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Rise of Africa’s makers: Q&A with HacKidemia founder Stefania Druga

Afrimakers is the brainchild of ex-Google engineer and founder of HacKIDemia, Stefania Druga. The initiative that has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo…

Over 2m Facebook, Twitter, Gmail accounts compromised in massive hack

More than two-million accounts for users of popular online services including Facebook, Twitter, Gmail and Yahoo have been compromised after malware captured, among other…

Chinese government outright rejects Bitcoin as currency

China’s central bank and five other government ministries today announced Bitcoin is not money, and it should not be used as currency in the…

Sod the memes, Facebook wants to promote actual news in your feed

It looks like Facebook wants your news feed to grow up. The social network has announced that it will be now be prioritising actual…

Chinese government has no love for Windows 8, wants extended XP support

Support for Windows XP officially ends on 8 April 2014, including all security updates. That’s bad news for China, where as of September about…

‘Selfie’ beats out ‘twerking’ for word of the year title

If you were to define 2013 by one word, what would it be? Well according to the Oxford Dictionaries Online, it would be selfie….

Reddit users draft legislation to protect internet freedom

A group of Reddit users has banded together to write its own legislation aimed at protecting freedom on the web. The group, which has…

New campaign celebrates SA constitution a la Nando’s

A group of South Africans looking to celebrate the country’s constitution has come out with an innovative advert, borrowing from the style of fast…

TED Talks open up for public auditions

Here at Memeburn we love TED. The conference embodies the kind of innovation we so fervently believe in. Imagine our delight then when we…

Indian social network Ibibo claims six-million downloads of mobile “iBrowser”

Indian social networking site Ibibo claims that its “iBrowser” mobile web browser has been downloaded over six-million times since launching last year. The social…

Google hits back at Microsoft privacy claims

Google has taken the latest swipe at Microsoft in their war of words over user privacy, calling the Redmond-based software giant’s web browser Internet…

Indonesia hits 1M LinkedIn users, grows faster than Facebook

Indonesia has the third largest Facebook population of any country on earth, but growth on the social network in the country is being eclipsed…

Chinese court orders halt on iPad sales

Apple has been ordered to stop selling iPads in Huizhou, a city in southern China. This after a court ruled that sales of the…

Google brings Foursquare-style check-ins to Latitude

Hidden in Google’s most recent update to its Maps for Android app is a new gamified element to its location-based check-in service Latitude which…

Record-breaking Levi century trends globally

South African cricketer Richard Levi became a globally trending topic on Twitter after hitting a record number of sixes in his country’s second T20…

Google accused of tracking Safari users’ browsing habits, Microsoft steps in

Think online privacy issues are restricted to iOS apps? Think again. An exposé in The Wall Street Journal suggests that Google and other advertisers…

Twitter launches ads for small businesses

Twitter adverts have, to date, been the preserve of established brands. And it’s been good for them. Now the social network will be making…

Apple wins against Motorola in slide-to-unlock patent suit

The topic in the latest Apple patent war is the slide-to-unlock feature on some of Motorola Mobility’s Android devices. A Munich court ruled in…

Baidu wants to dominate Chinese mobile in 2012

Chinese search giant Baidu wants to dominate the country’s exploding mobile market in 2012. That’s according to CEO Robin Li, who was speaking during…

Anonymous is shutting down the internet

Everyone’s favourite hacktivist group is back again and this time its target is bigger than ever. Anonymous has declared war on the internet, yes…

Facebook (finally) allows verified accounts

Facebook will start allowing public figures to verify their accounts and include pseudonyms from today, according to a report by TechCrunch. This means that…

Opera Mini Data Campaigns Reshape Mobile Access in South Africa

Affordable 5G Phones Could Accelerate Digital Inclusion

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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

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