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Rosberg beats Hamilton again in Abu Dhabi: the motorsport roundup

The motorsports year is slowly winding down, with the FIA World RallyCross Championship and Formula 1 hosting its last events of the season this…

Need For Speed (2015) review: fast and forgettable

Need for Speed is a franchise that has seen a thousand iterations (or at least it certainly seems like it), and thousands of hours…

Beyond insurance: How TopCheck aims to transform Nigeria’s financial services industry

In a country where online sale of services is still arguably unpopular compared to retail and other services, TopCheck is attempting to achieve profitability…

Memeburn dives into Geek Crate’s first themed box of goodies [video]

We’ve previously reviewed Geek Crate‘s first and second boxes and now it’s time to look at its third offering. This is the mystery crate…

Gearburn’s Holiday Gift Guide 2015: the best tech gifts under R150

Christmas shopping is a torrid chore, but it doesn’t have to be, especially if you happen to read Gearburn regularly. Our staff have put…

Fallout 4 review: radioactive fun

As it stands at this very moment, I have put the best part of 61-hours of my life into Fallout 4. During this time,…

Weekly Round Up #44: WeChat wallet, Rush, Huawei Mate 8, ShowMax and the new 007 Spectre movie

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

Another fabulous day in Wellington Wells: ‘We Happy Few’ launches on Kickstarter

Last week Canadian-based indie developer, Compulsion Games, launched its Kickstarter campaign for We Happy Few, a pleasingly twisted horror survival game set in a…

Hot hatch top trumps: Honda Civic Type R versus Ford Focus RS

It’s a battle as inevitable as death and CO2 taxes. And one that – for the time being, anyway – can take place only…

4 UX principles for creating effective car interfaces

Have you noticed that today’s most buzzed about companies don’t actually own any product? Amazon and Alibaba unite manufacturers; Uber provides transportation services, but…

Computex 2015 roundup: 7 products that left us very impressed

The annual Computex show held in Taipei, Taiwan is one of the most impressive computer and technology expos in the world, and the 2015…

Why Africa’s ‘largest retailer’ Jumia calls itself a startup

In February, I put Nigeria’s two leading ecommerce giants Jumia Nigeria and Konga to the test. The results showed some concerns about the quality…

Hamilton, Rosberg in a class of their own: the weekend motorsport roundup

With just a week to go before the big race at Le Mans, the motorsport world is counting down with bated breath. Will it…

5 effective communication tools every SME needs in the bag

Regardless of the size of your company or how long you have been in operation, it is essential that you have communication tools in…

WWDC 2015: here’s everything Apple announced today

There was a certain point today where Apple fans the world over stopped what they were doing and flipped switched on the livestream of…

Stockbox is your subscription delivery site for household essentials

In the South African market we constantly see the rise and fall of different online shopping ventures. Some of these businesses use proven cookie-cutter methods of…

Lemma, Monstrum and The Spatials: 3 alternative games that you really should be playing

With the ever-growing list of games available in the market today it is only becoming harder and harder to find and choose the next…

CustosTech wants to curb movie piracy using bitcoin

In January last year an illegal copy of the movie, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, was making its rounds on the internet. The…

Olloclip for iPhone 6 review: the Instagram generation’s must-have accessory

The Olloclip is a clip-on lens for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus presumably for the selfie lover and camera phone photographer. In…

Weekly Round Up #24: Pinterest ecommerce play, Africa the new China, synthetic fuel, budget phones

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

Oh Canada: 3 memorable Montreal races from the F1 archives

Circuit Giles Villeneuve is one amazing track. Although it’s a temporary street circuit set in the heart of Montreal’s Olympic basin, it’s home to…

Dare to dream, dare to fail: 4 lessons from Adelaide Potgieter’s MadWorld

South African entrepreneur and the founder of creative agency group MadWorld, Adelaide Potgieter, is very daring. In between rocky roads of the past, vulnerabilities,…

EGE 2015: fuelling Cape Town’s growing hunger for gaming and tech

This past weekend I attended the Electronic and Gaming Expo (EGE) at the CTICC, the first major expo of its kind to take place…

Opera Mini Helps South Africans Stay on Top of Every Game

High End Devices Unlock Superior Mobile Experiences in South Africa

South Africa Sees 77% Surge in Demand for AI Skills

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

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel