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The Pirate Bay’s North Korea claims are likely a piece of masterful satire

Things are never boring in the world of the Pirate Bay. After Sweden’s Pirate Party discontinued its hosting of the site, it was apparently…

Google set to take on Amazon Prime with ‘Google Shopping Express’

Google is apparently set to take on Amazon Prime, with its own service called Google Shopping Express. Amazon Prime gives shoppers free two-day shipping…

Opera’s new Webkit browser arrives on Play Store in beta

Less than a month after formally announcing that it had ditched Presto, the rendering engine that had until then powered Opera web browser, in…

Meet the government WordPress site that cost R140m to build [Update]

If you were overcharged the last time you needed a website built, check this out: The Free State provincial government in South Africa reportedly…

SA music legend Miriam Makeba gets her own Google doodle

Google today marked what would have been songstress Miriam Makeba’s 81st birthday in the way it does best: with a doodle. Nicknamed Mama Africa,…

Google+ Hangouts get sign language app, new shortcuts for disabled users

Google has introduced a couple of new features aimed at making Google+ hangouts more easily accessible to the disabled. Its sign language app allows…

Can Google pop the champagne as Google+ hits 10 million users?

When Google’s latest attempt at social networking, Google+, launched Memeburn wrote, “Google’s quest for social importance seems to be never ending”. Some may now…

South Africa’s broadband price war

One of the contributing factors for South Africa receiving a lower than expected rating in Freedom House’s “Freedom on the net 2011″ report was…

The internet is a human right

Recognition of the internet’s part in the Arab Spring — the uprisings for democracy in the Middle East this year — has cemented the…

Google Street View makes ‘biggest update yet’

Google has added extra imagery to its 13 established Street View countries in its “biggest update yet”. The countries include Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain,…

Zynga acquires mobile software studio

Online social games sensation Zynga on Friday announced it has bought a Canadian company specialising in software applications for mobile devices. Mobile Five has…

LinkedIn passes Myspace in US traffic

LinkedIn leapfrogged Myspace in June to become the second-largest social network in the United States in terms of traffic behind Facebook, says tracking firm…

Tech news round-up: From Facebook Chatroulette to the death of iPhone

We here at Memeburn know you our esteemed reader. Being the busy people you are we know that – try as you may, and…

Apple App Store downloads hit 15-billion mark

Apple announced on Thursday that more than 15-billion applications for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch have been downloaded from its App Store since…

The Five is coming: New iPhone set for launch this year

Apple plans to launch its next-generation iPhone later this year, The Wall Street Journal has reported. The newspaper, citing “people familiar with the situation,”…

Facebook add Skype video chat feature

Facebook has added a Skype video calling feature in the face of a direct challenge from Google in the social networking arena. “We think…

Twitter valued at $7billion, but based on what exactly?

Twitter is looking to raise another round of private financing, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, quoting “people familiar with the matter”. This…

Netflix to expand to Latin America and Caribbean

US video giant Netflix, which has more than 23 million subscribers in the United States and Canada, has announced plans to expand to Latin…

Google realtime given the boot following expiry of Twitter deal

If you’ve gotten used to receiving real-time updates from the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Quora in your Google search results, you’re going to…

Fox News Twitter feed reports that Obama is dead

The US Secret Service said Monday it was investigating the apparent hacking of an official Twitter account operated by Fox News that posted a…

Lenovo at MWC 2025: AI-Powered Laptops, Sustainable Concepts, and a Glimpse into the Future

Smart Tech: Turning the Tide on South Africa’s Water Crisis

Celebrating Innovation: Redmi Note 14 Post-Launch Event in South Africa

Verto Launches Global Business Award to Fuel African Startup Expansion

GITEX Africa: Shaping the Future of Tech and Positioning Africa as a Global Powerhous

Gozem Secures $30M Series B to Fuel Super App Expansion Across Francophone Africa

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

Golf 8.5 update with lots of Life

Tariffs trump US new car affordability needs