F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Samsung Pay is now available in South Africa
Samsung Pay is now officially available and live in South Africa. The contactless payment service, which has been available in other territories since 2015,…
Netflix is now showing ads between episodes to some users
Update, 22 August: Netflix South Africa’s PR has told Memeburn that there’s “no confirmation that Netflix will be rolling out the previews in our…
What Android SMS app should you be using?
For those still tied to contracts, sending an SMS is part and parcel of daily life. I mean, you can’t let those 500 SMSes…
Twitter’s celebrities pay tribute to the late Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, has died. The singer-songwriter fell ill earlier this week, and died on 16 August as a result of…
Ariana Grande’s ‘Sweetener’ a total hit on Twitter
Sweetener is Ariana Grande’s fourth and latest album, hitting streaming services early this morning in South Africa. It’s her first album since 2016’s Dangerous…
WhatsApp backups will no longer count towards your Google Drive quota
If you need more than 15GB of storage space for all those reaction GIFs, cat pictures and birthday party videos, Google and WhatsApp has…
UCT chooses not to suspend lecturer after #MenAreTrash Facebook post
UCT on Wednesday announced that it will not suspend a chemical engineering lecturer who published a “deeply disturbing” post to Facebook earlier this week….
Cell C’s new weatherman ad mocks Rain’s LTE network
We’re seeing more and more brands coyly attack one another on social media. A good example was Netflix’s swipe at Multichoice’s DStv, and Huawei’s…
UCT lecturer’s ‘disgusting’ Facebook post slams women for #MenAreTrash
UCT is again coming under fire on social media after a lecturer took to Facebook to criticise women for the #MenAreTrash movement, and confessing…
DStv Now launches apps for Samsung, Apple TV and Android TV
It’s been a busy day for Multichoice. The DStv owner announced a new deal with the SABC to keep the latter’s shows on its…
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