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While searching for a hashtag and watching the tweets roll past in real time is cool and all, watching the events live as they unfold is just so much more compelling.The trial set to determine whether or not Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp starts today. State prosecutors will go head-to-head with Pistorius and his legal representatives in what is being called the South African version of the famous OJ Simpson case that took place two ...
Who doesn't like a good redesign? Remember how everyone went crazy over Yahoo!'s ages-ago-in-internet-time logo change? Well how about a good Google Doodle alternative?Tumblr, in the wake of its own logo 'redesign' in October last year (the 'u' got a trim), has announced that it is going to use its very own punctuation mark (the full stop or dot) to Google Doodle-ish effect.According to Tumblr's creative director, Peter Vidani, they decided to keep the dot so that it could ...
Chrome and LEGO recently teamed up to create Build With Chrome, a browser application that lets us build whatever our hearts desire, as long as its made of virtual bricks. Gearburn thinks it's a smashing idea and together with WantItAll, we're giving away this incredible LEGO Star Wars set to one creative winner who sends us their best Build With Chrome creation. There are also ten R150 WantItAll vouchers for the runner-ups.Read more on Gearburn.
Prominent PC-maker HP rolled out a new email campaign on the weekend promoting Windows 7 'Back by Popular Demand.' That's right, now a quick visit to HP's website sees Windows 7 front and centre, with banner ads and bundled deals on HP's latest machines.The Microsoft CEO race is coming to an end, says a report by Recode. Supposedly Microsoft has already made its decision -- to please investors and board members no doubt -- which it will reveal "soon."Despite Microsoft's ...
If you're planning a trip to Canada any time in the near future, don't expect your Bitcoin to be treated as legal tender. The North American country made its position on the crypto-currency clear this past week.“Only Canadian bank notes and coins are recognized as legal tender in Canada. Bitcoin digital ‘currency’ is not legal tender in Canada,” an official from Canada’s finance department said in an emailed statement to the Wall Street Journal.According to the Journal, the official ...
Twitter has started off 2014 with some changes. First off is the rollout of a new redesign which makes the desktop site look more like Twitter's mobile apps, expect less text, more blocks and images.Perhaps of more importance is changes to Twitter's ad policies. Not only can advertisers now target their ads at specific users -- based on email address or Twitter ID -- but Twitter can also help identify prospective users from public info like bios, follower counts, ...
Burning Hot is a weekly show on Burn Media that showcases our favourite recent stories on Memeburn, Gearburn, Ventureburn, and now Motorburn. From the latest gadgets and cars to startups, insights and analysis, this is your quick wrap up of the best of the ‘burns, in two minutes.As the year comes to an end, we take a look back at our favourite stories featured on Burning Hot over the last few months.From innovative social media campaigns on Memeburn (thanks #urbanselfie), ...
Global tech conference LeWeb Paris 2013 was over as soon as it started. Across the three-day event people were exposed to, and inspired by, some amazing content about the next ten years in technology. From growing trends such as wearable technology, the quantifiable self, 3D printing, big data, the future of television, all the way to mindfulness and meditation as a business and practice to the future of consumer robotics, LeWeb Paris had it all.Rounding up Memeburn's coverage of ...
If you're one of those people afraid to upgrade to Windows 8, but are in desperate need of a new machine then you're in luck: you'll still be able get one with Windows 7 pre-loaded until November 2014.Microsoft's product lifecycle does however mean that you can no longer buy it as a boxed piece of software. If you do opt to buy a Windows 7 device before then though, it's worth bearing a couple of things in mind. ...
Burning Hot is a weekly show on Burn Media that showcases our favourite recent stories on Memeburn, Gearburn, Ventureburn, and now Motorburn. From the latest gadgets and cars to startups, insights and analysis, this is your quick wrap up of the best of the ‘burns, in two minutes.In this edition, Memeburn looks at Spike Jonze's new movie starring Joaquin Phoenix, titled 'Her', in which a man falls in love with his AI voice assistant, shades of Al Pacino's Simone. Motorburn ...
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