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KFC South Africa’s hilarious World Cup ad hits 9GAG

Congrats KFC South Africa, you’re now 9GAG famous. The website laced with memes and funny videos posted a clip of KFC South Africa’s pre-World…

Vodacom set to stream 4K Durban July footage live using 5G

Telecommunications network Vodacom will be trialing a 5G 4K video streaming system at the Durban July horseracing event this Saturday. The network is partnering…

Hands on: Facebook Local’s the best travel app you’ll won’t want to download

Facebook Local is the social network’s latest app feeding from its plethora of information. However, instead of allowing you to publish pictures of babies…

Security breaches: stop thinking about if and start thinking about when

There’s hardly a week that goes by without news that a major organisation has been hit by a significant online security breach, with thousands…

MTN launches ‘Made For Home’ residential fixed LTE offering

MTN is today unveiled its new home internet solution dubbed “Made For Home”. Taking a bite out of fixed line internet solutions, the telecom’s…

Firewalls are the iron barricades of business cybersecurity

As more organisations prioritise digitalisation, the protection of internal and on-site data tends to slip down the priority list. But this is a mistake,…

9 Android apps I simply can’t live without

Throughout my relatively brief stint as a smartphone reviewer, I’ve noted a bit of a pattern in my own workflow. Whenever I get a…

Don’t let anyone tell you that tech has killed PR

Late last year, a man who once ran the largest public relations firm in the world released a controversial book entitled Trust Me, PR…

Havas launches new service design agency in SA

Havas Village South Africa and Boondoggle, a European service design and creative digital agency on Wednesday announced that they had teamed up to launch…

CallPay, PayU launch mPOS app in Turkey

Telephony card-based payments company CallPay on Tuesday announced a partnership with Naspers-owned PayU to launch a mobile payments app in Turkey. The deal, which…

Mobile first: getting the best out of loyalty programmes

The recent article by Memeburn staff writer Nur Bremmen ‘Should South African loyalty programmes reward social media engagement?’ shared excellent insights about loyalty programmes…

Should DStv just embrace Netflix?

Make no mistake, DStv sees Netflix as a threat. Or, more specifically, its parent company Naspers does. It wouldn’t have launched ShowMax, its own…

This new conference wants to find an African way of doing marketing

Africa should be at the forefront of creating its own stories, inspiring Afro-centric activities, tools and analytics. That’s the thinking behind Africa Marketing Week,…

Flash redux: form over function is back

We all remember Flash’s early days on the digital scene. Ten years ago, when the new player revolutionized animation, authoring, and video embedding, designers…

Adopting the cloud – enabling everyone to grow

New ideas are often opposed before they are adopted. When new ideas are ultimately embraced, and lead to success, it’s always as if this…

The challenges of security requirements in a new age

We currently live in an age where the world is run by technologies that were partly designed decades ago, when networks and their security…

Digital marketing 101: your comprehensive guide to competitor analysis

While researching your target market and establishing your industry niche is what will give you the ‘edge’, understanding the strengths and weaknesses of your…

5 security must-dos for first time cloud users

What do Apple, Amazon and Microsoft have in common? The answer: All three technology giants, considered the gold standard among cloud computing providers, have…

This year, let’s use technology to take back control of our lives

Many of us approach a new year as an opportunity to improve ourselves or to change some aspect of our lives. A common resolution…

Smart machines = smart business

Technology has changed the way customers engage with retailers and the days of simply adding an online site to an existing bricks and mortar…

IT in 2016: it’s all about digital transformation and IoT

With 2016 in full swing, it’s never been more important for the IT industry to evolve in order to remain relevant. From an increasing…

Profiling your customers through Big Data: what you need to know

In this era of Big Data, there are increasing opportunities for collection, processing and analysis of vast and complex data sets, which can reveal…

OpenAI Quietly Launches ChatGPT-5 — And It’s a Game Changer

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Aura Edition Review: A Sleek, AI-Powered Ultrabook for the Work-Anywhere Era

WeThinkCode_ and South Cape TVET College Bring Software Engineering Training to Rural SA Youth

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

Capitec and Mama Money Launch Fintech Partnership to Empower Migrant Workers Across Africa

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel