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Need a free, unlimited VPN service? Download Opera browser

Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox rule the roost when it comes to desktop browsing, but Opera’s latest browser update might lead you to switch……

Intel announces ‘restructuring’, 12 000 jobs to be cut

Intel has announced a restructuring plan to “speed its transition to a company that powers the cloud and billions of smart, connected computing devices”. Unfortunately,…

YouTube now supports 360 live video. Is this VR’s killer app?

Between the Gear VR and PC-based headsets, virtual reality is slowly gaining steam. But the technology needs all the content it can get to…

Swearjar is the Slack bot that turns vulgarities into charity

Slack is a service that we use quite a bit at Memeburn. It’s organised our business lives incredibly, but it also allows us to…

Cell C CEO in hot water over ‘bitch switch’ comments

Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos has come under fire for his remarks on women in the workplace. The Cell C CEO explained that roughly 42 percent…

Vumatel gets big backing, to spend R3bn on home fibre

Vumatel is one of the most prominent players in South Africa’s fibre internet market. Now, it’s received some significant financial muscle courtesy of a deal…

The world is finally learning not to trust the internet

For most of the internet’s recent history, people have been more than happy to share their personal information online. But thanks to numerous hacks,…

Facebook shares surge back to IPO levels

If you were buying Facebook shares during the panicked selling spree that followed its less than perfect IPO, you may have been onto something….

Turns out the NSA knows pretty much everything you do online

Quick question: when you found out about the NSA’s online spying programme PRISM, did you shut down your Google, Facebook and Yahoo! accounts? Nope?…

Zynga taking on Bang With Friends for trademark infringement

Bang with Friends, the Facebook app that aids in casual hookups hasn’t exactly had an easy time of it since launching. In May, it…

Ex Facebook CTO Bret Taylor launches Quip, a mobile word processor

Among the wave of employees who left Facebook when the social network went public last year, perhaps the biggest exit was CTO Bret Taylor….

Google launches Views, allows you to add 360 degree panoramas to Maps

This looks pretty cool. Google has launched a community site called Views, which allows you to upload and share panoramic 360% photos to Maps….

Instagram blocking, deleting photos from third-party Windows Phone service

If you own a Windows phone but hanker after the filtered awesomeness that is Instagram, then we’ve got some more bad news for you….

Love Grumpy Cat? Get your hands on a Grumppuccino soon

We had a cappuccino once. It was awful. Then again, it had nothing to do with a meme, and we love memes. Which is…

Thailand reportedly bans any form of Bitcoin

This is interesting. A Bitcoin based startup in Thailand says it has suspended all operations because the Bank of Thailand has banned the crypto-currency…

Apple suppliers in hot water over ‘serious’ labour rights violations

Chinese Labour Watch (CLW), a New York-based watchdog has accused an Apple supplier of committing “serious” violations against its workers. The CLW says its…

Alibaba reportedly set to buy stake in streaming video service PPTV

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba is apparently in the final stages of talks to buy a stake in streaming video service PPTV, with an announcement…

Twitter rape threat lands UK man behind bars

A UK man has been arrested after posting rape threats on Twitter related to the bank of England’s decision to put make classic British…

Study claims home 3D printing could pose health risks

This is interesting. 3D printing is undoubtedly an exciting technology with loads of potential uses, but a new study suggests that we might have…

Nokia serves up YouTube uploader app, beats Google to the punch

If you’ve got a thing for capturing videos on the fly, Nokia just gave you a pretty sound reason to buy the Lumia 1020….

Google testing out Helpouts, a commerce solution for Hangouts

Google’s been pretty good at spinning money out of all its products over the years but one area its been putting a lot of…

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos launch competing bids for NASA launchpad

This could be one of the most epic bid-offs in history. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Tesla Motor’s Elon Musk are squaring up in a…

Sina Weibo users can now post to Facebook… unless they’re in China

This is interesting. Anyone even vaguely familiar with the Chinese online scene knows that Western social networks like Twitter and Facebook are banned in…

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