Oscar Pistorius Day 2 update. MEC lambastes thug cyclists. Facebook launching drones soon. Another US state bans E-Cigs. Mugabe is very generous. Dove pulls ‘armpit of America’ ad. Bernie looking for successor. Maori King snubs William.
I swipe on over to Cricinfo to confirm the news that, indeed, Biff has retired. Then I look up, and there’s Graeme Smith. The man himself, also having breakfast. He’s deep in conversation with his wife, and he’s clutching at the Protea emblem on his track top.
A year ago a sane person wouldn’t have trusted the directions given to you by Apple Maps, the app had a tendency of directing you across airport runways. But with that mess all sorted, Apple are focusing on the in-car interface.
Rob Ford has been the butt of many Jimmy Kimmel jokes over the past year. But the Toronto mayor, known for his struggles with drug and alcohol abuse, still grabbed the opportunity to be a guest on Kimmel’s show. Kimmel dedicated three segments of his show to making fun of the disgraced mayor.
Matthew McConaughey’s Oscar acceptance speech made headlines because the actor mentioned God. It begs the question, why has the media focused their attention on actor’s mentioning his religious beliefs?
Professional escort Avery Moore cataloged and quantified her life as an escort in 2013, creating this infographic. During the course of the year she visited 19 different cities, took 280 taxis, spent 234 hours on a plane, and received 49 books as gifts.
It’s time to make you feel like you haven’t accomplished a dang thing in your life. 31 of the 1,645 people that made the Forbes Billionaires List are under the age of 40. Here are the five youngest billionaires on the planet.
Would you be willing to lick your germ ridden smartphone screen to improve your bedroom skills down below? By having you switch a light on and off, turn a crank and play with a beach ball with your tongue, the app Lick This, promises that “Practice makes pleasure.”
Gangland thrillers, with their true-to-life characters and gripping storylines, are taking South African cinema by storm. Best-selling crime fiction writer Mike Nicol finds out why.
Did you know that an infant child can produce a cry of over 80 decibels? That’s louder than a jackhammer. Seriously. And you’re expected to sit next to that in a confined space, while your body is subject to the greatest physical strains known to humankind apart from a handful of free divers and astronauts. […]
This year’s Oscars will be known for the famous Ellen selfie, but that isn’t the only photo from the event doing the rounds on the web. The 2014 Academy Awards featured starving celebs pigging out on pizza, thanks to generous host Ellen DeGeneres, and a heap of glorious photobombs.
Nigella Lawson tends to be in the news less and less for her culinary skills of late. At least this time its not for a drug scandal, being strangled by her ex or starting a war on Twitter, but rather for appearing on the cover of Vogue’s April issue.
Oh no you didn’t! No one cheats on Timeshia Brown without her getting payback. This classified ad appeared in a newspaper in Texas, which contents suggest it’s an act of revenge by a scorned wife.
This might be the worst case of fomo in Oscar history. Ellen’s selfie has cracked the three million retweet margin, and included the likes of Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Channing Tatum, Jennifer Lawrence. The person feeling left out of the most famous selfie ever? Liza Minnelli.
Ozzie actress Cate Blanchett accepted her Oscar for Best Actress with grace, but dropped all pretence when she did her post awards show interview. When a journalist pointed out to Cate that she had become the first ever Australian to take home two Academy Awards for acting, she dropped the F-bomb.
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Welcome to the Thunderdome of the animal kingdom, a.k.a Australia. This three metre python fought a five hour battle with a crocodile, won, and slowly swallowed it whole, proving once again that Australia’s animals are not to be messed with.
’12 Years a Slave’ might be the talk of the town after winning Best Picture at this year’s Oscars, but back in 1853 interest in the life story of Solomon Northup was just as high. 161 years ago the New York Times did an article on Northup’s experience as a slave for 12 years. They dedicated an entire page to Northup, summarizing the story of free man being kidnapped and sold into slavery.
Beeld newspaper has taken a photo from Google Maps and clearly marked off where Oscar Pistorius’ house is in relation to the estate where the first witness, Michelle Burger, lives. His defense team have implied that she might have mistaken the cricket bat for gunshots.
Graeme Smith shock announcement. Oscar Pistorius Day 1 summary. Russia vs US over Ukraine. Big Dewani news. Bill Gates back on top. Girl’s Facebook post costs dad R870k. Scarlett Johansson expecting. Bieber struggling.
Muhammadeya Cycling Club have responded to requests for comment on a video that shows members of their club brutally assaulting the occupants of a stationery vehicle on Beach Road, Sea Point, on March 2 2014. The club justified the assault on the motorist by their members by arguing that the assault was provoked.
Some incredibly disturbing footage has surfaced on YouTube of a bunch of cyclists losing their marbles. Punching and ramming their bikes at a man’s face in Sea Point yesterday.
We’ll say it until we’re blue in the face. The integration of technology and home life is revolutionising the blue collar service market. For example, if you’ve been waiting for your local security company to release a mobile app that would allow you to monitor, arm, and bypass your home via your smartphone no matter where you are in the world, then fire them. These other guys have that issue waxed.
This online tool allows you to keep up with the Jones’, Tshabalala’s, Botha’s, and Naidoo’s voting habits. The Know Your Hood tool provides you with the voting demographics and statistics of a certain neighbourhood. The statistics and data are based on ward results from the 2009 general elections.
Who actually uses Google’s Street View for directions anymore? We use it for our casual Sunday stroll through Parisian cobbled streets, and sitting next to blurry faced cafe patrons enjoying a croissant and a coffee. Google has recently added more underwater Street View maps, perfect for a scuba adventure from your desktop.
The Internet is a big place, and a large number of sites have come and gone. This map of the Internet created by graphic designer Martin Vargic is insane. Representing the online world through cartography, with no detail spared, this map is worth checking out.
Want to spend more time hanging with your bros instead of dealing with the admin that goes with a relationship? This is 2014 , why not outsource texting your girlfriend to an app? BroApp sends texts automatically to your girlfriend to make her think you’re thinking of her.
Meagan Simmons, known on the Internet as the “Attractive Convict,” gained notoriety for her 2010 DUI mug shot, last year. Her mug shot was used in memes that made rounds across the web last year, and she’s making the news again, this time for suing InstantCheckmate.com.
For months leading up to the Oscars, celebrities employ whatever means (puking, diets, starvation) to fit into that perfect dress for the red carpet. But have you ever considered that these starved celebs have to endure at least three hours of award show before they can pig out? Don’t worry Ellen DeGeneres was there, savior of starving celebs everywhere.
The porn industry is taking note of a striking redhead, that goes by the name of LittleRedBunny. This cam girl rose from obscurity, winning both the inaugural awards for Favourite and Best Webcam Girl at the AVN Awards and Sex Awards respectively. Cam girls have become the hottest trend in adult entertainment, and LittleRedBunny reigns as queen.