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Cape Town dams: Day Zero pushed back to May, agriculture suffers

The City of Cape Town has issued its latest “water dashboard” report, and it brings some welcome news to thirsty Capetonians. Dam levels are…

A graphical look at Cape Town’s water crisis: January 2018

Congratulations, you’ve made it through 2018’s first month unscathed. No, that wasn’t me addressing you, but rather Cape Town’s ailing water delivery system. Yes,…

How to volunteer or donate to Cape Town’s water crisis online

If you’re one of the many Capetonians who recently bought all available five litre bottles of water at your local convenience store, perhaps this…

NASA loop shows the ever-shrinking Theewaterskloof Dam from space

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, has today published a GIF showing the desiccation of Cape Town’s largest dam —…

White House issues tickets for the ‘State of the Uniom’

We’ve all made a spelling error or two in our time, but there are a few occasions when you really, really want to make…

Dam levels drop 0.9% as Cape Town struggles to save water

Good news, Cape Town. Well, sort of. While last week’s dam report saw a dire dam level loss of 1.4%, this week’s decrease is…

Strava’s heatmap inadvertently reveals the world’s military secrets

If you happen to be a soldier stationed at one of the world’s military bases, secret operation centres or covert patrols, you may want…

These South African kids rock Adobe, Microsoft Office like no one’s business

Did you know that there were global championships for the Adobe software suite and for Microsoft Office? And did you know that South African…

Loeries 2015: All the digital and interactive winners

While digital may be playing an increasingly important part at The Loeries, South Africa’s premiere awards showcase, the big awards are still going to…

From Bic to Harry Potter: 5 Memeburn stories you loved this week

There are few things the internet loves better than a social media fail. The South African division of international pen maker Bic learned that…

Code for Africa gets $4.7m boost from Bill and Melinda Gates foundation

Data journalism and civic technology organisation Code for Africa has received a US$4.7-million investment from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. According to a…

Naspers’ Netflix competitor to be called ShowMax

Naspers’ soon-to-be-launched video-on-demand service has a name: ShowMax. That’s according to a story published today on the Naspers-owned Channel24 website. The offering is believed…

Amazon set for big South African hiring spree

Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud-computing division is set to go on a big hiring spree in South Africa. The ecommerce and internet giant…

Google launches Android Experiments to showcase app creativity

If nothing else, it appears that apps are going to make us magicians who can flatten landscapes with a tap on our device screens….

Twitter officially removes 140 character limit from DMs

Twitter has officially culled the 140 character limit in its Direct Messaging service. The move, announced in an official blog post, means that DMs…

Accenture partners with TEDxCapeTown to help foster innovation

Renowned conference TEDxCapeTown will be taking place in the Mother City this coming weekend. Dedicated to the wider TED slogan “Ideas worth spreading”, tech consulting…

Facebook revamps its ad formats, now sells video ads inside other apps

Facebook has announced an expansion to its ad types and formats that are available on Audience Network, allowing developers and publishers to bring the…

Naspers reportedly working on Netflix competitor

It’s no secret that many connected South Africans have forgone traditional TV for Netflix, despite the fact that the on-demand video service doesn’t officially…

Opera acquires Latin American app discovery service Bemobi

Scandinavian software giant Opera has acquired Bemobi, a Latin-American app discovery service. According to a press release sent to Memeburn, Bemobi operates on a…

Google easter egg pays homage to Silicon Valley TV show

After yesterday’s Alphabet announcement, an umbrella group to all Google-owned companies, it began to emerge that the internet giant had hidden something in the…

WorldRemit introduces mobile money transfers to Burundi

WorldRemit, the online money transfer service, is launching instant mobile money transfers to Burundi. People from 50 countries in the world can now send…

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