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Tech/Sci
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Now It’s Getting Weird: New Facebook App Tracks Your Location – Even When It’s Turned Off
06 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Thanks to Mark Creeperberg and Facebook, you can now find your friends who are in the same area as you, even if their Facebook app is closed. Which is obviously a red flag for privacy. Facebook already allows you to “check in”, logging the places you’ve visited in a viewable GPS map format. According to […]
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Get 2 Extra-Length iPhone USB Cables + iPhone 5 Adapter And Delivery For Only R299
06 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s simple. We’ve found a cool deal where you can purchase two extra length, three metre cables and an iPhone 5 adaptor for just R299, including delivery!
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Meet The Full-Scale Bionic Man – “Rex” [VIDEO]
06 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Robotic Exoskeleton, or Rex as he is more affectionately known, was unveiled yesterday at London’s Science Museum. Boffins have proven that body parts can be replaced by machines. Apart from the silver skeletal structure, synthetic skin and hair, Rex is real in every way. He pumps synthetic blood, has artificial organs and robotic limbs. […]
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This Cheap Gadget Let’s You Stream Music Via Bluetooth To Any Speaker / Boombox
05 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Introducing the Bluetooth Audio Receiver, which effortlessly connects your music sources to one another. As long as your hi-fi / Docking station / boombox has an AUX-in port, it can become a bluetooth hotspot.
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The World’s First Point-And-Shoot 3D Camera Will Rock Your World [VIDEO+PICS]
05 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Finally, the world’s first point-and-shoot 3D camera! While it’s not a conventional camera, if you can use a point-and-shoot Nikon we are told that you’ll find the Lynx even easier to use. Instead of 2D images, the ‘Lynx A’ produces 3D models of whatever you point it at. Although it’s the size of a laptop […]
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Groundbreaking Computer Programme Uses Old Headlines To Predict The Future
05 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
While news reports are often seen as a rough draft to history, a new artificial intelligence engine may be able to use historical news information to figure out the future. Computer and technology boffins, Eric Horvitz and Kira Radinsky are using two decades of New York Times’ stories and other resources to identify the underlying […]
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5 Must-Have Apps To Boost Productivity And Streamline Your Online Life
05 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The simplest way to lead a productive lifestyle is to form good habits, like having a set time to drink your morning flat white or for uploading your cat photos on to Instagram. For a lot of us, most of our time is spent online so it makes sense to streamline that vibe. Please enjoy […]
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New Africa-Only Smartphone Set To Disrupt Local Mobile Market
05 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Huawei, the Chinese technology manufacturer, has launched a smartphone that is exclusive to Africa. Huawei has partnered up with Microsoft to create this device and lower the cost of smart devices throughout Africa. Gustavo Fuchs, Director of Microsoft Windows Phone division in the Middle East and Africa said, At first we are making the product […]
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Will Dell Be Sold For $24 Billion?
05 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If this goes ahead, it will be the biggest company buyout since the financial crisis of the late 2000’s hit. A Dell Inc buyout deal currently floated would see the company flogged for near to $24 billion, with share prices valued between $13,50 to $13,75. Michael Dell, founder and Cheif Executive wants to privatise the […]
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British Troops Deploy Delightfully Tiny Toy Helicopter Drones To Front Lines In Afghanistan
04 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Talk about a suprise attack. British troops are now using a sneaky, if not slightly laughable device. Just 10cm in length and weighing a mere 16g, this mini-me helicopter is equiped with a camera for top class surveillance. The Black Hornet nano drone is being used on the front line in Afghanistan to provide information […]
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Travel Back In Time To The Internet’s Awkward Adolescence
01 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Everything in life goes through a teething stage and the internet has been no exception. Things were rather awkward way back when. Please enjoy this stunning collection of past home pages from our favourite websites. Google (1999): MySpace (2004): Ebay (1999): Ask Jeeves (1998): 2oceansvibe (2003): Thanks to Wayback Machine, you too can see what […]
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This Week In Sweaty Billionaires – Zuckerberg Caught Raving [PIC]
01 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
This photo of billionaire internet entrepreneur, Mark Zuckerberg (or someone bearing a strong resemblance) surfaced on the web this morning. Front and centre of the dance floor, is a loved up Zucks in his grey shirt and jeans getup, who appears to have had a raving time, sweating up a storm to a set by […]
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Sextortion Is The New Online Blackmail – You Could Be Next
01 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ladies beware, Karen “Gary” Kazaryan is blackmailing over 350 woman after hacking into their Facebook, Skype and email accounts where he finds their nude or semi nude pictures, and uses them against them. After illegaly obtaining the pictures from their personal accounts, he contacts them and forces the women to undress for him via webcam, or […]
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Game Geeks, This One’s For You – Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 Clocked In Four Minutes [VIDEO]
01 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you take a look at GeorgeThePlushie’s YouTube Channel, one could assume that he was bullied for being a poor gamer in his youth. Making a come back, George’s recent gaming achievements include clocking ‘Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3’ in just four minutes! This guy must has one helluva lot of time on his hands… […]
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Watch People Trying To Operate The BlackBerry Z10 For The First Time [VIDEO]
31 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This morning we told you about Blackberry’s introduction yesterday of their new operating system and two new smartphones.
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What Is Passion Quotient (PQ), And Why Is This More Important Than Having A High IQ?
31 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Thomas Friedman wrote a best-selling book about our connected world in 2004, called The World Is Flat. But that was mostly before the dawn of Facebook.
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Iran Sends Monkey Into Space – Monkey Not Likely To Be Carrying Ballistic Missile
28 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Iran has successfully sent a monkey into space, just over a year after their first attempt at simian space flight failed, which resulted in the untimely death of the banana-loving pilot. Without disclosing the location of the launch site, Iranian State TV claimed that the ape was sent 120 kilometres into space in an Explorer rocket, and […]
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The Future Is Now – Solar Powered Donkey Carts Get Green Light For School Transport
25 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We have to keep reminding ourselves that this is Africa, after all, and innovative, location specific things happen in our midst all the time.
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“You Grew Up. So Did We” – Internet Explorer Tries To Appeal To 90’s Nostalgia
24 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Look, we can’t fault Microsoft for trying, and they seem to have pulled off a cool advert. But whether that will make any difference as to whether you actually want to use Internet Explorer or not, remains the unanswered question.
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Google Rethinks The Password
21 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google is looking to change the password game. No longer will you have to remember complex password phrases, or give away incredibly stupid ones (password1, w’re looking at you), but simply tap a ring on a computer, or insert a USB drive.
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Another Local Online Agency Is Selling Fake YouTube Views, Facebook Fans, And Twitter Followers
18 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 26 Comments
In an astounding conflict of interest, a local online marketing company that charges its corporate clients to promote their products and services online, has been revealed to be behind a local website that may sell fake Twitter followers, Facebook fans, and YouTube views. Depending on the method used, buying Twitter followers, Facebook fans or YouTube […]
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Everything You Need To Know About The Next BlackBerry: Leaked Training Presentation
17 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Earlier this week, we told you about the 15 000 (at least) new app submissions that BlackBerry is planning on launching alongside the launch of its new smartphones and OS. Here is a good look at a lot more information ahead of that launch. Rogers is a Canadian wireless carrier and has started training its […]
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Software Developer Fired After Surfing Internet All Day, Outsourcing Work To China
17 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 11 Comments
An American software developer has been fired after his bosses learned that he outsourced all his work to China – something he was being paid a six figure salary for.
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4 Great Services To Get Your Life In The Cloud
16 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
In the spirit of getting your life administration jacked up to acceptable levels, we present four awesome cloud storage solutions, and their comparative strengths and weaknesses. For the sake of benchmarking value, we’ve taken the liberty of comparing what you’d get from each of these services for $9,99 a month.
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Woman Posts Naked Shot Of Herself In ebay Ad By Mistake [N5FW]
16 Jan 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Shame, this woman took a photo of her dress to put it up on ebay for sale and didn’t realise the mirror behind the dress had caught a glimpse of her taking the picture. Naked. The internet ensured the ad and picture went viral.. This, from Gawker: An unnamed eBay seller from Oxfordshire has attracted […]
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6 Reasons Why You Should Get The White iPhone 5, And Not The Black One
16 Jan 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 18 Comments
A lot of cool kids are getting their iPhone 5s at the moment. I got mine (64gb) on Monday from Digicape and G-Man got his yesterday (his first iPhone since the 3). We both went for the white over the black. This is why: 1) The black iPhone 5 is highly susceptible to scuff and […]
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Google: “We Didn’t Harm That Donkey In Botswana During Street View Recording” [Incl. Footage]
15 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Many strange things have been seen on Google’s Street View application. Now they’ve been forced to answer about the fate of a donkey in Botswana that they may or may not have knocked over. They have of course denied knocking the donkey over.
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RIM Receives 15 000 App Submissions
15 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion is enjoying some motion ahead of the launch of its new phones and operating system: at least 15 000 new application submissions have been received to date.
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Google To Be Forced To Change The Way It Presents Results In Europe
11 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google has been handed a clear message from Brussels that will see the search giant have to modify the way it presents its results because it unfairly promotes links to its own services above those of third party companies.
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Texas School Can Force Students To Wear Locator Chips
10 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A school in Texas, in the United Sates, of America, has been given the right to force its students to wear locator chips when they are on school property.
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