BLACKBERRY HOPS TO HIP RHYTHM

BlackBerry presents Masters of Rhythm Salvation 2011, the hip-hop event of the year, at the Ellis Park Arena on 3 September. This year’s final is themed ‘Salvation’ and promises to be the pinnacle of dance and hip-hop for the whole family.

ARTHUR VOWS TO MAKE NONHLE THEMA A MUSIC HIT

Kwaito kingpin Arthur Mafotake and former O Access presenter Nonhle Thema (((boom))) could end up sharing studio time. Arthur told his ever-growing throng of Twitter followers that he would love to record some tracks with Ms Thema (((boom))). Probed as to what kind of music they would make together, Arthur was quite coy, preferring only to insist that he could turn the Nonhle hype into mega sales.

DVD REVIEW: FOR COLORED GIRLS

CAST: Thandie Newton, Janet Jackson, Kerry Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Ealy

DIRECTOR: Tyler Perry

KHANYI MBAU AND PRIMROSE CROUS FACE-OFF ON TWITTER

A third World War nearly broke out on the Twitter space earlier today when two of the country’s best- known socialites traded scratches. Khanyi Mbau and Primrose Crous went at it on the social network soon after Mbau allegedly received an unwelcome phone call from Theunis Crous, Primose’s controversial husband.

DVD REVIEW: GNOMEO & JULIET

GNOMEO & JULIET

DIRECTOR: Kelly Asbury

CAST: Voices – James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Jason Statham, Michael Caine, Patrick Stewart, Hulk Hogan

Animation has become a real family movie genre, no longer just confined to little nunus and their crèche friends. Gnomeo and Juliet is very much the tale of the love birds you had in mind, the tragic love story of Rome and Juliet. Except this one is set in two neighbouring gardens where a whole world, unseen by humans, exists. It’s the world of garden gnomes, one set blue the other red. The two human neighbours are also fierce rivals, which I guess rubbed off on their little creatures.

NOKIA LAUNCHES LIVE TRAFFIC MAPS

Nokia South Africa has launched the latest update to Nokia Maps which shows people real-time traffic conditions, enabling them to pre-plan the quickest and most environmentally-efficient route. Nokia Maps traffic includes updates on congestion, road closures, road works and other traffic incidents, colour-coding roads as red, amber or green depending on traffic flow. Nokia Maps comes pre-loaded on all Nokia smartphones, and provides free turn-by-turn voice guided navigation, forever. The traffic service is available on all touch Symbian smartphones.

TECHNOLOGY HELPS MORE PEOPLE TO WORK FROM HOME

Seventy one per cent of South African knowledge workers are now regularly working outside of the office, whilst 75% of workers are using their own personal computing device at work, according to the “Future of the Workplace”, a survey of more than 100 CIOs and information workers undertaken by Citrix Systems in May and June this year.

BLACKBERRY PREPARES BIGGEST LAUNCH EVER

Research In Motion (RIM) today announced plans to launch 5 new BlackBerry smartphones based on the BlackBerry 7 Operating System.  RIM, in conjunction with carriers and distribution partners around the world, is rolling out two new BlackBerry Bold models and three new BlackBerry Torch models, all running the powerful new BlackBerry 7 OS. 

JOCK BITES THROUGH BOX OFFICE

Jock of the Bushveld, South Africa’s first 3D animated film, released this past weekend and is NUMBER 1 at the South African Box Office.

PRESIDENT ZUMA "URBAN LEGENDS" SOLD AS FACT

The Presidency has noted that an urban legend related to the Public Protector reports on the police buildings lease agreements has crept into official editorial commentary and columns of some media products.