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At R50 a pop, this site wants to be the marketplace for all skills and talents

What are you willing to do for R50? “I will design your book cover … for R50″, “I will install WordPress so you can…

Apple’s next iPhone: before the launch, everything you need to know

A few months ago, we all wondered what exactly the iPhone 6 would embody, what specifications it would boast, and what new groundbreaking ideas…

5 interesting car questions and Quora’s best attempts at answering them

If you’ve never spent much time on Quora, the online question and answers service, do yourself a favour and get over there now. Actually…

5 bright startups lighting up the African continent using solar power

From warding off lions in rural areas to allowing a child to study a few hours longer into the night, many startups in Africa…

Hamilton benefits from Rosberg’s blunder: 6 moments you missed in motorsport this weekend

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

6 tips for giving your startup’s customer service efforts a good spring-cleaning

We always enter spring with a renewed sense of optimism and hope, and it’s a time of rebirth, renewal and new growth. While you…

Dead in a flash: 5 of the most difficult Flash games you can play today

The gaming industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. But not everyone owns the means, such as a proper gaming…

WooCommerce democratises ecommerce — a true WordPress child

The WordPress themes’ space has gotten quite crowed in the last few years. From ThemeForest to Elegant Themes, the competitors have boxed it out…

Lumia 920 review: It’s big, it’s really big, but oh so sexy

Turns out if you say “I haven’t used a Windows Phone” loud enough someone will send you one. While floating about in my quasi-world…

The most comprehensive guide to the SA startup landscape ever [Resource]

You have just arrived on South Africa’s startup scene, you’re lost and not sure where to start, or what to do next. You have…

Samsung Galaxy S 4 review: my life companion

I own no smartphone. Every so often, a company sends me their phone to review and for a few weeks or months, I live…

Burning Hot: social media managers, quirky startups and the PS4

Between Apple’s string of announcements at WWDC, the annual gaming frenzy that is E3 and Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth taking the South African government…

Figuring out whether to bootstrap or find a VC overlord? Read this first

We love the idea of bootstrapping here — we even have a guide to it. Recently I have been noticing a movement toward bootstrapping….

8 reasons why iOS 7 is the freshest fruit from Apple yet

Of all the announcements made at this year’s WWDC, the launch of the hotly anticipated and much-needed refresh of iOS was definitely the most…

7 things every entrepreneur should understand when starting a business

Being an entrepreneur is hard. You quit your nice paying job with your awesome corner office to start something because your grandmother thought it…

3 must-have minimalist Android apps

Since I’ve been using Android, and trying to encourage other people to use it, I’ve waxed lyrical about the customisability and open nature of…

Around the world in 7 startups: traveling ventures with a twist

If you’re planning on quitting your job anytime soon to travel the oyster that is our world, then this list will probably come in…

The complete WWDC 2013 keynote round-up

Apple’s hotly anticipated four-day WWDC conference kicked off today and we finally got to see what the men and women of Cupertino have been…

Branding your startup: why it’s kinda important now

Ever wondered why some companies get all the attention and others don’t? As society we have become obsessed with the flashy and the shiny….

5 of the biggest improvements in mobile camera technology

Mobile phone cameras thoroughly justify the saying “The best camera is the one that’s with you”. No mobile phone camera is still even comparable…

HP Elitepad 900 review: average tablet, crazy price

It’s difficult to make sense of HP’s Elitepad 900. This 10.1” tablet runs Windows 8 and offers the portability that makes any tablet a…

Burning Hot this week: Feathercoin, Xperia Tablet Z and coworking spaces

There’s a lot going on over here at Burn HQ — from stories about (ahem) interesting new social startups to NFC technology and why…

Is 3D printing the key to Africa’s dire manufacturing sector?

It’s not just a gimmick you often see on Kickstarter. 3D printing technologies have the ability to provide local communities with the access to…

TCL South Africa Unveils 2025 Mini LED TV Range with Wide Viewing Angles

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

EmpowaEntrepreneurs 2025 Targets Africa’s High-Growth Founders and Investors

French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

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

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV