Johannesburg, South Africa – February 27, 2025 – Xiaomi, the global leader in consumer electronics and smart manufacturing, proudly celebrated the official launch of…
Student wins international award for generator built from used hard drives
A student from the University of Cape Town (UCT), a prominent South African tertiary institution, has won an international innovation award for a wind…
Facebook fixes bug that gave access to private photos
Social networking giant Facebook has fixed a bug in its photo sharing system. The bug allowed users to view pictures that other users, including…
YouTube launches localised Nigerian site
Online video-sharing titan YouTube has launched a dedicated localised site for Nigeria. The announcement comes just days after a similar launch in Uganda. According…
Russian ‘Facebook rally’ hailed as success despite arrests
Thousands of Russians gathered at a so-called “Facebook rally”, protesting the results of recent legislative elections in the country. The elections were won by…
Microsoft app store next Feb – as Android Market hits 10bn
When you’re this far behind, all you can do is be relentlessly up-beat. Which Microsoft was last night in the barn-raiser to build dev…
Millions of Chinese vent online over Beijing smog
Millions of Beijing residents are going online to vent their anger over thick smog that has blanketed the Chinese capital in recent days. Conditions…
Win the Steve Jobs biography
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED Memeburn together with Penguin are giving away three copies of the new Steve Jobs biography, written by acclaimed biographer Walter Isaacson. Want…
Gowalla is at Facebook
Surprisingly not through a check-in at Facebook’s Palo Alto office, founders of location-based service Gowalla announced that they are winding down the location-sharing service…
Russian sites hit by massive hack amidst elections
A group of websites which were reportedly set to expose widespread fraud in Russia’s legislative elections have been targeted in a massive hacking attack….
Memeburn, Gearburn relaunch on new shiny platforms
Memeburn and Gearburn have been refreshed, improved and relaunched, with a slicker user experience across multiple devices, a streamlined back-end for faster page loads,…
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