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Cape Town boasts ‘highest quality of life’ in Africa, Twitter disagrees

Great news, Cape Town. According to a report (pdf) by Deutsche Bank, the city ranks 17th out of 47 major cities in terms of…

Dubai the Beloved Country: South Africa responds to #GuptaEmails on Twitter

Yesterday, The Sunday Times and City Press revealed a series of emails between the Gupta family, some of their trusted lieutenants and President Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane…

Afrihost cuts price of fibre packages in wake of Openserve announcement

South African internet service provider (ISP) Afrihost has today announced that it will cut the prices of its fibre packages. This moves comes after…

Sir Roger Moore dead at 89 after battle with cancer

Sir Roger Moore, the British actor best known for his role as James Bond, has died aged 89. Moore’s family took to Twitter to…

Love pours in for 22 killed in Manchester after Ariana Grande concert bombing

A bomb was detonated outside an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester last night, leaving 22 dead and 59 injured. The attack came as concert-goers…

‘What a bright young man he was’: South Africa mourns Mikhail Hendricks passing

Mikhail Hendricks, a Stellenbosch University student who found Internet fame in 2013, has unexpectedly passed away at 22. In June 2013, Hendricks stood behind then-US…

Cape Town’s drought makes international news on CNN and Facebook

If you live in Cape Town, chances are you forgot what rain actually is. With the city still battling one of the worst droughts…

Wirelurker virus discovered, ‘heralds new era’ for Apple software attacks

Reports of a new trojan-like malware being pushed around could spell real danger for Apple users, both mobile and desktop. The so-called Wirelurker has…

Lyft accuses former COO of stealing confidential documents for Uber

The two giants in the transportation industry, Lyft and Uber, are at war. The latest salvo has seen the former taking its recently departed…

Die Antwoord’s ‘Ugly Boy’ music video tops 1m views in first 24 hours

Known for their catchy beats, controversial parodies and pushing taboos, South African rap group Die Antwoord’s new video has topped 1 million views on…

Mozilla: Firefox OS coming to Africa soon

Firefox OS is coming to Africa. Mozilla, the organisation behind the eponymous mobile OS, as well as the browser that shares its name, hasn’t…

Neil Blomkamp’s ‘Chappie’ is star-studded, should have massive geek appeal

When District 9 came out, South African-born director Neil Blomkamp’s was pretty much an unknown. The trouble with the kind of instant success he…

Spotify just got dumped hard by Taylor Swift

There are plenty of music fans out there who love Spotify. And what’s not to love? Online and offline streaming of all your favourite…

South African city domain names now open to the public

Starting today, companies have an opportunity to gain effective branding by having a domain of the city their business is based in. This of…

This Dutch student is building an ambulance drone

Drones have a bad reputation, an almost irredeemable bad reputation even when proposed to be put to good use. The bad boy reputation is…

Google fined for capturing a woman’s cleavage on Street View

Google has been fined 2 250 Canadian dollars for capturing a woman’s cleavage with its Street View cameras. Google’s Street View cars roam public…

10 hours walking around as a drag queen, Skyrim character and white man

Earlier this week Hollaback — an organisation which works to combat public harassment — made a video of a woman walking around in New…

Burn Media Weekly Roundup #4: Tim Cook being gay, Wearable tech and Mich is leaving Memeburn for Google

Welcome to our Weekly Roundup, our weekly podcast that discusses tech trends, innovation and news. Joining this podcast edition is almost everyone from the…

Android founder will exit Google to incubate hardware startups

Without Android Google would still be a pretty powerful company, but nowhere near as influential as it is today. In that regard, it owes…

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Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

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TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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