO]
12 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’ve ever felt the pain of buying an overly expensive university text book, or found yourself perplexed by the cost of a novel that you’re not sure you like yet, Paperight is a God-send. A proudly South African business, Paperight makes a digital library of books available to copy shops, who can print those […]
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This Is Why Facebook Likes Are A Waste Of Time And Money [VIDEO]
11 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Paying for fake likes on Facebook will give you notoriously poor returns, but even using legitimate means to generate likes through Facebook advertising will now result in failure. This is according to Derek Muller, who has 131 000 likes on his Facebook page. Muller now longs for the days when he had only a couple of thousand page likes.
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The Design Indaba Music Circuit 2014 Is Going To Melt Your Face Off
10 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The 2014 Design Indaba Music Circuit is a rollercoaster ride of 38 acts in 10 venues over wo days in one city. It’s about experiences, collaborations, having fun and giving a platform to fresh local talent, and you’d be a damned fool not to get involved. Take a look at who’ll be performing, and where. The […]
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This 12 Minute Documentary Reveals How Massive Google Is [VIDEO]
10 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Many of us use Google services each day but very few of us ask the question, “How BIG is Google?” Obviously this question cannot be answered directly, however, the sheer size of Google can be realised by the hard facts and figures shown in this short film.
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#1 App Game Creator Freaks Out, Pulls ‘Flappy Bird’ From The App Store
10 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
If you’re into mobile gaming or tech at all, you’ve probably heard of Flappy Bird – the mobile game that has recently taken the world by storm. However, just as quickly as the app rose to fame, it came crashing down last night as it’s developer pulled it from the App Store and Google Play.
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Woz Says Apple Should Make An Android Phone. Wait, What?
07 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Steve Wozniak has always had wacky ideas when the rest of the world looks mute and dull. He created the personal computer as a kid when experts said it can’t be done, remember? Although he isn’t an active member of the Apple engineering family anymore, he still has lots to say about his beloved Cupertino.
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Unlocked Cell Phones In South Africa – Do You Really Need A Contract?
06 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The cell phone market in South Africa is a strange beast, and even more so the smartphone market. Yes, there are many types of phones being sold – different form factors, different price points, and different manufacturers – but what people see most of the time is only what the large telecoms companies advertise to you.
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