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Tech/Sci
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Of Course Deadly Attack Dolphins Are On The Loose In Ukraine
13 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Frankly, we’re not surprised. Holidays at the Black Sea are awesome. Typically, the most dangerous thing you’ll find are Russian mobsters, and fat guys dancing in speedos. But you can avoid all that by staying in the water, right? Wrong, my friend. You’ll die in the water. Because there are dolphins with weapons strapped to […]
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Google Now Could Be Coming To iOS [VIDEO]
13 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google Now is arguably Android’s greatest weapon in the operating system tug of war between Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile. Harnessing the power of Big Data and predictive analytics, Google Now is a PA in your pocket, producing helpful, unprompted alerts and reminders which it creates by analysing the results of your search and browsing […]
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Google To Pay $7 Million Fine For Collecting Personal Data
13 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Do no evil, right? Internet giant, Google has agreed to pay a $7 million fine for the collection of personal data without authorisation for their Street View service. Google has also agreed to destroy emails, passwords and web histories in a settlement with 38 states in the USA. The data was collected from wireless networks […]
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Facebook Likes Can Predict Your Personality
12 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Researchers at Cambridge University are using algorithms to predict religion, political stance, race and sexual orientation from the things one “likes” on Facebook. The research provides quite accurate personal portraits. Over 58 000 volunteers were used for the study, and provided their Facebook “likes” as well as demographic information. These volunteers also provided psychometric testing […]
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Mind Blowing Pictures From Inside North Korea [GALLERY]
12 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Associated Press’ chief photographer in Asia, David Guttenfelder, has started posting pictures from inside Pyongyang to his Instagram account. The pictures show shots of daily life inside the capital of Pyongyang. The pictures range from the local bar food, to propaganda pictures lining the streets. I feel I can help open a window into a […]
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This App Will Revolutionise Phone Calls – If You’re Actually Still Making Phone Calls
12 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
After seeing the functionality of this app, it makes us wonder why no one has thought of it sooner. Thread is a new app that helps you keep up to date with your phone contacts. Not only does it give you the classic caller ID, it also shows the most recent Facebook and Twitter posts […]
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Kids Are Abandoning Facebook To Flee Their Cyber-Stalking Parents
11 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is what happens when you start hanging out at the playground, mom and dad. The kids find another playground. According to CNET, and everyone you know, teenagers are leaving Facebook in droves. Why? Privacy. Personally, we’re not all that surprised. No one wants to post pictures of themselves climbing a yacht mast in a […]
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LISTEN: Mail & Guardian’s Chris Roper Reports From The South By Southwest Conference [PODCAST]
11 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Mail & Guardian team traveled to Austin, Texas for the twentieth annual South by Southwest conference. Online editor, Chris Roper and General Manager for Digital Operations, Alistair Fairweather bring us clips from Elon Musk’s keynote address, and other assorted treats. South by Southwest is one of the biggest interactive film, music, tech and pop culture conferences […]
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SimCity Is Too Popular For Electronic Arts To Handle [VIDEO]
11 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
SimCity was expected to be one of the biggest PC games to launch in 2013. But one week after its launch, the game is proving to be a dismal flop. Electronic Arts Maxis Studio General Manager, Lucy Bradshaw said that the game publisher was close to an “all clear” which translates in English to meaning […]
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Are Your Kids All Over Your iPad? Try These Top 5 Apps For Kids
11 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If the kids are all over the iPad, indulge them in some educational games, so they’re at least learning something while they’re hogging your gadget. Children’s Technology Review shared these top five iPad apps to download for the kids. Wreck It Ralph Storybook Deluxe For ages five and up. There are 35 screens with two […]
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Get A Handle On Facebook’s New News Feed [GALLERY]
08 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Facebook has made some changes to its news feed, giving you a much wider range of customisation options for viewing content on your Facebook account – if you still have one. For the first time since forever, the items in the feed will appear chronologically. “All Friends”, “Following” and “Photos” will appear in the order […]
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Russell Crowe Claims He Spotted A UFO [VIDEO]
08 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Russell Crowe and a friend installed a camera outside their offices in the hopes of getting footage of fruit bats rising from the nearby Botanical Gardens. Instead of finding bats they found what according to Crowe is a UFO. Crowe took to Twitter account to tweet about the amazing occurrence, giving the link for the time […]
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Keen To Hack An Android Phone? Leave It In The Freezer
08 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When Ice Cream Sandwich was rolled out by Google for Android smart devices, engineers baked a data scrambling system into the operating system, which made it a nightmare for law enforcement and forensic workers to unscramble the devices, according to the Erlangen’s Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) team. Of course, the data scrambling system makes it significantly harder […]
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Recent Report Shows Over 5 Million Twitter Users In South Africa
07 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africa is home to Africa’s most prolific tweeters according to a report by Portland Communications and Tweetminster. They monitored more than 11,5 million geolocation tweets in Africa. They also conducted a survey of the region’s 500 most active twitter users. The results are interesting./p> The report, “How Africa Tweets” noted that South Africa has […]
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Volvo’s New “Threat Detection” Technology Lets The Car See The Cyclist Before You Do
07 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Volvo has unveiled a cyclist detection facility that could prevent horrific accidents. The new device was introduced at a Geneva motor show. Volvo said that vehicles fitted with the device would detect “threats” like an annoying cyclist swerving in front of you out of nowhere. If the device sensed a collision risk, an alarm would […]
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Prepare For Jealousy – Top 10 Google Employee Perks
07 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Unless you’re reading this from Google. In which case, welcome. You lucky SOB. It’s no secret that careers at Google are the most sought after in the tech industry. And that’s not all that surprising, given, “the array of benefits of perks aim to ensure that Googlers remain happy and healthy in all aspects of their lives.” […]
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Web Designer Takes Two Hours And R360 To Build Replica Of The The Free State Government Website [VIDEO]
06 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 13 Comments
It has been widely reported that the Free State Government’s R100 million website is based on a $40 WordPress template To demonstrate just how quick and easy it should have been to build the website, eNCA web developer, Jason Adriaan set out to whip up a replica. And what were the results? Craig’s version cost […]
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Apple iPhone 5S And New iPads To Launch Soon – Very Soon
06 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The iPhone 5 was released in South Africa late in 2012, and users have barely had time to scratch their screens. But according to iMore, Apple is not wasting any time in rolling 0ut an update of the handset. The new iPhone S5 could be released as soon as August 2013, while new iterations of […]
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The Cloud Rolls On – Local Service Providers Grow The Cloud Storage Industry [INFOGRAPHIC]
06 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Local companies like Soteria Backup are expanding the local industry, and lowering the scare factor that most of us experience when taking the leap to an online consumer service, by charging in Rands. Smart move.
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They Reckon The Samsung Galaxy S4 Will Let You Scroll With Your Eyes
06 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Yes, you read correctly. The Samsung Galaxy S IV is set to be able to track the movement of your eyes to scroll up or down, supposedly. The innovation is more likely to happen than not, considering the evidence. Although Samsung was tight lipped when questioned about the proposed eye scrolling, saying, “We don’t comment […]
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This Is The Cost Breakdown For The Free State Government Website
05 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Arch Duke of South Africa’s internet, Arthur Goldstuck has filed a shocking report on his website, detailing the breakdown of costs for the planning, construction of the Free State Government website, which was reported to have cost R140 million, a figure that Free State director general Elzabe Rockman said was actually something more like R40 […]
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[UPDATE] Who Is The Man Behind The Free State Government’s Website? [PICS]
05 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 11 Comments
We received a tip in the comments section of the this post yesterday, that a gentleman by the name of Siyanda Dondashe is one of the people sitting on a bag of gold from the R140 million (or R40 million, depending on which report you believe) website redesign deal for the Free State Government. Cherry […]
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Step Aside Silicon Valley – Ghana Plans To Build Africa’s IT Hub
05 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Ghana’s President, John Mahama has launched the Hope Project. The project aims to build an IT university near the capital of Accra within three years, at an estimated cost of R91 billion, including a residential area, a hospital and social and sports amenities. The university will be built on empty land and house Africa’s tallest building at […]
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Company That Designed The Free State Government’s R140 Million Website Has 14 Facebook Likes
04 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
And no company website, apparently. Welcome to Cherry Online Design, a company whose mission it is to “be the best Webdesign,Graphic Design and software developers in the Free State”. At R1 000 a minute, they better be
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Free State Pays R140 Million For Redesign Of Website
04 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
The Free State Government has reportedly spent R140 million to redesign their website over a period of three years. The deal was signed off by director general Elzabe Rockman, who now claims that the tender was for R40 million and not the reported R140 million. The basic WordPress theme on which the site was built costs […]
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Google Honours Miriam Makeba With Birthday Doodle
04 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google just nailed down the good will of an entire nation. Miriam Makeba, or “Mama Africa” as she was fondly known would be 81 years old today, and Google have honoured her with today’s doodle. An icon of South African musical prowess, and an important pop culture figurehead in the struggle against apartheid, Makeba’s citizenship […]
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The Computer Of The Future Fits On Your Forearm [VIDEO]
28 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh boy. Oh boy, just breathe. A new armband uses the electrical activity in your muscles to let you wirelessly control digital devices. The new Myo wristband runs on electromyography techniques. Electric pulses that surge throughout your body when you move your muscles are sensed by the Myo, which sends corresponding commands to linked devices. Thalmic Labs co-founder […]
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Why Exactly Are We Spending R1,9 Billion On Telescopes?
28 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
A staggering R1,9 billion has been allocated over three years for the The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and MeerKAT radio telescope projects. That is a lot of money on a project that South Africans don’t understand. According to the Square Kilometre Array website, the SKA is not the average telescope system. Rather than filtering light waves […]
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Calling All Couples: Apply For The Mission To Mars Today [VIDEO]
28 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Unites States millionaire, Dennis Tito is looking for a couple to send on a round trip to Mars in 2018. Tito reportedly paid £13 million in 2001 for a ticket to become the first private space tourist. The round trip to Mars will reportedly take 501 days, and project leaders are looking for a couple who have been […]
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3D Printed Car Is Stronger Than Steel, And Way Cheaper Than A Normal Car [VIDEO]
28 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
3D printing is revolutionizing everything, from robots to prosthetic hands. And now you can print your very own car. Jim Kor, the engineering brain behind Urbee 2, wants to make this dream of 3D printer assembly lines a reality. No sparks flying and heavy machinery, but a “warehouse of plastic-spraying printers”, churning out “light, cheap […]
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