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LaunchCapeTown: Cape Town Entrepreneurial Competition — Day 1

Memeburn was in the house for day one of the Cape Town Entrepreneurial Competition (CTEC), part of LaunchCapeTown, the event that brings together startups,…

Meet the ten finalists for the Cape Town Entrepreneurial Competition

Last night, at LaunchCapeTown‘s TechBash opening ceremony, the ten finalists for the Cape Town Entrepreneurial Competition (CTEC) were announced. LaunchCapeTown is a five day…

All aboard the StartupBus: The pressure cooker startup incubator on wheels

Bottle the following ingredients: the electric buzz of a Red Bull fueled hackerspace, the interpersonal caterwauling of a reality show and pressure, loads of…

AngelHub uncorks a heady bottle of Real Time Wine

Last month, Memeburn got the scoop on AngelHub’s latest investment, Real Time Wine, the no bullshit 140-character social wine review site. Real Time Wine…

MIH launches new online shop creator on WordPress

This has the potential to be big. It’s a new eCommerce tool that allows users to “create an online shop in minutes”. The new…

Attention entrepreneurs, diarise this: LaunchCapeTown

If you’re an entrepreneur looking to network, polish your elevator pitch, hone your product or simply learn from big names in the tech industry,…

Fabhunter: The new visual bookmarking startup with big dreams

Tastemakers. Trendsetters. Fashionistas. Fabhunter aims to become a nexus where these fashion aficionados collide. Launched in January of this year, Fabhunter is a new…

Startup Weekends hit South Africa

In what could be a potential boon for tech entrepreneurs in the region, Startup Weekends have arrived in South Africa. Startup Weekends are established…

Blink Tower: Making money by explaining ideas

If a picture says a thousand words then, some may argue, a video packs in a million. In the internet age, concentration spans are…

Hummba: Virtual guides anywhere, anytime

An online audio and text guide shop may not be the most innovative idea, but having content easily available on mobile application anywhere in…

Create your own mobile application for your company

It’s self-evident that most organisations have already rolled out their own email and personal information software (PIM) to their workforces. Are internal apps, however,…

Startups to ‘Ignite’ Tech4Africa 2011

Tech4Africa, one of the continent’s most prominent web and emerging technology conferences, has launched an initiative called Ignite, which will provide leading African startups…

Lessfuss and the Virtual PA — A workable concept?

Few of us would turn down the use of a personal concierge service. With the rise in busy lifestyles and the need to still…

Ra.ise a to.ast with some Bre.ad

URL shorteners have become ubiquitous to social networking, especially with the sharing of links across Twitter. Bit.ly, Cli.gs, Goo.gl and many others offer an…

Myows: managing your copyright online

Creative people are generally not well known for being legally switched on. But the challenges of protecting original work in the digital age means…

Visa snaps up SA mobile financial services company Fundamo for $110m

Visa, the world’s largest credit and debit card network, has snapped up South African mobile financial services company Fundamo for $110-million in cash. The…

GetGlue brings social check-ins to media and entertainment

People like to be rewarded for things they would probably do anyway. Hence it stands to reason that sooner or later someone would capitalise…

WebGrowth — Boosting your business’ Google ranking

Many companies want to rank better in search. Many SEO tricks have seen companies try to fight their way to number one. Google’s Panda…

Mobiflock — Helping parents keep an eye on kids’ mobile habits

We live in a mobile centric society. To deny that would be foolish. Everyone has a mobile phone — adults, teens and children. The…

Kickstart your startup with Google and Silicon Cape

How often have you had a great idea that you were convinced could become a major hit, if only you had a team to…

Mobile social network Motribe celebrates ‘one million user’ milestone

Memeburn has it on good authority that Motribe, the relatively-new mobile social networking platform that empowers users across the world with tools to build…

FSMS.co.za: Q&A with the new mobile messaging startup

There’s no such thing as a free lunch right? There’s got to be a catch somewhere within a so-called free service? Think of Facebook,…

How VR Meditation Apps Like Realms of Flow and Others Are Redefining Our Connection with Reality

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South Africa’s online grocery boom signals digital shift

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

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