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This Is Why Apple Is Buying Beats
13 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Did you know that Apple is worth 160 BILLION bucks? That’s in dollars by the way. It’s a LOT of jack. One thing that has become increasingly apparent when it comes to Apple’s attitude towards its acquisitions is that they don’t readily enjoy dropping dollar on new products or ventures. Which has us wondering from […]
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Beware: This Is How Your Medical Scheme Deals With Your Emergencies
29 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is for all those people currently on medical schemes and enjoying out-of-hospital benefits. It’s important to educate yourself on this stuff, because more often than not, you may find yourself having to pay for scans and checkups out of your own pocket. The costs of your treatment in a medical emergency should be covered by your medical scheme, but the often high costs of diagnosing your condition in an emergency situation won’t be covered.
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This Man Will Pay You R1.4 Billion If You Can Make His Daughter Straight
24 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Cecil Chao, the Hong Kong billionaire who oferred an initial sum of R650 million to the man who could win his daughters heart, has now doubled up his offer in a desperate attempt to ensure he has grandchildren.
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SAX Appeal Is Going To Space This Year [VIDEO]
24 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When you buy a SAX Appeal magazine, not only are you donating money towards a good cause, you’re also ensuring that at least one student hasn’t spent the night binge drinking and getting dressed up in ridiculous outfits for nothing.
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Check This Blue Diamond They Found In South Africa – Might Be Worth Over R200m
23 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One of the worlds rarest and most coveted diamonds has been found at the Cullinan mine in Pretoria – and sent straight to London.
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Opportunity Knocks – The Weirdest Jobs Of 2014
21 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With every new year come new possibilities. And with the rafts of societal, economic and social changes that happened in 2013, this year absolutely reeks with possibility.
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The Habits Of The World’s Wealthiest People [INFOGRAPHIC]
21 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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A Short History Of Drug Abuse On Wall Street [INFOGRAPHIC]
15 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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TIME Magazine’s 10 Ways To Be Incredibly Happy
15 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The pursuit of happiness. That’s what we’re all doing, isn’t it? Although, one gets the feeling that we don’t always pursue it in the right ways.
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Monster Porn Is A Thing Now
15 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yes, truly. Innocent, if poorly written, Mills & Boon novels have given way to classics like ‘Cum For Bigfoot’. It seems ’50 Shades of Grey’ has woken the Kraken of human sexuality, and now the ferociously horny are looking for something a little more…exotic.
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Google Will Own Your Home Very Soon – Internet Giant Buys Thermostat And Smoke Detector Company
14 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
At Apple, he was known as one of the ‘Godfathers of the iPod’. Now, he’s just sold his new business venture, ‘Nest’ to one of the world’s most powerful companies.
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Could You Run a Fortune 500 Company? [INFOGRAPHIC]
13 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
How hard could it be? Surely if all the resources, employees and infrastructure are at your disposal – you too could run a Fortune 500 company That’s what this infographic aims to do – to help you find out if you’ll make the cut.
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This Guy Was Paid Out R35 Million For Being Mistakenly Jailed For Murder For 25 Years
10 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Back in September 1988, Martin Tankleff woke up one morning to get ready for his first day of senior high. But when he walked into to his dad’s office, he found him bleeding heavily on the floor.
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Richard Branson’s Kenyan Retreat Is Heavenly [GALLERY]
10 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When he isn’t the mood for a island holiday, Richard Branson likes nothing more than to leave his Necker Island home and rough it for a while in Africa.
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Is SANRAL Is Stealing Phone Numbers From Bank Databases?
09 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Over the past week, a few very frenzied e-toll users have been complaining about SANRAL sending them SMSs which claim that they owe them money.
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Please Enjoy Will Ferrell Wearing His New ‘Money Suit’
09 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Will Ferrel’s brand-spanking-new series, The Spoils of Babylon, premiered on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. The cast is jam-packed full of comedic talent, but one among them stood out that glamorous evening.
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These Were The Biggest Billionaire Scandals Of 2013 [GALLERY]
06 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Puff Daddy once sung “I don’t know what they want from me, it’s like the more money we come across the more problems we see”, and in 2013 he couldn’t have been any more correct.
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Forbes’ Hottest Global Startups Of 2013
17 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Judging the success of an individual startup company is complex. Forbes has researched its way through swathes upon swathes of startup companies, in an attempt to quantify the most successful new businesses of 2013. This is their list.
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This Is How You Kickstart A Successful Kickstarter Campaign [INFOGRAPHIC]
17 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Crowd funding. Sounds easy, dunnit? Just ask people for money and you shall receive. But it’s not that simple.
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CNN Reckons Tonight’s Mega Millions Jackpot Could Hit $1 Billion (R10.3 Billion)
17 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Mega Millions jackpot never fails to live up to its name, but chances are that it just might supercede its own mega ambitions by racking up a billion-dollar jackpot before Christmas.
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Forbes Reckons Adam Sandler Was The Most Overpaid Actor Of 2013
11 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Once upon a time, Adam Sandler was hailed as the king of comedy in Hollywood. But that time is no more. Forbes just placed him at the top of a list of the most overpaid actors in Hollywood. Ouch.
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Alarming Interview With A Guy Who Worked For The Real ‘Wolf of Wall Street’
09 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Josh Shapiro always knew he wanted to make as much money as possible. Which is why, when other people his age were floundering, he was raking in thousands of dollars every day.
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Monday Morning Spice
09 Dec 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Goodbye Baby Jake. Cape Times editor fired. The world’s wealthiest bachelors. North Korea confirms uncle’s purge. Facebook’s answer to people who can’t like sad news. Thai prime minister dissolves parliament Lenin statue toppled in Kiev. Obama acknowledges secret base.
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What Is A Masked Credit Card, And Why Should You Use One To Shop Online?
05 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Whenever you make an online credit card purchase, the processing bank as well as the merchant in question both see all your details. That means your name, number and address. But what if you don’t want them to?
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Steve Wozniak Spends Fake Money And Prints Fraudulent IDs All The Time [VIDEO]
04 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The launch of the iPad Air in South Africa today reminded us of this special little moment. Professional genius and part-time eccentric, Steve Wozniak admitted on stage at the 2011 Engadget Show that he prints and spends his own $2 bills (he’ll also happily sell you a book of them), as well as numerous fake […]
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These Paranoid Billionaires Have A Mindblowing Security System
04 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Al and Lana Corbi are head of a company called ‘Strategically Armoured & Fortified Environment’ or ‘S.A.F.E’ – and they’re trying to help billionaires sleep a little easier at night.
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Yeah Right – Lottery Winner Says She’s Not Moving Out Of THIS House [PIC]
04 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
An unemployed woman from Northern Ireland bought a Euromillions lottery ticket “on the spur of the moment”. She just won over R450 million rand. HALF A BILLION.
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This Is The Guy They Call The ‘Instagram Playboy King’ [GALLERY]
03 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Dan Bilzerian, 32, describes himself a an “actor/astronaut/asshole” to his 100,000 Instagram followers. He’s a professional poker player, and you could pretty much sit motionless on your couch, follow his Instagram updates everyday, and live a very full life vicariously through him.
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Can’t Explain Bitcoins To Your Mates? Here’s A Helpful [VIDEO]
02 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ever since their introduction to the WWW, we’ve been posting a lot of stories about Bitcoin. But what is Bitcoin, and how does it work? New York-based director and designer Duncan Elms has directed and animated an amazing short motion infographic explaining Bitcoin in detail.
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Radical Story About A Man’s Life Of Poverty Instead Of Wealth, After Being Switched At Birth
02 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
60 years ago, two children were born in the same hospital. One of them had rich parents – the other had poor parents. In a cruel twist of fate, the children were swapped by the hospital staff.
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