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Mango’s First Wi-Fi Flight Is Happening Today
08 May 2012 by Simon Gerber / No Comments
Today sees the launch of Mango’s first flight featuring in-flight broadband. This is great news for business travelers, or anyone with a laptop or iPad, really. Click “continue reading” to find out what we know, as well as how this whole thing works.
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Unaired Clip Of The Beastie Boys Performing On Chappelle’s Show [VIDEO]
08 May 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
Following the death of Beastie Boys band member, Adam “MC” Yauch, one of the co-creators of Chapelle’s Show has released previously unseen footage of the band performing “The New Style,” a song from their debut album, on the show in 2004. The show’s co-creator and host Dave Chappelle performs with them for a bit.
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Apple’s Wealth Visualised, They Have A Lot [INFOGRAPHIC]
08 May 2012 by Albi P / No Comments
Earlier this month, Apple was briefly the most valuable company in the world, and their cash in hand value currently stands at $76,2 billion. You could literally buy anything with that and still have enough change to buy some more anything. Still struggling? Click through for a look at the National Post’s lovely, informative and aptly named More Money Than God infographic.
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Amanda Palmer Is Crowdsourcing Her New Album [VIDEO]
07 May 2012 by liam kruger / 1 Comment
You guys have heard of Kickstarter – that site that lets people pitch their projects for funding to the internet at large, and which has led to new apps, art projects, and a Robocop statue in Detroit. All of which stopped mattering when Amanda Palmer raised $500 000 in four days on the platform – with 24 days of funding remaining.
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Harry Wins Invisibility, Watch His Fantastically Weird Online Video
04 May 2012 by Albi P / No Comments
Last year Stimorol rolled out a series of ads to promote their Infinity range, in the TV spots gum-chewers were caught in an infinite loop of increasingly bizarre situations. In their latest radvertising venture we’re taken to even more bizarre heights, featuring an anthro-dog, a bouncer in a tie-dyed one piece and a creepy man in a polo-neck.
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Facebook Filed Its IPO Yesterday
04 May 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
Mark Zuckerberg officially filed its IPO with Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday afternoon, announcing its intention to sell 337 million shares at between $28 and $35 a pop – in the biggest Internet stock offering since Google went public in 2004. They’ll be going roadshow for the next two weeks to let big investors see what they’re buying.
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The New iPad Is Available At DigiCape, Right Now
04 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Step right up, boys and girls! The New iPad is out, and you can get it at our Apple retailer of choice, DigiCape. Why should you get one? We thought you might ask, so we made this: Wham. Now that you’ve made your choice, click here to find a branch near you. Or shop online! [...]
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The Expendables 2 Trailer Released [VIDEO]
04 May 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
Because what last year’s homage to excessive, overblown action movies needed most of all was a sequel. Starring even more overhauled action heroes – like Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger – and, at a guess, more slow-motion explosions and weapon puns, it looks like something you guys should probably watch.
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Iron Maiden’s Frontman Opens Aviation Business In Wales
03 May 2012 by liam kruger / 1 Comment
See, this is what happens when you’re a rock star who fails to die young: you end up doing something in aviation, or in Wales. Or, if you’re Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson, I guess you do both, and depress everybody who remembers when you were still cool.
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Highline sensation from Pierre Chauffour on Vimeo.
Daredevils Traverse A Slack-Line 700m From The Ground, Across A Ravine [VIDEO]
03 May 2012 by Albi P / No Comments
This is ridiculous, watch as these clearly insane people calmly cross a ravine, on a rope, 700m from the ground! It’s terrifying, logic-defying, awe-inspiring and incredible all at the same time, and once you start watching there’s no way you can stop. Click through for the video.
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Sharlto Copley To Star In Spike Lee’s Oldboy Remake
03 May 2012 by liam kruger / 2 Comments
Director Spike Lee has cast Sharlto Copley as the key villain in his remake of Oldboy, Park Chan-wook’s brutal thriller about a businessman who, after being kidnapped on his daughter’s birthday, hardens himself for revenge during his years of imprisonment. Lee had initially offered the roles to Christian Bale, Clive Owen, and Colin Firth.
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Durban Plans To Harness The Power Of The Ocean
02 May 2012 by Albi P / No Comments
Plans have recently been put into motion which could make Durban the first South African city to harness energy from the power of the ocean. If successful, it would be a massive boon to the city’s green investment potential. Click through for the full story.
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Residential Buildings To House Surface-to-Air Missiles During London Olympics
30 Apr 2012 by liam kruger / 1 Comment
Oh awesome, this makes total sense. The UK’s Ministry of Defense is planning to install surface-to-air missiles on top of residential flats in east London for the duration of the Olympic Games. The bulk of the missile array is intended for the Lexington Building Water Tower, which has about 700 people living in and around it.
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Yosemite Range Of Light, The Most Beautiful Time-Lapse Of The Park Yet [VIDEO]
30 Apr 2012 by Albi P / No Comments
At the tender age of 18, photographer Shawn Reeder won a trip to Yosemite National Park and promptly fell in love with its “beauty and awe”. Since then he’s been compiling wonderful, high-definition footage which he has finally deemed ready to share with the world.
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Controversial, Privacy-Destroying CISPA Bill Passed In House Of Representatives
30 Apr 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
CISPA – the ugly cousin of other internet-crippling bills SOPA and PIPA, whether Facebook admits it or not – passed late last week in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives. Worse, the bill was amended before it passed to allow even more types of private information to be tapped and shared by government agencies in the US.
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Nando’s Delivers On Santam’s Challenge, And Then Some
26 Apr 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 4 Comments
Nando’s didn’t hesitate accepting the challenge that Santam had set them this week. In fact, Nando’s delivered a day early, and then bettered it, showing they definitely weren’t chicken. Some might call it a very good example of symbiotic radvertising.
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Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” Looks Like It Sort Of Sucks
26 Apr 2012 by liam kruger / 2 Comments
Last year, James Cameron called on filmmakers to start shooting film at 48 frames per second – twice the industry standard, and twice as smooth, visually. Peter Jackson was the first to respond, shooting The Hobbit at 48fps. And, according to people who saw a 10-minute preview at CinemaCon this year, it looks like a made-for-TV BBC movie.
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Pixar Release Movie Lineup For 2013-2015
26 Apr 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
So! Disney likes your money, and likes for you to dedicate that money to it in advance – which is why they’ve unveiled their animated movie lineup for 2013 to 2015, shedding some light on what will fill the release dates they’d previously reserved for new Pixar flicks. Because those guys take forever to make.
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Coming Soon: Live-Stream Of Planet Earth From ISS [VIDEO]
25 Apr 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
A new startup called Urthecast is in the process of putting together HD cameras to be fitted to the International Space Station, so that people can watch real-time video of the planet from space. Which is at once really cool, and sort of pointless. The footage is looking impressive, though – take a look.
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Khulubuse Auction: Sheriff Somehow “Misses” Khulubuse’s Fifteen Other Cars!
25 Apr 2012 by Matt McDonald / 1 Comment
Remember the auction of Khulubuse Zuma’s possessions we covered on Monday? Well, it appears Khulubuse Zuma has some more cars that the Sheriff of Verulam missed. Fifteen to be exact, hidden at a house owned by one of Zuma’s associates. We’ve got the details on the hidden luxury wheels, not to mention some more of Sarah Britten’s thoughts on the matter, after the jump!
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Google Drive Goes Live
25 Apr 2012 by liam kruger / 2 Comments
Hey there, people who like free online storage. As expected, Google’s potential Dropbox-killer, Google Drive, has gone live – offering users 5GB of free online storage, with the potential to upgrade to 25GB for $2,50 per month. The service is available on PCs, Macs, Android phones – and is coming soon to iOS.
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Pres. Obama “Slow Jams The News” On Late Night With Jimmy Fallon [VIDEO]
25 Apr 2012 by Albi P / 1 Comment
“Hit me presidential style!” croons Jimmy Fallon as The Roots ease into a beat smoother than a wet dolphin’s back and President Obama breaks into song. This isn’t a parody or a spoof, this the President of the United States slow jamming the news. Click through for the amazing footage.
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Forbes Reports 12 Out Of Africa’s 20 Most Powerful Business People Are South African
24 Apr 2012 by Matt McDonald / No Comments
Forbes.com released a list of Africa’s 20 most powerful business people yesterday (they do like a list over there at Forbes) and it wasn’t too hard to pick up a trend on the list of the continent’s commercial high flyers – no less than 12 of them are South African. Are we awesome, or what? We’ve got the full list, including our Mzansi business powerhouses, after the jump!
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Santam Throws Down The Gauntlet To Nandos
24 Apr 2012 by silverstreak / 3 Comments
In traditional Nandos style, the nation’s favourite Portuguese fast food outlet recently spoofed an iconic ad, originally flighted by Santam. Check out the original Santam ad, here! Check out the spoof, here! In a fantastic display of advertorial sparring, Santam have hit back at Nandos, with this: That went down so well.
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