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Telkom Mobile revises uncapped LTE throttling policy

Telkom Mobile has announced a revised fair usage policy (FUP) for uncapped LTE users, following negative publicity on social media. Users who had allegedly fallen…

#FeesMustFall: University students react to Nzimande’s statement

Update #4, 18 September, 3.27pm: In the wake of the student protests on South Africa’s various university campuses, UCT’s Faculty of Health Science has…

Rebuttal: Yuppiechef responds to trademark dispute with Yuppie Gadgets

South African ecommerce store Yuppiechef has commented on its trademark battle with Yuppie Gadgets, another SA online establishment. Memeburn reached out to Yuppiechef for…

Yuppie Gadgets speaks out over Yuppiechef trademark dispute

After years of dispute, local online store Yuppie Gadgets, has won two legal cases against fellow ecommerce store Yuppiechef. The ongoing battle between the two companies came…

Weekend News in Tweets: blast rocks New York, South Africa remembers Mandoza

News moves at the speed of social media in today’s world, and that’s especially the case on the weekend. Take a look at the…

Mandoza dies: South Africa remembers kwaito legend

Update, 18 September, 12.43pm: Mandoza’s funeral will take place Saturday, the kwaito star’s family today announced. The venue has yet to be announced. A…

Fast internet for all, 5G everywhere by 2025 – EU

The European Commission has announced a few rather ambitious connectivity targets for 2025. Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said that the internet connectivity proposals will encourage…

Canada says no to Bitcoin as legal tender

If you’re planning a trip to Canada any time in the near future, don’t expect your Bitcoin to be treated as legal tender. The…

The Internet of Things gets scary as hackers go after smart TVs, fridges

It was only a matter of time. For all its promise, objects connected to the Internet of Things were always going to be as…

SA internet users can now be part of world’s largest Wi-Fi network

There are places where finding free Wi-Fi seems less a minor trifle and more an epic quest, with your data bill hanging in the…

Apple to pay millions for letting kids make in-app purchases without parental consent

In the coming months Apple will pay millions of dollars back to customers for letting their children make in-app purchases without parental consent. Under…

Facebook could soon launch Paper, a Flipboard-like reader

There have been whispers that Facebook’s on the verge of launching a news reader designed to compete with Flipboard for since at least mid-2013….

Jelly’s first week: 100k questions asked, 25% answered

When Twitter co-founder Biz Stone launched his social question and answer service Jelly last week, most seem baffled about whether or not it had…

Google doles out $3.2bn for smart thermostat maker Nest Labs

Boom… 2014 just got its first really big acquisition. Google has just announced that it has struck a deal to buy Nest Labs, best…

Gmail now lets you email people on Google+

Many of us who network via the web find one another and communicate on a forum or social media platform and create connections but…

Arianna Huffington launches news site for the one percent

Are you a member of the ultra rich elite? Ever wished there was a news website written for people like you, by people like…

Biz Stone’s Jelly wants to answer your questions using social, photos

He may have missed out when Twitter went public, but Biz Stone is clearly still fuelled by a desire to innovate and create things….

Edward Snowden declares mission accomplished, says he’s ‘already won’

It’s been half a year since NSA contractor Edward Snowden released the first in a series of leaks that showed how much of…

Afternoon funnies: finally the moon landing we’ve been looking for [video]

In some corners of our wacky world, it’s known that sound doesn’t travel through space. In other cases however that fact seems redundant after…

Microsoft is not in a hurry to announce its new CEO… yet

It seems all those waiting to find out who the lucky champion for Microsoft’s top job will be just have to wait a little…

Listen to Mandela memorial ‘fake’ signer try to explain his actions

Among the many stories to have emerged from the official memorial service for Nelson Mandela, perhaps the most shocking has been the revelation that…

Tapping Into Africa’s 230-Million AI Jobs Opportunity

Netflix’s New South African Series Exposes the Dark Side of Fame

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

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

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel