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Tumblr Page Documents Violence On Women, Following Elliot Rodger Massacre
29 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Women raise their voices following the misogynistic manifesto by Elliot Rodger.
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This Is Why The New York Times Should Take A Look At Naspers
27 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
South African media company Naspers could teach its US counterparts a thing or two…
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CLEVER: Pornhub’s New Ads Are Safe For Work [Video]
22 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The issue at hand means that we can’t go browsing porn sites at work. But what if we were to tell you that they are creating advertising for Porn Hub that is now, well, VERY office friendly? Would you be impressed?
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Mashable Features 2oceansvibe In Oscar Pistorius Article
14 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Pop the champagne, we have gone full circle. Mashable’s article on the ever increasing interest of the Oscar Pistorius trial, is a good read, but it is our own little feature that we would like to point out.
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Ex-Mafia Boss Lets Reddit Users Ask Him Anything – This Is The Result
09 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Reddit has had some fairly explosive guests on their ‘AMA’ (ask me anything) page, but none quite like ex-mafia boss, Michael Franzese.
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Open Letter To Bearded Hipsters Goes Viral
08 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 12 Comments
An open letter written by Nicki Daniels has swept across the web, as her biting comments about bearded hipsters cause a massive stir.
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How To Take The Best Pic For Your Online Dating Profile
06 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You’ve heard of Zoosk, haven’t you? It’s one of the worlds most popular dating sites,and they’ve recently completed a 4,000-person survey, in order to determine what factors go into making the most alluring profile picture.
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This Is The First Meme Of 2014
06 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you didn’t enjoy the meteoric rise of the selfie last year, you’re in for something of a rough ride in 2014. The very first meme of 2014 is the ‘Selfie Olympics’ or ‘extreme selfie’, and it comes with a very specific set of rules and regulations.
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Astronauts Tweet Mandela Tribute With Photo Of Cape Town From Space [PIC]
06 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield paid tribute to Madiba on behalf of NASA, as he and many other astronauts took to twitter to share their condolences, and celebrate his life.
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Awesome Local Student Film Nails 170,000 Hits On Vimeo [VIDEO]
02 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
This six minute animated film was created by six students from The Animation School in Cape Town. Within 24 hours of it appearing on Vimeo, it had garnered 90,000 views. That’s a big deal.
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The Ultimate Selfie App ‘Frontback’ Is Exploding
02 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It seems like those who have opposed the ‘selfie’ in all its forms will have to put their prejudices aside. It’s a thing now. A big thing.
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Kanye West Is Having A Public Spat With The Owner Of Zappos
21 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Kanye West got very angry in a podcast this week. In the podcast, hosted by Bret Easton, Kanye was quick to respond to web retailer Zappos and its CEO Tony Hsieh, after Hsieh had told Kanye to focus on his music, rather than fashion.
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Jenna Jameson Is Returning To Porn – For Her Children – After Swearing “Never Again”
12 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For those who keep up with Jenna Jameson-related news, you’ll know that she’s not been in a good way lately. Not that she ever was in a particularly ‘good way’. Now, the 39 year-old is going back into porn after promising to “never ever ever spread my legs again in this industry.”
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TIME Magazine Makes Fat Joke On The Cover, Mocking New Jersey Governor
08 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
‘Time’ is known for their world-class journalism, hard hitting analysis and classy magazine covers. Never one to take cheap shots at public figures, the world was shocked when they decided to make a fat joke on their most recent cover.
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Feeling Royal Babylash? Do This To Block All Royal Baby News From Your Computer
24 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As soon as Kate was admitted to hospital with early signs of labour, the baby news has not stopped. If you are not all that interesting in following every detail of the baby prince, try these steps to royal baby-proof your computer.
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SABC Sues Noseweek & Martin Welz
11 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The SABC is suing TV film-maker Sylvia Vollenhoven, Noseweek and Martin Welz, editor of Noseweek. The Constitutional issue at stake: does the public’s right to know, outweigh SABC’s proprietary rights?
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Student Finds Remarkable Doppelgänger On Campus [PICS]
03 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Doppelgängers. We like to believe that we have an unrelated twin cruising the earth, being incredibly good looking. But the chances of ever meeting a doppelgänger are minuscule. I mean, the world’s a big place, right? A University of California engineering student was taken-aback when he met a fellow student that people had confused as him, and vice versa the whole year. […]
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Google Glass Hype Is Dwindling – Fears Of Big Brother Are Growing
20 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google Glass is a potentially revolutionary technology that could fundamentally shift the way that humans interact with their environment, and dramatically improve productivity. But the product also requires the user, and anyone who comes into contact with the user, to be prepared to have the boundaries of their privacy stripped away. Google Glass will in […]
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Business Day Goes Mobile
03 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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“The Fact Is, I’m Gay”, CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper Comes Out
03 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Following years of speculation and rumour about his sexuality, world-renowned CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper has revealed that he is a gay man in an eloquent and honest e-mail to his friend and contemporary, Daily Beast political writer, Andrew Sullivan. Click through for further details and to read the full e-mail.
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Pinterest Raising Millions In A Bid Fund International Expansion
17 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Pinterest, the hottest social photo sharing website right now, looks set to receive a nice $50 million injection from Japanese giant, Raukten. Plus another reported $70 million coming in from other international investors! This means that Pinterest’s valuation is now in the range of between $1 billion and $1,5 billion. Impressively, they’ve only been around for two years.
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Social Media Payment System Tested In Belgium
03 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A new once-click payment system focused on social media is currently being tested in Belgium. Paycento enables internet users to pay to read a single article or download a piece of music without having to fill out forms or enter their credit card details on the website. More details inside.
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Google Announces ‘Google Play,’ Cloud-Based Media Hub
07 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Another alternative to Apple’s iCloud popped up this week, with Google has announcing that it will be combining the Android Market, Google Music and the Google eBookstore into a new cloud-based service called Google Play, allowing users to access all of their media across all of their Android devices.
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YouTube Launches Revamped Homepage Today
02 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
YouTube is launching what they’re calling their biggest redesign in history today – and, granted, every time a website changes they tend to say that, but the differences here are pretty striking, with sweeping changes to the homepage and channel pages, strongly emphasising social media integration.
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ANCYL Supporters Versus The Media
02 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Relations have never been better between the media and ANCYL followers. With supporters threatening journalists with comments such as, “We are going to beat you all by the end of the day because you are writing lies,” and rumours this morning of people gathering stones to throw at media reporting on the Malema discplinary hearing, the vibe between league supporters and journos is just awesome right now.
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Ugandan Press Push It Quite Far With “Bum Driller” Headline
14 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Ugandan Media are famous for their outrageous homophobia. Please enjoy the latest flaming, pucker-lipped homosexual red flag leaked from Africa’s most sexually awkward nation. Incredible, actually-published one-liners after the jump.
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So Hey, Twitter Hasn’t Re-Invented Journalism After All
16 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sort of. HP recently released a study looking under the hood of Twitter’s ‘Trending Topics’ function – revealing (gasp) that most of the time, popular topics get broadcast by major media twitter accounts, then amplified by their followers, rather than some wanky cloud-based news system.
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