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‘A Look Back’: Facebook creates a nostalgic custom video using your life

Today marks the 10th anniversary of Facebook’s founding. As creator Mark Zuckerberg reflects on the last 10 years with his company, he and his…

6 concept cars that completely rejected conventional power sources

For the past century or so, we’ve mostly powered our cars using the internal combustion engine. Lately, we’ve made some serious progress with electricity,…

Flappy Bird review: ‘Dark Souls’ distilled

Firstly, download Flappy Bird (it’s free) for iOS or Android. Secondly, play it. Thirdly, keep playing it. Resist the urge to uninstall it. Finally, allow…

People, places and parcels, Tranzit is Africa’s taxi app on steroids

Unlike most taxi app services these days, Tranzit not only offers you transportation but also parcel delivery and enables you to locate relevant places…

7 top chauffeur-driven cars for stinking rich technophiles

You may have a collection of glistening sports cars, worth almost enough to rescue Zimbabwe’s ailing economy. You may have a moat-encircled mansion packed…

Ex-Rocket Internet crew all-in on Nigerian gift card startup Suregifts

While the idea of a gift card ecommerce startup isn’t exactly novel, Suregifts from Lagos, Nigeria, has the type of VC backing and founder…

LG G Pro Lite review: heavy on features, light on price

LG’s a sneaky one. After years of pumping out washing machines, TVs and microwaves, it branched off to mobile phones. And holy hell, has…

Win Batman: Arkham City for Xbox 360 with Gearburn.com

Want to add the latest Batman game to your collection? Gearburn.com is there for you. Yep, we’re giving away Arkham City for Xbox 360…

Review: Art-ertainment in Ico & Shadow of Colossus HD

In this age of mindless first-person shooters and endless chasing down of health packs, it’s refreshing to see a game like Ico and Shadow…

Not a review: Logitech M125 in ‘A Lonely Place to Point and Click’

Rays of sunlight pierced my venetian blinds, sending UV rays lasering into my room. As I raised my trembling hand to shield my eyes,…

HTC sees gloomy year for mobe sales

The Taiwanese cellphone mega-manufacturer has cut its immediate revenue forecasts by as much as a quarter, citing continuing global recession and competition from Apple…

Video-less rooted Kindle Fire sorted

Those who purchased the Kindle Fire and the swiftly proceeded to root it to allow the installation of unapproved apps would have swiftly hit…

Review: Frame to Facebook with Samsung SH100

It’s everything you want in a cheap point and shoot, and more. Remember every time you took a pic, and went, “Jeez, how awesome…

Lights out for Powertime in Cape Town

Powertime, a South African mobile and web-based prepaid electricity vendor, is in trouble. As users in the Western Cape may or may not know,…

10 great insights from London’s tech hub

I was recently in London for the Tech City UK Entrepreneurs Festival, as part of Britain’s Global Entrepreneurship Week with over 300 tech entrepreneurs…

Review: HTC Sensation of a near miss

I have a soft spot for HTC. My trusted Desire was my first Android-powered device, and needless to say, I love it. It’s a…

Add boom to your room with Logitech Z323 speakers

Logitech has long had a place in my heart for good value, quality gear. Its keyboards and mice are hugely popular, but the little…

‘Dirty Dozen’ least secure smartphones – all Android

First, get ready with a pinch of salt, as security companies sounding alarms about security can be self-serving. Vested interest, and all. But Bit9,…

‘Buffy’ stabs at the heart of Facebook phones

Users have been bombarded with “Facebook” phones this year. Most of them, with the Vodafone 555 blue as a prime example, were pretty standard…

App of the week: TouchBase Calendar

This week I take a look at Touchbase, the calendar app for people who are constantly out on the road in meetings with clients…

FXI Cotton Candy. PC. Onna stick

File this under, “Oh my word that’s cool.” A previously unknown Norwegian company called FXI Technologies has demonstrated a working prototype of it’s “computer…

40 000 apps and counting for the Windows Phone Marketplace

The Windows App store is inching ever closer to relevance with the landmark availability of over 40 000 applications for its line of smartphones. Earlier…

Review: Motorola Razr cuts to the quick

The Motorola dev people have spent a lot of time on the new Razr. It shows. It oozes loving attention. And not in the…

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

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

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

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel