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BurnCast: is Twitter dying?

Welcome to BurnCast, our weekly podcast that discusses tech trends, innovation and news. Hosted by Mich Atagana and Stuart Thomas. This week’s episode was…

3 Gmail tricks you probably didn’t know about [Video]

Welcome to the fifth episode of our new YouTube show MemeTV — a weekly show where we’ll share social media, online marketing and tech…

Is intrapreneurship a myth or could it be a key differentiator for your business?

In recent years the power and potential of entrepreneurship has become more and more entrenched in public debate and the attention on this particular…

The worst (and best) console to PC ports

Video game ports: a term most gamers cringe at hearing. After all, what could be worse than playing a game that was absolutely amazing…

Samsung Galaxy S5 vs. Apple iPhone 5s: plastic and metal

It’s about time we pit some of the best smartphones available in the market against each other. We’ve reviewed the Samsung Galaxy S5 recently…

5 reasons every startup needs an explainer video

Pre-millennium, online businesses were going from multimillion operations to flame-outs as quickly as small town gossip spreads, taking less than a year to transform…

The 5 most ill-fated attempts ever made at building an electric car

Humans tend to learn by trial and error. Automakers, it seems, are the same (popular knowledge suggests they are run by humans, after all)….

Hemingway’s ‘The Old Man and the Sea’: a fundamental guide to business

Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea is a timeless, Pulitzer Prize winning novel, both rich in symbolism and conspicuously relevant in its…

Social wine discovery service Real Time Wine uncorks delicious mobile apps

The world of wine is about to get super social and dramatically less snooty. Real Time Wine, the 140-character wine blog is now available…

Lending goes peer-to-peer with RainFin

Let’s be serious for a minute folks. Getting a loan from a bank can be a right royal pain in the arse. Surely you…

CheqOut set to disrupt African mobile payments industry

CheqOut, launching today, will allow anyone with an iPhone — and later an Android phone or BlackBerry — to accept credit card payments, by…

Must watch: Faux startup Vooza pokes fun at startup culture

Gameface solemnly shelved, Ventureburn takes a breath to celebrate two videos that brilliantly spoof our bizarre and wonderful startup culture. The first video, released…

What is an entrepreneur? Why are you one?

ENTREPRENEUR – What the hell does it really mean and what right do you have to call yourself one… and how is the blatant…

South Africa’s mobile messaging services industry to get a shake up

South Africa’s mobile services industry is apparently getting a shake up. According to Panacea Mobile, a mobile a services company, 40% of SMS campagins…

Blueseed: The seaborne startup incubator

Immigration laws are tedious and work visas are expensive, especially for foreign entrepreneurs wanting to work in the US. Max Marty and Blueseed cofounder…

App of the Week — TuneIn Radio Pro

To be honest, when it comes to the world of internet radio, I am a complete novice. I just didn’t see it having a…

Will the real African startups please stand up?

With so much focus on advancing the entrepreneurial ecosystems around African startup hubs at the moment, more and more Africans are starting their own…

What’s the next billion dollar idea?

A couple of months ago, Facebook acquired the wildly popular photo sharing social network, Instagram, for a cool US$1-billion. Popular yes, profitable? Nope. With…

Reviewed — Magic: The Gathering 2013

Magic: The Gathering, released in the early 1990s, is the most widely played trading card game in the world. With numbers in the region…

What Steve Jobs can teach us about hacking charisma

Olivia Fox Cabane makes her living by teaching people the skills needed to be charismatic, influential and persuasive. During her career, she’s been invited…

Reviewed: Acer Aspire S3 – beefy but boring

The progress of technology is astounding. Every couple of years, computing power doubles. We keep packing more features into mobile devices. Features such as…

6 breakthrough startups set to disrupt the news industry

In April this year, Memeburn picked ten innovative Knight News Challenge entries that had the potential to propel the news industry forward. The “Networks”…

Is Windows Surface ready to take a bite out of Apple?

After a long wait of Microsoft “keeping it secret and keeping it safe“, it has been revealed. A tablet named Surface. “It’s hardware and…

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Aura Edition Review: A Sleek, AI-Powered Ultrabook for the Work-Anywhere Era

WeThinkCode_ and South Cape TVET College Bring Software Engineering Training to Rural SA Youth

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

Capitec and Mama Money Launch Fintech Partnership to Empower Migrant Workers Across Africa

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel