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Business
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Michael Jordan Got Married In The World’s Biggest Wedding Tent This Weekend [GALLERY]
29 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Michael Jordan married long time girlfriend Yvette Prieto this weekend in a lavish wedding ceremony in Florida. the tent that housed thousands of guests was bigger than Jordan’s home just a stone throw away. Go big or go home, either way it would have been a beautiful setting.
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SA’s Elon Musk Drops Half A Bar To Speed Up Roadworks In LA
26 Apr 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 3 Comments
He is a billionaire entrepreneur, the co-founder of Tesla and PayPal, and he really, really hates traffic. Yes, we are talking about Elon Musk. In fact, Musk hates traffic so much that he’s just spent $50,000 to fix the problem in Los Angeles.
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Old Media Billionaires Versus New Media Billionaires – Who Makes Their Money Fastest? [INFOGRAPHIC]
26 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
It took Rupert Murdoch 40 years to get to $1 billion, Mark Zuckerberg did it in three – awkward. And Zuckerberg’s net worth is $2,1 billion more than Murdoch. The fight between old media and new media is waging. Clearly the new media kids are faster, stronger and better. Either way they are all still super wealthy.
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Hyundai Advert Makes A Punchline Out Of A Botched Suicide Attempt [VIDEO]
26 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
Contracted Hyundai advertising agency, Innocean was manadated to create an ad to show off the new ix35′s fairly amazing 100% water emission feature… And they ballsed up. Or did they?
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Tech Report – How To Get To Inbox Zero
25 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / 3 Comments
Inbox zero is an almost-mythical technological Nirvana that we all strive for. Seeing as most of us make a living out of the information in our inbox, a stress free life really does mean a big fat zero. Seth explores how to get there.
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House Of The Week – Klap It In Kommetjie For 25 Million Bucks
25 Apr 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 1 Comment
This place is so geared for living the holiday, it comes with its own separate guest cottage. Honestly, that’s naughty. Parents visiting? Here’s your own cottage, mom. Not the family type? Fine. You have yourself a ready-made staff quarters right there, my friend. And it’s all spitting distance from the waves
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Samsung Is Waging An Online Trolling War Against Apple
25 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
The smartphone industry has become a boxing ring, with top companies – Samsung – taking a stab at competitors to benefit their product. Samsung was recently embarassed for paying college student to write reviews about their products and face them up against HTC, and they seem to back at it.
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Watch This “News Machine” Turn Your Tweets Into Exaggerated News Headlines [VIDEO]
25 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
A “news machine” has been developed by Color Magazine and interactive designer, Jonathon Chomko in an effort to highlight sensationalism in journalism. The new machine turns user tweets into headlines, through various media filters. It’s an epic visual demonstration of broken telephone in the news cycle.
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Porn In Your Living Room: SA’s ‘Top TV’ Gets The Go-Ahead For 3 Porn Channels
24 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
Top TV has been approved by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to broadcast three adult content channels. Their three new channels are: Playboy TV, Desire TV and Private Spice. These adult channels will be broadcast from 20h00 to 5h00, daily
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Today’s Viral Video – Evian’s New “Baby & Me” Film Is Awesome [VIDEO]
24 Apr 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
The “Live Young” themed video has been a massive hit since it was uploaded four days ago. Its 28 million views and downright cuteness is what makes it our Viral Video Of The Day.
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Your Afternoon Television Training: “Derek” By Ricky Gervais [VIDEO]
24 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
It’s been a while since we’ve updated you on an ongoing Ricky Gervais project, and while having been around for a few months already, we’ve decided to take this opportunity to let you know that Derek, by Ricky Gervais exists. And your life would be poorer without it.
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Radvertising: Virgin America’s New Airline Dating Service – Sir Richard Branson’s Guide To Getting Lucky [VIDEO]
24 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 3 Comments
Virgin America has launched a seat-to-seat delivery system for thier inflight passengers on US flights. Yes, you can actually send drinks to random passengers in your cabin now. This is awesome.
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Meet The People Racing To Build The World’s Best Bitcoin Mining Rig
24 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Now that the price roller coaster has ended, and it has been strongly confirmed that Bitcoin is a commodity worth investing in, the race to see who can mine the remaining Bitcoins fastest is on. In a big, big way.
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Here Are All Of The Xpanda Radio Ads [AUDIO]
24 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / 18 Comments
Yesterday, local security barrier company, Xpanda, came under fire for the flighting of a controversial radio ad. They claimed the ad was part of a larger campaign, and that the public shouldn’t be offended. Here are all of the ads – you decide
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Massive Travel Industry Disruption As “Be Your Own Travel Agent” Concept Unlocks “Net Rates” For All
23 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
In the days of traditional travel agents, no-one ever knew what markup was being applied on plane tickets. But now, with online booking via airlines’ websites, customers get the cheapest rates on their own anyway. Or do they?
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Unapologetic Xpanda Responds To Outcry Over Racist Radio Ads – Ignores The Sexist One
23 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / 7 Comments
Xpanda, a local security barrier company who are taking a lot of heat for their massive failure of a radio ad (listen here) have released a statement, clarifying their position on the matter.
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Badvertising: Xpanda Makes The Most Racist, Sexist Adverts In South Africa [AUDIO + PIC]
23 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / 50 Comments
Local security barrier firm, Xpanda, have come under serious fire on social media for what may well be the most racist thing to happen on radio since democracy. But that’s not their only offensive ad. They’re quite keen on sexism in their print ads, too
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Do You Use Microsoft Excel? These Shortcuts Will Save You Hours [PICS]
23 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Microsoft Excel is a tool used widely in modern business, but the software can be quite daunting for beginners. And if you make an error, the consequences could be devastating. But don’t sweat it, we have a few tips to help you get through that spreadsheet a lot faster.
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Annoyed By Your Slow Internet Connection? Blame Armed Gangs [PODCAST]
23 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
In this week’s Mail & Guardian Newsroom podcast, Alistair Fairweather discusses why and how armed gangs are affecting broadband roll-out in South Africa. This, and much more, inside!
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These Are The World’s Youngest Billionaires – Take A Look At The Top 5 [PICS]
23 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
As of now, there are 1,426 billionaires in the world, but only 29 of them are under 40 years old. The people on that elite list have a total net worth of $199 billion (R1 trillion) between them. Here’s a peak at the top five on that list of 29
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This Home In New York City Is For Sale At R1,1 Billion [Photo Gallery]
23 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
You can get a helluva lot of apartment in New York city for $2 million. And you can get way too much for, say, $10 million. But what exactly do you get for $125 million?
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Now Everyone Can Be A Part Of The Matrix
22 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Now while technology might take time for us to have a full Tom Cruise style Minority Report computer setup at home and at the office, it looks like we can pull an advanced Matrix scenario with great ease. That’s right, Neo..
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Interview: John Smit Will Tackle Stadium Brawls As CEO [PODCAST]
22 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
John Smit is set to become the new CEO of the Sharks and will take up his official postition on 1 July 2013. With stadium violence a concern at Kings Park, his year won’t be “a look and learn,” he will hit the ground running. Click through to listen
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Forget Coffee Shops – Traders And Fund Managers Are Working From Ski Slopes
22 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Traders and fund managers seem to be swopping the fast paced city life and 9-5 office space for the possibly faster paced ski slopes on France. French resorts like Chamonix and Verbier, a favourite for the UK royal family are fast becoming the office space of ultra-rich white collar workers.
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