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FROM THE EDITOR
The End of the
Virus
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s Facebook on its way out? If you compare the social network to that of an infectious
disease, then by 2017 it could only have as little as 20% of its peak user base left.
That is according to researchers at Princeton University, who used
epidemiological models to explain user adoption and abandonment
of social networks. Granted, they did base their conclusions of
Facebook on that of the disaster that was Myspace, which was
left abandoned because of mass migration to Facebook.
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For now there is no new social network that threatens Facebook’s
popularity, but the fact that younger people are simply not as
enamoured by the big F (3 million less 13-17 year old users than in
Jan 2011) is interesting. This might be because posting becomes
increasingly less cool once you’ve accepted that friend request
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I have also heard a number of users complaining about
simply not coping with Facebook’s continuous updates of
smiling selfies, happy loving couples, ‘inspirational’ pictures,
kids off to their first day of school, babies born, new
brilliant jobs, and friends showing off their holiday cabin at
the edge of Mount Couldntcareless. Complaining about
that though seems a bit like criticising a chair because it
forces you to sit down. There are a couple of solutions
to this problem – defriend, defriend, defriend, or simply
uninstall that stupid Facebook app.
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Enjoy the issue,
Mike Joubert
mike@techsmart.co.za.
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NEWS
04
2014 Porsche 911
Targa
06
Apple Mac Pro
LIFESTYLE
28-29
Offi ce Style
30
The Analogue Offi ce
31
Manbags
32
Hot Flashlights
33
Fitness Gear
ABOUT THE COVER GIRL
FEATURES
8-11
CES 2014
All the hot stuff coming from
the world’s largest consumer
electronics show.
CATWOMAN
Also known as: The Cat, real name is Selina Kyle.
Quick Facts:
In her first origin story, Catwoman was a flight attendant whose life of crime
begun after she purportedly suffered from amnesia following a plane crash
(leaving her with eight more to risk).
While her supposed amnesia was later revealed to be a hoax, it turns out
that prior to her life of crime, Catwoman had left behind an abusive first
marriage – retrieving her jewellery from the safe of her former husband is
credited with introducing her to cat burglary.
Catwoman has been both portrayed as Batman’s adversary, a high stakes
cat burglar and ambiguous super-villain, and Batman’s most contrarian
love interest.
In the
Earth 2
storyline, Catwoman and Batman eventually tied the knot and
had a child together – Helena Wayne, who would grow up to become The
Huntress.
Famous Catwoman quotes:
To Batman: “Seems like every woman you try to save ends up dead... or
deeply resentful. Maybe you should retire.”
“There’s a storm coming, Mr. Wayne. You and your friends better batten
down the hatches, because when it hits, you’re all gonna wonder how you
ever thought you could live so large and leave so little for the rest of us.”
“You poor guys. Always confusing your pistols with your privates.”
To Max Shrek: “You killed me... The Penguin killed me... Batman killed me...
that’s... three lives down. You got enough in there to finish me off?”
Model:
Nadia from Spotlight Agency
CULTURE
34-35
Top 5 Heist Movies
36
Top Movies for Feb
37
SA Comic Book Stars
38
Know your Anime
44
Top Tweets
44
Tech Horoscope
COMPETITIONS
42
Sony Xperia XT
42
Kaspersky Internet
Security – multi-device 2014
43
Durable cleaning products
COLUMNS
45
Pippa Tshabalala
Pippa got herself a PS4 on launch
and gives her first thoughts after the
honeymoon.
48
Deep Fried Tech
Deep Fried Man believes South
Africans are being hard-done by,
since Wi-Fi should be free.
GAMING
46
Knack
47
Gran Turismo 6
REVIEWS
12
Canon EOS 70D
14
Apple iPhone 5c
15
Sony SmartWatch II
16
Gigabyte P25
18
Acer at CES
18
Gigabyte P27K
19
Everki Atlas
notebook bag
20
Hi-Tech Trailblazers
20
TomTom Runner
watch
EDUCATION
21
Learnfast
SCIENCE
22
Bits about ‘Bots
23
Smart Answers
CARS
24-25
Subaru Forester
2.5XS Premium
Lineartronic CVT
26
Top 5 Performance
Saloons
14
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