Cell C To Compensate Blackberry Users – SA’s third mobile operator, Cell C said on Thursday that it would compensate its BlackBerry users for the service disruption caused by a core switch failure within parent company Research In Motion’s (RIM) infrastructure. [news24] Apple Wins Samsung Galaxy Tab Australia Ban – A court slapped a temporary […]
2oceansVibe TV (or easytype www.2ov.tv) is happy to report a total of 10 000 visitors and over 20 000 video views in the last month.It’s no wonder we are shifting up a gear to give you daily programming, with a new episode every day. With weekly magazine shows ranging from the ever popular Rugby Vibe, […]
The latest in a series of phenomenally creative, Hollywood movie style smuggling stories involves false-bottomed cars, parking meters and a total of 16 tunnels. Of course no one was caught in the act, but if you guessed that the tunnels were supposed to be filled with drugs and some very naughty Mexicans, you’d be correct.
Just before lunchtime, a rumour began to do the rounds, courtesy of Sky News, that credit ratings agency Fitch was going to bring more bad news for Britain’s banks. A credit rating downgrade of major banks was possible later in the day. Sky changed their tune and withdrew the statement on TV, but the blog post remained, and now the downgrade has happened.
Our latest addition to the Boss Hall of Fame hails from Nigeria. I’m hesitant to say he is a traffic warden, because he is so much more. Not everyone can pull off directing traffic wearing only black clothing, let alone using a combination of moves inspired by Michael Jackson, Swan Lake, and The Karate Kid. But he does… Like a boss!
Virgin Atlantic announced that their planes will soon be able to fly from London to Hong Kong on fuel that produces half the carbon of regular jet fuel – which is sort of huge news, given that flying is one of our most carbon-intensive activities, enough to offset any good otherwise done by unplugging unused appliances or whatever.
You might have seen this face around your Facebook profile the past few weeks, as both police and the South African Facebook community tried to locate “Thomas Bester”, who was sought by police in connection with multiple counts of theft, assault, rape, and at least one murder, following the death of a Cape Town model last month.
If you thought Madonna had a hard time adopting a Malawian child and getting through the forest of red tape that process entailed, it’s also going to be a much tougher task for foreigners to adopt a South African baby in the near future. Foreign parents hoping for adoption from South Africa are now required to prove their commitment to living here.
This week, Steve brings us his analysis and highlights from New Zealand’s North Island (click here for latest episode). He visits Dunedin’s House of Pain, and chats to two Springbok fanatics, before and after South Africa’s controversial and heartbreaking loss to Australia in the third quarterfinal. Steve talks about developing a man crush on Bismarck du Plessis, […]
The Italian debt crisis has the potential to make the Greek crisis seem small. It must be reiterated that Italian debt makes Greek debt look laughable. It currently stands at some €1,8 trillion. That’s excluding the purported €175 billion the Italians need to keep their country running until the end of the year.
Remember back in the day when ninjas trained by having coconuts dropped on their stomachs, or by balancing on one leg for hours? And let’s not forget the whole waxing on before waxing off thing! But a modern world calls for updated practice techniques – such as jumping over a Lamborghini Gallardo doing 80km/h.
In an otherwise obscure corner of the internet, a caption writer at the Canadian daily has reminded us humour and wit trumps the banal media worship of celebrities, every time. The anonymous caption writer hijacked the Celebrity Photos of the Week segment by splicing generic celebrity event photographs with shots of the Occupy Wall Street […]
Those blessed with early access to the iPhone 4S have spent most of their time talking about Siri, the voice-activated feature that can answer questions like “What’s the time?”, and “What does prawn mean?” They’ve also found that it has a pretty decent cache of responses for people who ask their phone stupid questions.
Here it is comic book fans, what we’ve been waiting four long years for: the first trailer for Joss Whedon directed, The Avengers, set to drop in 2012, is here. Prepare to fangasm in 3… 2… 1…
Blackberry Outages Hits USA – A three-day disruption of BlackBerry services spread to North America on Wednesday, frustrating millions of users of the Research In Motion smartphones and putting more pressure on the company for sweeping changes. [ibtimes] 1.5 Million SA Blackberry Users Affected – The lack of access to BlackBerry services has had a […]
The Compound was shot on location at the offices of secretive Cape Town institution, 2oceansVibe Media. For the first time ever, the world has a glimpse into the daily lives of those tortured, twisted souls. Catch the full length, 26-minute pilot of 2oceansVibe’s groundbreaking mocumentary, The Compound, by clicking the frame below. The Compound (Comedy […]
The actor who plays Vincent Crabbe in the Harry Potter films is now officially the most high-profile suspect to be arrested for rioting in London. CCTV footage shows him destroying public property, carrying a petrol bomb, and stealing a bottle of champagne. Police also found 15 mature cannabis plants in his bedroom when they went to arrest him.
A recent study by UNICEF has brought to light some interesting (though not very surprising) stats regarding usage of MXit, one of south Africa’s most popular mobile social platforms.
Yesterday the wines that scored 5 stars in Platter – South Africa’s foremost wine reference guide – were released. At this year’s launch, 18 tasters worked their way through the 7 000 submitted wines. Every now and then they came across one that astounded and delighted, a wine that made them smile and smirk, and hopefully, finish the bottle. Here’s my take on the affair.
Sony is to recall 1,6 million of its Bravia brand LCD TVs sold worldwide since 2007. This comes after several serious malfunctions involving parts melting, and even possibly catching fire as a result, have occurred. Japan’s trade ministry today instructed Sony to recall the TV’s as a precautionary measure to prevent further incidents.
“All for one, one for all.” The same catchphrase that united Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting in song has returned as The Three Musketeers swash their buckles once again. They were okay when Charlie Sheen could pull off a moustache, they weren’t too bad in The Man with the Iron Mask, however, this may just be their most flaccid outing […]
Apple’s Siri, the fancy voice-activated feature that was supposed to make people feel less disappointed about not getting a shiny new iPhone 5, was actually pretty cool when Phil Schiller showed it off on stage. But how well does it do in real life? See the hands-on after the jump.
The drought is over. Mark this day down in your calender, kids. 12 October 2011 is the date you’ll always remember, for making domestic air travel in South Africa that much less excrutiating. Air travel, meet online content streaming. Online content streaming, meet air travel.
Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Hasegawa Group have doomed us all to inevitable destruction at the hands of our robot creations by releasing footage of an experimental robot they’ve designed that basically models its behaviour on human cognitive processes, i.e. it learns from its actions.
What an important neighbourhood this is! The area that was catapulted into the global spotlight as the heart and soul of Cape Town’s celebrated fanwalk during the 2010 FIFA World Cup needs a name. As a sub-section of the greater Green Point suburb, this neighbourhood is jam packed with famous names. From the KFM studios […]
It has been revealed that good old Goldman Sachs received one rather large Christmas present in the form of unpaid interest from Her Majesty’s Revenues and Customs, following a long legal battle over one of the US bank’s tax avoidance schemes.
Check out this chap playing a guitar while a fierce gun battle goes down around him! At first I thought I was watching a scene from a remake of El Mariachi – set entirely in Libya. But this extraordinary image was taken during the recent battle for Sirte, the last stronghold of Gaddafi’s troops. It was captured by photographer, Aris Messinis for Getty Images.
You know that thing in sort-of-science-fictional shows or awful police procedurals where they have a blurry photo which they zoom into indefinitely and then use television magic to ‘enhance’ it and keep it from turning into the pixelated jpeg it should be? Adobe Photoshop can do that now.
EuroMillions Couple Give Friends £1m Each – The scale of Dave and Angie Dawes’ enormous EuroMillions lottery win seemed scarcely less nonsensical as they were revealed as the winners of the third biggest lottery jackpot in British history (£101 million = over 1 billion Rand). A clutch of lucky friends and family members can also expect […]
Now that we’ve recovered from the #MassiveFail that was the rugby and football over the weekend, I’d like to address something else that has been bothering me. I don’t want to let some stranger come into my house and ask me penetrating questions when there is absolutely no prospect of us hitting the sack later.So no, I would rather not invite Statistics SA’s census enumerators into my house. I’d rather not be counted.