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Twitter memes girl who cleaned Donald Trump’s Hollywood star

When Makenna from Wyoming visited California, she made sure to stop by US President Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to clean…

South Africa’s box office: Despicable Me 3 gets 15 seconds of fame

If I copied last week’s report and pasted it here, I would have to change very little for it to be factual. It’s the curse…

Lady Gaga is the coolest substitute teacher you’ll ever have

Getting a pleasant substitute teacher in for the day is one of primary school’s greatest moments. But what if that substitute teacher was in…

Last week in trailers: Rick and Morty, Jumanji, Marvel’s Inhumans

The world is confusing as it is. Does Hollywood really need another Chucky film? A Jumanji reboot? A Bad Moms sequel? What did we, the human race, do to deserve…

Sense8 fans get Netflix to bring it back for finale

Hell hath no fury like a fandom scorned. Last night, in a twist Game of Thrones would be proud of, Netflix announced it was bringing back original series Sense8 for…

Jay Z’s new album hits Tidal, gives the internet plenty to talk about

Hip-hop heavyweight Jay Z has today dropped his first full-length album in four years, and the internet can barely contain its excitement. For hip-hop…

South Africa’s box office: unTransformed

It’s blockbuster season and every week is bringing in a new number one for South Africa to feast its eyes on. This week’s tribute was Transformers: The…

Watch Woolworths get it right with touching Nelson Mandela flashmob tribute

Woolworths has come through with a truly touching tribute to Nelson Mandela. It organised with the Soweto Gospel Choir to do a flash mob,…

Watch Barack Obama’s full speech from the Nelson Mandela memorial service

Among the world leaders who spoke at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service today, US president Barack Obama was undoubtedly the most well-received. Obama spoke of…

9 of Nelson Mandela’s finest moments on YouTube

The world is in mourning following the passing of former South African president and statesman Nelson Mandela. The anti-apartheid hero who became an icon…

Barack Obama: Mandela set an example ‘all humanity should aspire to’

US president Barack Obama has paid tribute to Nelson Mandela following the global icon’s death. Mandela passed away, aged 95, in his Johannesburg home…

Confused about how the NSA gathers info? Check out this nifty animation

When NSA-contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed just how much of our online activity was being captured by US and UK security agencies earlier…

Watch Joaquin Phoenix teach his voice assistant to love in new ‘Her’ trailer

The concept for Spike Jonze’s Her, in which Joaquin Phoenix falls for his Siri-like voice assistant, might not be entirely original but it does…

Check out what happens when this guy meets his Facebook friends in real life

You might be one of those people who curates their social networks very carefully, in which case it’s likely that you’ve actually met all…

John McAfee doccie shows why boredom’s bad for innovators [Video]

Wondering why John McAfee, the anti-virus software pioneer turned murder suspect, has such a crazy air about him? Well, if a short documentary on…

Check out the cool new interactive video for Bob Dylan’s ‘Like a Rolling Stone’

It’s one of the most important songs in Rock history — indeed it’s been voted that on a number of occasions — and now…

Check out this completely insane piece of Kreepy Krauly branded content

In South Africa, the name Kreepy Krauly is part of the national vernacular. It’s become a catch-all phrase for any brand of automated pool…

A snapshot of South Africa’s digital landscape [Infographic]

Here at Burn Media we are big on understanding ecosystems. If you are new to the digital space, it’s easy to get lost in…

Virgin’s catchy new in-flight safety video is the best thing since hobbits

Ever watched an instructional safety video on an aeroplane and not passed out from boredom? Us neither. Well, it seems the team at Virgin…

No woman, no drive: viral video pokes fun at Saudi attitudes on female drivers

What do you get when you combine Bob Marley with a topical social issue? The latest viral parody video to hit YouTube. In this…

Galaxy Round is most ‘naturally curved’ smartphone… says Samsung

There it is! Samsung just released an ad of the so-called Samsung Galaxy Round — a smartphone that has a curved display. This comes…

11 extensions designed to make your web experience less annoying

Spend long enough on the web and you’ll find yourself regularly getting worked up into a frothed up rage. Sometimes it’s over things we…

Apple’s gold iPhone TV spot feels more meh than goldelicious

What do you get when you melt some gold and make it dance around a screen to pun-filled music? An iPhone commercial of course….

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