The BBC has conducted an investigation into marketers’ obsession with ‘Likes’ and how this is impacted by fake user accounts and advertising on Facebook. An interesting read for all marketers.
When jobseeker Vanessa Hojda accidentally attached a photo of Nicolas Cage grinning manically (instead of her CV) along with a job application, she thought she was screwed. But after posting a screenshot of the incident onto her Tumblr account, her story and image quickly went viral. Two companies have since offered her a job via her Facebook page, she’s been interviewed by The Washington Post, and even appeared in a photoshoot for the Toronto Star!
According to a recent report, social media sites, including Facebook, monitor users’ chats and scan for criminal activity. The invasive measures are intended to “ensure the safety of public” and authorities are notified if any suspicious activity is detected.
Rescue workers at the scene of a horrific accident involving a train and a truck in Mpumalanga are having a hard time determining the extent of the damages. Officials say that identifying bodies is proving difficult as many have been torn up by the impact, with some being thrown as far as 200m.
Coming up on the Sox And The City show today, DJ Sox interviews Manchester United goalkeeper, Anders Lindegaard! Be sure to tune in to Sox And The City from 15h00-17h00!
The DEA have discovered two tunnels constructed for smuggling drugs into the US. The one tunnel was incomplete, but the other had recently completed and was thought to be used to get meth into Arizona from Mexico.
WikiLeaks just won an important legal battle which will force Iceland’s Visa and MasterCard partner to resume processing donations to the organisation. This comes after transactions headed for the secret-sharing site were blocked in 2010.
For months now we’ve all been hearing that “die tokoloshe gaan jou vang-elang-elang as jy hardloop in die gang-elang-elang”. Finally the day is now upon us where we can see what the music video look like for Jack Parow and Gazelle’s radio hit, “Hosh Tokolosh”. But is it any good?
A new investigation reveals that there have been some serious coverups at Pelindiba, South Africa’s largest nuclear research facility. This is a little worrying, because behind the walls of that facility lies 600kg of weapons-grade uranium, enough to make 20 very loud bangs.
BlackBerry maker, Research In Motion, has had a terrible past quarter. The smartphone manufacturer is now literally hemorrhaging money and sales figures.
Buyer of $120 million ‘The Scream’ revealed. Armstrong has a friend in congress. SA government PR disaster. Tom Cruise sues tabloid. Did London billionaire lie dead for a week?
Momentum regarding the poor seasoning of Big Korn Bites has picked up massively this week. Twitter was abuzz yesterday with a unanimous outcry against the once favourite SA corn chip snack. Watch this video for more.
A Jozi-based businessman, Lew Campbell, has just landed himself a great deal. Today he bought the Tiffindell Ski Resort at an absolute auction, and he hopes to have it running again by 2013.
2oceansvibe’s bi-weekly sports columnist, Sean Wilson, considers why looking at Mark Boucher’s international career is an act of engaging in almost all of South Africa’s modern cricket history.
Capetonians were extremely pleased with the news that Bloc Party are to be headlining Rocking the Daisies this year, but with that, comes today’s announcement that the four-piece act will headline a brand new festival in Jozi called In The City.
Independent News and Media, the country’s largest newspaper group, may be up for sale. Of course, the first question that gets raised when these kind of things happen, which they don’t really, is are there politically connected buyers lining up to bid for the group?
In less than a week, Nelson Mandela will celebrate his 94th birthday! Check out this video, featuring South African expats working and living in South Korea, containing an awesome birthday messages for Madiba.
Facebook may in the future be doing for your banking what it’s done for your online privacy in general. Who doesn’t want to be able to pay their bills while at the same time looking at photos of their friends at that braai that got a little out of hand?
Over the past few weeks we’ve brought you several reports regarding the increasingly worrisome LIBOR scandal. The investigation into interest rate-rigging debacle is quickly snowballing and analysts have now begun wondering if “16 of the world’s largest banks have perpetrated the biggest fraud in history.”
When quizzed about the name of their last CD, Coldplay only said it was a “concept album” and that the title referred to a boy and a girl named Mylo and Xyloto. Turns out it is actually also the name of a new comic book series based on the album. It will be launched at Comic-Con this weekend and was created by The Simpsons writer Matt Groening’s Bongo Comics Group.
I took a trip out to a vineyard that is being lovingly restored by a winemaker bent on making authentic, great South African wines. It lifted my spirits, it made wine worth writing about.
The West have unintentionally cleared the path for al-Qaeda to take control over 300 000 square miles of African terrain. “Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb” (AQIM) and its allies have taken over an area of the Sahara more than three times the size of Britain, complete with airports, military bases, arms dumps and training camps.
The rivalry between Coke and Pepsi has been raging for years, each company claiming its own army of celebrity endorsers, sports stars often making up the majority. So what happens when one of these stars drinks from the forbidden cup, like Ronaldhino did at a recent press conference?
This is what happens when you couple shoddy detective work with a good legal team. Auction Alliance has won its third straight victory in line with exonerating itself from any penalty relating to the Appelbaum auction rigging scandal.
Thys Burger, a former springbok rugby player, has been caught out with his hands dirty after it was unveiled that he has been scamming charities out of money. Burger, who was capped at Number 8 three times in the 80’s, is also the father of former Cheetah players and current Blitzbokke player, Philip Burger.
Kanye West compares himself to Beethoven, RIM sells a jet to save cash, Cameron faces a coup, and much more after the jump!
William Shatner paid a little visit to South Africa recently – to do the most unusual of things. The former Boston Legal star has teamed up with Dial Direct insurance for a new ad, Denny Crane style.
2oceansvibe has received exclusive images of Monty Python legend, John Cleese, on location at SACS high school in Cape Town. Click through for the gallery.
A short while ago it was confirmed that Christopher Billings, the alleged mastermind of a 2006 R100 million heist at OR Tambo Airport, was arrested in his pink t-shirt, with his bags packed, and on his way to Swaziland.
A huge development is on the cards for the stretch of coastline from Cape Point to Gordon’s Bay. It would turn the area into the Copacabana of Cape Town, MEC Alan Winde has said.