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Trevor Noah to succeed Jon Stewart as The Daily Show host

The Daily Show is about to get a lot more South African. Some big big shoes to fill for South African stand-up comedian Trevor…

Tim Cook puts foot down against discriminatory religious, same-sex legislation

Tim Cook isn’t very happy with some bills being introduced in Indiana, Arkansas and a bunch of others states in the US. In a…

Facebook’s solar-powered internet drones are finally hitting the skies this year

No, it’s not a summer blockbuster in the works. Facebook is really going to start testing drones to beam internet access to people within…

Sapa backs off on content deletion demand

Last week Memeburn broke news that The South African Press Association (Sapa) would be requiring any news sites that subscribe to its wire service…

BurnCast podcast special: tales from SXSW

Our Managing Editor, André-Pierre du Plessis, went to Texas to attend the annual tech, music and design festival, SXSW. While he wrote about the…

Kruger National Park is getting drones to boost rhino protection

While Amazon has just received permission to test drone-delivery in the States, the Kruger National Park in South Africa is getting more aerial power…

Sapa: content deletion requirement not ‘devious or manipulative’

Yesterday Memeburn broke the news that wire agency Sapa had sent a letter to its subscribers requesting that news sites across the country delete…

Twitter makes first local account block against German hate group

Back in January Twitter announced that it would be blocking tweets on a country-by-country basis. Now the policy has been implemented for the first…

Mugabe and Mandela to compete for top honours at the Bookmarks

The Bookmarks, a digital award showcase which aims to recognise excellence in digital, has announced the finalists for this year’s awards. The awards are…

Pirate Bay heads into the cloud, this time seriously

When the Pirate Bay announced that it would be sailing its servers across the seven skies, we called its founders out for trolling the…

Mobile overtakes desktop internet in China

When it comes to accessing the internet, mobile has a lot of advantages over traditional desktop PCs, particularly in emerging markets. Top of that…

Privacy — not that far off from piracy? Google CEO does a good juggling act

A lot has been said recently about Google’s privacy policy, after the internet giant was told by French-based Commission Nationale de l’Informatique (CNIL) that…

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos: Governments need to step in to stop patent wars

This probably isn’t going to sit well with advocates of business without government interference. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos things that governments need to step…

Google told to change its privacy policy, give users more control… or else

Google’s questionable new privacy policy is in the spotlight again, after an investigation ordered by European Union data collection authorities has asked the company…

Microsoft bets big on Surface: Orders 3-5 million for Q4, opens preorders

Microsoft really wants Surface to work. After being left behind in the tablet market, it needs something to give it serious clout in the…

Foxconn confirms underaged children worked in its factory in China

It seems that when it comes to Foxconn, good PR is hard to find. The tech giant (that manufactures devices like the iPhone, iPad,…

Yahoo! nabs top Google exec as new COO

Let the poaching begin! If you thought Marissa Mayer was just going leave Google and its employees behind, you are grossly mistaken. The company…

Google expands Gmail, Google Drive results in Search box trial

This is pretty nifty. You can now sign up to view results from your Gmail inbox using the search bar on the front page…

Felix Baumgartner: The record-breaking jump by the numbers

After Felix Baumgartner’s record fall from the sky, we decided take a quick look at some of the numbers that accompany this amazing feat….

Goodbye Zune: Microsoft launches Xbox Music to take on iTunes and Spotify

So long, Zune… hello Xbox Music. Microsoft has been slowly retiring its Zune brand over the past year, making way for its next attempt…

Kindle users could be entitled to e-book refunds

On Saturday 13 October, Amazon sent emails to owners of Kindle ereaders that they could possibly receive refunds of between US$0.30 and US$1.32 for…

Samsung Apple relationship is now ‘hate hate’

Looks like Apple’s relationship with Samsung has reached new lows, with a new report out of Korea describing it as having moved from “love…

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