After seeing the functionality of this app, it makes us wonder why no one has thought of it sooner. Thread is a new app that helps you keep up to date with your phone contacts. Not only does it give you the classic caller ID, it also shows the most recent Facebook and Twitter posts […]
Referee Mathieu Raynal endured an horrific injury while adjudicating a Montpellier versus Racing Metro match in the French Top 14 league this weekend. After being swept off his feet by a swinging tackle, Raynal suffered a double leg break, broken collar bone and serious ankle damage. Ouchies. [Source: YouTube]
Apparently Britain’s elite, celebrities and Olympic Gold medalists choose Nando’s. The first woman to win a gold medal for boxing, Nicola Adams celebrated at the popular food restaurant. And footballers earning £25 000 (R330 000) a week, choose Nando’s as their after training meal of choice, not to mention Rihanna, Britney Spears and Lewis Hamilton. In […]
Remember those days in art class when you had to find the underlying meaning to a picture or advert? Okay well, if you were never in art class, that was an actual lesson. Just roll with it. I don’t know if we are reading too far into this one, but if we analyse the poster […]
Marcial Maciel Degollado, a priest from Mexico is a walking contradiction. He was the greatest postwar fundraiser for the Catholic Church, and its greatest criminal. Pope Benedict XVI described Degollado as “A life … out of moral bounds,” and a “wasted, twisted life.” In the 1940’s Degollado founded the religious order, The Legion of Christ. Degollado […]
Look at this adorable Pine Marten. Just look at it. A match between Thun and FC Zurich in Switzerland’s top football league, a pine marten (a close relation to the weasel) invaded the pitch, running between the legs of players and officials, and bring the game to a complete stand still. The marten had wandered […]
If your numbers for Wednesday’s Powerball Lottery come through, you’re gonna kick yourself that number One Cornwall Terrace has been sold! For £80million! And that was R270 million below asking price! It’s clearly a buyer’s market..
An apparently suicidal Oscar Pistorius plans to sell his home in the Silverwoods security complex to cover increasing legal fees – the same home where Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed on 14 February 2013. The Pistorius family spokesperson, Johan van Wyk said: He has signalled his intention to sell [the house], but nothing has been […]
According to police officers investigating the shooting of Reeva Steenkamp by Oscar Pistorius on Valentines Day 2013, Steenkamp met with her ex-boyfriend, Warren Lahoud two days prior to her death. The former lovers, who had been together for five years, met for coffee to catch up. Lahoud said in the forthcoming BBC 3 documentary, “Oscar Pistorius: What […]
Mass celeb hack, finances exposed online. Cardinals set to elect new Pope. The Vatican and Europe’s biggest gay sauna. The real reason Justin Bieber cancelled show. Teen gives birth on SAA flight. Something about Zuma and the SABC. Tiger Woods wins again. Ronaldo puts written-off Ferrari on eBay.
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Justin Timberlake hosted Saturday Night Live for the fifth time this weekend. Timberlake was the music guest and the host, and he nailed it on both fronts. According to Rolling Stone: It was, without question, the best SNL episode of the season. Timberlake hit the mark with his rendition of the Harlem Shake, but may have […]
This is what happens when you start hanging out at the playground, mom and dad. The kids find another playground. According to CNET, and everyone you know, teenagers are leaving Facebook in droves. Why? Privacy. Personally, we’re not all that surprised. No one wants to post pictures of themselves climbing a yacht mast in a […]
If you missed the Mail & Guardian Newsroom show on 2oceansvibe Radio, don’t dispair. We have the podcast of this week’s Mail & Guardian Newsroom show for your analytical pleasure. Feel free to listen on the page, or download for later listening. In this week’s show, Phillip de Wet and Deshnee Subramany discussed the thorny issue of political party funding […]
Old Spice’s ad agency, Wieden+Kennedy has introduced a new spokesperson to the now revered line of YouTube Old Spice spokespeople, which has included the likes of Isaiah Mustafa and Fabio Lanzoni. The ambassador for their Wild Collection is a wolf, Mr Wolfdog. And obviously, he has been appointed their Executive Director of Marketing, and enjoys his […]
We spotted an article on BusinessInsider about a Reddit post which showed a search for high and low end retailers, as a way to define a city’s rich and poor areas. We did the same thing, pitting Woolworths against Shoprite. Here are the results:
The Mail & Guardian team traveled to Austin, Texas for the twentieth annual South by Southwest conference. Online editor, Chris Roper and General Manager for Digital Operations, Alistair Fairweather bring us clips from Elon Musk’s keynote address, and other assorted treats. South by Southwest is one of the biggest interactive film, music, tech and pop culture conferences […]
SimCity was expected to be one of the biggest PC games to launch in 2013. But one week after its launch, the game is proving to be a dismal flop. Electronic Arts Maxis Studio General Manager, Lucy Bradshaw said that the game publisher was close to an “all clear” which translates in English to meaning […]
If you missed the Sunday Times, you might have missed this incredible picture of scuba instructor / model, Ocean Ramsey (seriously) getting pulled along by a great white shark. The pic was taken by Juan Oliphant for Caters News. We also found a video.
Comedian Louis C.K. has released a teaser promo for his up coming HBO special “Oh My God,” premiering on 13 April 2013 at 22h00. If you haven’t already fostered a secret fetish for C.K.’s work, it’s never too late to start. Watch this: And go here. It’s a pleasure. [Source: Mashable, Gawker, MStars News]
If the kids are all over the iPad, indulge them in some educational games, so they’re at least learning something while they’re hogging your gadget. Children’s Technology Review shared these top five iPad apps to download for the kids. Wreck It Ralph Storybook Deluxe For ages five and up. There are 35 screens with two […]
Russian YouTube has provided, once again. Dancing poolside at resorts is a surprisingly common past time for the wealthy Russians. And the general rule is: the wealthier you are, the fewer effs you give. This unidentified hotel guest may indeed be very wealthy, judging by the lushness of his chest hair, and nearly flawless curve […]
Local band, Red Huxley is comprised of three young musicians from Cape Town who have been working hard to make their mark in the industry. Last year, Red Huxley met Dave Catching from Eagles Of Death Metal. They were brave and cheeky enough to hand Catching their music, asking whether he would be keen to produce […]
For over four years, the BBC searched the African continent to find and film unfamiliar wildlife, surprising behaviour and new landscapes for the BBC’s new Africa series. The Africa series is however drawing to a close, with only one geographic still to be covered on BBC Knowledge, DSTV Channel 184. Episode one was filmed […]
Time to suit up gentlemen, and women who enjoy the fashions of Tilda Swinton. Get your tailored suit now, and exude success like Harvey Spector or Barney Stinson. Joubert Bros: One Superfine 140, 150 or 180 custom-tailored two-piece suit (Up to R6 480 off) A new suit can mean success in the business world, much like […]
Recently, a hacker gained access to self-portrait artwork painted by the former United States President, Georg. W Bush The self portraits framed Dubya in the shower and bath, and they were so, so awful. It has now surfaced that the person to blame is Bush’s art teacher, Bonnie Floods. Floods reportedly spent a month teaching […]
Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day, claiming he thought she was an intruder. Over the weekend, it was reported that a close friend of Pistorius claimed that the athlete was on “the verge of suicide”. Pistorius has had to sell off his belongings to cover the cost of fighting the states […]
Pistorius on verge of suicide. Habana out for 10 weeks. Elon Musk wants to die on Mars. Google Glass banned from bar. Fouche wins Argus Cycle Tour. SA Tennis’ Anderson pulls off shock win. Abu Qatada is behind bars. The US gun industry’s most outrageous marketing ploys.
A homeless man was reportedly pushing his trolley down Collard Road, in Rosehill, when he was stopped by UTI Electronics security firm. Why? The man was reportedly carrying a bomb in his trolley.
This thing is getting big! I bought three tickets for Wednesday’s draw ($100 million) and that thing rolled over to $150 million (R1.36 billion). Oh yes! Check out my numbers below + a link for you to buy tickets to tomorrow’s Powerball lottery!