MySpace Sold To Ad Network For $35 Million – The day that the web has been buzzing about has finally come: MySpace has been sold, to an advertising network called Specific Media for a mere $35 million. Rupert Murdoch originally bought it in 2005 for $580 million. Skinny loss. [mashable] Federer Knocked Out Of Wimbledon […]
Philip Morris To Sue Australia – Tobacco giant Philip Morris is threatening to sue the Australian government for possibly billions of dollars over its plan to be the first country to introduce plain, brand-less packaging for cigarettes. [reuters] Naspers Profits Up 13% – Africa’s largest media company Naspers yesterday announced an 18% rise in revenue to […]
Most of you seem to have worked out how easy it is to tune in to 2oceansvibe Radio at home and at the office and when you’re out and about (mobile streaming app). Easier than normal radio, I think you have found – especially since you don’t have an old FM tuner lying around anywhere […]
VW are proposing a new technology that will allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel at speeds up to around 130km/h, and let the car’s system temporarily take over. Look, it isn’t exactly Knight Rider, but it’s good that VW’s looking after people who want to multitask while cruising down highways.
David Cameron’s Local Tory Chairman Dead In Glastonbury Toilet – David Cameron said he was “devastated” to hear of the death of Christopher Shale, his constituency chairman, who apparently committed suicide in a portable toilet at Glastonbury Festival. [telegraph] New York Biggest State To Legalise Gay Marriage – Lawmakers voted late Friday to legalize same-sex […]
Head Of Wimbledon Has A Go At Grunting Women – In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Ian Ritchie admitted tournament officials were becoming increasingly uneasy about the practice. As the Championships celebrate its 125th anniversary this year Mr Ritchie, the chief executive of the All England Lawn and Tennis Club (AELTC), said fans were […]
Michelle Obama Visits Madiba – United States First Lady Michelle Obama met South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela, at his home Tuesday in a rare visit with the ageing icon whose legacy frames much of her journey here. [mail&guardian] Facebook To Launch Music Dashboard – Facebook is reportedly working on a music dashboard, according […]
Breakdancing Gorilla Goes Viral – Nine-year-old Zola, one of eight Western lowland gorillas currently living at the Calgary Zoo in Canada, has become the latest Internet video star, thanks to a YouTube clip that shows him stomping and spinning, as if he were breakdancing. [dailymail] Michelle O’ Arrives In South Africa – US First Lady […]
South African’s just love their Blackberrys, and annoyingly rave about how cool they are, and constantly put their Blackberry pins up on Facebook, saying, “Just got my BB. Add me guys!” But RIM, the company that makes the annoying device, seems to be in quite the spot of bother.
And they’d been doing so well with the ‘not evil’ thing. Apple’s new patent is for software that would sense when people are trying to film concerts or events with their iPhone, then automatically disable the camera. It’d be nice to see a concert without a thousand iPhones blocking the way, but Big Brother much?
Vancouver Riot ‘Kiss Photograph’ Goes Viral – Lying in the street and seemingly locked in a kiss as chaos erupts around them, a young couple appear oblivious to the charging crowds and baton-wielding riot police. The photograph, taken amid Vancouver’s hockey riots, has been tweeted around the world. But the photographer who took it is still […]
The geniuses at Thumbtribe have just finished adding the final touches to our brand spanking new mobile site! So now you can enjoy reading and indulging in REAL news that people REALLY talk about, on your mobile phone. You could always view the site before on your iPhone/Blackberry – but now it is optimised for […]
Netherlands To Ban The Only Reason You Went There In The First Place – The Netherlands plans to ban foreign visitors from pot shops in a move that opponents have labeled “tourism suicide.” Under the plan, the “coffee shops” that sell marijuana will become private clubs limited to adult Dutch citizens who have to show proof […]
Barbie Is Destroying The Rainforests – Greenpeace said on Wednesday it had evidence that Barbie doll packaging comes from Indonesian rainforests, accusing toy manufacturers such as Mattel and Walt Disney Co of contributing to the country’s rapid deforestation. [reuters] Gaddafi Has An ‘Official Rape Policy’ – Investigators have evidence that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi ordered […]
With Digicape taking care of the vibe since 2008, it’s a given that the 2oceansvibe Media compound is Mac ‘verskrik.’ It is for that very reason, and the fact that the world agrees with us (Apple is now worth more than Microsoft and Intel combined) that we wish to give you this video and full […]
Apple Launches iCloud: Data In Forefront, Devices In Background – The long, strange trip that has been Apple’s implementation of cloud computing seems to have finally hit the road Monday with a full-throttled embrace of a paradigm one might not expect from a hardware manufacturer: Your computing life is merely enabled by the devices you […]
There was a time when hip hop was the only music with any credibility. It was during the honeymoon period of the Hip hop culture, like the one punk went through in the seventies, when it sprung out of the ghetto like a flower through a crack in the sidewalk. It was un-contrived, real, authentic, […]
Silvio Berlusconi Sex Trial Resumes Today – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s trial on charges of having sex with an under-age prostitute resumes a day after his centre-right coalition suffered a crushing defeat in local elections. Berlusconi himself will not attend today’s court hearing, where his lawyers are expected to challenge the court’s right to hear […]
Blatter Cleared As FIFA Suspends Hammam – Fifa will open a “full-blown” investigation into allegations that Mohamed bin Hammam and Jack Warner offered financial incentives to members of the Caribbean Football Union and has provisionally suspended them from all football activity. Sepp Blatter will not face an investigation into the allegations that he knew about the […]
We all have our lapses of judgment. But some of us make such horrendously poor decisions that one simply has to ask, “What were they on?”. Every week we bring you three contenders in what can only be described as a battle of small wits. So, with great pleasure we present this week’s three La […]
The Photo That Says It All – When DSK Met The Obamas – Some pictures say a thousand words. This one just says two: No Touching. Dominique Strauss-Kahn first met Barack and Michelle Obama at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh in 2009. For more retrospectively awkward photos of DSK and world leaders, check out this slideshow […]
So you thought CrackBerries were only cool in the eyes of business people addicted to their email? Think again. South Africa’s youth has voted BlackBerry the coolest brand in the country in the Sunday Times Generation Next 2011 Brand Survey Awards. That means BlackBerry trumps Apple, in spite of the latter’s beautifully designed and supposedly cooler iParaphernalia. And the reason? BBM and ‘free’ internet for the kids, obviously.
Twitter Prepared To Hand Over User Data – Twitter yesterday said it was prepared to hand over information identifying tens of thousands of people who have used the social-networking website to break privacy injunctions. Experts had previously assumed that people who breached gagging orders on Twitter were protected from legal reprisals because the website is […]
Cheers, old fruit! Obama Pays Tribute To ‘Enduring Bond’ – President Barack Obama last night paid tribute to the “enduring bond” between Britain and the US as he embraced the “special relationship” in a speech at Buckingham Palace. He spoke of the “rock solid foundation” of a friendship that “never rests”, stressing that Britain had […]
Air France Pilot Wasn’t In The Cockpit: Black Box – Sources close to the investigative team have revealed that the recordings indicate that Marc Dubois, the aircraft’s 58-year-old pilot, was not in the cockpit at the time the trouble began. It is reportedly audible that Dubois rushed back into the cockpit. “He called instructions to […]
‘Leaps and bounds’, you could say. 2oceansvibe Media is proud to announce the launch of our all-new 2oceansvibe Radio website. The latest offering is fully interactive and apart from detailed schedules and pages for each show (from Colin Moss and Mark Bayly, to Rob Van Vuuren, Natalie Becker and Vanessa Haywood), you are also able […]
Ciro De Siena “works” as a car journalist. Sure, it’s tough to view driving a different car every week and writing about it as work, but it’s not all Bentleys and Champagne, he assures us. Every week he’ll review whatever it is that happens to be in his driveway, starting today with the Audi TT-RS, a manic version of your estate agent’s company car.
Wow. Alright. Apple gave the the green light to a mobile app that promises to connect rich old dudes with young women. Sugar daddies with gold diggers. Seriously. They call themselves SugarSugar, “the world’s most effective and discreet place for finding Sugar Daddy and Sugar Baby relationships.”
Al Qaeda Threaten Barack Obama’s Grandmother – Security has been increased around the home of President Barack Obama’s step-grandmother in Kenya after an African al Qaeda branch issued a personal threat against her. Kenyan police told ABC News they are patrolling round the clock after Al Shabaab, the Somalia-based branch of al Qaeda, threatened the life […]
Anyone who knows anything about 2oceansvibe Radio will be all too aware of The Screaming Eagles, our female hard-rock duo who go live every Thursday night from 6pm – 8pm (just after Rob van Vuuren and Martin Evans’ 3pm-6pm show). The beauty of 2oceansvibe Radio is we make FULL use of the webcam in our studio. That […]