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This YouTube doccie might put you off that Camps Bay swim this summer

Without question, Cape Town has some of the world’s prettiest beaches. From Big Bay in the north, to Boulders in the south, the Peninsula…

Fitbit to buy smartwatch maker Pebble for ‘small amount’?

Fitbit is reportedly close to buying crowdfunding superstar Pebble for an undisclosed amount of money. According to a report from The Information (paywall), citing “three…

After Trump win, internet to get Canadian mirror (kind of)

The US election has forced tech companies and other entities to look closely at their operations, owing to the imminent Trump administration coming into power….

VLC preview offers 360 photo/video support

360 videos and photos are becoming one of the more popular formats out there, but there are still significant challenges to be had. Playback…

Black Friday: Takealot disabled mobile website due to load

Between the photos of chaos at Checkers and websites going down, it’s clear that retailers have been overwhelmed on Black Friday. In fact, Takealot announced earlier…

Oracle buys DNS services provider Dyn

Enterprise services company Oracle has purchased DNS and internet services provider Dyn. The financial details of the purchase was not made public, but former…

Turns out Disney tried to buy Buzzfeed, thought it was being overcharged

This would have been fairly alarming news for certain sections of the internet just getting over the fact that George Lucas had sold the…

Twitter stops the teasing, rolls out its new look to everyone

We’ve been teased for nearly a month but finally we get to have the new interface that looks incredibly familiar. As we’ve stated before…

Lessons in the Streisand effect: SABC bans EFF ad as DA’s ‘Ayisafani’ gets half a million YouTube views

The SABC has refused to air a TV advert from the Economic Freedom Fighter’s (EFF) one of South Africa’s youngest political parties. The ban,…

Reddit users cry censorship after mods found deleting posts

Things have getting heated on Reddit after users outed moderators in the r/technology subreddit deleting posts containing words such as “Tesla”, “Anonymous,” “Obama,” “Congress,”…

Google launches South African election hub

This is pretty neat. Google has launched a South African elections hub as the country prepares to go to the polls on 7 May….

Microsoft still king of enterprise software, go figure

When it comes to the software business Microsoft is pretty much untouchable, this according to the latest Gartner report on worldwide software revenue in…

Primedia looking to exit Prezence Digital to third-party buyers

This just in: Primedia group is looking to sell Prezence, the digital agency it’s held shares in for nearly a decade. Memeburn can confirm…

LiveStream app lets you broadcast live with Google Glass

There are probably a lot of Glass users out there who’ve been waiting desperately for this app. Built by Livestream.com, the app lets you…

Shock jock Gareth Cliff looks set to start new show, including WeChat streaming

South African shock jock Gareth Cliff is set to make a return to broadcasting, but he won’t be on radio, or TV for that…

Want to go to Apple’s WWDC? You’ll need to enter a lottery

Apple’s announced the dates for the 2014 edition of its annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference and if you want tickets, chances are you’re going to…

Facebook Messenger joins the free phonecall brigade

If you’re a Facebook Messenger fan, then you’ll probably be relieved to find out that the social network hasn’t stopped work on the app…

OkCupid tells Firefox users to find another browser

If you’re a regular visitor to dating site OkCupid and you happen to browse the web using Firefox, you might notice something a little…

Introducing LoveBurn: the dating algorithm for geeks

Here at Burn Media we love to innovate and find the right niche for all our readers. Recently we noticed that a sizeable amount…

Take our 3 minute Jobsburn survey today and you could win an iPad mini

As many of you might know by now, one of the key drivers of digital tech community is job creation but more importantly, the…

Alibaba looks to close gap between physical and online, pumps $629m into Chinese department store chain

China’s biggest ecommerce company is fusing online shopping with good, old-fashioned brick-and-mortar retailing. Sort of. Today, Alibaba announced a US$692 million investment in InTime…

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

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Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

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TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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