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…
Apple sells 13 million iPhones in just three days
On 25 September 2015, the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus went on sale. As per usual, queues outside selected retailers were long. Three…
Google plans to roll-out WiFi to 400 train stations across India
It comes as little surprise that Google plans to provide public WiFi in 400 train stations across India. Right now, India is a fast-growing…
Weekly Round Up #36: 4chan sale, Skype outage, BB-8 Star Wars droid and TomTom Bandit
Welcome to Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This week on BurnCast, Stuart Thomas,…
Microsoft introduces Invite, an easy way to organise meetings on the go
Microsoft reckons scheduling meetings and coordinating multiple schedules on a small screen is a bit of a task and has decided to do something…
Instagram community grows to more than 400m, sharing 80m photos daily
Instagram, the photo and video sharing app, has announced that its community has grown to more than 400 million users with more than 80…
Meet Opera’s new brand identity
Opera has unveiled its new identity. The last time the browser company altered its logo was in 2013, though the company says that this…
4chan messaging board sold to Japanese 2channel founder
On the verge of its two billionth post and 12th birthday the anonymous message board, 4Chan, has been sold to Hiroyuki Nishimura, the founder…
Less than a week after release, iOS 9 hits a record 50% adoption
According to Apple, iOS 9 is on more than 50% of iOS devices less than a week after launching, making it the fastest adoption…
Yup. Facebook is getting a ‘Dislike’ button
For a long time, many Facebook users have suggested that the social media giant should have a Dislike button. Facebook has been reluctant, however,…
Users can now order, pay, track OrderIn orders within WeChat
A few weeks ago, OrderIn, the popular online food ordering service, ran a promotion on WeChat where users could order three meals and get…
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