Geek Culture

New Doctor Who companion coming in 2017, is West End stage actress

The long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who will be receiving a new ‘companion’ actor. West End stage actress Pearl Mackie will join…

Geeks: are you ready for the return of Silicon Valley this weekend?

There is a slight chance that you thought the big tech news of the week was the impending sale of Yahoo, or the pivot…

Comic books and Comic-Con: Memeburn interviews Readers Den co-owner Nizar Abrahams

Many comic book fans dream of owning their own store; the idea of sitting behind a desk, reading the latest graphic novels and playing…

Boaty McBoatface is the perfect name for a $300m ship, says internet

The internet really wants to call a US$300-million boat Boaty McBoatface. If you read that line without laughing, you did a whole lot better…

The King of the Monsters is back in Godzilla Resurgence

Godzilla, the King of the Monsters, is back and this time, he’s not American. For the first time in 12 years, original production house…

Watch a bearded Benedict Cumberbatch in the Doctor Strange teaser trailer

Marvel Entertainment has dropped the first teaser trailer for the upcoming Doctor Strange movie. And it’s full of… Inception? The trailer shows the film’s…

You can remove Zuma…from your browser

Despite the best efforts from South Africans of all walks of life and political leanings, Jacob Zuma remains president of the country. It’s tough,…

YouTube: 10 most popular geek videos of 2010

2010 has seen tech culture hit the mainstream in a big way, culminating in the announcement of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg as Time magazine’s Person…

Brendan Venter interview powers into global YouTube chart top five

The bizarre, hilarious interview that Saracens rugby coach Brendan Venter gave to veteran commentator Martin Gillingham following his side’s defeat on the weekend has…

Springbok rugby legend becomes YouTube celebrity

Brendan Venter, the former Springbok rugby player and current coach of English club Saracens, has become an overnight YouTube sensation, following a bizarre, Oscar-worthy…

Nandos launches new ‘Speedchicken’ viral video

Shortly after Nando’s launched its spoof “CEO” campaign, poking fun at Cell C’s Trevor Noah campaign, it received two brand new USB speedsticks with…

Chinese YouTube Youku.com soars in Wall Street debut

Shares in Chinese online video company Youku.com’s soared 161 percent on their first day of trading on Wall Street — the strongest New York…

Nando’s viral ad heats up on YouTube like hot peri peri

The country’s love affair with Nando’s marketing strategy is back in full bloom with the news that its Cell C spoof “viral video” went…

Nando’s takes bite at Cell C ‘CEO’ campaign [Viral video]

After the exhaustive stranglehold that comedian Trevor Noah and mobile operator Cell C have had on the South African media landscape, it appears that…

District 9 director’s strange new viral video

After the runaway success of “District 9“, sc-fi lovers have been waiting with bated breath to find out what director Neill Blomkamp will do…

Ex-cricket captain Michael Vaughan punches an interviewer. Real or fake?

A video clip has surfaced on YouTube showing former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan being recorded for a television interview. Vaughan represented England and…

‘Old Spin Guy’ makes his first video response to 5FM DJ @GarethCliff

Old Spin Guy, the ZANews puppet of President Jacob Zuma, posted his first video response online to 5FM’s controversial morning DJ Gareth Cliff early…

Viral video alert: President Zuma gets the ‘Old Spice Guy’ treatment

Barely a week ago, the youth league of the African National Congress (ANC), South Africa’s ruling party, took issue with the social media world…

Facebook blocks your exes from appearing in ‘Photo Memories’

Since May this year Facebook has been dishing out nostalgia via the aptly-named “Photo Memories”. The next time you’re randomly stalking surfing around Facebook…

The inside story of the Cape Town iceberg

The Liqui-Fruit iceberg has been one of the most successful viral campaigns of 2010, moving effortlessly from YouTube to Twitter and Facebook and into…

Official: Cape Town iceberg a Liqui-Fruit campaign

Days of speculation are at an end after Liqui-Fruit and its advertising agency, Liquorice stood up and claimed responsibility for the Cape Town iceberg…

Cape Town iceberg: Liqui-fruit stakes a claim

Finally, one of the big corporates has stood up and staked its claim to the iceberg that was spotted off Clifton Beach on Monday…

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