In a significant policy shift, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has announced the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in…
Google Search shows how much SA cares about ‘Donald Trump’
Google News Labs’ US Elections hub is about as interesting as the elections itself. Graphing its slew of data garnered from daily search habits,…
Here’s how South Africans use Facebook during the holidays
It’s becoming more and more difficult to ignore Facebook‘s influence on our daily lives. With around 1.7-billion active users globally, the social network would…
Hillary Clinton vs Donald Trump: who’s the next US president of social media?
It’s the big day tomorrow. The day when millions of the United States’ citizens will take to the polls to vote for either Donald…
Saxonwold Shebeen: South Africa’s hilarious new meme
Forget the med- and edtech industries. You know what’s a real disruptive force on the internet at the moment? Shebeens. Specifically, shebeens in Saxonwold….
Groupon South Africa is dead: here’s what will happen to your orders
Back in September 2015, Memeburn reported that ecommerce platform Groupon began shedding global offices in an effort to “make the business more efficient”. And…
Mark Zuckerberg loses $3-billion in a single day
If you’re having a bad week, do spare a thought for poor Mark Zuckerberg. The founder and CEO of social media giant Facebook lost…
Microsoft Teams: Redmond joins the funky workplace collab party
Microsoft has today launched its answer to workplace collaboration tool Slack in the form of Microsoft Teams. The company’s announcement comes just weeks after…
‘Harambe’ lives on as emoji in Apple’s iOS 10.2 update
Good news, internet. Harambe might be making a triumphant return to your Apple mobile device in the form of an emoji. Although many Apple…
No Apple, this iPhone 7 owner is not Saddam Hussein
Okay Apple, we understand that you aren’t too interested in giving out refunds to iPhone buyers, but do you really need them to prove…
South Africa’s Quirk rebrands as Mirum
One of South Africa‘s largest digital agencies, WPP-owned Quirk, has today announced that it is rebranding to Mirum. The move comes after the company…
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