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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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