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BREAKING: Vox buys out SA cloud marketing outfit Everlytic

One of South Africa’s leading telcos, Vox, has just acquired a majority stake in local cloud communications startup, Everlytic. The buyout comes in the…

6 reasons why the PlayStation 3 is better than the PlayStation 4

The current console generation has been around for a few years now and are starting to come into their own. The problem is, they’re…

This Google-backed startup from SA is training thousands of coders

If South Africa is to really become a knowledge economy, it seriously needs to develop the youth’s Computer Science skills. That’s a no-brainer. But…

Consistent visibility is key to better ecommerce experiences

Online shopping is growing fast in South Africa, with recent research reports suggesting over one in five South Africans currently shop online, and between…

Pivothead Kudu review: shades with a third eye

If smart glasses send suspect shivers down your spine, you might want to skip this review, but for those who fancy becoming members of…

Weekly Round Up #49: Startup news from SA, new iPhone, Facebook and Apple earnings

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

Battleborn: here’s everything we know so far

Battleborn is an upcoming first-person Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) title currently in development at Gearbox Software, the same people who brought us the…

Q&A: What Africa needs to do to build the next Facebook

I recently sat down with Seedstars World’s Marcello Schermer (pictured middle) and Gregory Pepper (pictured left). We spoke extensively about the startup pitching competition…

Proline A933L tablet review: a basement Windows bargain

Tablets are slowly becoming the jack of all trade devices we all thought they would. They’ve murdered netbooks and have made large laptops even…

Q.U.B.E: Director’s Cut review: it’s hip to be cubed

Valve’s Portal was the unintentional gem of the Half-Life Orange Box. The title was a sleeper hit and soon everyone — gamers and non-gamers…

13 things I wish I’d known before starting a startup

I have been blessed to own several businesses in my time, working across industries and sectors, from sports to hospitality and property development. I…

Weekly Round Up #33: Facebook’s M, Moments app, Cortana for Android and #StrongerthantheRand

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

Monster coupe top trumps! Mercedes-AMG C 63 Coupe versus BMW M4

BMW’s hottest 4 Series has been tearing up stretches of tarmac around the world since early in 2014, providing plenty of high-performance thrills to…

AG Ghost review: you can do better for less

Here’s the thing about the AG Ghost: as tempting as it is to review it as a R5000 phone, you just can’t. That’s not…

LexNove is almost like Tinder for legal services

The founders of new South African attorney-to-client match-making platform LexNove have been involved in a couple of online legal-oriented ventures in the past few…

Elizabeth Gould, Derrick Kotze on the need to catalyse collaboration in Africa

Memeburn recently sat down with Elizabeth Gould (pictured right), the CEO of programming academy CodeX, and Derrick Kotze who’s the CEO of African developer…

Building merchant-consumer trust is vital for ecommerce success

Trust: It may be a two-way street regarding interpersonal relationships, and challenging enough to maintain between human beings. But shift this intangible quality to…

Justin Wilson dies following Pocono shunt: the motorsport roundup

It has been a difficult weekend in motorsport. Although the Belgian Grand Prix reignited the final phase of the Formula 1 season, in the…

The Flock: the game with a death-dependent self-destruct button

In recent years there has been a great increase in the number of indie gaming studios and this has resulted in a market saturated…

Who will win the battle of Nigeria’s online classifieds?

First it was ecommerce with Jumia and Konga fighting neck-to-neck, then the attention went to the online marketplace space with the likes of Kaymu,…

Cracking the nut: An indie game startup’s mission to balance passion and profit

Starting your own video game startup is a tough nut to crack. Given South Africa’s relatively small online community and few investors looking at…

Samsung Galaxy Note 5: Sammy proves it has no idea what it’s doing anymore

At the turn of the decade, Samsung made a bold move of launching a large screened smartphone just at the world woke with a…

5 upcoming games in 2015 we can’t wait to play

The year 2015 has brought us some phenomenal video games titles so far. We got to parkour our way through the zombie infested street…

Samsung Celebrated for Transformative Tech by Consumer Technology Association

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