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5 crucial questions that will help you choose your VC dream team

When you’re out saving the world, it sometimes helps to imagine that you’re a superhero. The startup world is bright and exciting — full…

Ecommerce is changing: where to from here?

Like any industry, eCommerce is just beginning to mature, so what are the next opportunities for disruption? The barriers to entry are no longer…

Shadowgate review: retro rebirth

There is a place nestled in the walls of Gatekeeper Mountain, a fortress riddled with arcane mysteries and myths. It is surrounded by the…

Vodacom Smart Kicka review: tiny phone, big value

We have yet another “budget smartphone” on our testing table. While the big manufacturers squabble among themselves to fit unnecessarily detailed screens and wildlife…

Engineering serendipity: 6 of our favourite co-working spaces in Cape Town

Like the famous coffee houses of the 1800s, co-working spaces for tech startups are the modern repositories where ideas can grow, projects become startups…

Mercedes-Benz S-Class review: is this the best car… in the world?

Mercedes-Benz says that the S-Class is “the best automobile in the world”. That’s an astonishingly bold claim, isn’t it? But it’s not a deluded…

VoiceMap app: a platform for storytellers to give personalised location-aware tour guides

The Revolution Route, one of the routes on VoiceMap, begins at the Grand Parade, right at the bottom of the statue of Edward VII,…

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…

6 top gaming phones of 2013, so far

Gamers enjoy playing on the go and that means using a smartphone with features that enhance gameplay. Screens have become enormous, and mobile processors…

9 reasons why NFC will simplify your life

By now we’ve all heard of NFC. What is NFC you say? Near field communication (NFC) is a set of standards for smartphones and other devices that…

The co-innovation trend and the challenge in emerging markets

While the absence of mature intellectual property laws remains one of the deterrents holding back co-creation or co-innovation in Africa, it’s a compelling model…

Bitcoin Surges As Market Relief Rally Meets Trump’s Crypto Backing

Insider Threats Surge In South African Organisations As AI Expands Cyber Risk

Anthropic Refuses To Let AI Spy On Customers

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

OPPO Reno15 Series Lands In South Africa With Big Cameras And Bigger Battery Ambitions

OPPO Reno15 Series Brings Flagship-Level Hardware Logic to the Mid-Tier in South Africa

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel