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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…

Twitter keeps abreast of National Cleavage Day

Once a year, brassiere manufacturer Wonderbra sponsors National Cleavage Day in celebration of, well, cleavage. This year, it’s gained enough attention to trend globally…

Google opens Umbono-style incubator in London

Google has been behind startup facilities in countries such as Egypt and South Africa. Now it’s taking the model established in those countries to…

Leaked screenshot reveals Google Drive details

A leaked screenshot has revealed some more details about Google’s soon to be released Drive product. The cloud storage product appears to gives users…

How hot cross buns caused a social media storm

Which seasonal food do you think is capable of working people into an emotionally fuelled social media frenzy? Christmas gammon? Thanksgiving turkey? Actually, it…

Turn a Twitter feed in toilet paper? Sounds…cathartic actually

Ah, your Twitter feed. It amuses, angers, and sometimes even inspires you. Surely there should be a way for the tweets on it to…

Twitter mourns feminist poet Adrienne Rich

News of the death of American poet Adrienne Rich reverberated across Twitter, becoming a top globally trending topic just moments after it was first…

HTML5, smartphones will change the way we interact with companies

HTML5, together with massive growth in smartphone penetration, could see a lot more people interacting with companies using their mobile devices. Many companies —…

What if you could have more Twitter followers than Lady Gaga?

What if you could have a million Twitter followers for a day? What would you do? Well, you might just have the chance to…

Google helps put Mandela archive on the web

Google and the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory (NMCM) have created a new Nelson Mandela Digital Archive on the web that is freely accessible…

Major Silicon Valley VC to deliver lecture in SA

A major Silicon Valley VC is set to return to South Africa, the country of his birth, to deliver a lecture at Stellenbosch University….

Google to go into third-party comments

Google is launching a third-party commenting system. Thing is, it’s not trying to enter into the space of specialist industry players such as Disqus,…

Tap a fridge magnet, order a pizza

If you thought ordering in was a cop-out on making dinner, TV dinners and ordering has been taken to a whole new level. We’ve…

How insulting the Swazi king on Twitter could get you arrested

Swaziland isn’t exactly renowned for its freedom and democratic institutions. In fact, it’s one of the last countries on the planet with an absolute…

Get a new iPad for less than $0.25?

This is interesting. A company is putting four brand new iPads up for sale on online auction site BidorBuy at a starting price of…

Angry Birds Space downloaded 10M times in 3 days

If you’re looking for an indication of how big the Angry Birds phenomenon is, you could do much worse than the fact that Rovio’s…

LG’s New 100-Inch QNED TV Is a Game-Changer for Home Entertainment in South Africa

ASUS Taps Into South Africa’s AI Obsession With Smarter Devices

HONOR 400 and 400 Pro Redefine AI Smartphone Innovation for South African Users

SA SMBs are AI-Ready – ASUS Report Shows Local Businesses Are Already Seeing Real ROI

Ocellics Reinvents Fund Factsheets with Automation-Driven Platform for Investment Managers

AWIEF 2025 Awards Nominations Now Open

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

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves