Geek Culture

Spotify thinks it’ll have 208m users by the end of 2018

Just days ahead of its IPO, Swedish music streaming company Spotify has published its first ever guidance document for prospective investors and anyone who…

SA’s box office: Lara Croft raids Jumanji’s tomb

This week’s SA box office report is significant. For one, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is finally out of the top ten. And secondly,…

Spotify’s testing a voice-command and search system

Spotify is reportedly testing a voice-command and search system for those who prefer talking to their devices. Just a small subset of users have…

SA’s box office: Catching Feelings debuts as Black Panther breaks R70m mark

Wakanda is still the best place to live this week, after Black Panther enjoyed another dominant weekend on top of the Southern African box…

Here’s how Spotify hopes to take over South Africa’s ears

The music geeks at Spotify on Tuesday officially switched on access to the service for South Africans, giving the country yet another streaming music…

It’s official: Spotify is now live in South Africa [Update]

The streaming music world’s worst kept secret is finally confirmed to be true: Spotify will today launch in South Africa, the company’s representatives confirmed…

Enjoy (or don’t) A Series of Unfortunate Events’ season 2 trailer

If you’re into creepy surrealism, Neil Patrick Harris totally being himself, and crabs… lots and lots of crabs, the second season trailer of A…

Mannequin Challenge: standing still has never been trendier

Internet fads tend to remain fresh for but a few weeks (we’re not talking about those evergreen Joe Biden memes though). The Ice Bucket…

Japanese slugger hits baseball (quite literally) through the roof

Baseball is as big a sport in Japan as rugby is in South Africa, so when a player does something special, you’re bound to…

Saxonwold Shebeen: South Africa’s hilarious new meme

Forget the med- and edtech industries. You know what’s a real disruptive force on the internet at the moment? Shebeens. Specifically, shebeens in Saxonwold….

‘Harambe’ lives on as emoji in Apple’s iOS 10.2 update

Good news, internet. Harambe might be making a triumphant return to your Apple mobile device in the form of an emoji. Although many Apple…

Dr Strange review: the other good doctor

Dr Strange played by Benedict Cumberbatch, is a talented neurosurgeon with an ego rivaling Tony Stark’s. From billionaire genius to a humble magician, his…

Fail Army’s October roundup shows exactly why we’ll miss Vine

We know, we know. It’s Monday so soon again, but it needn’t be a slog. Well, at least your haven’t tripped and fell into…

This craft beer parody is all too real to be a parody

There’s no denying that craft beer culture is huge around the world right now. And yes, South Africa is in on the trend, as the…

Epic Rap Battles pits Trump against Clinton in cuss-filled clip

The current US race for the White House has never been this entertaining or this frightening. Right in the golden age of social media,…

Drones can change lightbulbs now, making humans even less useful

Sven, the pilot of drones, had a dream, and that dream was to change a faulty lightbulb using nothing but a drone. Ambitious? You…

Icelandic hot spring bread is (probably) as tasty as it is crazy

If you had a hot spring nearby, why wouldn’t you use its heat as a makeshift oven? That’s what one YouTuber found out when she…

Logan: brooding, seasoned Wolverine stars in first trailer

Logan (aka Wolverine) has been through a lot in his life. Not only has he destroyed a sentinel army, returned to the past thanks…

Assassin’s Creed’s second trailer has more stabbing, time jumps

French gaming company Ubisoft and 20th Century Fox have finally outed the second trailer of their forthcoming Assassin’s Creed movie. And it looks pretty…

Netflix’s user base climbs to 86m, revenue tops $2bn

Netflix is growing. Quickly. According to the company’s latest earning report, its revenue has topped the US$2-billion mark for the first time. That’s a…

Clown porn searches spike thanks to creepy clowns

We’ve seen numerous reports of dodgy clowns in the news but, when combined with the proximity to Halloween, it seems like clown porn is…

Netflix, Amazon are outspending HBO on TV programming

A new report finds that Netflix and Amazon are outspending several big traditional networks when it comes to TV programming. According to the World TV…

Watch The Simpsons’ latest, greatest couch gag in VR

Fox’s immortal animated show The Simpsons always had a knack for predicting future technology, so it’s only fitting that as a tribute to its…

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