The #iam4rhinos Twitter storm has passed its 100 000 mark, and other brief reports...

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Publish date 25 September 2013
Issue Number 1503
Diary Legalbrief eLaw

* The #iam4rhinos Twitter storm has passed the 100 000 mark of tweets pledged, and continues to gather momentum across SA and the world. International actors and personalities have also contributed strongly, including comedian Ricky Gervais and actress Kirstie Alley. And they've been backed up by superstars across the world, with Bollywood stars weighing in heavily and Indian cricket legend Shanthakumaran Sreesanth also lending his voice to the campaign. - Link2Media

* PSG Online won the overall award for SA's top stockbroker for the third year running, just beating competitor Standard Online Share Trading. The Top Stockbroker Awards are sponsored by Business Day's Investors Monthly and are awarded to brokers that display excellence in various areas. 'PSG and Standard were neck and neck in terms of services, but the former clinched it, based on slightly more positive client feedback,' the judges said. - Business Day * Green Point residents and visitors have been granted access to a free public Wi-Fi hotspot. The access point is located at St Andrew's Square about 1km from the city centre of Cape Town and the service was launched on 12 September. The Green Point City Improvement District has worked with the City of Cape Town to produce the service. - News24 * Yahoo! Japan has developed a voice-activated internet search that links to a 3D printer, letting users look online for blueprints to deliver solid objects in a few minutes. The search engine scours the Internet for information that it can use to print palm-sized renderings of items as diverse as hippopotamuses or fighter jets. Heralded as a technology that is potentially as game-changing as the steam engine was in its day, 3D printers have become a more commonplace reality over the past few years. - News24