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Catching the eye — online marketing is about starting a conversation

Marketing is not a new concept. For thousands of years human beings have employed a variety of tactics to entice the interest of potential…

4 technologies in cheaper phones we’ll see by 2014

We have already seen the year-end flagship smartphones from most of the popular brands (iPhone 5S, Nokia 1520). Some of these smartphones will most…

Failure isn’t just good, it allows for extraordinary innovation

Failure is the taboo, unacknowledged elephant in every organisation-especially in larger companies. When organisations don’t allow their employees to fail, they are paying lip…

LG G2 review: this is the Android you’re looking for

As a phone, as a video player and as a social media machine, the LG G2 is a success. It’s also the closest most…

Burning Hot: Ashton Kutcher joins Lenovo, Android KitKat, TED Talks

Burning Hot is a weekly show on Burn Media that showcases our favourite recent stories on Memeburn, Gearburn and Ventureburn. From the latest gadgets…

Fitbug Orb: the cute, cheap fitness tracker with serious guts

Getting fit used to be an endeavour that involved you, a pair of running shoes and an open stretch of road. Perhaps, if you…

5 great movies entrepreneurs should watch for ‘reel’ inspiration

We all know that Hollywood tends to dramatize things. It isn’t any different when it comes to portraying the plight of the entrepreneur. Many…

Infamous 2: do good guys come first?

Review: The first inFamous for PS3 was a great showcase for the power of the PS3 that showed off the machines capabilities brilliantly. Beyond…

New cellphone-cancer link study says “nej”

After the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced that it was officially rating cellphones as a possible carcinogen category…

Olympus XZ-1 pushes many, many of the right compact buttons

It’s been a long time since Olympus gave us a ‘proper’ compact – that hard to define, small, point & shoot that’s designed for…

China whiz builds homebrew D-I-Y-pad

An enterprising Chinese man has come up with a solution for gadget-crazy people who desperately want Apple’s popular iPad tablet computer but cannot afford…

Sony drops $20-mil into games for PlayStation Network

Sony Computer Entertainment America has revealed a plan to invest $20 million in unique games tailored exclusively for PlayStation Network (PSN). The money will…

5 free web applications to take your startup to the next level

Starting a business can be daunting and trying to keep tabs of everything from sales to projects, even more so. If you happen to…

App of the week: Pocket Hipster

This week I take a break from the seriousness and formalities of personal finance apps, business expense recorders and news feed readers to take…

Ubisoft buys into free online gaming

Ubisoft, the French developer of several smash-hit games including Ghost Recon and Rabbid, is making a play for the online gaming world by buying…

Create your own mobile application for your company

It’s self-evident that most organisations have already rolled out their own email and personal information software (PIM) to their workforces. Are internal apps, however,…

Digital marketing: Next steps for startups

Promoting your startup effectively is a critical step towards ensuring that your business makes it from being a big idea to a well known…

F.E.A.R. 3 – F*%$ing Run! Ruuuuuun! Aaaaagh!

FEAR 3 REVIEW (PC) – Good horror takes you on an exploration of your own fears and doubts. It takes you by the heart…

The iPhone SLR Mount

The new iPhone SLR Mount from Photojojo has garnered quite a bit of buzz around the Interwebs lately. The mount is an iPhone case-adapter…

Video Review: Blackberry Playbook

The Playbook is many things to many people: an iPad competitor; a desperate attempt at relevancy; a RIM fanboy’s wet dream; just another tablet….

The media centre Dilbert’s company built: Stor.E TV+

Review: The Toshiba Stor.E TV+ is a one or two terabyte external drive cum media centre. It’s got a clumsy name, it’s clumsily built,…

Startups to ‘Ignite’ Tech4Africa 2011

Tech4Africa, one of the continent’s most prominent web and emerging technology conferences, has launched an initiative called Ignite, which will provide leading African startups…

FabFi does fabulous things in Afghanistan and Kenya

Something interesting is happening in Afghanistan. It’s also happening in Kenya. I think that it is proof that it is possible to open the…

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

Wiinta: The AI Therapist Aiming to Revolutionise Mental Health in Africa

SA’s AI Future Depends on One Thing: Skills

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

Altron FinTech Index signals modest household recovery, but affordability gap persists

The Best Business Loan Options for South African SMEs in 2025

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