Mark Shuttleworth has announced that his company, Canonical Ltd, has built an Ubuntu Linux system for smartphones. It will work as a full desktop operating system (OS) when connected to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
Justin Bieber has called for new laws regarding paparazzi, following the death of a photographer who was run over while taking pictures of Bieber’s car. Chris Guerra (pictured above) was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly after the accident late Tuesday afternoon.
If one is to believe new research published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), then you would need to believe that being overweight may lead to a longer life.
The Cape Minstrel Carnival is Cape Town’s longest-running street party/parade, and is led by the Kaapse Klopse (Cape minstrels) every year on the second of January.
End of Watch is a buddy cop movie that has been shot like a found footage film. This film immerses us in the world of two super cops in the L.A.P.D., documenting life on the beat and their personal relationships, as they inadvertently draw the attention of a notorious cartel.
Another week and, yes, that means a brand new episode of Tropika’s Kagiso’s Island of Treasure web series. The first two episodes have deftly covered the setup for this 10-episode show, involving comedian Kagiso Lediga’s trip to Jamaica to prove he can host the Tropika Island of Treasure 5 TV show and do a better […]
Up until yesterday Russia did not consider beer to be an alcoholic drink. It was a thirst quencher, a companion to vodka, something to sip on while you drove to work, but never booze.
Each year hundreds of empty parked cars are set alight by youths in France, in a misguided New Years celebration. For the first time in years the numbers were released by the country’s Interior Minister, Manuel Valls, who said 1193 vehicles were burned.
For the past six years comedian Kathy Griffin has become known for her continuous racy jokes and outlandish behavior during the CNN live New Year’s eve broadcasts. But some fear she might have gone too far this time.
Look, don’t go into the city today. It’s a hot mess of confusing road closures and tangled pedestrian crossings for an extended period. All the details are below.
Sorry girls, Hugh Hefner is off the market again! The Playboy boss married former playmate Crystal Harris in a small ceremony at the playboy mansion in Los Angeles on New Year’s eve. This after Harris called off their previous wedding only five days before the ceremony in December 2011.
Last week we reported on Prince Harry’s first kills in Afghanistan. It is believed that he took the lives of Taliban militants last October when his unit’s Apache helicopter came to the rescue of another patrol unit under attack.
We said goodbye to 2012 earlier this week, and what an exciting year it was! From Barack Obama’s election victory, to the antics of Honey Boo Boo – we experienced it all!
The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently released its Better Life Index for 2013. The index looks at 11 categories of life that make up a country’s well-being, including health, environment, education, civic engagement, work-life balance and life satisfaction. 10) United Kingdom People walk through the More London office space against the backdrop […]
This voucher allows you, the holder, 25% off all purchases at Puma stores, South Africa. To redeem your 25% discount, simply show this voucher to the store manager, who will apply the discount. Terms and conditions: Please note this voucher is available on or before 31 December, 2013 OR when no longer available in the […]
It is generally considered that Spain’s Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad (Spanish Christmas Lottery) is the world’s largest lottery and has the largest first prize jackpot. In 2012, the main jackpot was €720 million (US$941.8 million). The total prize pool in 2012 was €2.52 billion (US$3.297 billion). The 2011 main jackpot of €720 million was paid […]
The New York Times has once again compiled their annual video montage, featuring a sampling of songs by artists who died during 2012.
“Pretty cute, but awkwardly dressed”. That is how the average Mac female user is being described, according to a tech start-up who claims to have compiled the profile using data sourced from 1,1 million different Facebook profiles.
A passenger airliner has careered off the runway at a Russian airport and crashed onto a nearby highway while landing on Saturday. The impact also caused the plane to break into pieces and catch fire. Five people died in the incident.
Double Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah has revealed that he was detained by American border officials on suspicion of being a terrorist when trying to enter the country for Christmas.
Those who claimed that Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, was faking her concussion to avoid testifying about Benghazi must feel like real tits now, as the 65 year old was admitted to a New York hospital on Sunday with a blood clot.
The 2oceansvibe calendar (right of your page) is actually just a MyBirdi calendar. MyBirdi let’s you Tweet your sale/event/special/gig without worrying about people missing that info. Because if you include @mybirdi in the tweet, then it gets saved on the chosen date in the MyBirdi calendar. Read on to see how.
To get a feel for how many guns are in America you just have to look to Los Angeles where in an attempt to reduce the amount of weaponry the police are buying them back from the public.
Our newest 2oceansVibe Boss Hall of Fame discovery hails from Khulna, Bangladesh.
Yesterday South Africans were shocked to hear that President Jacob Zuma thinks that buying pets are part of “white culture.” He added that people who love dogs more than people have “a lack of humanity”.
Photo-sharing website Instagram has released a photo compilation of some of their top 10 biggest events of 2012. It was selected from all the images uploaded this year by their more than 100 million users.
A 33-ton shark aquarium burst open in a Shanghai shopping centre earlier this month. The incident caused injuries to eight shoppers and seven security staff due to the falling glass and debris as the tank shattered. Three sharks and several turtles also died.
As US gun laws come under the spotlight after the tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut another issue is receiving press, that of weapon manufacturers using games such as Medal Of Honor to market their wares.
According to Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, head of the German Catholic Church he would have been. The Son of God would have retweeted, liked and pinned his love for you apparently. The Archbishop said nothing about whether Jesus Christ would have used Google plus or not.
Have you ever wondered how Santa manages to distribute all the world’s Christmas presents so efficiently every year? Especially considering that there are 760 million Christian children in the world alone?