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LG G4 Stylus review: a gentle giant

If there’s one thing LG hasn’t done this year, it’s launch a mid-range device that I would actually buy. They’ve all been decidedly ordinary,…

6 YouTube gaming channels you really should be watching

There are a lot of YouTube channels dedicated to gaming. In fact, there are so many that the Xbox One actually has an achievement…

How to keep the excitement going in your startup

Whenever a company embarks on a process to create a culture that delights customers and creates loyalty, we usually recognise four very distinct phases…

Ecommerce in South Africa – a growing movement

Ecommerce in South Africa faces many challenges. From the consumer perspective, these include reluctance to pay delivery costs, confusion around payment and the need…

Sony Xperia Z5 Compact review: bright-eyed but blinded by its legacy

I imagine that it’s difficult for any company to go beyond and create a product even better than its best. It’s what Apple aims…

Weekly Round Up #43: Paris attacks, AfricaCom, YouTube Offline, Is Cape Town the best startup hub?

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

Teachings from Helsinki’s Slush 2015: the cosmic egg of global startups

In the last ten days, this American-turned-adopted-South African was honoured to participate in the Global Impact Accelerator run by Slush, a 15 000-plus person…

Sony Xperia E3 review-in-brief: unflappable but uninteresting

The Sony Xperia E series is the budget battler of the company’s Xperia range, catering for more of a mid-range audience than its other…

Does the future of instant messaging apps lie in bulk?

The instant messaging space is a tough nut to crack. Add a couple feature and it becomes cluttered and the users become uncomfortable. Remove…

5 simple ways to create an online business map for your startup

You’ve got a great business model. You’re offering the kind of product or service people will absolutely love and, more importantly, pay money to…

Autonomous, flying selfies are here thanks to Lily Throw and Shoot camera

Lily is a new start-up company that hails from Menlo Park, California. With its new and innovative throw-and-shoot flying drone camera (simply named “Lily”…

Weekly Round Up #23: Spotify, Oculus Rift, Merc meets Apple Watch and WooThemes acquired

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

Why Automattic’s WooThemes acquisition is so important to South African startup space

The acquisition of WordPress theme developer WooThemes, along with its signature ecommerce product WooCommerce, by WordPress.com holding company Automattic is massively important to the…

5 of the sexiest safety cars in the world of racing

When any safety car is performing its speed-limiting role during a race caution period, it’s generally the slowest accelerating vehicle out on the track….

Ware of the Week: Prey Anti-Theft

In our weekly series, Ware of the Week, we showcase our favourite organised lines of code from the world of mobile and desktop computing….

4 futuristic vehicles you won’t believe are being built right now

People, the future is upon us. Everything that seemed like a distant dream, only spoken of in books and fantasized about in films, is…

Q&A with MoboFree CEO on Africa’s fast-growing mobile marketplace

MoboFree is an African-based mobile marketplace with a social twist that allows people to buy, sell and swap products with each other. The goal…

Jorge Lorenzo is lord of Le Mans: the weekend motorsport roundup

It’s that time again. You know, the week. Unfortunately, the motorsport action of this weekend has come and gone, but it provided us with…

Ventureburn presents: the beginner’s guide to growth hacking

The term growth hacking has been thrown around for a while now. Well, pretty much since 2010 when it was coined by Sean Ellis…

Samsung Galaxy S6 review: rightful leader of the Android army?

In many ways, Apple is the Floyd Mayweather Jr. of the tech world. It’s obnoxious, super rich and delivers on its promises time and…

‘Wolfenstein: The Old Blood’ review: we’re in the zombie Nazi killing business

Welcome back to the land of technologically advanced Nazi’s and cheesy American one-liners. Yes, that’s right. Our favourite Nazi-killing machine, B.J. Blazkowicz, is back…

Raru director Waine Smith weighs in on South Africa’s ecommerce industry

Since its launch last year, Raru has become a go-to name in the South African ecommerce market. Headed up by ex-founders of Take2, they have…

InstaLens: How SA’s Instagram acolyte is capturing global success

Instagram is well known for its dedicated communities. Especially in cities such as Cape Town where designers, both local and tourists, take advantage of…

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