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Tech/Sci
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CNN’s New Website Cost The Same As The Free State Gov’s
15 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
CNN has just announced that they will be revamping their website, to the tune of $15 million (around R140 million). Sound familiar? In March, the Free State government announced they would be spending the same amount of money on their website. Weird that a provincial website would cost the same as a global news network’s […]
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Instagram Fans, Brace Yourself – It’s About To Go The Way Of Facebook
15 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The man responsible for Facebook chat, News Feeds and the layout of Facebook as you know it is taking his creative “genius” to Instagram. Star product manager, Peter Deng, has joined Instagram as its first director of product, and sees a lot of the same issues with Instagram that Facebook experienced in 2007.
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Feature Breakdown: This Is What You Can Expect From The New iPhone 5S
15 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Everyone is on the edge of their seats waiting for the new iPhone 5S to be released. But what will be new? What will be changed? Will it be better than what you have now? These are all good and fair questions. Here’s a list of features rumoured to be included in the latest edition […]
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Of Course People Are Walking Around With 3D-Printed Ears In China
15 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Missing an ear? Not a problem. Not in China, anyway. Researchers in China are using 3D-printers to print ear cartilage samples made from real tissue. And they’re not stopping at the ears – why would they?
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Stunning Shots Of The Perseid Meteor Shower [PICS]
14 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s that time of the year again. The Earth has passed through the orbital path of the Swift-Tuttle comet, and we are still alive! Big sigh of relief. This has been happening for almost 2,000 years, and we still haven’t come in contact with the comet. In fact, it’s estimated that we won’t come into contact until 3044. Shame, future descendants.
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What Do You Mean You Still Aren’t Using Noise Cancelling Headphones?
14 Aug 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
You need headphones that can block out the associated noise of a busy office, namely background chatter, keyboard clattering, the whirring of computer fans, and the endless static from your building’s air conditioner. Why? Because your productivity is suffering. And don’t even get me started on travel
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First Look Inside Facebook’s New York City Office Space [PICS]
14 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Social media giant, Facebook announced their plans earlier this year to move their offices to the Big Apple. Their headquarters relocation will be refreshing change for staff from their current location in Bank Of America Tower, especially as Frank Gehry will be designing the space.
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A Step-By-Step Guide To Uploading Pre-Shot Videos To Vine
14 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Is Vine restricting your creative expression? Do you often find yourself thinking, if I could only use my own editing suite, and recording device, and create to the ability that only I know I’m capable of, my Vine video could blow the minds of many? If you want to move beyond shooting and editing your 6 second masterpieces within the app, maybe you should try hacking your Vine app.
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When “Activations” Go Wrong: 20 People Injured IN LG Promotional Stunt
14 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
LG decided to release 100 helium balloons in an outdoor park in Seoul, each containing a voucher for a free LG G2 smartphone, which sells at full retail for about R8,500. What they didn’t plan for though, was a surge of people (think World War Z) with BB guns and knives on sticks trying to pop the balloons to get their hands on a voucher.
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Shut Up And Take My Money: Jet Pack Test Flights Are Happening [VIDEO]
14 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Jetpack received a flying permit which means test flights can begin and the flying machine could be in stores soon. And yes it has been designed for the general public, but with a hefty price tag
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The Power Of Twitter: How A Single Tweet Boosted Apple Shares 5% In 2 Hours
14 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Billionaire and chairman of Icahn Enterprises, Carl Icahn was the man behind Apple’s share price increase. Icahn didn’t make a huge announcement, neither did Apple. All it took was a message that contained 140 or less characters of positive news.
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Werner Herzog Releases Chilling Documentary About Texting And Driving [VIDEO]
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
German director Werner Herzog directed this chilling documentary which details stories of people who are living with the effects of texting and driving.
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Kim Jung-Un Tours North Korea’s “Smartphone Factory”
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
North Korean leader Kim Jung-un reportedly toured the factory of the countries ‘homemade’ smartphone, the Arirang. According to the state run news agency KCNA Kim is very impressed with the factory employees. While others think this may be a farce.
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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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SA Tourism Company Raising Cash For Google Glass City Tours
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Cape Town based firm, Tourism Radio wants to bring their interactive travel guides together with Google Glass, and give tourists the ultimate experience. The company is crowdfunding on Kickstarter to raise R530,000 for their venture. They hope to roll the product out in April 2014
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This Is How Videos Go Viral On Twitter [VIDEOS]
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What makes a viral video a viral video? Twitter UK’s research team used three already viral videos to demonstrate what make these videos explode on Twitter.
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More Interesting Than You Think: Behind The Scenes At Dyson’s Obsessive Vaccuum Testing Plant [VIDEO]
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This video walk through of Dyson testing lab in Malmesbury, England where they are testing the Dyson DC41 shows you have ever wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes of Dyson testing lab, without you even knowing that you wanted to know it.. This is the place where the dust sucker is tested against all the elements that the real world could possible throw at it.
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Finally, Elon Musk Unveils The ‘Hyperloop’ – The Future Of Transportation [PICS]
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It has been a painstaking wait since entrepreneur Elon Musk first dropped hints at the development of a super fast transportation system. Musk unveiled the Alpha plans for his Hyperloop yesterday afternoon, including sketches.
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Bad Idea: Man Kills Wife – Puts Photo On Facebook [PICS]
12 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Derek Medina shot and killed his wife Jennifer Alfonso, apparently because Alfonso had told her husband she was leaving him. The crazy part? Medina posted a Facebook statement confessing to the murder, as well as posting a picture of his dead wife.
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LISTEN: AOL CEO Fires Employee In Front Of 1,000 Coworkers [AUDIO]
12 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The CEO of AOL, Tim Armstrong held a conference call with 1,000 employees this last week to discuss the restructuring of AOL’s hyper-local news service, Patch. During the conference call an employee named Abel Lenz decided to commemorate the moment by taking a picture. He was fired for that.
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The Awesome Cape Town Bicycle Map Is Finally Online – View It Here
12 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Bicycles are plentiful in Cape Town, and the city hosts the world renowned Cape Argus Cycle Tour. In recent years the bicycle community has grown exponentially, resulting in a battle for road space between motorists and cyclists. The online Cape Town Bicycle Map launched by Ride Your City offers bike commuters a safer and more detailed layout of preferred routes
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Future Funerals: New Service Lets You Blast Ashes Into Space And Track Them In Orbit
12 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Elysium Space is offering the best deal around town to get you or your loved one to space by next year. For a cool R19,594 you could be on your way to space. So what’s the catch? To board the CubeStat heading to the outer limits, you have to be dead.
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Your Comprehensive Guide To Faking A Girlfriend On Instagram [PICS]
12 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This Japanese photographer has found a cure for male singletons out there. Who needs a girlfriend when you have your right hand, enjoy Keisuke Jinushi’s selfies.
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Enjoy These Incredible Close-Up Photos Of Lions Taken By Robots [PICS]
12 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
National Geographic are using drones and robots to get up close and personal shots of lions in the Serengeti. If any human got as close as these robots did to a lion in the wild, they would be chowed in no time. Lucky for us we can get an inside peek into the personal lives […]
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This Drone Delivered Beers From The Air At Oppikoppi [VIDEO]
12 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We all hate queuing for beer. Some lucky folks at Oppikoppi didn’t have to though, thanks to the beer delivering drone. (Note: beer, not bomb.) If you were at Oppi this weekend, all you had to do was download an app, order your beer of choice, and this octo-copter would fly up into the sky and […]
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Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Explained In 45 Seconds [VIDEO]
12 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Genius, billionaire, playboy and philanthropist…Enter Elon Musk, the man who founded SpaceX, Tesla Motors and PayPal. The next trick up his sleeve is the revolutionary “fifth mode of transport”, the Hyperloop, which is tipped to outshine trains, planes, busses and boats. Musk will be unveiling the service today.
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Hack My Life – Just How Vulnerable Are You? [INFOGRAPHIC]
08 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
With so much of our private information online, and with more and more of our personal devices connected to the net, the likelihood of our being hacked increases on an almost daily basis. And with that in mind, this infographic hits us with a big truth stick. You need to know just how hackable your life really is.
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70% Of The World’s Biggest CEOs Are Not On Social Media
08 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Aa new study by Domo and CEO.com determining Fortune 500 CEO’s presence on social media platforms; LinkeIn, Google+, Twitter and Facebook has released these results.
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Be Amazed And Terrified – A Microscopic Look At How A Mosquito Feeds [VIDEO]
08 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Recent research by Ed Young explores what really happens when a mosquito sucks your blood. This video provides an microscopic look at a mosquito’s weirdly flexible mouthpiece as it searches for a blood vessel to pierce and drink blood from. Enjoy this: Mosquitos suck so hard that they actually crush your blood cells.
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9 African Millionaires To Bet On In An Internet Boom
07 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Almost everyone on this list has already made sizeable personal fortunes with online ventures, but some of them, like Heunis and Apteker seem to be biding their time. With internet commerce projected to be one of the fastest growing African industries in the next 10 years, these are 10 people who have the expertise and the industry know-how to exploit an African internet boom.
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