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Tech/Sci
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Mashable’s 10 Types Of Instagram Users
18 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We love Instagram because it allows us to explore our inner artist and to find and follow people who share interesting photos. As usual, however, there are those couple of people who take it one (or a hundred) steps too far.
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The ‘Happy Hour Virus’ Will Fake The PC Glitch You Need To Go Home Early
18 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
If working late behind your computer is getting you down, Colorado-based company TDA_Boulder has the solution to your problem. The company has invented the ‘Happy Hour Virus,’ which is a screensaver that fakes a computer glitch, allowing you to leave work early.
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AWESOME: Send Emails That Self-Destruct After Reading
18 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
We all feel a little bit uneasy about our private emails being stashed and archived in someones inbox forever. Surely when we invented digital mail, we could have thought ahead and prevented it? Anyway, we didn’t – but now someone has created a service that will help with this.
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This New Sleep Mask Let’s You Control Your Dreams [VIDEO]
18 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We’ve all had those flying dreams. You know, the ones where you can fly around endlessly – until you touch the ground and then can’t fly anymore. If you knew you were dreaming, that is, if you were “lucid dreaming”, you would be able to pick yourself up and fly again.
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Uber Addresses Cape Town Car Shortage
18 Nov 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
As the excitement surrounding Uber’s car service spreads like wildfire across South Africa, some punters have found themselves waiting longer than they had hoped, for a car. It looks like that is about to stop!
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You Could Replace All Your Credit Cards With This One ‘Supercard’ [VIDEO]
15 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
There is hot competition out there for the first company who can successfully replace the physical wallet with a completely digital version. Google and Apple are the main contenders, but a small start-up may be inching ahead, with this amazing new piece of tech.
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The New Justin Bieber-Backed App Has Launched – Get It Here If You Care
14 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Well that’s it – the final nail in the coffin. Thanks to Justin Bieber’s new ‘selfie app’, the selfie has become a fully fledged art form. Let us join each other in putting brown paper bags over our heads, and wait for it to be over.
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This Is How Vice Media Makes Money [VIDEO]
14 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Watch the videos and find out how the co-founder and CEO of Vice Media transformed what started out as a small, free magazine into a company that is worth $1,6 billion. Read that number again. Now press play.
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This Is Where Teenagers Are Going To Get Away From Their Parents On Facebook [PIC]
13 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
They surveyed teens in 30 countries. After extensive research, they were able to show that the number of teenagers claiming to be active on Facebook had dropped to 56% in the third quarter of 2013, from 76% in the first. And for sites like Facebook, a drop of 20% means millions, billions even. So, where are they going instead?
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This Is Definitely The Smallest Luxury Yacht You’ve Ever Seen [GALLERY]
13 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yachts have been historically and permanently stuck in the luxury-goods market, fixed there by manufacturers who insisted on building 60-metre monsters that cost more than the entire third-world debt. Thankfully though, an Italian firm has seen the light.
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Elon Musk Talks About The Time He Almost Had A Nervous Breakdown [VIDEO]
13 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Musk talked about a period in 2008 when he had a “major meltdown.” (Does this remind anyone else of Tony Stark’s existential crisis in Iron Man 3?) On the verge of financial ruin, he faced the impossible choice between his two beloved companies: Tesla Motos and Space X. And how does one choose between the future of electronic cars made and adventures of space exploration?
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Is This The End Of The ‘Call Of Duty’ Video Game Empire?
13 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Reports abound that the new Call Of Duty game, ‘Ghosts’ could mark the beginning of the end for the massive franchise. COD has broken countless records, raked in tons of cash, and changed gaming forever – but its new installment is failing to impress.
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Millions Of Lives Could Be Saved If All Smokers Switched To Electronic Cigarettes
13 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With production increasing everyday, the debate around e-cigarettes is hotting up. On the one hand, they can save lives. On the other, there are those who (correctly) point out that we need to be doing more research before we hail the e-cigarette as the second coming in health science.
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Radvertising: This Kreepy Krauly Ad Will Make Your Day [VIDEO]
13 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Kreepy Krauly was pioneered in South Africa wellover 50 years ago. It’s moved on from an aquatic gimmick to South African staple – if you have a pool in this country, it’s likely that you have a Kreepy.
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Here Are The Most Recent Renderings Of Apple’s Spaceship Headquarters
12 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You see? This is what happens when you give your money to forward-thinking companies. Instead of cutting cost and building a massive grey block of an office building – Apple is constructing the one of the worlds most advanced office spaces, one that has will have a neautral carbon footprint after construction.
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Video Related Internet Traffic Is Set To Explode In Africa
12 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Video currently accounts for less than six percent of internet traffic across Africa, according to the Sandvine Global Internet Phenomena Report, but that number is expected to grow faster than it did for any other region before it.
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Take My Money Now: Scientist Invents Booze-Substitute Without Side Effects
12 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Word is that scientists are on the brink of creating a drug that mimics all the nice things about alcohol, but eliminates all the hangovers, addiction and health issues. You know you want to read more.
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Car Force One: The Most High Tech Cab In New York
12 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For a fee, New Yorkers can now enjoy the fully pimped out experience from within a cab – the Car Force One. We’re talking plasma screens, Xbox 360s, Cable TV and two mobile printers. According to Car Force One founder and CEO Ishai, the company’s priority is customer satisfaction. “My company is not about the car, it’s about the service. It’s for the clients.”
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Beyonce Grabs Fan’s Phone To Join Facetime Conversation [VIDEO]
11 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Perhaps its because she’s gotten a little older, or a little more comforatble with her celebrity status – but for some reason Beyonce has been pretty playful on her tour stop in Australia.
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Google Wants To Track You In The Real World – This Is How
11 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The whole point of online tech companies monitoring us is to try and get an idea of what we’re doing in real life. Thankfully, up until now they could only use our online footprints to try figure out what we were doing in reality. Now, though, Google is telling advertisers that they have a way of tracking us in real life, all the time.
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Anti-Prawn: The Invisible Bike Helmet Has Arrived And It’s Incredible [VIDEO]
11 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s true, the bike helmet does take some of the open-air appeal away from biking – but it may not have to be that way for much longer, as two women in Sweden have come up with an ingenious solution. It’s an inflatable bike helmet. When you don’t need it, it’s stowed away under you neck. When your precious head is hurtling towards the ground, it self-inflates, thus saving your life.
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Check This Out: The Rise Of Domestic Robots [INFOGRAPHIC]
11 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We all started dreaming about house-cleaning domestic robots ever since we saw those efficient little robots zipping around spaceships in the ‘Star Wars’ movies. While we might not have achieved quite that level of household domestic robot penetration just yet, we’re not far off.
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Google Comes Clean About Mystery Barges
08 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last week we published a story about the mysterious ‘Google Barges’ that had popped up in the harbours of Portland, Maine and San Francisco – and caused mass hysteria as people attempted to guess what they were for. Some suspected a secret water-borne data centre, or a marketing platform, but Google has dispelled any myths with a recent statement.
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Over 300km/h Around Mount Fuji With A Jet Pack [VIDEO]
08 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yves Rossy and his jet-pack are by no means a new story. But flight after flight, he continues to capture the world’s imagination with his ability to fly at over 300km/h with apparatus that is controlled in the palm of his hand.
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This Is What The New Facebook Like Button Looks Like
08 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
This isn’t what we wanted, is it? Instead of making a dislike button, or a middle-finger button, Facebook have decided to fix something that wasn’t broken. They seem to like doing that.
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From Bricks To Brains: The Evolution Of Cell Phones [INFOGRAPHIC]
08 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s only a few short years ago that road trips, double maths lessons and waiting for your family in the car was dominated by Snakes, the game. I bet you can still remember the delight you felt the first time you saw a moving, pixelated graphic on a cell phone. And don’t get me started on the first time you laid eyes on a colour screen. It’s Friday, so take a walk down cell phone memory lane. Cue nostalgia in three, two, one…
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This Man Implanted A Massive Computer Chip Into His Arm [VIDEO]
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What do you do if you want a live feed on your smartphone that displays all of your body’s biometric data? You shove a massive computer chip under your skin, of course. Tim Cannon, a biohacker, recently became the first person to have one of these implanted – and it looks pretty painful.
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Tech Report: Enjoy These iOS7 Tips And Tricks [VIDEO]
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
If you’re somewhat disenchanted with how quickly the honeymoon was over for you and iOS7, you may want to rekindle your love for the piece of technology that you spend more time with than anything else by taking a deeper look into its innermost being, and finding new, fresh delights. For your pleasure, we present these iOS7 tips and tricks.
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New Apple Patent Gives Insight Into Their Plans To Control Your Home
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Is this a good thing,or a bad thing? The thought of your home being controlled by Apple gives off a distinctly ‘I, Robot’ kind of vibe. Imagine you come home and within minutes your TV is set to your favourite channel, your lights are all on and the kettle is already boiling – without you having to lift a finger. All because your iPhone sensed that you just got home.
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Forbes Gives 5 Reasons Why You Should Buy The Xbox Over The PS4, And Vice Versa
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
It’s every gamer’s conundrum – the Playstation or the Xbox? Of course, those loyal to desktop PC’s will dismiss both options, but those gamers who need more than a keyboard and mouse will be looking to invest in one of these new devices – but which one?
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