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10 South Africans to know in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space [Digital All Stars]

Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on…

SA’s Dept of Education website hacked with ‘I love Islamic State’ message

If you’re trying to access South Africa’s Department of Basic Education’s website at present, you can’t. It’s down. And there’s a very good reason…

Petya or NotPetya, this is the world’s latest ransomware attack

Ransomware is yet again sweeping across the world’s computers today, and no, it’s not WannaCry. It goes by a few names, but it’s being…

Google News redesign unsurprisingly angers everyone

Google News has been redesigned, and its interface is sleek, clean, customisable and universally hated. One of the main features Google News is touting is news…

Google fined €2.42-billion for abusing market dominance

The European Commission has fined Google €2.42-billion (R35.32-billion) for abusing its dominance as a search engine by promoting its own comparison shopping service over others….

#RTD2017: Rocking the Daisies announces lineup in annoying Twitter campaign

There’s nothing I hate more than a clever advertising campaign that forces me to tarnish my already messy social media brand. Local music festival…

YouTube to launch comment topics so you can skip the boring stuff

I’m a simple woman: I see YouTube is letting me filter out annoying, tired jokes and I click. YouTube announced Saturday that it is working on…

Apple shows off some funky commercials for the Apple Watch

Cupertino based tech giant Apple has launched six new 16 second long video commercials to show off the Apple Watch’s prowess. The adverts are…

Kaspersky test confirms humans couldn’t be bothered to protect themselves online

In the latest confirmation that human beings really don’t care about protecting themselves online, a Kaspersky test has found that almost a third of…

Forecast for 2030: connected with a chance of smart

Facebook, YouTube, the iPhone, Twitter, Uber and Instagram. These are all things that didn’t exist at the turn of the millennium. Which was only…

Your personal information probably isn’t as private as you think

You’re watching your son play a school soccer match. Your camera is ready when he scores the winning goal, taking his team to victory….

The challenges & benefits of hybrid cloud migration

n the quest to remain competitive within the market, businesses are introducing more and more innovative applications to improve processes and efficiency. However, maintaining…

Is our addiction to technology making us lazy or slowly transforming us into better people?

It’s a busy Friday night in October 2000. A time before budget airlines, mobile apps, smartphones and the Gautrain. I’m rushing to Johannesburg International…

Geeky TV shows, wearable, and tech trends: 5 Memeburn posts you loved this week

Fans of the show Shameless will be familiar with its cold intro, berating viewers for missing the previous week’s episode. We’re not like that….

Could the billboard benefit from the rise in ad-blocking tech?

As media consumption has become more technologically diverse, so techniques for ad avoidance have become more technologically sophisticated. While for many of us, ad…

VW’s #Dieselgate shows that no company is untouchable

There’s an old Greek proverb that says: “It is better to lose an eye than to lose your reputation.” I really thought that the…

Weekly Round Up #37: Google event, Takealot raising 1bn, Tesla Model X and Edward Snowden on Twitter

Welcome to Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This week on BurnCast, Stuart Thomas,…

Are we really about to enter the post-app era?

You don’t need me to tell you how important apps are. They might not, as Apple claims, be more important as the Industrial Revolution,…

Google acquires Jibe Mobile, a leading provider of Rich Communication Services

Google has acquired Jibe Mobile, a startup that is a leading provider in Rich Communication Services. Google is in the process of implementing RCS…

‘Because the CEO said so’ and 9 other cloud myths to avoid

Cloud, schmoud, right? If you’ve been nodding your head sagely anytime the cloud comes up, while quietly thinking to yourself “what does cloud even…

Understanding the terminology of common Oracle errors

Oracle has long been a name synonymous with corporate database systems. Though other competitors have moved into the market, Oracle retains a firm grasp…

Chinese market can now access Apple Music, iTunes movies, iBooks

Apple is getting cosy with China in a big way by launching Apple Music, iTunes movies and iBooks to customers in China. The Chinese…

Elon Musk’s Controversial Salute

HONOR X9c Redefines Rugged Smartphones with Unmatched Durability and Smart AI Features

Will AI Boost or Break South Africa’s Startup Scene?

Temu Survey Reveals Price is King for South Africans

Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round, Setting Record in Kenya’s Tourism-Tech Scene

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

GS3 Emzoom R Style review

Dakar dominated by South African built Hilux Evos

Elkann to create Jeep and Stellantis Meta(morphosis)