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Tech/Sci
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iPhone Turns Six – Original Keynote Address Looks Prehistoric [VIDEO]
10 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It was six years ago that the world received something it had yet to conceive: the iPhone. That historical day saw Steve Jobs make his way onto stage at the Moscone Centre in San Francisco to deliver a product that has revolutionised the mobile phone market.
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10 Rad Things To Come Out Of CES 2013
09 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We have already had a look at some of the really cool things that have come out of 2013’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but here is a more comprehensive list of some of the coolest things.
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The Changing Face Of Online Advertising – Mashable’s Tips For Brands In 2013
09 Jan 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
You need to box smart these days, if you want to take your brand / clients to the next level. Banner ads and bullshit reports about “Advertising Value Equivalent” just won’t cut it anymore. You need to move ahead and keep your finger on the pulse, before you get eaten. Here’s how:
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This Week In Good First Impressions – Mark Shuttleworth Previews Mobile Ubuntu OS [VIDEO]
08 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mark Shuttleworth took a few minutes out form patrolling the floor at the ongoing CES 2013 conference in the USA to demo the latest development edition of the Ubuntu OS for smartphone. Apart from a basic scroll through a a few sceen scopes, Shuttleworth painted a picture the one device/multi-screen functionality of the OS, which […]
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PaperTab – The Paper-Thin Tablet That Can Be Rolled Up
08 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The laptop or tablet device of the future might just be one that rolls up and can be shoved into your pocket. A new paper-thin device with a flexible plastic screen that users can bend and touch to change the display has just been unveiled.
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BEHOLD: This Thing Streams Your Facebook/Instagram Pics Into Your Home In Real-Time
07 Jan 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Instacube is the living canvas for your Instagram and Facebook photos. Finally liberated from your smart devices, Instacube streams (real-time) the candids of your friends, family and favorite people to you throughout the day.
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Mark Shuttleworth Is Bringing Ubuntu Linux To Smartphones
03 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Mark Shuttleworth has announced that his company, Canonical Ltd, has built an Ubuntu Linux system for smartphones. It will work as a full desktop operating system (OS) when connected to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
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What Does The Average Female Mac User Look Like? [PIC]
31 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
“Pretty cute, but awkwardly dressed”. That is how the average Mac female user is being described, according to a tech start-up who claims to have compiled the profile using data sourced from 1,1 million different Facebook profiles.
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Real World Guns Are Being Marketed In War-Based Video Games
27 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As US gun laws come under the spotlight after the tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut another issue is receiving press, that of weapon manufacturers using games such as Medal Of Honor to market their wares.
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Twitter Unlocks The Archives – Access Every Tweet You’ve Ever Sent
20 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Twitter has launched Twitter Archive, which allows you to download every single one of your tweets, ever. A post on the company blog announced the decision this morning. It’s no secret: You make Twitter what it is. And if you tweet, you may have found yourself wanting to go back in time and explore your […]
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US Military’s Headless Robotic Mule Responds To Voice Commands [VIDEO]
20 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Pentagon’s blue-sky researchers recently took an upgraded LS3 (Legged Squad Support System) robot out on a walk through the woods and hills of Fort Pickett, Virginia. This was the first test conducted on the LS3 after bolstering the autonomy functions for this R459m project – now in its fifth year.
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This Is Why Your External Hard Drive Has Just Become Redundant
19 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 17 Comments
When it comes to backing up, cloud storage is an option, but you can only use cloud storage for small backups. There isn’t a service on this green earth that can rival the space and portability of your averagely expensive external hard drive, right? Wrong.
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Nobel Prize Winner Predicts Human Cloning A Reality “Within 50 Years”
19 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sir John Gurdon, the British scientist who won this year’s Nobel prize for medicine, says that the progression to human cloning could happen within the next 50 years. It is also Gurdon’s work involving the cloning frogs in the 1950’s and 60’s that led to the later creation of Dolly the sheep by Edinburgh scientists in 1996.
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“Why Don’t You Just Marry That Thing?” – How Your Smart Phone Is Ruining Your Sex Life
18 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Over 15% of respondents to a British online survey conducted BroadBandChoices.co.uk by admit that over-use of their smart phone while lying in bed is probably killing their sex life. Not ideal, but then again, if you own a smart phone and ever had someone in your bed, you’ve probably had to resist the urge to […]
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Instagram Turns Evil With New Terms Of Service – Your Life Now Belongs To Them
18 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
You will not believe this. Those of you who thought your privacy was safe on Instagram obviously forgot that Facebook bought it. Their new ToS goes live on January 16, and it will frighten you. Under its new Terms Of Service agreement, Instagram now has the right to share all your information with Facebook, to […]
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Which Celebrities Were Also The Biggest Technology Investors Of 2012?
18 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Business Insider has compiled a list of this year’s celebrities who also invested the most money into technology. First up is Black Eyed Peas member, Will.i.Am (pictured above). He has become the latest celebrity to release his own brand of technology products – with a range of iPhone accessories to also go on sale later this month. His consumer electronics and app venture, foto.sosho, is the world’s first digital camera and app combination for the iPhone 4s and iPhone. It purpose is to transform the iPhone into a 14 megapixel camera!
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Men Still Hate Malls – Way More Likely To Shop Online Than Women
14 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well, I mean, we’ve been telling you this for ages. In a survey conducted during the first week of December 2012 by online research specialists Columinate, it was found that significantly more females stating that they will do all their shopping in physical stores and men being much more likely to do all their shopping […]
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What Do Hotel Guests Really Want?
14 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
We’ve already found out what the Hosties think about their passengers. But what do Hotel guests really want when they choose and check in to a hotel or guest house? GO Airport Express have just completed a study of guest what is their favourite freebie, a 57% rating said “Free WiFi”. A free breakfast is […]
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Win Radical Apple Accessories Worth R3500! [COMPETITION]
14 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
We’re ending the year on a high note, and two lucky 2oceansvibers stand a chance to win an XtremeMac hamper to the value of R3500! Each hamper consists of: A Tango Airplay Speaker compatible with any Apple device with iOS 5 or newer, enabling you to share your tunes wirelessly at the touch of a […]
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Google Drops Incredible Zeitgeist 2012 YouTube Compilation [VIDEO]
13 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Yesterday Google dropped its annual Zeitgeist video – detailing what the world searched for during 2012. According to the search giant, an incredible 1,2 trillion searches in 146 languages were conducted this year!
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The Pope Tweets For First Time From Personal Account – What Did He Say?
13 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Pope Benedict XVI tweeted for the first time yesterday from a personal Twitter account. This follows last week’s announcement by the Vatican that Benedict would begin posting messages on Twitter in eight languages under the handle @pontifex – a Latin term for pope that means “bridge builder.”
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Business Insider’s Top Ten Tech Accessories Of 2012
12 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Merry Christmas, little chickens. If you’re still stumped for Christmas presents, here’s a good start. Presenting Business Insider’s Top 10 tech accessories of 2012, in no particular order. Parrot Zik Headphones. Apparently the world’s best. Nest 2.0 is a smart thermostat that autonatically regulates the temperature of your house. The Wicked Laser. Protector […]
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Stephen Hawking Awarded Prestigious R26 Million Cash Physics Prize
12 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Stephen Hawking and CERN have won this year’s prestigious Fundamental Physics Prize. The award was given to Hawking for his discovery that black holes emit radiation, and his “deep contributions” to quantum gravity and quantum aspects of the early universe. The prize money – a whopping R26m – is considered to be science’s most lucrative award.
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A 40 Inch Sony LCD TV Would Make A Grand Christmas Present
12 Dec 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
If you head in and make any new Sony contract or upgrade purchase in selected MTN stores between 22 November and 22 December, you automatically stand a chance to win a 40 inch Sony LCD TV!
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Those Instagramesque Photo Filters For Twitter Have Been Rolled Out – Finally Make Sense
11 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday we reported that Instagram has disabled all support for Twitter cards. This means that Instagram photos will no longer be viewable in your Twitter feed. Instead, they will now only be shared by way of a link to the photo’s Instagram URL. Lame, right?
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Instagram Completely Removes Photo Viewing From Your Twitter Feed
10 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Over the past couple of days, users have reported seeing their Instagram photos cropped inside their Twitter feeds. Others complained of only seeing a white block where the image was supposed to appear. While technical issues were first thought to be the cause, it has now been revealed that Instagram has completely disabled photo integration with Twitter.
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The Top 10 Tweets Of 2012
10 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Twitter has arguably become one of the most influential social media services used by the modern journalist. But the modern journalist is not alone – the average citizen can break the news too, with ease.
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Three Government Websites Hacked
10 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s not often that the South African government faces attacks from hackers. Sure, Anonymous has its fair share of information it’s retrieved over time, but this wasn’t the work of Anonymous.
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Robot Swims From San Francisco To Australia
06 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A self-controlled swimming robot has completed an epic journey from San Francisco to Australia. It took just over a year, but it’s collected some useful data along the way.
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Revealed: Expected Launch Date For iPhone 5 In South Africa
29 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
We’ve been doing some snooping around and all noises are pointing to the same launch date for the iPhone 5 in South Africa. Our source even has a countdown clock to the glorious date. Click through to check it out, as well as the supporting information.
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