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Communication
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![Martha Stewart Is Using Online Dating Sites To Find A Lover [PIC + VIDEO]](http://media.2oceansvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mart.jpg)
Martha Stewart Is Using Online Dating Sites To Find A Lover [PIC + VIDEO]
07 May 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Media mogul Martha Stewart has taken to online dating site Match.com to find Mr Right. Stewart talked to Matt Lauer from the Today Show to enlighten him on her progress. After posting this profile of herself, she has since received more than 20,000 views and 1,000 messages of interested suitors.
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![Are You Making Yourself A Target For Hackers? Tech Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself [INFOGRAPHIC]](http://media.2oceansvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hacker-pirate.jpg)
Are You Making Yourself A Target For Hackers? Tech Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself [INFOGRAPHIC]
30 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
The latest and most prominent victim of hacking was the Associated Press’ Twitter handle. The handle was used to publish a tweet that falsely reported a bomb explosion in the White House, which injured Barack Obama. This infographic provides you with all the information you need to avoid becoming a victim of cybercrime.
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Deciding Between Whatsapp And Viber? Viber Let’s Hackers Access Your Phone
29 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
Android phone users who have the Viber app have been issued warnings by security firms that there may be a bug in the popular chat application that allows hackers to bypass screen locks and take control of the phone. So how many people are at risk? 50 million, give or take.
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Silicon Valley’s Entrepreneurs Fuelling Another Industry: High-Tech Prostitution [VIDEO]
16 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
The Bay Side area of Silicon Valley attracts crowds of successful entrepreneurs to settle down, owing to its close proximity to a concentrated cluster of hyper-successful tech companies. And boy, do sex workers like this neighbourhood
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Google Builds Tool To Safeguard Your Data After You’re Dead
12 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
What happens to your data when you die? That question has become increasingly mainstream over the last two years. Thankfully, Google has launched a new tool that will enable users to determine a sending destination for their data in the event that they die.
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Anti-Kidnap Bracelets Send Distress Signals To Twitter And Facebook
08 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
This hi-tech bracelet has mobile phone technology built in which can send prepared messages when the bracelet is triggered, using phone and sat-nav technology to warn of the wearer being in danger, and pinpoint their exact location. Distress alerts are sent as posts to Facebook and Twitter.
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![See How Far We've Come - 40 Years Of Cell Phones In Pictures [GALLERY]](http://media.2oceansvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/motorola-dynatac.jpg)
See How Far We’ve Come – 40 Years Of Cell Phones In Pictures [GALLERY]
04 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the first cell phone call. Take a look at the progression of the phone over the last four decades, from the “brick” to the almost paper thin smartphones of today.
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![The World Finds Our Fake Palm Tree Cellphone Towers Intriguing [GALLERY]](http://media.2oceansvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tree3.jpg)
The World Finds Our Fake Palm Tree Cellphone Towers Intriguing [GALLERY]
27 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
As global telecoms industries continue to boom, countries need to find innovative ways to make the expanding network of supporting telecoms infrastructure fit into the urban jungle. South African photographer, Dillon Marsh has produced a series of photo’s of South Africa’s tree-style cellphone towers. Marsh said: In certain cases the disguised towers might not be [...]
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10 Cape Town Schools To Receive Broadband From Google’s White Spaces Trial
26 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Google announced yesterday that their TV white spaces (unused channels in a TV spectrum) trial will provide broadband connectivity to 10 schools in and around Cape Town. The trial will demonstrate the potential of white spaces as a platform to deliver faster internet connectivity to the developing world, if it comes off. Broadcasters, however are [...]
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Google Glass Hype Is Dwindling – Fears Of Big Brother Are Growing
20 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / 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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Apple Lands Augmented Reality Patent
20 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
Okay, Apple signed another patent – but this time it’s a goodie. Yesterday Apple was awarded the patent for an augmented reality system, giving users the ability to tag objects on screen in live video relayed by the phone camera, which would bring up information about those real-world items in a heads-up display. In english [...]
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New York’s Answer To The Pay Phone [GALLERY + VIDEO]
19 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg recently called on creatives to devise a better plan for communication in New York to replace the mangy, disease ridden pay phones currently in operation. The goal of the project was to completely redesign the and rethink the pay phone as a platform for communication, as well as [...]
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If We’re Not Writing Actual Letters, Should Our Emails Have Such Elaborate Signoffs?
15 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 1 Comment
What is your signoff? Let’s be honest, we’ve all wasted too much time thinking about how to sign off at the end of an email. There’s a check list of questions that every one of us runs through: What do I write at the end of a business/professional email? Do I need to change my [...]
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![Mind Blowing Pictures From Inside North Korea [GALLERY]](http://media.2oceansvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/koreamain.png)
Mind Blowing Pictures From Inside North Korea [GALLERY]
12 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
Associated Press’ chief photographer in Asia, David Guttenfelder, has started posting pictures from inside Pyongyang to his Instagram account. The pictures show shots of daily life inside the capital of Pyongyang. The pictures range from the local bar food, to propaganda pictures lining the streets. I feel I can help open a window into a [...]
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iPhone Apps You Need: Share Files With Everyone In The Room
22 Feb 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
Ever wanted to share a presentation, video, music file or high res photo from your phone to your friends, or recent acquaintances? The baked-in sharing options currently available on your standard iPhone make video sharing a tedious affair. Even with DropBox, you need to ask for someone’s email address, and then you have to invite them, [...]
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5 Must-Have Apps To Boost Productivity And Streamline Your Online Life
05 Feb 2013 by Michelle Hodgkinson / 1 Comment
The simplest way to lead a productive lifestyle is to form good habits, like having a set time to drink your morning flat white or for uploading your cat photos on to Instagram. For a lot of us, most of our time is spent online so it makes sense to streamline that vibe. Please enjoy [...]
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Everything You Need To Know About The Next BlackBerry: Leaked Training Presentation
17 Jan 2013 by Bearded Wiseman / 1 Comment
Earlier this week, we told you about the 15 000 (at least) new app submissions that BlackBerry is planning on launching alongside the launch of its new smartphones and OS. Here is a good look at a lot more information ahead of that launch. Rogers is a Canadian wireless carrier and has started training its [...]
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RIM Receives 15 000 App Submissions
15 Jan 2013 by Bearded Wiseman / 2 Comments
BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion is enjoying some motion ahead of the launch of its new phones and operating system: at least 15 000 new application submissions have been received to date.
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Gmail Now Allows You To Send Files Up To 10GB
28 Nov 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
Gmail users will be pleased: you guys can now send files as large as 10 gigabytes! Look, in the world of email, this is quite something.
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These Are The Only Smartphones Worth Buying
06 Nov 2012 by Harry Haddon / 3 Comments
Are you due for an upgrade? Or did you forget your iPhone in your pocket when you went for a swim and are thinking about a change? Check out these smart phones as ranked by Business Insider. It’s one of these, or nothing..
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Cape Town’s R1 Billion Broadband Plan
25 Oct 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
Yesterday, the City of Cape Town gave more details about its proposed broadband layout plan that will see high-speed Internet delivered to the masses. Unfortunately, the plan will take place over seven to 10 years, and no clear dates were announced about just when broadband will be available to the masses.
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BBC Investigates The Passive Agressive Wi-Fi Name
22 Oct 2012 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
The BBC has taken a look at the rise of the passive-aggressive wi-fi names. The gist of the matter is that wi-fi network names have become the fridge notes of the digital age.
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Pretend To Ignore This Headline – “Court Rules That Cellphones CAN Cause Brain Tumours”
22 Oct 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
2oceansvibe has long despised the rude habit of random, unplanned phone calls. That was to do with manners, but now it is OFFICIALLY affecting our health as well. So you just carry on.. make another phone call. Click headline for story.
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Nokia Subtly Throws Down The Gauntlet To Apple [VIDEO]
03 Oct 2012 by Albi P / 1 Comment
It was only a matter of time before Nokia jumped on the versus-Apple bandwagon now that their new flagship, the Lumia 920, is all but on the shelves. Instead of launching into a drawn-out tirade concerning specs and features they focused on small aspects that could actually make all the difference.
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