Someone has suspended for that Gupta jet vibe. Facebook reveals earnings figures. Did Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert have an abortion? Hotmail is dead. Iron Man 3 is going ballistic. Guy gets jailed for selling fake bomb detectors (WTF?)
Clicking the “like” button on Facebook page that supports a worthy cause does absolutely nothing to help. Unless it is a donate click, then you really are not being as proactive as you think you are. UNICEF has released a TV commercial detailing the shallow emotional reality of “slackivists”.
Now you can bang your friends on the move. We told you about this saucy app last month. Remember the one that took Facebook by storm and connected over 200 000 people anonymously? Yes, I’m talking about Bang With Friends.
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.
Facebook loses millions of users. Massive fight on Everest. There is a new world’s best restaurant. Your Instagram pics don’t belong to you in the UK. Arsene Wenger leaving Arsenal? And the most socially advanced country in the world is..
Load up YouTube. Search, “Cinnamon challenge”. You’ll laugh, either at the stupidity of the subjects in the video, or their spasmodic gagging, or both. If you’re young, you might be tempted to take the challenge yourself. Don’t. Apart from being intensely uncomfortable, you’ll probably permanently damage your lungs.
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
Boston bombs made from kitchen pressure cookers. Whatsapp has more users than Twitter. Cops offered half a bar for pics of Pistorius toilet door. Facebook launching bold expensive advertising. Ozzy Osbourne relapsed. Why was Downey Junior paid half a billion Rand?
Facebook Home’s most current video is slightly easier to understand than a few of their earlier efforts – the only problem is that that message of the ad has been roundly rejected by The People of The Internet.
Identical twins, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have amassed the single largest portfolio of online currency over the last six months, and it’s all in Bitcoins. The Winklevii, as they are better known, say they own nearly 1% of all available Bitcoins.
The lengthy episodes, duels, unexplained deaths, new alliances and strange dreams typified by the average 20 minute stretch of Game Of Thrones require the occasional bout of explaining, and this faux Facebook feed does just that, delightfully.
Facebook charging up to R150 to message celebs and non-friends. Mandela out of hospital. Obama apologises for ‘sexist’ comment. S Korea reckons N Korea will strike on Wednesday. Penis poster woman fined. Jay-Z and Beyonce in hot water over Cuba trip.
Is it an app? Is it a phone? It’s neither. Click through for a full rundown of Facebook Home
If this is Zuckerberg’s first website, then you’re looking at the genesis of Facebook. This is true originality – genius, even – right here.
There was once a time when all social media platforms were in harmony. There was no bickering or back handed fighting. That time is no more. Find out why
The moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived! Facebook denied for the longest time that they would be launching a Facebook phone, despite persistent rumours. Those rumours heated up recently when the world’s largest social networking company hinted that Android would be their “new home”. Well, the cat is finally out of the bag. […]
Down to bang? With the ever increasing popularity of internet dating and casual social media hook-ups, enterprising tech entrepreneurs have spotted a gap in the market for discreet services that help people find out exactly who on their social network is “down to bang” them.
Is it a pug? Is it a alien? No, it’s Sir Charles Barkley the French Bulldog from Seattle with his own Instagram and Facebook page. Owners Paul and Melissa started Barkley’s Instagram account in order to avoid bombarding their friends’ feeds with photos of their new baby. Little did they know that this fuzz ball was […]
The official page for God was created on Facebook in 2011. And while Facebook is generally regarded as having become a dump of bad content, the God page stands out as an island of satire in a sea of filigreed baby pictures. Having taken a satirical approach, the page divides the opinions of its almost […]
In a recent study, researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University detailed how Facebook erodes users’ privacy. Researchers found that during the first four years, users steadily limited what personal data was visible to strangers within their school network. Yet through changes Facebook introduced to its platform in 2009 and 2010, the social network actually succeeded in reversing […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Telegraph reports on UFO trends in SA. Dennis Rodman will broker peace. What Facebook’s new vibe means for marketers. Pistorius cop resigns.Bieber faints on stage. New species of spider found in SA. Berlusconi convicted. DiCaprio’s Nicholson impression.
Please do not watch this video if you are a sensitive viewer. This footage, shot by an unknown member of the public and supplied to the Daily Sun shows SAPS members wrestling man to the ground, before beating him and handcuffing him to the back to a police van. The man, who appears to be […]
Ever meet someone over the Internet? Ever heard someone who has say something like this: “We’ve been dating for two years, one problem, we haven’t met yet”? Today, social media and other digital platforms makes it easy to stalk find “that special person”. Although we hear about real life couples who have met on dating […]
We LIKE this. A new Facebook online store has been developed encouraging their US users to buy and send gifts with just a click of a button. Remembering birthdays used to be a daunting experience until these guys came along, and now they making something like purchasing wine just as easy.
Thanks to Mark Creeperberg and Facebook, you can now find your friends who are in the same area as you, even if their Facebook app is closed. Which is obviously a red flag for privacy. Facebook already allows you to “check in”, logging the places you’ve visited in a viewable GPS map format. According to […]
Ladies beware, Karen “Gary” Kazaryan is blackmailing over 350 woman after hacking into their Facebook, Skype and email accounts where he finds their nude or semi nude pictures, and uses them against them. After illegaly obtaining the pictures from their personal accounts, he contacts them and forces the women to undress for him via webcam, or […]