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Jaw dropping 360 degree photography of World Cup stadiums

May 30th

With the build up to the World Cup reaching a climax this week, it’s time to have a look at some of the awesome stadiums that will play part to this epic event. Here are some really cool 360 degree images of all the stadiums courtesy of John Gore and More >

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FIFA Online Beta – Play FIFA in browser for FREE

May 28th

Posted by Matthew Arnold in Gaming

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EA Sports has announced that FIFA Online has entered the open beta stage. Football fans can register at the official site. This is the last phase of the testing process before the free-to-play game finally goes live. The only thing that gamers need in order to play this title is an Internet More >

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ExtensionFM – Music streaming for Google Chrome

May 28th

Posted by Matthew Arnold in Music

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ExtensionFM is an extension for Google’s Chrome web browser that indexes every MP3 music file you come across while surfing – seriously cool!

There are countless free MP3 music blogs scattered around the web, and they’re a fantastic resource for lesser-known artists or promotional tracks from the big guys and gals. More >

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Facebook launch Wiki style Q&A application

May 28th

Posted by Matthew Arnold in Social Media

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Facebook have taken a big step into a fiercly competitive world of Q&A. Facebook is starting to roll out a new Q&A feature to challenge a wide range of sites, from Aardvark and Ask.com to sites such as Yahoo Answers and Wiki Answers. It basically allows users to ask a More >

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Running on water viral for Hi Tec

May 26th

Posted by Heike Meyburgh in Social Media

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Liquid Mountaineering is a new sport which is attempting to achieve what man has tried to do for centuries – walk on water, or to be more precise – run on water. Great viral for Hi Tec and we can safely assume that many will take up this sport in More >

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Epic NIKE Video – Write the future

May 25th

Posted by Matthew Arnold in Trends

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I stumbled across this totally awesome Nike video for the latest campaign “Write the future.” Doin what Nike does best taking the world’s best footballers and rolling them into an explosive video showcasing football’s effect on the world.

So with the 2010 FIFA World Cup here in South Africa, happening in More >

Create your own Twitter parade

May 25th

Posted by Heike Meyburgh in Social Media

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How quickly we tend to forget how figures and numbers actually relate to real people and the amount of clout we actually have. Welcome to the Twitter parade. This nifty little animation puts Twitter followers into perspective and a great way to idle away some time.

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Pixel Art documentary

May 25th

Posted by Matthew Arnold in Retrospective

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Animator Simon Cottee has created a very cool video documentary, called Pixel, about the pixel art phenomenon and posted it on YouTube.

In the video, Cottee interviews notable pixel artists like the creator of the brilliant art-house video game Passage and mixes those interviews with glimpses of some gorgeous works in the More >

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IE9 Will Change the Web Forever

May 21st

Posted by SirDyl in Tech

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Found this awesome little post on Digital Trends and had to share it!!

E6 became the dominant browser worldwide early last decade but unfortunately Microsoft took their eyes off the ball resulting in a raft of surprisingly good challengers. IE7 was OK but disappointing and IE8 moved back to challenge for leadership again. More >

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