Dan Chung is a photojournalist for the Guardian on assignment at the Olympics. Instead of lugging around a bag full of heavy, expensive equipment like everyone else, he’s using just his iPhone 4S and a few aftermarket attachments. The results have been amazing.
With the quarterfinals in the beach volleyball kicking off this weekend, you may have been wondering what all those signals mean that the athletes keep making behind their butts. Well, fear no more, we’ve done the hard work for you. Impress your friends this weekend with your new knowledge!
It was estimated today that losses from a ponzi scheme involving the deceased Cape businessmen who were shot dead last week might exceed R2 billion. The Financial Services Board had visited fund manager Herman Pretorius last week Thursday, the day he died.
Are you tuned in to the Premier Show with me Seth Rotherham on 2oceansVibe Radio right now? I’m about to give away some awesome iPhone covers!
Yesterday we received our third gold medal at the London Olympics, when our men’s lightweight rowing team managed to edge out Denmark and Great Britain in the rowing final at the Eton Downey rowing centre. These pictures of Sizwe Ndlovu, Matthew Brittain, John Smith and James Thompson celebrating – a mixture of elation and exhaustion after the grueling race – makes me so proud to be from the same country as these guys!
That headline is not a joke. Last weekend, an elderly nun broke into a nuclear facility Oak Ridge, Tennessee as part of an anti-nuclear protest. The daring feat force the US government to shut down one of its “most sensitive nuclear weapons sites” and seriously reassess is security measures.
US broadcast network NBC has received a lot of criticism for its broadcast of the Olympics so far. This has included its choice of camera work and editing, as well as delaying the coverage of events and only broadcasting them during primetime. Coverage of the women’s waterpolo between Spain and USA, which was streamed live on NBC’s website, provides a good argument for a delayed broadcast.
On the back of yet more rumoured newspaper circulation figure declines in 2012, South Africa’s leading business and financial publication, Business Day, has today launched an aggressive online strategy.
Facebook shares hit $19. Kofi Annan steps down. DA claims ANC plot. British medalist drunk tweets. Scramble for Independent News. Princess Charlene moved to tears.
Got your eye on a mansion? Maybe this is what you’re looking for. The Euromillions lottery jackpot for Tuesday night is a record-breaker, sitting at EUR 190 Million. In Rands, that is just below TWO BILLION RAND. Listen to this from the online ticket seller website: As you might be aware, EuroMillions was on its way […]
South Africa received its third gold medal earlier today, when our men’s lightweight coxless four managed to edge out Denmark and Great Britain in a thrilling rowing final at the Eton Downey rowing centre.
South African Airways is introducing a new check-in baggage policy on September 5, 2012, and it restricts the number of pieces of baggage a passenger may check in, rather than the total weight of the passenger’s checked baggage.
2oceansvibe’s bi-weekly sports columnist, Sean Wilson, considers the odds of whether or not the Proteas will be able to end another jinx that has been plaguing the team in recent times: whether we can win the second test of a series.
US gymnast McKayla Maroney yesterday scored 16,233 with a beautiful vault routine at the 2012 London Olympics. And just like her performance, the judges’ reactions were absolutely perfect.
It must be tough to be a North Korean athlete at the Olympics. The hermit kingdom keeps a very close eye on their sportsmen and women in London, making sure none of them defect.
Mining billionaire Clive Palmer may be on his way to ignoring the single most important movie lesson ever taught – don’t clone extinct animals. Sources close to the man have allegedly claimed that he is in deep talks with the people who cloned Dolly the sheep to bring a dinosaur back into existence.
It’s a long and gruesome story that involves a pair of incredibly wealthy individuals. Hans and Eva Rausing were happily married for 21 years, she was from a wealthy American family and he was living off the money he inherited from the Tetra Pak carton empire. Unfortunately, the couple’s marriage was marred by drug abuse, which would ultimately be the cause of Eva’s death.
Mobile ad spending will rise roughly 62% this year to $6,4 billion, according to a new report. The new growth is led predominantly by strong growth in the US, where more than 50% of mobile users now use a smartphone.
Bert le Clos, the father of South Africa’s latest Olympic gold medalist, Chad le Clos, has confirmed in a radio interview this morning that his son has withdrawn from the final of the 200m individual medley.
Life is not fair, we know this, but sometimes it’s just plain wrong. Take for example the Olympians featured in this post, not only were they granted with the genetic ability to advance to the highest level in their respective disciplines, but they’re also ridiculously good looking! But I digress, without further ado, enjoy this gallery of 30 of the hottest female Olympians attending the games this year.
We reported earlier this year that Mango would be the first South African airline to offer a Wi-Fi service on its aircraft. Between then and now, the first inaugural flight has been made, and most reports so far have been positive.
Oscar faces the press. Badminton players banned. Facebook shares drop to lowest ever. Culkin’s heroin problem. City Press editor changes her mind.
London Mayor Boris Johnson did some Olympic promotional work today, by whizzing down a zip line. Only problem is he didn’t make the end and ended up dangling above the general public. Please enjoy this video.
The textbook saga in Limpopo has been dragging on for ages, and local politicians have seen this as a fantastic opportunity to make themselves look good. Well, the Democratic Alliance, at least. Some Limpopo schools are still without textbooks, in spite of government intervention and a court order from the North Gauteng High Court.
Whatever Dreamworks can do, Pixar can do better. It’s been a game of ping-pong for these major animation studios, who seem to be constantly trying to out-animate each other. In their latest battle, Brave vs. How to Train Your Dragon, it seems that Dreamworks may have just clinched it from Pixar, whose work has been slightly less than perfect of late.
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld loves being honest and telling people exactly how he feels. He’s done it rather emphatically again while discussing the Middleton sisters’ styles. Kate is a romantic beauty, but Pippa should only show her back.
Two 2oceansvibe brand partners, PUMA and MINI have gotten together to play ball. Working together for the greater good of humankind is the basic ethos of the 2oceansvibe circle of trust, my friends.
Nearly all of China’s 396 Olympians qualified for the Games under the patronage of the country’s monolithic Soviet-style sports system. Most are handpicked at an early age – as young as four – by scouts, and attend special schools to train in sports assumed to match physical attributes.
Hugh Herr lost both his legs after a climbing expedition when he was a teenager. However, that has not stopped this inspirational guy in pursuing his passion in life: mountain climbing. His latest adventure involved scaling a 61 meter cliff, with one of his prosthetic legs even falling off in the process, for the TV show Who Says I Can’t? He was joined by the show host, leg amputee Jothy Rosenberg, who lost his limb to cancer aged 16.
Paul McCartney, one of the last remaining Beatles, is pretty much as big as it gets when it comes to famous musicians. And accordingly, he can demand pretty much whatever he wants for stadium gigs. Surprising then, that he only earned a single pound for his stellar performance at the extravagant Olympic Opening Ceremony.