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Samsung’s Bixby disses Apple’s Siri in voice assistant rap battle

Samsung just couldn’t resist taking a swipe at Apple’s Siri using its own smart voice assistant, could it? Bixby, which launched this weekend in…

Facebook knows when teens are vulnerable, then targets them with ads

“Don’t be evil” is a common phrase uttered by Google executives, but we can’t help but think Facebook should perhaps adopt it too. A…

These are the nominees for 2017 Google Play Awards

The first Google Play Awards took place last year, highlighting a number of innovative and/or popular games and apps. So we’re glad to see…

Samsung’s Wemogee app uses emoji to bridge language gap

Samsung’s latest app puts the world’s love affair with emoji to good use. And no, not just for the memes either. Dubbed Wemogee, the…

Google Maps remembers where you parked even if you don’t

There are two problems with parking in any city (especially Cape Town). One, finding a parking, and two, remembering where it is you parked….

Wikipedia’s new crowdfunded newspaper ‘can fix news’

Today, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales launched Wikitribune — an online crowdfunded newspaper looking to combat “fake news.” According to Wales, media’s move to the internet broke…

The ultimate guide to building apps in 2017

This article is, more than anything, about user experience. Whether it’s an app, a website or something in between, your mobile platform of choice…

Tech innovations diagnose healthcare, offer cures in the form of mobile and web based solutions

In remote areas, a visit to the clinic, doctor, and hospital, can entail a serious and expensive trek. That’s just one reason the health…

Memeburn gets the full story behind one man’s crazy Uber ride

Taking an Uber ride is supposed to be an easy and convenient experience. In fact, most people use the service for that reason, along…

Africa’s invisible sector: caught up in complexity

Having faced nasty bill shocks at month end, or struggled to get out of onerous mobile contracts, many consumers have long since made the…

#Strongerthantherand, Mango’s sick burn: 5 Memeburn posts you loved this week

It’s been a tough week for the South African economy, with the Rand tanking against the US Dollar, British Pound, and Euro. So naturally,…

This prize aims to reward people innovating basic solutions to big problems

Have you got a simple solution to a problem affecting your community? Then you might want to enter the Empowering People Award, which once…

There’s some serious tech behind this African quadriplegic’s Kilimanjaro attempt

On Saturday, Chaeli Mycroft will begin her attempt to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. What makes Mycroft different to the other 21-year-olds to have…

Paper Video: can QR codes, explainer videos put South Africa’s matrics back on track?

In seven weeks’ time, South Africa’s 2015 matric class will begin writing their final examinations. The results of those examinations will, most likely, spark…

Is biometrics the answer to secure and easy online payment?

Growing cyber risk has ushered in the need for watertight methods of protecting personal data. According to the South African Fraud Prevention Service, identity…

Three meals a day is the new tobacco: one geek’s guide to losing weight

The geek’s guide to rapid weight loss: 10kg in four weeks, while sitting at a desk in office hours. In summary: this is a…

Julius Akinyemi: Africa needs to harness big data to really innovate

Africa needs to start using big data to solve its issues. But before this can happen, it needs to understand how to leverage this…

Elizabeth Gould, Derrick Kotze on the need to catalyse collaboration in Africa

Memeburn recently sat down with Elizabeth Gould (pictured right), the CEO of programming academy CodeX, and Derrick Kotze who’s the CEO of African developer…

Don’t let the touch screen replace the personal touch

In this always-connected world where anyone is just a click of a button away, too many of us are concentrating on the button instead…

Google holds first ever South African developer summit

Google yesterday held its first South African Developer Summit. The event, which was the latest in its series of Sub-Saharan African developer events, was…

We’re about to start using wireless mobile chargers in a big way

It’s been a while since a mobile manufacturer made a big deal about wireless chargers, but apparently they’re about to become a lot more…

3 instances of ecommerce becoming ‘enabling’ commerce

If there’s one thing that nearly every economy in the world has in common today, it’s the love of shopping. Shopping drives our consumerist…

High End Devices Unlock Superior Mobile Experiences in South Africa

South Africa Sees 77% Surge in Demand for AI Skills

Samsung Launches the Galaxy A07 Built for Every Challenge

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

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

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel