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Spaaza: The glue that brings together online and offline shopping

eCommerce changed everything, but beyond the convenience, choice and financial savings yielded by armchair shopping, there’s an armada of disgruntled brick and mortar businesses…

It’s Startup Month at Memeburn

Every month is startup month at Memeburn, but we’re doing something special for the month of April. We invite you to let us know…

Photo-based MXit app shows impressive growth — 400k users in one month

An app inside mobile social network MXit is showing some fairly impressive growth. The app, called JudgeME, was developed by mobile social network builder…

The rise of Woza Online: 10K websites in just two months

Google’s Woza Online initiative claims to have successfully helped 11 200 small businesses set up websites easily and for free in South Africa —…

And the winners of the Cape Town Entrepreneurial Competition 2012 are…

Moments ago LaunchCapeTown announced the winners of the Cape Town Entrepreneurial Competition for 2012. Congratulations to the following teams. Track 1 — Idea Stage…

LaunchCapeTown: Cape Town Entrepreneurial Competition — Day 1

Memeburn was in the house for day one of the Cape Town Entrepreneurial Competition (CTEC), part of LaunchCapeTown, the event that brings together startups,…

Meet the ten finalists for the Cape Town Entrepreneurial Competition

Last night, at LaunchCapeTown‘s TechBash opening ceremony, the ten finalists for the Cape Town Entrepreneurial Competition (CTEC) were announced. LaunchCapeTown is a five day…

Idea Bounty: Turning crowdsourcing into cash

How could you get paid to add to the crowdsourcing debate? It’s simple, according to Daniel Neville, Brand Co-ordinator at Idea Bounty. Just do…

Cracking the crowded telecoms market: SME clients ‘key to success’ claims ARC

Telecommunication in emerging markets is massive and remains a key growth area the in light of recent shrinking values in other industries. Matthew Guest…

Email 2.0: Shortmail and the Twitterisation of emailing

Email, that stalwart of internet communication, may be going out of fashion. Email has been around pretty much for four-decades, pre-dating the web. It’s…

Mobicanvas hitting the bottom line with free mobile sites

Creating mobile websites which can be viewed on any feature phone or smartphone has gained traction globally. One South African startup is capitalising by…

Startup Weekends hit South Africa

In what could be a potential boon for tech entrepreneurs in the region, Startup Weekends have arrived in South Africa. Startup Weekends are established…

Blink Tower: Making money by explaining ideas

If a picture says a thousand words then, some may argue, a video packs in a million. In the internet age, concentration spans are…

Hummba: Virtual guides anywhere, anytime

An online audio and text guide shop may not be the most innovative idea, but having content easily available on mobile application anywhere in…

Create your own mobile application for your company

It’s self-evident that most organisations have already rolled out their own email and personal information software (PIM) to their workforces. Are internal apps, however,…

Startups to ‘Ignite’ Tech4Africa 2011

Tech4Africa, one of the continent’s most prominent web and emerging technology conferences, has launched an initiative called Ignite, which will provide leading African startups…

Lessfuss and the Virtual PA — A workable concept?

Few of us would turn down the use of a personal concierge service. With the rise in busy lifestyles and the need to still…

Ra.ise a to.ast with some Bre.ad

URL shorteners have become ubiquitous to social networking, especially with the sharing of links across Twitter. Bit.ly, Cli.gs, Goo.gl and many others offer an…

Myows: managing your copyright online

Creative people are generally not well known for being legally switched on. But the challenges of protecting original work in the digital age means…

Visa snaps up SA mobile financial services company Fundamo for $110m

Visa, the world’s largest credit and debit card network, has snapped up South African mobile financial services company Fundamo for $110-million in cash. The…

GetGlue brings social check-ins to media and entertainment

People like to be rewarded for things they would probably do anyway. Hence it stands to reason that sooner or later someone would capitalise…

Maziv’s Fibre Push Brings Rural South Africa Closer to True High-Speed Internet

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

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TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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