Half-a-billion-dollar satellite launches to beam broadband to Australia’s...
A rocket carrying a satellite worth an estimated half-a-billion Australian dollars (around US$350-million) has successfully launched from French Guiana today. The aim? To bring high-speed broadband...
View ArticleKaspersky 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 internet users do nothing to protect themselves when...
View ArticleFacebook tests a dedicated Shopping feed in a bid to revolutionise shopping
Facebook has introduced a feature called Shopping feed in the favourites navigation menu on the company’s mobile app. Shopping feed will make the way in which people connect to brands and products on...
View ArticleWhat the water-injected M4 GTS means for BMWs of the future
The folks over at Bayerische Motoren Werke certainly know how to celebrate a milestone. No, we’re not talking about the little office party they threw when Lukas in accounts found out his wife was...
View ArticleCcHub’s Bosun Tijani: ‘Nigeria can’t move forward if we don’t use technology...
The story of tech entrepreneurship in Nigeria is incomplete without mentioning Lagos-based Co-Creation Hub (CCHub) considering its status as the first extensively recognised incubation centre and...
View ArticleYouTube launches YouTube Red, an ad free subscription video streaming service
This has been a long time coming. YouTube has unveiled its ad free subscription video streaming service, YouTube Red. The service offers YouTube users a US$9.99 monthly membership. The service will...
View ArticleRed-E 4000mAh powerbank review: for the GoPro toter
It’s now operating standard for manufactures (and consumers) that smartphones ought to do more. Each new device launched needs to be packed with even more features and functionality. Of course, not all...
View ArticleWeekly Round Up #41: Mxit closure, Venture Capital, Halo 5, Twitter and Apple...
Welcome to Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This week on BurnCast, Stuart Thomas talks to Gearburn Editor Andy Walker, Sales...
View ArticleBuilding customer loyalty in online retailing – a primer
One of the toughest challenges that ecommerce businesses and online retailers face is earning customer loyalty. A face to face interaction at a brick and mortar store has a far higher chance of...
View ArticleThe Tech Behind #1: Principa, data analytics company, talks about its Rugby...
The Tech Behind is a new podcast series that looks at the innovative ways in which tech is being used in our everyday lives on topical stories. This is the first episode of the The Tech Behind series...
View ArticleWeekly Round Up #42: Uber’s deal with WesBank, Xiaomi in SA, PriceCheck sale...
Welcome to Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This week on BurnCast, Stuart Thomas talks to Gearburn Editor, Andy Walker and...
View ArticleActivist group Anonymous vows to wipe ISIS out from the web
Activist hacker group Anonymous has declared war on terrorist organisation ISIS. This follows the recent attacks in Paris last Friday where a total of 129 people were killed. ISIS has since allegedly...
View Article6 online shopping tips for Black Friday, Cyber Monday sales
As South African consumers increase their use of online shopping and become part of the frenzied international Black Friday (27 November) and Cyber Monday (30 November) online sales taking place this...
View ArticleWeekly Round Up #44: WeChat wallet, Rush, Huawei Mate 8, ShowMax and the new...
Welcome to Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This week on BurnCast, Gearburn Editor Andy Walker is joined by staff reporters,...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, others join to fast track clean energy innovation
Founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft’s Bill Gates — alongside a group of 26 other powerful business leaders — have launched an initiative which seeks to fast track innovation around clean...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg to donate 99% of his Facebook shares to ‘advance human...
Facebook CEO an co-founder Mark Zuckerberg plans to cash in 99% of his Facebook shares to “advance human potential and promote equality for all children in the next generation”. This announcement comes...
View ArticleSpotify’s king of the music streaming world according to App Annie
In a new report by App Annie, Spotify, is wearing the crown as the king of music streaming. Before Apple Music entered the music streaming ecosystem, things were somewhat stale, its introduction...
View ArticleZuckerbaby parody open letter is all kinds of awesome
This week, the world has been celebrating the birth of Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s daughter Max. The couple also achieved massive kudos from people around the world when his hoodiedness posted...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg explains $45b pledge following skepticism
Earlier this week, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO and co-founder, and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan, announced that Zuckerberg was going to donate 99% of his personal Facebook shares (US$45-billion) over...
View ArticleGoogle Calendar gets Reminders, enables tracking to-dos in app
The Google Calendar app, both for Android and iOS, is getting a new Reminders feature. According to Google, this feature will allow users to create reminders in Google Calendar, enabling the user to...
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