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Weekly Round Up #40: #FeesMustFall movement, YouTube Red, HTC A9 and Back to the Future

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

BMW i Remote app review: is it essential to the i3 experience?

Making the switch from a petrol- or diesel-powered car to an electric one requires a significant shift in mind-set. You see, with an electric…

Red-E 4000mAh powerbank review: for the GoPro toter

It’s now operating standard for manufactures (and consumers) that smartphones ought to do more. Each new device launched needs to be packed with even…

LulaLend is a true fintech company mixing tech and finance

Fintech is a buzzword that tends to be applied to any financial company doing anything with tech in some way or another. LulaLend is…

InnJoo One 3G HD review: a Middle East masterclass

If you’re pretty sick of these Chinese smartphone brands taking over the world one device at a time, take a breath, because a company…

Marc Marquez reignites the MotoGP Championship race: the motorsport roundup

Well it wasn’t a blockbuster motorsport weekend, unless you’re extremely into your motorcycles (and not Jeremy Clarkson.) Some riders were calling the Australian GP…

Anthony Goodman: AG Mobile’s ‘born to look after the customer’

The smartphone business is a cut-throat world, where the small fry are usually chewed up and spat out by the baleen whales of the…

#RhodesHasFallen: 10 startup mistakes South African statues made

#RhodesHasFallen at University of Cape Town and the graffiti is on the wall for many other South African statues as we struggle to contextualise…

GetOne and ErgoPROP combo review: soothe my aching back

Not all gadgets have sparkly screens or buttons that transform them into talking, walking robots. Some are more mundane and down-to-earth, but these can…

Samsung Galaxy S6 bendgate and ‘Game of Hyrule’ trailer: the TGIF Video Roundup

TGIF, and we really shouldn’t be at work, but that won’t stop us from gandering through the week’s best tech, gadget and gaming videos,…

10 baby gadgets that every expecting mom needs

When you’re expecting for the first time, it’s hard for you to know what you need for when your little one arrives. Every mother…

SnapScan rolls out ‘frictionless’ payments feature called SnapBeacons

SnapScan is today announcing its first major update since its QR code payments feature was popularised in 2013. The new payment channel feature, called…

Weekly Round Up #20: Facebook Messenger, Opel hipster cars, Huawei mystery, and Samsung S6 price

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

5 lessons African startups can learn from Nigeria’s president-elect

It’s no longer news that Nigeria has a new President-elect, what is however new is the fact that he is actually the first person…

5 things you need to know about the Tesla S 70D

Tesla yesterday announced the launch of the Model S 70D, the entry level model in its all wheel drive D range. Admittedly it’s not…

Brace yourself: the Opel Adam proves big car tech is coming to your small car… and soon

We recently spent a week whizzing around in the new Opel Adam. It’s a posh little three-door hatchback that employs a decidedly refined and…

Ware of the Week: Yolify

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

The real state of ecommerce in South Africa: 9 things you need to know today

Ecommerce in South Africa is still very much in the infant stages by global standards. The rate of growth globally has increased rapidly with…

Jottr is a bold startup trying to create a new window to your web

The way we consume the web is flawed. Information comes across as noisy and messy. Why? Because we are limited by gatekeepers such as…

Alien: Isolation, The Talos Principle and OlliOlli: the Better Late Than Never roundup

It’s Better Late Than Never time again, the review series that takes a deeper look at the gaming titles we have unforgivably overlooked in…

5 ways smartphone manufacturers can win the budget phone battle

There has been massive growth in smartphone sales in the past few years. Ever since the introduction of iPhone, Android, and smartphone applications like…

The Rise of iFix: one of Africa’s largest specialist repair services

Alex Fourie has always been an entrepreneur. His ambitions were kindled in 2007, when the iFix founder wanted to solve his own problem and…

Why Mercedes-Benz’s decision to build a premium pickup makes so much sense

When Mercedes-Benz recently confirmed its plans to bring a pickup truck to market before the end of the decade, many people reacted with large…

HONOR X9c Redefines Rugged Smartphones with Unmatched Durability and Smart AI Features

South Africans Embrace AI: 71% Excited About Future Impact, New Survey Reveals

Temu Survey Reveals Price is King for South Africans

Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round, Setting Record in Kenya’s Tourism-Tech Scene

Conservio raises $1M to expand sustainable travel

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Dakar dominated by South African built Hilux Evos

Elkann to create Jeep and Stellantis Meta(morphosis)

Afeela is Honda’s luxury EV – with Sony tech