music

Twitter’s celebrities pay tribute to the late Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, has died. The singer-songwriter fell ill earlier this week, and died on 16 August as a result of…

‘Gangnam Style’ celebrates its 6th birthday on YouTube

On this day in 2012, the internet was blessed with “Gangnam Style”. The song itself birthed that iconic horseriding jig, and a slew of…

Weezer’s Twitter fans get their wish after the band covers Toto’s ‘Africa’

Chances are, if you’re a little kid and you ask your parents incessantly for a chocolate chip cookie, they’ll give it to you. Now,…

Here’s why Google thinks doubters will love YouTube Music

Google’s taking a big gamble with its new YouTube Music streaming project. The company’s lumping Google Play Music with YouTube’s wealth of music in…

Google’s YouTube Music and YouTube Premium are now official

If something’s not broken and doesn’t need fixing, trust Google to provide a solution. The firm did this with its messaging services — now…

This is South Africa’s hottest music according to YouTube’s Music Charts

YouTube this week announced its new music charts portal, which allows users — and generally interested folk — to gauge which tracks, videos and…

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…

4 weird Parlotones marketing mashups through the years

Whether you like the band’s music or not, you can’t deny that South African rockers The Parlotones are marketing powerhouses, owing to its partnerships…

Google Play Music gets contextually active with Concierge in SA

Google Play Music has officially launched its Concierge service in South Africa, bringing automatically generated, contextual playlists to the country. Play Music subscribers will…

Bjork’s Digital Tour uses HTC Vive to bring her music to virtual reality

Virtual reality’s usually only good for impressing family at impromptu gatherings, or giving wearers palpable, throbbing headaches. But HTC and Bjork are taking the…

Listen to your favourite jam while you tweet with Twitter Audio Cards

Twitter has always been the tool for spreading the news. Whether it’s a Tumblr post, an Instagram or an audio track, you’re always prompted…

Conan O’Brien has figured a way to completely remove all traces of U2 from your memory [video]

Our Stuart and Michelle took on Apple and called out the company’s creepiness regarding its automatic addition of the U2 album onto user’s iCloud…

Twitter partners with 300, gives user data to music industry

Twitter knows that one of the best resources it has at its disposal is its user data. That’s why it’s made extensive deals with…

The music industry’s biggest headache? Hint: it’s not piracy [Infographic]

Never mind piracy, music artists have another problem to worry about when it comes to receiving their hard-earned royalties. This problem is actually ingrained…

Vinyl vs Digital: 20-20kHz hindsight

Listening to music on vinyl – Gearburn is all about the latest and greatest – but to be sure we’re not missing the gorgeous…

Apple poised to introduce iCloud

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is taking a break from medical leave on Monday to preside over the opening of the company’s annual conference…

Google Music: What it is and what it means

The internet and music industry waited with baited breath for the highly anticipated Google Music to finally make its first appearance. With the massive…

The ‘hyper-fragmented’ state of the music industry: Where to from here?

The digital, online revolution has had a profound effect on almost every industry you can think of. But perhaps the hardest hit of all…

Social media: Africa’s new musical frontier

“When people hear about Africans and the internet, they immediately think of 419 scams,” says Ngozi Odita, who runs societyhae.com, a collective of voices…

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

Wiinta: The AI Therapist Aiming to Revolutionise Mental Health in Africa

SA’s AI Future Depends on One Thing: Skills

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

Altron FinTech Index signals modest household recovery, but affordability gap persists

The Best Business Loan Options for South African SMEs in 2025

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

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV