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Tech/Sci
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This Is How To Take The Perfect Instagram [INFOGRAPHIC]
29 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Platforms like Instagram, Twitter and Facebook that were developed alongside the smartphone have birthed a new creative class – the phone-tographers. Some phone photography enthusiasts are good, composing neat shots of their family, their pets and their holidays. Some of them, however, should never have been handed anything capable of taking photos. If you fall into the latter group of individuals, you’ll be happy to know that we have a little how-to guide in the form of an infographic called ‘Phone-Tography 101’
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Some People Believe You Shouldn’t Have An iPhone Case – This Is Why
29 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
It was there to save the drunk. It was there to save the clumsy and the butter-fingered, and it did. The iPhone protective case market has shot to massive proportions, largely because we think the cases will save our precious phones from ourselves. But there are those who are questioning the whole idea of an iPhone case – asking why we place peace of mind over beauty.
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The Comprehensive Guide To Making Money From The Internet [INFOGRAPHIC]
28 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
“Google has blessed me with a R4000 p/m job from home” – this is how easy it is to make money off the internet, if we are to believe popular banner ads. In reality, making money from the internet is no easier than making money in real life – you need a certain set of skills executed in just the right way in order to ensure results.
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Hate Passing In Traffic? This Insane Gadget Let’s You See Through Trucks [VIDEO]
28 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
You haven’t started driving on the open road for real unless you’ve overtaken a few trucks, right? If you’re going to drive far, you’re going to get stuck behind trucks – that’s a fact. Problem is you never pass them, because it’s just too hard to see around them..
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Introducing The World’s Top 10 Worst Countries For Internet Attacks [PIC]
28 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On the world wide web, these people are not your friends, mkay? Akamai released its Second Quarter 2013 State of the Internet Report recently, highlighting the internet’s most vulnerable ports, and a list of countries that evidently play host to a lot of naughty boys and girls with internet connections. So who is the top country in the world for internet attacks?
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Support This Local App And Win R3,000 [PICS]
28 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
FNB’s Ideas Can Help campaign has drawn hundreds of fantastic entries from accross South African entrepreneurs, proposing solutions spanning from infant care and hospital ward trauma councilling to job creation. One such idea is Ledula, which seeks to create jobs and meaningful work leads for trade and services professionals in South Africa. Now available via an iPhone […]
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This Bra Sends Out A Tweet Every Time You Unhook It [VIDEO]
28 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This piece of hosiery is equipped with BlueTooth, so every time there’s an unclasping of the clips, the bra communicates wirelessly to your Twitter account, triggering a tweet that reminds women to go for a medical examination. By extension, everyone will know that you have your bra off.
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The Future Is Here – Space Travel Could Be A Regular Thing By 2016 [PICS & VIDEO]
28 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Well, we say ‘anybody’ – but by that we mean anybody who has R750,000 to spare on a trip to space. Yup, a small Arizona-based business, The Paragon Space Development Corporation, has used some existing technology to create a helium balloon that will take passengers to the edge of space.
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Unbelievable: Journo Challenges Hackers To Hack Him, With Shocking Results
28 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
In lieu of the Edward Snowden inspired paranoia about online privacy, Adam Penenberg, a journalist for Pando Daily, challenged a hacker to try to get as much information about him as possible, simply by using a PC. The man he challenged, Nick Percoco, considers himself a “white hat hacker” and has been breaking into companies (at their request) for some years now. The journalist in question had no idea what he was in for.
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Thinking Of Going Freelance? Here Are Some Tips To Make It Work
28 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Freelancing sounds pretty good – flexible hours, flexible locations and at the end of the day – flexible jobs. But it’s quite tricky to get it right. For one, you don’t have the security of a regular salary. It’s a rough world out there, and for anyone who wants to freelance their way to the top – you’ll need to read this.
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Save R1,200 Your iPhone 5C – Get It For R7,799 Incl. Delivery
28 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Groupies stay in touch and connect with the world around them with an Apple 16GB iPhone 5C. Sleek and stylish, the Apple iPhone 5 reinvented the way we think about phones, join the revolution and enjoy an 8MP camera, four inch Retina display, ultrafast 4G LTE wireless connectivity and a fingerprint-resistant coating on the front. […]
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We Told You There Would Be 3D Gun-Printing Factories [VIDEO]
25 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We warned you, didn’t we? You can thank the fine city of Manchester in England for producing what is believed to be the first 3D gun-printing factory.
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Instagram Ads Will Look Like This In Your Feed [PICS]
25 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Slowly, surely and inevitably, our social media spaces are becoming commercialised. We all knew it was coming – it’s just a matter of coming to terms with it, getting used to the new layout and trying to make the best of it. This time, it’s Instagram’s turn to start earning some cold hard cash.
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Please Enjoy This R2,500 Completely Over-The-Top iPhone Camera Lens
25 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
iPhone camera lenses are not a new thing by any stretch of the imagination. They emerged a few years ago, to accommodate and enhance the steadily improving camera technology that was being developed. They started out small, with individual lenses being sold for about R200, and a set of all sorts of different lenses being sold for around R500. It was more of a start-up company kind of thing to do – but now the big dogs have latched onto to the market, and Sony is one of those who are looking to make a big impact.
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We’re Calling This The Best Halloween Costume Of 2013 [VIDEO]
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What you have here is your basic toddler combined with low lighting and a badass dad-made LED suit, equating to the best Halloween costume of 2013. Please enjoy. No but come now man. Seriously. When she first peeps around the corner? Hey? Check out other stuff this guy’s done with LED suits. [Source : Mashable]
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Does Social Media Translate Into Cash For South African Companies? [INFOGRAPHIC]
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cerebra, a brand-focused South African strategic communication agency, recently did a massive survey of how the best African companies utilise social media. Ever since the advent of sites like Facebook and Twitter, everyone wanted to know how these sites could work in business, and whether more followers really does mean more money.
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YouTube Is Launching A Music Subscription Service – Read About It Here
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This just in. Rumours are abound that YouTube is planning on starting an on-demand music service that works kinda like Spotify – but with music videos. In a bid to keep up with the times, they’re pitching the new service to mobile users specifically. What’s more, they’re going to offer the service in two forms – a free service, and a premium one.
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Tech Report: How To Stop The NSA From Spying On You [VIDEO]
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You may, like us, have been rattled by the news that the NSA is pying on pretty much everyone in the world. If your paranoia has gotten a firm grip on you, you may well want to join the growing band of people who opt to go underground. But you need not necessarily lose your ability to surf the web. Check out how.
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Let’s Have A Close Look At The New iPad Air [VIDEO]
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apple recently announced the arrival of the newer, slimmer iPad Air. At 40% thinner than it’s older brother and weighing in at only 500 grams (more or less), it is the latest in a growing line of products that will make you resent your current iPad. Let’s take a close look at this badboy.
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SA Is 6th Most Active In The World For Cyber Crime – FBI
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A recent FBI listing showed South Africa to be the sixth most active country for cyber-crime, with an online criminal industry that is costing the government a billion rand a year to contain.
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MWEB Wins Case Against Customers Who Thought “Uncapped” Really Meant Uncapped
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 19 Comments
I hope these guys know that the average internet speed in the Czech Republic is around 20MB per second, which comes uncapped every month for about R300. MWeb just happens to be one of those companies attempting to trick us into thinking that we have it good – but when they promised two internet users an “uncapped” bundle that wasn’t actually uncapped, the gig was up.
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Silver Is No Longer The World’s Favourite Car Colour
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You or someone you know has a silver car, right? Silver has been the world’s favourite car colour for more than a decade now. Why? Well, presumably because it offers a nice trade-off; you get the flash and allure of a precious metal, without going full-on gold and looking like someone in a mid-life crisis. So why move away from silver, everyone?
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Of Course An Unemployed Japanese Guy Built A Gymnast Robot In His Basement [VIDEO]
23 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
You can all go home now, an unemployed Japanese man has demonstrated – via the robot that he casually built in his basement – that you are not actually pursuing the best possible outcome to your life. Presenting: Robot Number 17 performing on the Horizontal Bar.
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Here’s Everything Apple Launched Yesterday (incl. New iPad Air And Mini) – Quick 2min [VIDEO]
23 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s Christmas time again for the Apple family. And despite the fact that Apple’s launch events are now missing the engaging marketing savvy that only Steve Jobs could bring, Steve Cook gave an impressive performance at Apple’s annual iPad Fall Event – where he casually unveiled a whole host of new Apple products and software. Obviously, the headliner of the show was the new iPad Air – Cook managed to cover a whole lot more in a presentation that lasted over an hour.
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Elon Musk Bought That Bond Submarine Car And Wants To Make It Work [VIDEO]
22 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Elon Musk – the guy is a super-achiever, and there seems to be nothing that will halt his imagination. This time, Musk is planning to go one-up on James Bond. Remember the Lotus Esprit submarine that Bond had in The Spy Who Loved Me? Well, Elon Musk just bought it for $997,000, and he wants to turn it into a real-life submarine.
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Starting A Business? Here’s A Checklist For Getting Online [INFOGRAPHIC]
22 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’ve just started your own business, it’s vital that you get online as soon as possible. Whether or not you’re selling your product or service online, the internet is where people are going to find you. Annoyingly, getting online isn’t as dead simple as you might think, especially if you have no experience in the area. Lucky for you, this infographic will sort you out.
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New Hope For Bald People (Who Care That They Are Bald)
22 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Even celebrities like Jacques Kallis, Wayne Rooney and Shane Warne can’t manage to bring the growth back properly, despite spending more than the average bald man on hair-growth technology. But now there may be hope for the baldies, as researchers say they have successfully grown hair follicles in human flesh using implanted donor cells. Siff.
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The Secret ‘Identity Swaps,’ Google Is Helping People In Oppressed Nations Get Online
22 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Google, while subtly taking over the world, have always fought the good fight in terms of free access to information and connectivity. On Monday, Google will kick-off a few new methods that they hope might level the playing fields, and help those under oppressive regimes sidestep oppression and censorship.
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Hate Traffic? Blow It Up With This Awesome Augmented Reality App [VIDEO]
21 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
‘Blow Up Traffic’ is a voice-activated app that lets drivers blow up other vehicles while they’re on the road to make them feel better. Creator, Matt Reed says: The reality is you can’t blow up cars, but in the land of non-reality, aka your phone, you can blow everything up without any negative consequences. What better […]
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This Is The Longest Flight In The World
21 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Many of us are familiar with the pain of the long-haul flight. You emerge from your seat with your legs aching and feeling hollow. Your mouth is stained with drool,and you pants are covered in little bits of horrible airplane-food. It’s a nightmare, and people generally agree that the less time spent flying, the better.
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