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Global Citizen Festival: Beyonce, Jay-Z heading to South Africa in December

This is not a drill: the Carters are heading to South Africa in December. Beyonce and Jay-Z will both perform at the Mandela 100…

President Cyril Ramaphosa dragged by SA Twitter as cost of living rises

The honeymoon period is officially over, South Africa. Earlier this year, the country rejoiced when President Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in, replacing Jacob Zuma….

Maradona calls England penalty win ‘monumental theft’, Twitter digs the irony

You don’t slander an England penalty shootout win and not face the consequences. This is what former Argentine legend Diego Maradona discovered this week….

Big news: Cape Town’s dam levels smash through the 50% mark

We’ve done it, Cape Town. The city’s dam storage levels have breached the 50% full mark after the weekend’s cold front swept through the…

Japan left a ‘thank you’ note after heartbreaking Belgium defeat

Sport is cruel, and football even more so. But even though Japan lost to Belgium last night in a thrilling 3-2 comeback for the…

After the storm, Cape Town’s dam levels are now at 48.3%

Update: As of 3 July, Cape Town’s dam levels are now at 50.3%. Read the full story here. The storm clouds have cleared above…

Smart cities will use 1.6b connected things by 2016

According to Gartner, smart cities will use 1.6 billion connected things by the year 2016. This is an increase of 39% from 2015. By…

HERE leaves Nokia, plans to build maps for self-driving cars

The sale of Nokia’s mapping business unit, HERE, was no small issue. It was quite the funfair. Uber was in the running for it,…

SA gets (another) new VoD service, but this one’s strictly local

The increasingly crowded South African Video on Demand (VoD) space just got another entrant. But unlike services such as Naspers’ ShowMax, or Times Media’s…

Google Play Music launches in SA at R50 a month

Google Play Music, the technology giant’s music streaming service, is officially live in South Africa. Set to cost users R49.99 a month, the service…

ShowMax now lets eBucks users subscribe using vouchers

Naspers-owned ShowMax on Sunday announced a deal with FNB, which will allow eBucks users to subscribe to the video-streaming service using prepaid vouchers. According…

Spotify streamed over 28.5 million songs in 2015

Spotify recently announced its annual numbers and statistics on its dedicated 2015 page, and it makes for impressive reading. Among the numbers are the…

IAB: Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill ‘places excessive limitations on online freedoms’

IAB SA, the non-profit association which looks after the interests of the South African digital advertising and publishing space, has come out in opposition…

Facebook introduces live video streaming, photo collages features

Facebook has introduced its own live video and photo collages features to take on the likes of Periscope and Meerkat. The social media giant…

Uber introduces ‘Ride Request Button’ for third party apps

Uber has launched a ‘Ride Request Button’ that will allow developers to add an Uber button in their apps. The button is in a…

Google Search now allows you to star, bookmark images

Google Search is receiving a new feature. As it matures, it can only get better, and Google appears to be committed to seeing this…

MWEB announces big FTTH price cuts

The South African Fibre to the Home (FTTH) space is getting very interesting very quickly. Not so long ago, there was just a handful…

Memeburn dives into Geek Crate’s first themed box of goodies [video]

We’ve previously reviewed Geek Crate‘s first and second boxes and now it’s time to look at its third offering. This is the mystery crate…

#UFOSA sighting, crash site is an elaborate marketing campaign by FutureLife, Clover

Twitter was in a state of confusion over the past weekend in South Africa, when people started reporting UFO sightings around the country. Images…

Instagram introduces multiple accounts feature, then takes it down

We here at Memeburn are always having this conversation, about how it is time for Instagram to support multiple accounts. This conversation is always…

M&C Saatchi PLC acquires independent digital player Creative Spark

M&C Saatchi, the London-based agency network, on Friday announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Creative Spark — the five-year-old digital agency…

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