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BurnCast • 4 Dec 2015

Weekly Round Up #45: UFOSA, Zuckerberg’s $45bn charity, WeChat Wallet, Black Friday

By Myolisi Sikupela: Staff Reporter

Welcome to Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days.

This week on BurnCast, Stuart Thomas talks to Gearburn Editor Andy Walker and staff reporters, Jacques Coetzee and Graham Van De Made.

The team discusses UFOs that were spotted in South Africa, Mark Zuckerberg’s US$45-billion commitment towards philanthropy, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Stuart talks about his time using WeChat Wallet.

The Tweet of the Week:

Zuckerbaby parody open letter is all kinds of awesome

#UFOSA sighting, crash site is an elaborate marketing campaign by FutureLife, Clover

WeChat SA launches mobile wallet: includes P2P payments, SnapScan integration

Myolisi Sikupela: Staff Reporter

Facebook introduces live video streaming, photo collages features

Facebook • 4 Dec 2015

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Lenovo Accelerate 2025 champions Innovation

The Alarming Truth About Gen Z Gaming Cybercrime

SA’s Smallest Businesses Are Job Engines – So Why Can’t They Get Funding

Five Ways to Back South Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs

Novare Holdings anchors R2.8 billion Investment

Investors Finding Their Way Back to the Kenyan Market

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Luca de Meo and his Renault legacy

Gemini AI to enhance Volvo infotainment

Everest better at exploring than Explorer

Weekly Round Up #45: UFOSA, Zuckerberg’s $45bn charity, WeChat Wallet, Black Friday

Myolisi Sikupela: Staff Reporter

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