-
Tech/Sci
-
Google Reader Is Being Shut Down – Here Are The Best Alternatives
14 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Look, it isn’t good news. But you have to make the best of a bad situation. On Wednesday night, Google announced it would be shutting down its Reader product as of 1 July 2013. With the loss of Google Reader, a serious problem emerges. What will users use as an alternative reader? Step 1 – Find a new RSS [...]
-
How The Internet Built A $100 000 Race Car
14 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
The Rally Fighter is the first production race car to be designed and built through internet crowdsourcing. The muscly car turned heads as it drove through downtown Austin, flaunting a new, bright orange paint job and steer horns mounted to the grill. John B Rogers, the President of Local Motors – the car company that [...]
-
The Future Of Medicine – Health Sensors Printed On To Your Skin As Tattoo Microchips [VIDEO]
14 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
An electronic sensor that attches like a “second skin” and monitors your health has been developed by MC10. The “second skin” is worn like a temporary tattoo. MC10 has developed a micro chip that can be printed directly onto the skin, bonding the health sensor to your body with spray-on bandage mterial. As the chip [...]
-
![Illustrator Condenses SXSW Keynote Addresses Into Awesome Hand Drawn Infographics [GALLERY]](http://media.2oceansvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/PatrickAshamalla_SXSWDay1Notes-Page1_21.jpg)
Illustrator Condenses SXSW Keynote Addresses Into Awesome Hand Drawn Infographics [GALLERY]
14 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
I know a couple of people, including myself, that would have paid good money to get some notes like this during our varsity careers. Patrick Ashamalla, founder and principal of interactive firm, A Brand New Way, is not just a successful business man, he can also illustrate some of the most amusing keynote notes (say that [...]
-
Of Course Deadly Attack Dolphins Are On The Loose In Ukraine
13 Mar 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
Frankly, we’re not surprised. Holidays at the Black Sea are awesome. Typically, the most dangerous thing you’ll find are Russian mobsters, and fat guys dancing in speedos. But you can avoid all that by staying in the water, right? Wrong, my friend. You’ll die in the water. Because there are dolphins with weapons strapped to [...]
-
Google Now Could Be Coming To iOS [VIDEO]
13 Mar 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
Google Now is arguably Android’s greatest weapon in the operating system tug of war between Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile. Harnessing the power of Big Data and predictive analytics, Google Now is a PA in your pocket, producing helpful, unprompted alerts and reminders which it creates by analysing the results of your search and browsing [...]
-
Google To Pay $7 Million Fine For Collecting Personal Data
13 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Do no evil, right? Internet giant, Google has agreed to pay a $7 million fine for the collection of personal data without authorisation for their Street View service. Google has also agreed to destroy emails, passwords and web histories in a settlement with 38 states in the USA. The data was collected from wireless networks [...]
-
Facebook Likes Can Predict Your Personality
12 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Researchers at Cambridge University are using algorithms to predict religion, political stance, race and sexual orientation from the things one “likes” on Facebook. The research provides quite accurate personal portraits. Over 58 000 volunteers were used for the study, and provided their Facebook “likes” as well as demographic information. These volunteers also provided psychometric testing [...]
-
![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 [...]
-
This App Will Revolutionise Phone Calls – If You’re Actually Still Making Phone Calls
12 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 2 Comments
After seeing the functionality of this app, it makes us wonder why no one has thought of it sooner. Thread is a new app that helps you keep up to date with your phone contacts. Not only does it give you the classic caller ID, it also shows the most recent Facebook and Twitter posts [...]
-
Kids Are Abandoning Facebook To Flee Their Cyber-Stalking Parents
11 Mar 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
This is what happens when you start hanging out at the playground, mom and dad. The kids find another playground. According to CNET, and everyone you know, teenagers are leaving Facebook in droves. Why? Privacy. Personally, we’re not all that surprised. No one wants to post pictures of themselves climbing a yacht mast in a [...]
-
![LISTEN: Mail & Guardian's Chris Roper Reports From The South By Southwest Conference [PODCAST]](http://media.2oceansvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sxsw1.jpg)
LISTEN: Mail & Guardian’s Chris Roper Reports From The South By Southwest Conference [PODCAST]
11 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
The Mail & Guardian team traveled to Austin, Texas for the twentieth annual South by Southwest conference. Online editor, Chris Roper and General Manager for Digital Operations, Alistair Fairweather bring us clips from Elon Musk’s keynote address, and other assorted treats. South by Southwest is one of the biggest interactive film, music, tech and pop culture conferences [...]
-
![SimCity Is Too Popular For Electronic Arts To Handle [VIDEO]](http://media.2oceansvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/simcity.jpg)
SimCity Is Too Popular For Electronic Arts To Handle [VIDEO]
11 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
SimCity was expected to be one of the biggest PC games to launch in 2013. But one week after its launch, the game is proving to be a dismal flop. Electronic Arts Maxis Studio General Manager, Lucy Bradshaw said that the game publisher was close to an “all clear” which translates in English to meaning [...]
-
Are Your Kids All Over Your iPad? Try These Top 5 Apps For Kids
11 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
If the kids are all over the iPad, indulge them in some educational games, so they’re at least learning something while they’re hogging your gadget. Children’s Technology Review shared these top five iPad apps to download for the kids. Wreck It Ralph Storybook Deluxe For ages five and up. There are 35 screens with two [...]
-
![Get A Handle On Facebook's New News Feed [GALLERY]](http://media.2oceansvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/face41.jpg)
Get A Handle On Facebook’s New News Feed [GALLERY]
08 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Facebook has made some changes to its news feed, giving you a much wider range of customisation options for viewing content on your Facebook account – if you still have one. For the first time since forever, the items in the feed will appear chronologically. “All Friends”, “Following” and “Photos” will appear in the order [...]
-
Russell Crowe Claims He Spotted A UFO [VIDEO]
08 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Russell Crowe and a friend installed a camera outside their offices in the hopes of getting footage of fruit bats rising from the nearby Botanical Gardens. Instead of finding bats they found what according to Crowe is a UFO. Crowe took to Twitter account to tweet about the amazing occurrence, giving the link for the time [...]
-
Keen To Hack An Android Phone? Leave It In The Freezer
08 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
When Ice Cream Sandwich was rolled out by Google for Android smart devices, engineers baked a data scrambling system into the operating system, which made it a nightmare for law enforcement and forensic workers to unscramble the devices, according to the Erlangen’s Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) team. Of course, the data scrambling system makes it significantly harder [...]
-
Recent Report Shows Over 5 Million Twitter Users In South Africa
07 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
South Africa is home to Africa’s most prolific tweeters according to a report by Portland Communications and Tweetminster. They monitored more than 11,5 million geolocation tweets in Africa. They also conducted a survey of the region’s 500 most active twitter users. The results are interesting./p> The report, “How Africa Tweets” noted that South Africa has [...]
-
Volvo’s New “Threat Detection” Technology Lets The Car See The Cyclist Before You Do
07 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Volvo has unveiled a cyclist detection facility that could prevent horrific accidents. The new device was introduced at a Geneva motor show. Volvo said that vehicles fitted with the device would detect “threats” like an annoying cyclist swerving in front of you out of nowhere. If the device sensed a collision risk, an alarm would [...]
-
Prepare For Jealousy – Top 10 Google Employee Perks
07 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
Unless you’re reading this from Google. In which case, welcome. You lucky SOB. It’s no secret that careers at Google are the most sought after in the tech industry. And that’s not all that surprising, given, “the array of benefits of perks aim to ensure that Googlers remain happy and healthy in all aspects of their lives.” [...]
-
Web Designer Takes Two Hours And R360 To Build Replica Of The The Free State Government Website [VIDEO]
06 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / 10 Comments
It has been widely reported that the Free State Government’s R100 million website is based on a $40 WordPress template To demonstrate just how quick and easy it should have been to build the website, eNCA web developer, Jason Adriaan set out to whip up a replica. And what were the results? Craig’s version cost [...]
-
Apple iPhone 5S And New iPads To Launch Soon – Very Soon
06 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 1 Comment
The iPhone 5 was released in South Africa late in 2012, and users have barely had time to scratch their screens. But according to iMore, Apple is not wasting any time in rolling 0ut an update of the handset. The new iPhone S5 could be released as soon as August 2013, while new iterations of [...]
-
![The Cloud Rolls On - Local Service Providers Grow The Cloud Storage Industry [INFOGRAPHIC]](http://media.2oceansvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Screen-Shot-2013-03-04-at-5.22.09-PM.png)
The Cloud Rolls On – Local Service Providers Grow The Cloud Storage Industry [INFOGRAPHIC]
06 Mar 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
Local companies like Soteria Backup are expanding the local industry, and lowering the scare factor that most of us experience when taking the leap to an online consumer service, by charging in Rands. Smart move.
-
They Reckon The Samsung Galaxy S4 Will Let You Scroll With Your Eyes
06 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / 2 Comments
Yes, you read correctly. The Samsung Galaxy S IV is set to be able to track the movement of your eyes to scroll up or down, supposedly. The innovation is more likely to happen than not, considering the evidence. Although Samsung was tight lipped when questioned about the proposed eye scrolling, saying, “We don’t comment [...]
-
