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Everything, Everything movie review: a serious Bubble Boy

Everything, Everything is every bit your typical teen romance about a sick girl and the boy who loves her. The film is cheesy. It…

MiniMeme Podcast #2: Films that inspire us (the youth)

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…

South Africa’s box office: Cars 3 buries The Mummy

Lightning McQueen had one last chance — one last dream — and South Africa refused to let him do it alone. If there’s one…

Last week in trailers: Flatliners sequel & a Groundhog Day horror

It’s the week of the psychological thrillers and comedies, because 2017 is nothing if not an emotional rollercoaster that never seems to end. Please keep…

Kitten rescued from Tesla’s bumper, adorable viral videos emerge

If you’re a kitten living life to the fullest on the weekend, what do you do? This particular fluffball thought spending it inside a…

Happy birthday to the GIF: 30 iconic GIFs for 30 years

It’s difficult to imagine a world of communication without the wonder of GIFs, but that’s how people had to live just 30 years ago….

South Africa’s box office: Wonder Woman is mummified

Despite its record-breaking opening weekend, Wonder Woman has been ousted from number one by none other than critic-underdog The Mummy. The DC blockbuster was only allowed one…

New Yorkers miss chance to grab $60 Banksy originals

If you were in New York recently, you could’ve picked yourself up an original Bansky piece for as little as US$60. The illusive artist…

Want more retweets? Use images [Infographic]

If you’re looking for a load of retweets, something which will inevitably help push your Twitter handle out there, then you should probably start…

Samsung taps classic TV, movies for Galaxy Gear ad

Samsung’s been pretty adamant that the Galaxy Gear isn’t a smartwatch — the Korean tech giant prefers to call it a lifestyle companion —…

BraaiPhone: the thinnest and lightest app ever made

For South Africans, there seems to be nothing more cherished than the “braai” (barbecue). This week while the country was celebrating its Heritage Day…

Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon show how stupid ridiculous hashtags are

How many times have you used a hashtag today? Probably a lot. Hashtags have penetrated almost every social network, even Facebook has them and…

Gorgeous companion film for Scarecrow game is viral sensation

What’s the best way to get people excited about ethically-sourced foods, free from the effects of mass production? One way is to get Jamie…

Nifty Disney trick turns your body into a speaker

This is pretty freaking cool. The egg heads at Disney’s research labs have come up with a new project that turns your body into…

Microsoft pulls its iPhone parody ads

A good parody is difficult to pull off and Microsoft has pretty much admitted it got it wrong with its latest efforts taking on…

Petition aims to make definition of Geek more positive in dictionaries

Here at Burn Media, we love geeks. They’re our bread and butter. Heck, most of us count ourselves as geeks and even got into…

Turns out Jimmy Kimmel is behind one of the web’s biggest twerking fails

The media loves twerking right now, even more so since Miley Cyrus started doing it. More than twerking and Miley Cyrus though, it loves…

This doo wop cover of Miley Cyrus’ We Can’t Stop is better than twerking

Haven’t quite recovered from the shock experience of seeing Miley Cyrus twerk on stage at the VMAs? Well, don’t let it tarnish her songs…

Check out Elon Musk’s real life ‘Iron Man’ gesture interface [Video]

It’s fairly common knowledge that billionaire innovator Elon Musk inspired the Tony Stark character in Iron Man but as it turns out, inspiration is…

UK rapper Dizee Rascal incorporates Vine elements in latest video

If you ever wanted a textbook example of how technology can influence pop culture, check out the latest music video from UK rapper Dizzee…

The secret’s out: Samsung admits its gadgets are made by aliens

‘Designed for humans’ maybe, but by humans? Not so much. The latest word to usher forth from Samsung HQ is that it all its…

Broadband Africa Forum 2024

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