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Tech/Sci
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Apple Explains iCloud In New Video
28 Feb 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Are you still struggling to get your head around the cloud vibe? Or rather, are you struggling to explain it to your technophobe friends? Send them this video and continue living your life. In the cloud. Follow link for video.
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Tech Report – Prevent Online Embarrassment
28 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s common knowledge that job recruiters are increasingly scanning through your online presence, before considering you for a job. Seth shows us how to prevent any online embarrassments, with a few nifty apps that erase evidence of last night’s shenanigans.
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Siri To Power Mercedes-Benz Car Systems
28 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hey, future. Mercedes-Benz unveiled plans yesterday to use Siri – the virtual assistant exclusive to the iPhone 4S – to power its new A-class electronics system, called “Drive Kit Plus,” which will allow drivers to access their iPhone apps using voice commands. In case you ever feel like updating your Twitter status while driving something sexy.
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WikiLeaks Begins Releasing Stratfor Internal Emails
27 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
WikiLeaks is doing stuff that doesn’t involve Julian Assange’s career as a television personality – in this case leaking a cache of over 5 million internal emails from Stratfor, a “global intelligence” company. They reveal secret intelligence services provided to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, among others.
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Is This What The iPhone 5 Is Going To Look Like? [PICS]
27 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Sigh. Another day, another round of iPhone 5 rumours. This week, the boards and assorted interweb nooks and crannies that concern themselves with such things have been getting themselves in a tizzy over images released by an Italian design firm that claims they have worked out what the much-anticipated iPhone 5 is going to look like. Check out these Florentine flights of fancy after the jump!
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Nokia Unveils 41-Megapixel Camera Phone
27 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
There is no error in that headline – Nokia has really just unveiled the PureView 41-megapixel-sensor camera in one of its new smartphones – the Lumia 808. Additionally, the device has extremely good sound recording capabilities and will also allow the user to capture video content in full HD.
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Sam Khumalo – Talks About Skating In The Townships [VIDEO]
27 Feb 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Growing up, Sam Khumalo and his friends used to skate in and around Johannesburg, exploring the hard concrete world of the city. He became an explorer. Every corner, every curb became his playground. And the search for the next spot never stopped. For this pro-skater, who now runs and owns a skate shop with a […]
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Video Powered by ClipCartel.comParis Hilton: ‘Drunk Text’ Music Video Leaked
24 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
At first we thought this was some kind of burlesque joke, maybe even a mashup of sorts, but we’re afraid it isn’t. Paris has actually recorded this as a music video. And it’s meant to be her “latest” single. It’s a techno collaboration with the house music production duo, Manufactured Superstars.
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Nerds Put A Price Tag On Building A Death Star
23 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The peeps over at Centives have burnt their scientific calculators to a crisp working out the approximate cost in 2012 US Dollars of building a life size, working replica of the iconic planet killing space station from Star Wars, the Death Star. Needless to say, we can’t afford it.
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Scientists Did Not Break The Speed Of Light
23 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The universe as we know it is safe for now, and so is Einstein’s theory of special relativity. Physicists who shocked the scientific world by claiming particles could move faster than the speed of light have admitted they made a mistake. Their reasoning: a faulty fiber-optic cable in a GPS receiver.
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First Look EVER Inside Apple’s Chinese Manufacture, Foxconn’s Factory [VIDEO]
23 Feb 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
No journalist has ever gained access to Foxconn, the secretive company that builds all the beautiful iPads and iPhone and Macbooks that Apple gets us to consume like sweeties. ABC’s show Nightline managed to gain access to this factory which employs 250 000 people and is the size of a city (they also make products […]
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If You Want To Delete Your Google Web History, Do It Now
23 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google’s new unified privacy policy takes effect on March 1st, allowing Google to share users’ data among all of its products. This means that your entire Google Web History – everything you’ve searched for on Google, and every site you’ve visited while signed in to a Google account – will be pooled together.
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Beware The ‘Googlighting’ Stranger, Microsoft Vs Google [VIDEO]
23 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Microsoft has launched a fascinating attack on Google Apps. In this instalment, Microsoft uses the American television series, Moonlighting, which aired during the mid 1980’s, to give us the spoof: Googlighting. Microsoft asks: “What happens when the world’s largest ad sales business tries to sell productivity software on the side?” It’s Microsoft Office versus Google Apps.
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Google to Release “Heads-Up Display” Glasses By End Of Year
22 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Those of you who have been wanting Terminator-vision since the films first came out won’t have long to wait. The New York Times reports that Google is not only working on, but will be releasing “smart glasses” fitted with Android-based augmented reality software by the year’s end.
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What’s Up With Today’s Google Doodle?
22 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What’s up with today’s Google doodle? We’re used to sometimes crazy, always creative doodles from the company, celebrating some or other important day or person, but this one seems particularly abstract.
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Stellenbosch To Become SA’s First Town With Free Wi-Fi Everywhere
22 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
Welcome to the future, kids. Stellenbosch is about to become the first town in Africa to offer fast and free Wi-Fi accross the entire town. The project is a collaboration between the municipality, Mxit and the University of Stellenbosch. It’s even stretching into the suburbs and neighbouring towns. Très cool.
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Face-Recognizing Billboard Only Displays Ad To Women
22 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
An intelligent billboard set up in London has facial recognition tech built in that lets it scan passersby for gender – if a woman stops to take a look, it plays a 40-second video clip. Dudes only get a link to the advertiser’s website. It’s like they’re trying to send a message or something.
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NASA Now Recruiting Chefs For Mars
22 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s normally the scientists and engineers that go up into space, but NASA has realised that while people are up there, they need to eat. Whilst a little ahead of itself, a study has opened in Hawaii to find a chef for Mars. Do you have what it takes?
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We ‘Must Believe In Science’ If We Want To Combat Global Warming
21 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The human race is going to have to start believing in science – and quickly – if we want a hope in hell of surviving the environmental crisis we’re facing. This was the sentiment at a recent gathering of the world’s pre-eminent scientific minds in Vancouver. At the meeting, thousands of scientists discussed the problem that their industry is “under seige”, and that the world needs help to believe in science again.
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BBC Weatherman Predicts Bucket Loads Of… Wait, What? [VIDEO]
21 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
BBC weather forecaster, Alex Deakin, managed to predict what no other weather forecaster has previously forecast on Saturday evening’s BBC World weather report. He meant to say “sunshine”, but he definitely didn’t, and instead conjured up a very strange weather prediction indeed. N5FW.
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Township School Gets Sponsored iPads [VIDEO]
20 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Late last month we reported how several posh Gauteng private schools were planning to make iPads mandatory learning aids in their classes, and now several rural schools are getting sponsored iPads for their learners, too. We like. We like a lot.
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Nevada Legalizes Self-Driving Cars
20 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hello, future! Nevada has become the first state to legalize self-driving cars, which are apparently pretty easy to get hold of in Nevada. Granted, the cars must have two humans inside, and be insured for around $1 million, but let’s focus on the part where people are allowed to have self-driving cars now.
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EU Court Of Justice: Social Networks Can’t Be Forced To Filter Piracy
17 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Europe’s highest court, the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union, ruled yesterday that social networking websites cannot be forced to install filters preventing users from illegally sharing music and videos protected by copyright.
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Apple Unveils New OSX “Mountain Lion”- Sneak Preview [VIDEO]
17 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday Apple made the announcement that the new version of their laptop and desktop software would be released “this summer.” As a total Apple slut, this excites me greatly. Despite the silly name, this is looking mint – a marriage between iOS and Mac OSX. Check out all the new features and sneak preview by clicking on “continue reading.”
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Murray And Roberts Will Build Cape Town’s Tallest Building
16 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Cape Town’s new tallest building is set to start taking shape as construction group Murray and Roberts have been awarded the R1,6 billion contract to build the Portside Project. It’s set to stand at 130 metres tall, comprising of 32 floors, and will house 52 000 square metres of office space for 3 000 people.
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Heartland Institute Paid Scientists To Discredit Climate Change Research
16 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A bunch of emails have been leaked from the Heartland Institute, the think tank vaguely infamous for being at once massively skeptical of climate change and funded by billionaire global warming deniers, the Koch Brothers. The emails suggest that the Institute has been paying scientists and bloggers to discredit climate change research.
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NASA Unveils Stunning Future Aircraft Designs [PHOTOS]
15 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Nobody has any idea where they’re planning on getting funding from – but like a kid with an extended birthday wish list, NASA has unveiled some amazing concepts of future, eco-friendly aircraft, which they’re calling “greener flying machines for the year 2025.” Assuming they’re still here then.
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New Woolly Mammoth Footage Was A Hoax, Repeat Hoaxer Caught Out Again
14 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last week 2oceansVibe correctly doubted the authenticity of footage that claimed a woolly mammoth had been spotted by a government-employed engineer in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug region of Siberia. The video became an internet sensation, making headlines around the world. But now everyone is having a laugh at The Sun, Michael Cohen and Barcroft Media.
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Google Offers Rare Glimpse Of Their Headquarters [PICS]
14 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Internet giant, Google offered a brief look into their California headquarters yesterday. Photos taken inside the 500 000 square foot complex, along with this message were posted on the search engine’s blog: “You asked for it, you got it: here are behind-the-scenes pictures of the Googleplex.” Have a look at the full gallery – after the jump – to see how your office compares to that of Google.
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Google’s Motorola Purchase Pretty Much Approved
14 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
American and European regulators have approved Google’s purchase of handset maker Motorola Mobility. The deal is worth a reported $12,5 billion and Google is said to be pleased at acquiring 17 000 new patents, and a further 7 500 patent applications as part of the deal.
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