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• The Gizmondo, ‘Battlefield Hardline’ and LG Watch Urbane: this week’s TGIF Video Roundup

  You know, these February weeks are really dragging along this year, but that's not because there's a slew of gaming and gadget releases coming in hordes next month, thanks to the MWC and GDC. Considering that it is March in just a few days time, we have a look at one of the most special handheld gaming consoles that launched in March nearly a decade ago. It's a right shame that Nintendo doesn't have much competition in the market anymore. Read more ...

• Weekly Roundup #15: Mxit, Mobile World Congress, Apple car and CT is not Silicon Valley

  Welcome to Weekly Roundup, a podcast where the Burn Media team discusses all the biggest news from the past seven days in tech. This week, Stuart Thomas, Jacques Coetzee, and Andy Walker kicked things off with a preview of Mobile World Congress, which kicks off in Barcelona, Spain next week. The show is set to include a plethora of new smartphone and wearable launches. One South African company which you wouldn't have bet against having a presence a few years ...

• Vodacom launches e-school portal aimed at giving learners access to curriculum content

  African cellular giant Vodacom has launched an e-school portal which will enable any learners who are Vodacom subscribers to access curriculum content through their mobile devices. The portal, which is called Vodacom e-school, was launched at the COSAT Centre of Science and Technology inILitha Park, Khayelitsha, Cape Town. “The project is in line with Vodacom’s ongoing drive to help provide ICT tools and Internet connectivity to communities that do not have access," says Vodacom executive head for corporate citizenship, Suraya ...

• Weekly Round Up #14: Ubuntu mobile, Robot dog, BitPesa investment, Tyme exits and F1

  Another week in tech and another podcast from the Burn Media team to round it up. This week was -- as always -- very exciting, filled with kickable robot dogs, startups raising money, Tesla reporting a loss while building a battery to power homes and the Formula 1 revving up for its 2015 series. The video of Boston Dynamics testing its latest robotic invention had us gather around, asking "Why would anyone kick a dog?" In the name of science ...

• 15 of the most WTF online videos to come out of South Africa

  The footage of a TransAsia plane clipping a bridge and crashing into a river has to be one of the most WTF moments of 2015. The video has been extensively shared on social media, and it continues to remain a trending topic. This has got us thinking about videos from South Africa, and which ones have made us go “Woah!!! Wtf?” The two most popular amateur video hosting sites frequently used by South Africans are YouTube and LiveLeak. If you type “South Africa” ...

• ‘White Night’, ‘Life Is Strange’ and Liam Neeson: this week’s TGIF Video Roundup

  TGIF, and we really shouldn’t be at work, but that won’t stop us from gandering through the week’s best tech, gadget and gaming videos, now will it? The first week of February has come and gone like a scolded cat, but what a month we're in store for. And what a video roundup you're in store for today. Featured videos include the newly released trailer for White Night, a game that's bringing high contrast animation into the modern PS4 era. Additionally, we ...

• Weekly Round Up #13: eCommerce Africa Confex, Satya Nadella is cool and New Nintendo comes to South Africa

  This week ecommerce in Africa, its challenges and successes, have been the major focus for Memeburn and Ventureburn. Andre-Pierre du Plessis and Jacques Coetzee attended eCommerce Confex and tell us all about the latest trends and happenings in the space. Is it all just hype or is there really something worth looking out for? Out of it came interesting speeches and new startups were announced, including pick up point delivery startup Pargo and online verification service ThisIsme. ThisIsme, a startup that ...

• BBC World Service launches Kenyan hackathon to ensure its digital future in Africa

  The BBC World Service is one of the most pervasive and important radio offerings on the planet. As the world inevitably spends less and less time listening to physical radio sets however, the service has to ensure that it still has a presence in the digital space. One way it's aiming to do that is by teaming up with BBC’s digital innovations team, Connected Studio to hold a hackathon event on 3-4 February in Nairobi, Kenya, to generate and develop ...

• ‘Mortal Kombat X’, Conan’s ‘Minecraft’ and Freddy’s pizza: this week’s TGIF Video Roundup

  TGIF, and we really shouldn’t be at work, but that won’t stop us from gandering through the week’s best tech, gadget and gaming videos, now will it? It has been a long, long week and the best way to bring it to a close is with a round of your favourite beverage and our TGIF video roundup. Don't you agree? This week we've got a new teaser trailer for Mortal Kombat X's slimiest character, Reptile. For the small reason that is Minecraft, ...

• Weekly Roundup #12: Apple earnings, Facebook grows, Connected cars, Lenovo and Design4T

  Welcome to our Weekly Roundup, our podcast that discusses tech trends, innovation and news of the last few days. This podcast edition is hosted by Kyle Hauptfleisch: Memeburn General Manager together with the rest of the Burn Media editorial team: André-Pierre du Plessis, Stuart Thomas, Andy Walker and Jacques Coetzee. This week in tech has been dominated by financial earnings from the big tech companies. We have seen a few drops in revenue and also huge profits with Apple leading the ...

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