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YouTube Music gets Smart Downloads, seamless music-to-video playback

YouTube Music is getting two new features this week, one concerning seamless video-to-music switching, and another called Smart Downloads. Let’s start with the latter….

South Africans spent more time searching for FaceApp than Mandela this week

South Africans spent more of their time this week searching for viral photos app FaceApp than former president Nelson Mandela’s birthday, this according to…

These are the 65 new emoji coming to Android Q later this year

Google is adding 65 new emoji to its upcoming Android Q keyboard, the company revealed on Wednesday. Acknowledging World Emoji Day, Google teased that…

Google removes ‘stalkerware’ apps with over 130k installs from the Play Store

Google has removed a number of apps on Google Play that assist users with stalking, revealed a report by Avast on Wednesday. “Avast detected…

Google Lens lets fans scan ‘Starcourt Mall’ ads from Stranger Things 3

Believe it or not, but the Stranger Things 3 craze has not yet ended even though it premiered on Netflix just over a week…

YouTube now ranks the world’s hottest tracks in its ‘music charts’

YouTube might be a video streaming service first and foremost, but it’s also the world’s most popular music distribution tool. So with that in…

Google Drive gets a much prettier, refreshed user interface

Hot on the heels of Gmail’s redesign, Google Drive is also getting its share of UI updates. The Mountain View company on Wednesday announced…

The Google Assistant tweaks and new features you have to know about [I/O 2018]

Google Assistant, the company’s rival to Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, is being crammed into almost every Google product this year. The company announced…

Google Play Music dies in 2019, according to YouTube Remix rumour

While you were transfixed on Google’s swanky new Gmail redesign, news emerged that it may pull the plug on another service. According to Droid…

Gmail’s spewing out spam, and nobody seems to know why

All the hype surrounding Gmail may be thanks to its first redesign in some seven years, but not all is well with Google’s mail…

Chrome 66 kills audible autoplaying content by default

Chrome 66 now blocks autoplaying content with sound by default. The new version of Google’s web browser was granted stable status this morning and…

Google Go now available in South Africa

If the standard Google app is proving too bloated for your device, the company has today made its lightweight Google Go app available in…

Google Photo’s Lens can now recognise the breed of your furry friend

In the most important tech news of the year, Google has announced that Lens can now identify the breed of your dog and cat….

3 wounded, shooter kills herself after YouTube HQ shootout

Three people were wounded on Tuesday after a shooting broke out at YouTube’s California headquarters. The shooter later committed suicide. According to a statement,…

Google Chrome extensions will no longer mine crypto using your PC

In case you had no idea, before April Fools Day, Google allowed developers of Chrome browser extensions to mine cryptocurrency using your computer’s resources….

Google now owns GIF platform and search engine Tenor

Here at Memeburn, we love a good GIF. And it seems Google does too. The company on Tuesday announced its purchase of GIF platform…

Google Maps is now available in isiZulu, Afrikaans and Swahili

Mountain View internet tech Google has added 39 more languages to its Google Maps product “spoken by an estimated 1.25-billion people worldwide.” For Africans…

YouTube bans videos promoting or selling guns and accessories

YouTube will ban videos that promote guns, gun accessories and educational videos on firearms, the company announced in a relatively silent update. The company…

Google Play Instant lets you try games on Android without installing them

When Google Play Instant launched on the Play Store last year, users could experience apps without installing them to their devices. It’s a novel…

Google Maps now highlights ‘wheelchair accessible’ transit routes (but not in SA just yet)

If you’ve been wondering why Google Maps asks you about places and their wheelchair access, you finally have an answer. The company this week…

South African Businesses Face Growing Legal Risks as AI Adoption Soars

MTN Pumps R300 Million into Gauteng to Strengthen Digital Infrastructure

You Mailed It! Celebrating South Africa’s Slickest Email Campaigns of 2025

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AfriLabs’ 2024 Impact Report Charts Path to $1 Trillion Digital Economy

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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