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Citroën C4 Picasso review: An MPV loaded with tech? You’d better believe it!

Family vehicles and drool-inducing automotive technology are like pickles and ice cream: they’re generally just not found together. But the sharply styled Citroën C4…

Is the Kalahari, Takealot merger really in everyone’s best interests?

Early on Tuesday news emerged that two of South Africa’s ecommerce giants, Takealot and Kalahari, would be joining forces. But just how good is…

Paris Motor Show roundup: 9 cars that stole our hearts

The Mondial de l’Automobile, as its officially known to journalists or local folk, is one of the world’s major automotive exhibitions and usually the…

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Review: true detective

“This game is a narrative experience that does not hold your hand.” These are the opening words of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (TVEC)…

3 top tips for inculcating a connected tech startup culture

Mind-set, connectedness and government support are everything when it comes to building and sustaining a far reaching tech culture set to breed innovations across…

iOS 8 review: incremental iDevice improvements

Apple announced iOS 8 during WWDC 2014 and was released to the public two days ahead of the iPhone 6 launch. One thing that…

Jules Bianchi in critical condition after crash: 6 moments you missed in motorsport this weekend

There are just too many motorsport events and series to fit into a comparatively short weekend. Sadly because of this, many exciting moments go…

Sony Xperia Z: still a really great phone

The Sony Xperia Z. It’s a really good phone. And there is no higher praise that a smartphone can get. It does what a…

12 Kickass African startups worth getting excited about

I have decided that any old Joe can start a company. In fact all you have to do is have an idea. It doesn’t…

Entrepreneurship and the fallacy of work-life balance

How do you deal with stress and life balance as an entrepreneur? This was the question posed on the latest Startup Edition thread. As…

Leap Motion preview: two days of fun and frustration

Leap Motion is onto something different, innit? Leap is a 3D motion-controller the size of an electric slug that works on PC or Mac….

Razer Hammerhead Pro review: a lean, green, mean sound machine

The Razer Hammerhead Pro in-ear headphones are great. I’m just going to jump right into it. They are extremely loud, colourful and well-built. They…

Burning Hot: Twitter redesign, African gaming and Leisure Suit Larry

What do you get when you combine Twitter, a handful of exciting startups, a retro game and um, a Rubik’s Cube? The latest instalment…

Ecommerce: how are startups adapting to its emerging market success?

As ecommerce picks up, certain interesting trends start to form that shows how startups are adapting to their individual markets. This is most prominent…

Virtually a reality: why VR is no longer a lucid dream

Folks from the ’80s and ’90s dreamed of a day when they would be able to strap on a giant piece of headgear, press…

7 incredible TED talks that will get your entrepreneurial juices flowing

Here’s a fun one. We dug through TED‘s massive video archive and came up with seven talks by leading entrepreneurs that are bound to…

Android 4.3 isn’t Key Lime Pie, but an amazing update nonetheless

It’s that time of year again, the time where being a Nexus owner really pays off. Yup, it’s update season, or “The strangest thing…

Aim to be unique, not the best: truths about competition from Michael Porter

I was recently introduced to Michael Porter through a book called Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy by Joan Magretta….

Leisure Suit Larry retrospective: revisiting the original loser

“Ken sent me,” mumbles greasy, sex-starved and balding 80s every-man Leisure Suit Larry. From a monochrome display tied to a grey brick of a…

Day One for iOS review: a simple, digital journal for life

My desk at the office is filled with notebooks of varying sizes, Post-its and scratch pads, all filled from top to bottom with notes…

Jabra Revo Wireless review: next-gen headphones

There are a lot of things I hate in life, but wireless headphones aren’t one of them. So when I got the Jabra Revo…

Beyond acquisition: how do startups cope once they’ve been bought?

We have all been watching the shopping sprees of three tech giants in the past year; heck their shopping trolleys have been driving news…

South Africa needs patient ‘co-opetition’ between venture investors

A couple of weeks ago Ventureburn asked Marc Herson CEO of 2go what the South African startup tech ecosystem needed, especially its Venture Capital…

When AI Sees What We See – Why Its “Vision” Feels Weird (and Slightly Creepy)

The Comic Chaos of Sassy Smart Homes

Optasia’s $375 Million JSE IPO Could Redefine African AI Fintech

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel