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Weekly Round Up #61: Uncharted 4, Samsung vs Apple, Uber and more

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

Real estate startup Property Fox wants to save you money when selling houses

There’s a new real estate startup hitting the South African market. Property Fox aims to save customers over 80% of traditional estate agent costs…

9 awesome gadgets and gift ideas for mom this Mothers Day

Sunday 8 May 2016. It’s the day that we’ll honour the most important people in our lives — our mothers. Yep, it’s Mothers Day,…

Oh Tesla, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways

Raise your hands if you, like me, raced to put in your pre-order when you heard the Tesla 3 would be heading to South…

Reviewing The Classics: we play Duke Nukem 3D (1996)

Stand by for retro reviews done right, folks. Reviewing The Classics is a series where Gearburn staff play some of their most loved retro…

3 things the Xbox One does better than the PlayStation 4 (and vice versa)

We live in a world governed by binaries. Night and day. Summer and Winter. Xbox One and PlayStation 4. But one simply cannot say…

How a Kenyan health startup is transforming the lives of families — one SMS at a time

Your children’s health is probably the most important thing in the world to you. But how do you know if your child is developing…

5 things I learned taking the Suzuki Vitara on holiday

Late last year, we gave you our first impressions of the Suzuki Vitara, the new compact crossover from the Japanese manufacturer. By and large,…

Want to increase sales in 2016? Here are 5 mCommerce strategies you can’t ignore

If you are planning to deploy mobile commerce in 2016, there are certain key elements that you will need to get right in order…

6 ways Microsoft can improve the Xbox One system software

The Xbox One has been out for a few years now and received its first major software overhaul last year. While this new Windows…

Memeburn geeks out over NerdNab’s second box of goodies [video]

South African bi-monthly loot goodie company, NerdNad, is back with either second offering. The first one wasn’t all that spectacular and a bit of…

African tech innovators: Our Uber moment is coming

We all know that we face some unique challenges in Africa, driven by the lack of access to market and the relatively small skills…

Nintendo NX games should put story, gameplay before graphics

A few years ago, a game debuted on the PlayStation 4, a then new and exciting concept that was to take gaming to an…

3 ways China’s slowdown yields opportunities for Africa

Any economic news out of China makes waves in markets around the world, particularly when it’s bad. Last year’s slowdown prompted furrowed brows across…

Reviewing the Classics: we play Fallout 1 (1997)

Stand by for retro reviews done right, folks. Reviewing The Classics is a series where Gearburn staff play some of their most loved retro…

Weekly Round Up #48: GM, Jumo, Twitter blackout, Marie Claire internship, Hateful 8, movie trailers

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

G-Technology G-DRIVE ev RAW review: hardy storage

Do you enjoy blogging while boating across the Nile, hiking up Kilimanjaro or perhaps while vehemently guarding your power point at the next overcrowded…

The 8 safest cars crash-tested by Euro NCAP in 2015

Yes, it’s that time of year again. The time when the crash-crazy folks over at Euro NCAP reveal their annual list of “Best in…

6 more lessons I have learnt about raising capital from VCs [Part 2]

The following is an adapted version of a talk done by Clive Butkow from Grovest at the Gordon Institute of Business Science at the…

How this Accra-based incubator is nurturing entrepreneurs to build pan-African products

A few months ago, I wrote a piece on the contrasting views of some African tech stakeholders, including Lagos-based CcHub’s Bosun Tijani, on the…

South Africans shine in Dakar Rally 2016, Peterhansel dominates: the motorsport roundup

Another weekend has passed by in 2016 and another spate of news from the world of motorsport we’ve ought to cover. This weekend saw…

Here’s why execution is the most important commodity for your startup’s success

Wikipedia, that wealth of internet answers, defines execution as “the act or mode or result of performance”. It also has the bits about chopping…

Mass Effect, Deus Ex and No Man’s Sky: 5 huge games to look out for in 2016

Once again our great spaceship known as Earth has finished its trip around the Sun and with it ushers in the next expansion of…

OpenAI Quietly Launches ChatGPT-5 — And It’s a Game Changer

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

South African Women Entrepreneurs Get It Right

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

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

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