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CodeCombat: this game teaches you to code while fighting ogres

Always wanted to learn how to code but can’t face sitting through a lecture or an online course? How about playing a game? CodeCombat…

Could an Apple device detect your next heart attack?

If Google wants to stop people ageing, then it looks like Apple wants to help prevent some of the maladies that come with age….

After a clone onslaught, Google and Apple are rejecting ‘Flappy’ games

When Flappy Bird‘s creator decided to pull his hit game from the app stores, developers around the world sprang into action to fill the…

11 of the most viral hoaxes in internet history

The internet is good for a lot of things. Perhaps most importantly though, it has fundamentally changed the way we access information. Nowhere has…

MTN answers #Neknomination by giving users free Wikipedia access

The pupils of Sinenjongo High School in Cape Town have been lobbying for South Africa’s mobile operators to provide the country with free Wikipedia…

Take a gorgeous tour of China’s Lantern Festival with Google Street View

The Google Street View team recently sent its cameras into a few major tourist spots in China to get a 360-degree view of the…

Why data is the new oil

Can there be any commodity more precious to an online user today than data? This resource is already valuable for those that know how…

A possible entry into the CRM market for Google?

Through the success of Google Apps, Google has emerged as an enterprise apps contender. While their success to date has largely been with SMBs…

Curation does not mean broken search

Much has been written about how search is broken and this is why curation — in its many forms — is on the rise…

South African social network receives international recognition

Obami, a locally developed social networking site and learning management system for schools, was one of 10 companies from around the world selected to…

Social media in China: The same, but different

Much has been written of late about the Chinese government’s efforts to control and censor the internet. The government’s censorship of websites is an…

Internet on your TV: What’s all the fuss about?

South African mobile operators Vodacom and MTN have just launched competing products that allow you to surf the internet from your TV. Vodacom’s Webbox…

Slicing and dicing with Google’s ‘Recipe View’

Google recently added ‘Recipe View’ to its search menu as a way for people to easily find instructions for whipping up dishes in the…

Google’s US$2.7-million fund is open for the taking

Internet search giant Google has awarded US$2.7-million to media watchdog, the International Press Institute (IPI) as part of a new project to support digital…

Africa is the fastest growing Facebook continent

Africa may not have the numbers of Facebook users that more developed continents do, but the continent is rising fast. According to Facebook-analysis site,…

Mobile marketing and mCommerce is where the money is moving

Quality mobile marketing research has evolved well over the past two years, allowing individuals and companies to take advantage of the mobile space at…

App War: Twitter for BlackBerry vs UberSocial

Though we all love Twitter, many still choose to tweet from other applications rather than from the site. Twitter does not fully understand what…

Q & A: Head of Google SA on free speech, local content and life at Google

Google’s new country manager for South Africa, Luke Mckend, recently sat down with Memeburn for an exclusive interview. Larry Page’s role as CEO, Google’s…

HuffPo backlash: Money changes everything

As is to be expected, there are a number of things that change when you are suddenly US$315-million richer. One of the first things…

Village Telco: Addressing the issue of rural connectivity

In the words of African telecommunications expert Steve Song, Village Telco is “an easy-to-use, scalable, standards-based, wireless, local, do-it-yourself, telephone company toolkit”. He’s just…

Web and social media come to aid of NZ quake survivors

As the death toll climbs in the wake of the recent earthquake in New Zealand, the web has become a virtual crisis centre. Survivors…

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

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

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

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