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Weekly Round Up Podcast #113: Spider-Man, SA’s Crypto players & more

Welcome to Weekly Round Up, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This week, Hadlee Simons…

Kesha’s ‘Praying’ music video gets all the praise on YouTube and Twitter

After teasing her new album on Instagram earlier this week, singer-songwriter Kesha has finally released her new track to YouTube. And it’s going viral….

#MissSAChallenge: gloves, hygiene and angry tweets flood SA Twitter

Yesterday Miss South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was in Soweto serving soup and bread rolls to kids. Today, it’s one of Twitter’s top trending topics….

MiniMeme Podcast #3: TV writers, let’s fight

Welcome to MiniMeme, the podcast brought to you by Burn Media’s junior staff as they tackle the topics that tickle their fancy. This week, Julia Breakey…

Spider-Man: Homecoming review: a perfect Peter Parker?

In the last decade, the world has seen so many Peter Parkers on screen that we would all be justified in turning our backs…

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…

From epic splits to real beauty sketches: 14 of 2013’s most watched ads

A few years back, the kind of ad that went viral on YouTube wasn’t all that different to your average TV commercial. It just…

Afternoon funnies: finally the moon landing we’ve been looking for [video]

In some corners of our wacky world, it’s known that sound doesn’t travel through space. In other cases however that fact seems redundant after…

#XmasJammies breaking YouTube with the best Christmas card ever

In what could possibly be the best publicity stunt for an upcoming company ever conceived, the Holderness family has put together the best video…

‘Fake’ Mandela signer gets the Jimmy Kimmel treatment

In the last day or so, there have been a number of developments surrounding the dubious sign language interpreter from the official Nelson Mandela…

Fish rabbit car park: dubious Mandela memorial signer has a Twitter account

Nothing is sacred on the internet, especially when there are 140 characters to go all Tourette syndrome with. Things get even more dodgy when…

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…

Lenovo at MWC 2025: AI-Powered Laptops, Sustainable Concepts, and a Glimpse into the Future

Smart Tech: Turning the Tide on South Africa’s Water Crisis

Celebrating Innovation: Redmi Note 14 Post-Launch Event in South Africa

Verto Launches Global Business Award to Fuel African Startup Expansion

GITEX Africa: Shaping the Future of Tech and Positioning Africa as a Global Powerhous

Gozem Secures $30M Series B to Fuel Super App Expansion Across Francophone Africa

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

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

Golf 8.5 update with lots of Life

Tariffs trump US new car affordability needs