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If cars are no longer status symbols, how do you sell them?

On Monday, 4 June 1897, at 4pm, the first horseless carriage in South Africa made its debut in Brea Park, launching a love affair…

5 lessons you can learn from the omni-channel masters

Try as you might to entice customers to download your app or visit you on the web, people don’t self-identify as online shoppers or…

BurnCast podcast special: tales from SXSW

Our Managing Editor, André-Pierre du Plessis, went to Texas to attend the annual tech, music and design festival, SXSW. While he wrote about the…

‘The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D’ review: a frustrating but rewarding adventure

Some games have dynastic chips on their shoulders. Some are remasters trying to survive in a modern, graphics-intensive gaming world. Majora’s Mask 3D definitely…

Crowdfunding site for social causes Ripple launches, hopes to ride success of Thundafund

Yiza Ekhaya is a soup kitchen trying to build a hemp house in Khayelitsha. In order to continue and improve feeding the young and…

WD Green 2TB review: affordable secondary storage

There are hundreds of forums across the internet with consumers pondering the difference between WD‘s array of colour-named drives. Currently, consumer offerings consist of…

Weekly Roundup #17: Sapa, Tag Heuer smartwatch, Elon Musk, WeChat’s Picup and Nintendo

Welcome to Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This edition is once again pared…

19 incredibly fun local co-op games for PC and console

When did online co-op become such a big deal? It’s as if game developers have forgotten about the simple joys that playing against someone…

Self-driving cars: a case for and against the autonomous vehicle

Nearly one quarter of drivers are right now willing to stump up a sizeable chunk of change to have an autonomous driving mode in…

20 genuinely important features that will make you love Windows Phone 8.1

Microsoft announced a huge update to the Windows Phone platform during its BUILD 2014 developers conference. The Windows Phone 8.1 update brings with it hundreds of…

Breaking: ecommerce player uAfrica raises $1.5million funding round

South African ecommerce outfit has closed a US$1.5-million funding round led by online auction site Bidorbuy and the company’s own managing director Andy Higgins….

A Minecraft journey: on sunlight, zombies and chickens

In part 1, Wiehahn got stuck into Minecraft. Today his story continues. Much has happened since I started with this Minecraft qest. “Bring me…

4 pieces of basic car tech you don’t notice until they’re gone

If you’re of a certain age, earning a certain level of income there’s every chance that you occasionally find yourself yearning for the motoring…

Built in Africa: Meet the young African scientists and engineers competing at Intel’s ISEF

Built in Africa focuses on entrepreneurs, startups and technologies that hail from the continent and empower its citizens. Touted as the world’s largest international…

Why smartwatches suck and how ‘Super Normal’ can fix them

We’re all aware of the issues with wearable technology in the modern world. It’s just not that practical, or, more importantly, wearable. As a…

5 cars ideally suited to the newly minted tech millionaire

You’ve built the next greatest thing in IT and just listed your IPO, or made that all important exit, and now you’ve got some…

Shipping and delivery: what customers expect from online retailers

Technology research company World Wide Worx recently produced a report on the growth of internet access in South Africa — including projections for the…

BurnCast: is Twitter dying?

Welcome to BurnCast, our weekly podcast that discusses tech trends, innovation and news. Hosted by Mich Atagana and Stuart Thomas. This week’s episode was…

3 Gmail tricks you probably didn’t know about [Video]

Welcome to the fifth episode of our new YouTube show MemeTV — a weekly show where we’ll share social media, online marketing and tech…

Is intrapreneurship a myth or could it be a key differentiator for your business?

In recent years the power and potential of entrepreneurship has become more and more entrenched in public debate and the attention on this particular…

The worst (and best) console to PC ports

Video game ports: a term most gamers cringe at hearing. After all, what could be worse than playing a game that was absolutely amazing…

Samsung Galaxy S5 vs. Apple iPhone 5s: plastic and metal

It’s about time we pit some of the best smartphones available in the market against each other. We’ve reviewed the Samsung Galaxy S5 recently…

5 reasons every startup needs an explainer video

Pre-millennium, online businesses were going from multimillion operations to flame-outs as quickly as small town gossip spreads, taking less than a year to transform…

High End Devices Unlock Superior Mobile Experiences in South Africa

South Africa Sees 77% Surge in Demand for AI Skills

Samsung Launches the Galaxy A07 Built for Every Challenge

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