While you were keeping up with the footage of the Oscar Pistorius trial, the lovely people over at BrandsEye have been getting their nerd on, collecting all the stats of online conversations that related to the trial. The stats make for an interesting read – check out the breakdown here.
Microsoft has recently shelved its famous operating system, Windows XP. Let’s take a trip down memory lane: here’s the story behind XP’s iconic default background, “Bliss.”
You might have grown accustomed to Oscar Pistorius’s courtroom drama and his behaviour. Some may think that Pistorius’s tears and vomiting may indicate remorse. But experts warn people not to let Pistorius’ anguish fool them.
Emails, apps, messages, taking pictures and watching funny internet videos, all take their toll on a phone’s battery. If you have been struggling with your iPhone’s battery life, check out these eight habits that will extend that ish.
Science is a like a bipolar person with ADD: one moment we’re contemplating the cosmos, and the next thing we’re growing vaginas in a lab. Are you ready? Four women have had lab-grown vaginas implanted by doctors in the US.
Everyone had a class in their school career that they absolutely loathed. You couldn’t wait for it to be over and you spent most of your breaks shouting profanities at the poor teacher. When this student sent his English teacher a crude letter concerning her class, she did what every English teacher does best: correct all the mistakes in a bright red pen.
Politicians get on your nerves with all their antics. This woman was fed up listening to Hillary Clinton drone on during a speech at the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries meeting in Las Vegas, and took matters in her own hands. Watch Hillary Clinton dodge, as a shoe hurtles toward her mid speech.
Seafarers sail through Mediterranean waters aboard the Costa Fascinosa, lulled by the waves and swathed in luxury. Departing from the romance and Italian exuberance of Venice, travellers spend seven days cruising the waters and enjoying the sights of Greece and Croatia before returning to spellbinding Venice.
Inspired by Bugatti’s 1912 Type 18 that was nicknamed Black Bess, the latest addition to the manufacturer’s ‘Legend Edition’ series wears the same moniker. But the ‘Black Bess’ Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse doesn’t share much in common with it’s great-great-great-great grandfather, other than being painted black.
Yesterday’s courtroom drama lead to a crucial moment in Oscar Pistorius’s trial proceedings. Chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel again lambasted Pistorius’ credibility and his inability to take responsibility for his actions.
In 2012 the highest paid South African exec received a salary of R190.7 million. That massive paycheque belonged to the then chief executive of SABMiller, Graham Mackay. But that’s chump change for the SA exec who earned R1.8 billion in the same year.
Normally people who hate their job leave that discussion for the bar or their spouse. This guy was so fed up with his job as a court room stenographer, he wrote “I hate my job” and other gibberish in 30 cases.
It’s good to know Jude Law is fallible man like the rest of us. Famous actor or not – a smashed Jude Law is not a suave Jude Law. But he still has high standards. Please enjoy drunk Jude Law trying to pick up Playboy model, Linda Zimány.
June Steenkamp has stoically endured every account of the day her daughter died. She has seen images of her daughter’s lifeless body that she will take to her grave. And through all the heartache, she can’t take her eyes off Oscar Pistorius, the man that took her daughter’s life.
Say goodbye to FHM. UCT ‘woman beating’ brawl video appears online. Gerrie Nel is destroying Pistorius. US threatens further Russian sanctions. Adrian Mole author dead. Letterman replacement announced. SABC staff phones bugged.
Earlier today we reported that a UCT rugby player was accused of punching a woman in the face during a brawl. We have the ALLEGED video of the assault. You can read all about that, here.
A DA ward councillor and an UCT lecturer had a little scuffle in the streets of Claremont. Yesterday, an inspection by councillors of a wall – yes, a wall – escalated into a gentleman’s slapfest. Please enjoy watching the hilarious altercation as it happened.
A Chinese firm, Shanghai Zendai Property, plan on building the next New York right next to Jo’burg. They plan to build an R84 billion city over the next 15 years just 8km away from OR Tambo International Airport. They hope it will become the future capital of Africa.
Dylan Penn might have said no to Playboy but when the artsy fashion magazine Treats asked the 22-year-old to drop her nickers, it was all systems go. Treats – yes please.
Can you taste it? Can you smell it? It’s the weekend. It’s bearing down on you – on us. And do you know what that means? Do you KNOW what that means? That means that you get to watch sport. And if you’re smart, it means that you get to make money, too.
Nicolas Cage, the actor the internet loves to hate, has been the butt of many a joke, but somehow it has led us to this – the Nicolas Cage Art Party – an art exhibition solely dedicated to and inspired by Nic Cage. You need to see these masterpieces.
A young lady named Irini Agathagelou has posted a message to Carte Blanche on Facebook, telling of an alleged attack carried out by a UCT 1st XV player, after their historic comeback win against NWU Pukke.
San Francisco’s very own vigilante is back for another instalment. Batkid took a break from thwarting evil doers and their plans to cause havoc in Gotham City. Batkid’s latest appearance has all eyes focussed on the five-year-old cancer survivor Miles Scott.
Praise the almighty Dropbox. You no longer have to sort through the tons of photos and videos in your possession, thanks to Dropbox’s new app, Carousel. Now a life time’s worth of photos and videos is automatically organised and always available at your fingertips.
Liam “I Will Find You And Kill You” Neeson is kicking ass and taking names as US Air Marshal Bill Marks in ‘Non-Stop’, a suspense thriller played out at 40,000 feet in the air. Bonus: he plays an alcoholic in the film, so brace yourself for a few particularly wild shootouts.
Countless of friends, family members and celebrities have been paying tributes to the sudden death of model Peaches Geldof. The 25-year-old daughter of Irish musician and Live Aid organiser Bob Geldof, was found dead in her home in London on Monday.
If you have a jar of minced garlic in your fridge, just do the world a favour and chuck it out. You might go on about how it’s a time saver and it stops your hands from smelling, but simply put, crushed garlic in a jar isn’t worth it.
Every parent dreads the day their loveable munchkin starts asking about genitalia or sex. The awkwardness of telling your kid the tale of the birds and the bees, doesn’t compare with explaining what porn is.
Dove’s latest ‘Real Beauty’ campaign makes women look dumb and gullible. Dove follows women by using video diaries, as they embark on testing Dove’s latest product, RB-X. Has the skin care brand gone too far?
16 and a half bar is what you’ll be putting on the table for the pleasure of a place on the Atlantic Seaboard that has as many parking spaces as it does bathrooms – and it has a lot of bathrooms. That’s not all it’s rolling with. We think the stand alone gym will be your favourite…