The CEO of AOL, Tim Armstrong held a conference call with 1,000 employees this last week to discuss the restructuring of AOL’s hyper-local news service, Patch. During the conference call an employee named Abel Lenz decided to commemorate the moment by taking a picture. He was fired for that.
Oprah Winfrey’s recent visit to Switzerland for Tina Turner’s wedding resulted in an Zurich shop assistant refusing to show the queen of talk a bag because it was “too expensive”, according to the shop assistant.
Bicycles are plentiful in Cape Town, and the city hosts the world renowned Cape Argus Cycle Tour. In recent years the bicycle community has grown exponentially, resulting in a battle for road space between motorists and cyclists. The online Cape Town Bicycle Map launched by Ride Your City offers bike commuters a safer and more detailed layout of preferred routes
Elysium Space is offering the best deal around town to get you or your loved one to space by next year. For a cool R19,594 you could be on your way to space. So what’s the catch? To board the CubeStat heading to the outer limits, you have to be dead.
Introducing ‘MINI Art Beat’ as part of MINI’s ‘Not Normal’ campaign. With over 40,000 LED lights attached to the body of the car, the Countryman has become the car that plays videos.
This Japanese photographer has found a cure for male singletons out there. Who needs a girlfriend when you have your right hand, enjoy Keisuke Jinushi’s selfies.
Reports have surfaced of a 58-year-old man being arrested in Cape Town on Sunday for driving while under the influence. Die Burger claims this man was ANC national executive committee member Tony Yengeni.
You may recall that Beyonce’s tresses were caught in a fan while she was performing not so long ago. There’s no word on whether that incident prompted her latest style adjustment.
It may only be August, but Vine is pumping out such a volume of excellent video that it is entirely necessary to bring you an update on the the best Vine videos for 2013. It’s impossible to only watch a couple of seconds of this compilation, hence we bring you 11 minutes of joy.
Pop-rock diva Bonnie Tyler will be performing at the Cape Town Convention Centre on 6 and 7 September 2013. This will be Tyler’s first return to the country after 20 years. Tyler’s famously husky voice led to her being called “the female Rod Stewart”. Fun fact! Tyler was born with the name ‘Gaynor Hopkins’. Good move, on the change, Bonnie.
National Geographic are using drones and robots to get up close and personal shots of lions in the Serengeti. If any human got as close as these robots did to a lion in the wild, they would be chowed in no time. Lucky for us we can get an inside peek into the personal lives […]
The well-documented harmful effects of cigarettes have resulted in higher taxes on tobacco and advertising bans. You might recall the tobacco advertising of old glamourised smoking through celebrity endorsements. And it worked. Remember when you tried your first cigarette? Cool factor, baby.
Kobe Bryant has been overshadowed in recent times by one Le Bron James, who is currently regarded as the best basketball player on a court today. But what Le Bron doesn’t have is an almost-freakish similarity to the greatest basketball player of all time – Michael Jordan. Check out this incredible video above, detailing the […]
Very sad news, here at 2oceansvibe HQ. Our beloved Jack Daniel’s statue has been stolen. We can only assume this happened at the Taste of Cape Town, where he was last seen in the public eye.
It is always a golden moment when a politician is running for election in hopes of representing an ultra-nationalist party, and thinks Islam is a country. During an interview for a local news station, Stephanie Banister failed in a glorious shower of flame.
We all hate queuing for beer. Some lucky folks at Oppikoppi didn’t have to though, thanks to the beer delivering drone. (Note: beer, not bomb.) If you were at Oppi this weekend, all you had to do was download an app, order your beer of choice, and this octo-copter would fly up into the sky and […]
This little guy will literally bust your balls. The pacu is a relative of the piranha, so you can only imagine the damage it can cause if given the chance. These fish are normally found in the Amazon, but fisherman put Scandinavian swimmers on high alert after a pacu was found in the Oresund Sound.
Genius, billionaire, playboy and philanthropist…Enter Elon Musk, the man who founded SpaceX, Tesla Motors and PayPal. The next trick up his sleeve is the revolutionary “fifth mode of transport”, the Hyperloop, which is tipped to outshine trains, planes, busses and boats. Musk will be unveiling the service today.
SAATCHI threatens suicide. Obama says Putin is a ‘bored kid.’ Nelson Mandela is sitting up. Dina Pule linked to assassination plot. Sandberg sells $91 million Facebook stock. Madoff love-triangle. Schoeman takes double gold.
The Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards acknowledge the achievements of the world’s finest surfers in the biggest waves, anywhere in the world. Twiggy Baker caught this beast last week.
Well, this is awkward. Desmond Tutu officially joined Twitter today under the handle, @TutuLegacy, but the social media service suspended the account after a few short hours for “aggressive following”, despite the handle having only followed 30 other accounts.
The 13 year marriage of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones is over. The couple have announced their divorce. Douglas reportedly moved out of the couple’s home and moved into one of his friend’s villas. Catherine and the couple’s two children are staying in the house.
Spud star, Troye Sivan has come out in a heartfelt video posted to his YouTube account yesterday. The video has already racked up over 110,000 views.
And it will be split three ways. Which means at least three people will be practicing their jetski back flips for the rest of their lives. Two of the three Powerball winners were from New Jersey, and one in Minnesota. Because three tickets matched all six numbers, Powerball officials said the three winners would split […]
Sicilian Mafia boss Domenico Rancadore has been arrested in London after being on the run for 19 years. He was arrested outside of his luxury home.
Who said rock is reserved for the young? Here we have one times Mary, putting on a delightful little performance at a percussion store in Wisconsin, America. We were particularly fond of the offbeat snare work.
With so much of our private information online, and with more and more of our personal devices connected to the net, the likelihood of our being hacked increases on an almost daily basis. And with that in mind, this infographic hits us with a big truth stick. You need to know just how hackable your life really is.
In 1973, a father carried his infant son into the forest in central Vietnam when the country was at war the United States. They were never seen again. Now, 40 years later the father, 82 and the son, 41 have been found.
Cape Town based surf photographer, Ant Fox, has pulled something of a coup, with some of his recent prints being bought by US pop star, Jennifer Lopez, following her visit to the Ralph Lauren store in the Hamptons.
Soccer star Christiano Ronaldo received some extra love during the final of the International Champions cup in Miami on Wednesday night. The enthusiastic fan interrupted the match between Real Madrid and Chelsea.