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Two essential tools for your business toolkit

Organising two important areas of your business can be made a lot easier by using a couple of simple but powerful tools. Effective Leads…

Joy and (some) confusion: Twitter reacts to Alexander Rossi’s Indy 500 win

Winning the Indy 500 is a milestone achievement for any racing driver, being part of the Triple Crown of motorsport. Winning the 100th running…

Canon EOS 80D vs Canon EOS 70D: a worthwhile improvement?

The Canon EOS 70D was an impressive camera and naturally its updated version, the EOS 80D had a lot to live up to. The…

3 features we’d love to see arrive in Android N

Although Android’s market share is tipping the scales at 61%, the operating system still needs some serious polish. Bigger manufacturers can develop their own…

3 fundraising trends to help your startup

Hammer pants. Frosted tips. Fanny packs. Some of you bought into these flavours of the month. Others, well, lucked out. At one time, for…

Weekly Round Up #64: Microsoft job cuts, Xiaomi Mi 5, Twitter, Overwatch & more

Welcome to Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation, and news from the last few days. This week, main man Stuart…

Why spend R159 per month on Xbox Live when you can do this?

News of Microsoft increasing the price of Xbox Live Gold in South Africa has not been received positively. Then again, when do price hikes…

4 new ecommerce trends you should be aware of

There are a lot of different ways to earn money online. In fact, many traditional jobs are now transitioning to a virtual environment, which…

Here’s your March 2016 games calendar

Three months into 2016, and we’ve already been pelted by some contenders for game of the year. So what does the industry have left?…

Connected cars, connected industries, connected everything

Let’s delve into the fact that, much like the Internet of Things, we have entered into an era of Connected Everything. Everything, from fridges…

Memeburn, Ventureburn to celebrate South Africa’s Digital All Stars

Technology is playing an increasingly important role in the South African economy. The country’s digital advertising market is now worth more than R1.5-billion, with…

Explaining LIGO: detecting colliding black holes and gravitational waves

As most of you have probably heard by now, two astonishing discoveries have recently been made (or rather one discovery leading to another discovery)…

Jimmie Johnson wins in Atlanta, ties with Dale Earnhardt Sr: the motorsport roundup

You hear that? That’s the rumble, whine and screech of engines whirring into life. It’s March, and finally, the world motorsport series are lurching…

4 things to consider before crowdfunding your startup

The market has been flooded with positive news about crowdfunding and how it is displacing the traditional venture capital market with great rapidity. This…

4 big smartphone surprises of MWC 2016

Samsung greatly improved the Samsung Galaxy formula with the S7. LG took a bold new leap into the modular unknown with the LG G5….

Will Microsoft release Office on the Xbox One?

This generation of video game consoles hasn’t been an easy one to afford or justify. With high development costs, weak economies, and faltering currencies,…

Fundamo Dairies — Building real solutions for big clients [Part 2]

The following article is the second in a series of extracts from South African entrepreneur Hannes Van Rensburg’s upcoming book, Cash In, Cash Out….

Weekly Round #53: Facebook Reactions, Boston Dynamics’ Robot, MWC, Far Cry

Welcome to Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This week on BurnCast, Senior…

Far Cry Primal preview: the search for Oros

The Far Cry series has always been about guns, soldiers, and killing. According to some fans, the series has grown stagnant over the years. Ubisoft…

The one safety feature authorities say should be standard on every single new car

Imagine blasting down the highway in a vehicle that doesn’t offer any seatbelts. If you’re anything like us, you’d feel somewhat unsettled. A little…

Sink or swim: keep your startup afloat in 5 ways

Every entrepreneur’s dream is to launch a startup that breaks growth records and becomes an industry leader. Growth is the whole point, right? But…

Hamlin edges Truex Jr. in closest ever Daytona 500 finish: the motorsport roundup

Stand by for manic oval racing, serious paint-swapping and pit crew jumping over walls like they’re in the army, because NASCAR is back in…

Fundamo diaries: launching the world’s first mobile money service in Africa [Part 1]

The following article is part of a series of extracts from South African entrepreneur Hannes Van Rensburg’s upcoming book, Cash In, Cash Out. The…

ASUS and AMD Launch AI-Driven Expert P Series PCs for South African SMBs

Calls vs Puts: Understanding the Two Types of Options

HONOR celebrates Amajita’s AFCON win with 400 Lite smartphone drop