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Burning Hot: iPad Air, replace the web with cats and StartupBus Africa

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

4 ways to build offline connections with your startup’s customers

Entrepreneurs are bombarded with advice on using digital means to connect with customers. But what about connecting in real life? Although much of the…

BBM for Android and iOS review: robust chat made the BlackBerry way

I waited a long time for this, and it’s here, but was it worth the endless delays? BBM for Android and iOS is exactly…

5 massive PR lessons learned from working with startups in Africa

I’ve been involved with tech companies and startups in Africa for the past 15 years, and have seen some major success stories that have…

The mobile OS wars: is anyone actually winning?

“Guys, it’s just a phone okay?! It’s really not that important!” We’ve all been in a conversation like that, and you can deny it…

Startups keep it personal: build your company for people

There is a plethora of startup advice out there: find your market need, get an MVP (minimal viable product), find funding, expand, go global,…

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 review: great specs, bland design

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is the flagship phablet device from Samsung that many were waiting for. It competes with every other flagship smartphone…

Lulz hackers: Self-confessed malicious vandals

Computer hackers who have hit the websites of the CIA, US Senate, Sony and others during a month-long rampage said Friday that they were…

Brinkmanship

Brink (Xbox360, PS3, PC) *Sigh* I really, really wanted to like Brink. Really I did. But Brink makes it so hard. On the surface…

Gentlemen, start your console’s engines

It seems Nintendo’s reveal of its new Wii U has started a videogames arms race similar to the one started with the original Wii….

App of the week: Reeder

This week’s app of the week: Reeder, a Google Reader client for iPhone that is beautifully designed, easy to use and powerful enough to…

BlackBerry Bold 9780 Review

Let’s be clear, the BlackBerry Bold 9780 is the best BlackBerry you can buy today, but should you? BlackBerry fans looking for a high-end…

Rockstar gets brooding and intense with LA Noire

LA Noire – Detective Phelps cuts a sharp figure in the neon light of Los Angeles. Hunched over the scene of a brutal crime,…

A look at some of Africa’s hottest startup incubators

Although investment in Africa has traditionally focused on commodities rather than technologies, the explosion of mobile usage has opened up opportunities for small-business development….

Samsung Galaxy S II: The galaxy strikes back

Samsung scored a smash hit with the Galaxy S, a phone that almost single-handedly established it (along with Android) as a viable threat to…

IBM: Carbon nanotech coming soon to a phone near you

A research team from IBM has managed to produce an integrated circuit on a sheet of graphene, a sheet of carbon a single molecule…

Why most startups fail … and here’s how not to

It’s easy to think of the latest startup like a pimple in the middle of your forehead: you wake up one morning and it’s…

Myows: managing your copyright online

Creative people are generally not well known for being legally switched on. But the challenges of protecting original work in the digital age means…

‘Apple created Android’

“Apple created Android, or at least they created the environment to allow Android to happen.” Those were the words of Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop…

HP’s TouchPad on sale in US on July 1

Hewlett-Packard announced on Thursday that its rival to Apple’s hot-selling iPad, the HP TouchPad, will go on sale in the United States on July…

Wii U & Me

So now we know what Nintendo had up its sleeves. The Wii U controller-tablet hybrid. There was talk that the new Nintendo console would…

Visa snaps up SA mobile financial services company Fundamo for $110m

Visa, the world’s largest credit and debit card network, has snapped up South African mobile financial services company Fundamo for $110-million in cash. The…

iBorg: three new ways Apple will eat you

Apple has done it again – it has an amazing knack of taking technology that’s been on the market for years, packaging it, integrating…

HONOR X9c Redefines Rugged Smartphones with Unmatched Durability and Smart AI Features

South Africans Embrace AI: 71% Excited About Future Impact, New Survey Reveals

Temu Survey Reveals Price is King for South Africans

Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round, Setting Record in Kenya’s Tourism-Tech Scene

Conservio raises $1M to expand sustainable travel

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Dakar dominated by South African built Hilux Evos

Elkann to create Jeep and Stellantis Meta(morphosis)

Afeela is Honda’s luxury EV – with Sony tech