Missed the brouhaha over Flappy Bird? Don’t sweat it, cute stuff. Catch up on the complete narrative with this infographic. Do it before the after work beers, and you just might end up making a valuable contribution to the conversation for once.
Only science has the ability to equivocate experiencing the death of a spouse to losing $308 780 a year. Check out these other interesting scientific facts linked to happy relationships!
With the ancient Hindu festival of Holi having recently been turned into an excuse for wearing a tank top and throwing lumo paint in the air, we offer you few new festivals from around the world to try in order to stay ahead of the trends.
The Broncos were given a thrashing in this year’s Super Bowl, but their fans were doing some extra beating later that night themselves, so says the stats from Pornhub. (Sorry – couldn’t resist – Editor)
Ever been on a fine dining date and got a skeef eye thrown at you from across the table, because the pint of your favourite pale ale just doesn’t look classy enough in the establishment? Maybe you’re a wine fundi that sits on the out-skirts of a braai, left alone to sip on your Chardonnay, while the others crack open a beer? Problem solved.
We know it becomes very cumbersome to lug around your death-ray from flat to flat. Urgh – and finding property in town with two bedrooms, en-suite bathrooms, with a pool big enough to house your sharks with frickin lasers can be such a hassle.
If you live in Iceland, feel free to stop reading this. If you don’t, go ahead and eat turkey banana sandwiches finished off with a glass of milk, have your AC set at 13,9°C, get married but have no kids, and go for a daily 20 minute walk a day outside.
Whether you’ve just taken up a position at a trendy design firm in Woodstock, or recently given up golf to go mountain biking with your colleagues at Deloitte, you’re probably in the market for a bicycle. Everyone is these days – it’s very disconcerting. While we can’t condone every one of your life decisions, we can support you – because we love you unconditionally.
Did you know that fabulously wealthy people enjoy reading, maintain a to-do list and wake up at least three hours before work? They also set goals, watch less television and maintain a healthy diet by eating less junk food and exercising four times a week. To find out what else they do, check out the infographic below.
What, you think a couple of bankers don’t like to kick back and smoke a doob every now and then? ‘Course they do. They do that, and a whole lot of other stuff.
The Snowden leaks of 2013 revealed the frightening and possibly abusive global capabilities of the USA’s National Security Agency (NSA). But you have nothing to worry about as a a good guy, right? Wrong. A fairly disturbing new paper in the Yale Law Journal illustrates how cheap it is for the NSA to track an […]
Death awaits us all. But if you live in Monaco – it might wait a little longer. This new infographic projects the life expectancy of those born in 2013.
Is your blog a fail? Are your only hits from your mom and dad? Fail no more – here’s an infographic.
If you’re looking for love in 2014, it’s best not to go in blind. You need to do the research, examine the risks and prepare for them. Read this before you get your hopes up.
Crowd funding. Sounds easy, dunnit? Just ask people for money and you shall receive. But it’s not that simple.
Yes, of course they are. But now we have cold, hard evidence to prove it. This infographic outlines some of the basic traits of narcissism, before revealing some worrying correlations between heavy social media use and narcissism.
A machine called ‘Collosus’ was the first real computer. Designed to help codebreakers in WWII, it was one huge motherclunker. And it didn’t even have ‘snake’.
Look, we all like success, and we’re forever reading up on people we admire in an effort to ape some of their better qualities in order to achieve the same success. Sometimes, though, we need a little negative reinforcement.
Think about what you have to do today. Now, don’t do it. “How?” we hear you ask. It’s easy – just follow the instructions on this epic infographic. In fact, you might as well kick the procrastination off by reading the infographic.
South Africa’s roads are treacherous, we all know that. From the potholed one-lane nightmare-roads in the Eastern Cape, to the isolated N2 of the Karoo, staying alive on the road is never more important than it is within our very own borders.
We all started dreaming about house-cleaning domestic robots ever since we saw those efficient little robots zipping around spaceships in the ‘Star Wars’ movies. While we might not have achieved quite that level of household domestic robot penetration just yet, we’re not far off.
It’s only a few short years ago that road trips, double maths lessons and waiting for your family in the car was dominated by Snakes, the game. I bet you can still remember the delight you felt the first time you saw a moving, pixelated graphic on a cell phone. And don’t get me started on the first time you laid eyes on a colour screen. It’s Friday, so take a walk down cell phone memory lane. Cue nostalgia in three, two, one…
Internet pet exhibitionism has been a staple of online life since the dark days of Internet Explorer, but 2013 was the year of the non-humanoid megastar. TV is no longer the only platform that owners of remarkable pets can exploit for their profit – check out how much cash these animals are raking in for their owners.
Look, it couldn’t have been helped. You’ve had a busy few weeks at work, and you let the Rob Ford drug scandal pass you by. Understandable. But now that it has blown up, your knowledge-gap is becoming a liability in social situations. Get up to speed, fast.
We don’t want to make any outlandish claims that can’t be justified, but we’re pretty sure that coffee is one of the world’s most popular and widely-consumed drinks. Apparently its drunk by an estimated 1.6 billion people globally each day – and many of rely on the stuff to get us out of the morning zone and transition us into the working zone. It’s magic stuff – but how did it get to us?
“Google has blessed me with a R4000 p/m job from home” – this is how easy it is to make money off the internet, if we are to believe popular banner ads. In reality, making money from the internet is no easier than making money in real life – you need a certain set of skills executed in just the right way in order to ensure results.
Cerebra, a brand-focused South African strategic communication agency, recently did a massive survey of how the best African companies utilise social media. Ever since the advent of sites like Facebook and Twitter, everyone wanted to know how these sites could work in business, and whether more followers really does mean more money.
If you’ve just started your own business, it’s vital that you get online as soon as possible. Whether or not you’re selling your product or service online, the internet is where people are going to find you. Annoyingly, getting online isn’t as dead simple as you might think, especially if you have no experience in the area. Lucky for you, this infographic will sort you out.
Several months ago, the Central City Improvement District (CCID) conducted the Central City Residential Survey, polling over 200 residents of Cape Town’s CBD. They’ve released the results of the survey in part as a fairly awesome infographic, which you should check out right now.
Here’s some statistical ammunition to arm yourself with ahead of your next meeting request. Talking to coworkers and meetings account for more wasted time at the office than any other factor. Your boss wants you to be productive? Tell him to put those instructions in an email, and leave you the hell alone. Oh, and porn is a listed time waster, as well.