SNL shows how ‘discreet’ Google Glass can be
You are nobody until Saturday Night Live makes fun of you. So it is safe to say that Google Glass has arrived. During this weekend’s SNL’s Weekend Update skit, Fred Armisen graced the SNL newsdesk as...
View Article7 of the most ill-advised celebrity tweets of all time
Sometimes all it takes is a few wrong words to cause an unrivalled uproar — a fact which celebrities are very well acquainted with. Social media sites are a magnet for collecting those wrong words....
View Article21 ridiculous social media job titles
Social media is massive now, we get it. You don’t need me to tell you that Facebook’s 1 billion monthly active users and Pinterest’s meteoric rise mean big business (and big bucks) to savvy companies....
View ArticleHate the iOS7 makeover? You’ll love the ‘Jony Ive Redesigns Things’ Tumblr
In the aftermath of the announcement of Apple’s heavily revamped operating system this week, the analysts tried to explain why iOS was ditching long-established design elements and icons. What happened...
View ArticleCheck out John McAfee’s boss video on how to uninstall his anti-virus
This man is a legend. Really, he is. Hot on the heels of murder accusations, a continent-wide manhunt and finally landing in the United States safe and (kinda) sound, John McAfee is making waves again....
View ArticleForget ‘Breaking Bad’, this is ‘Making Pad’ [video]
What do you get when you combine a geek god with a TV series that the web has almost universal adoration for? The answer, apparently, is Making Pad. A parody of AMC’s Breaking Bad, it features Steve...
View Article5 signs you might be getting too old for the internet
I’m starting to think I may be getting too old for the internet. I got my first computer in 1991. It was a 286 running DOS 3.1 and had a 20MB Hard Disk and an amber monitor. Playing on it made me feel...
View ArticleDivas spoofed: meet off-Broadway’s latest viral sensation
Christina Bianco is getting pretty popular on YouTube and for good reason. The off-Broadway actress is enticing audiences with spot-on impressions of some of the world’s most popular musical divas and...
View Article9 huge investments Koos Bekker could make if he cashed in his Naspers shares
Here at Memeburn we have massive respect for Naspers CEO Koos Bekker. Aside from the fact that he heads up a multi-billion dollar media company with investments around the globe, he clearly understands...
View ArticleNew SA 24 hour news station ANN7 launches to online ridicule
Look, it’s not easy starting a news channel. You need time, effort and a crack production team if you’re going to make a proper go of it. Clearly though, ANN7, South Africa’s latest 24 hour news...
View ArticleCreatives and product shots: parody targets every tech commercial ever
Working up to the launch of a new smartphone/tablet/laptop and wondering how you can convince potential customers that something cold and shiny will make their life better? College Humor has some tips...
View ArticleThe secret’s out: Samsung admits its gadgets are made by aliens
‘Designed for humans’ maybe, but by humans? Not so much. The latest word to usher forth from Samsung HQ is that it all its innovation comes from an extraterrestrial source: specifically, it employs...
View ArticlePetition aims to make definition of Geek more positive in dictionaries
Here at Burn Media, we love geeks. They’re our bread and butter. Heck, most of us count ourselves as geeks and even got into the jobs we’re in based partly on our geeky obsessions. It’s fair to say,...
View ArticleJustin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon show how stupid ridiculous hashtags are
How many times have you used a hashtag today? Probably a lot. Hashtags have penetrated almost every social network, even Facebook has them and they have fast become one of the easiest ways to track a...
View ArticleBraaiPhone: the thinnest and lightest app ever made
For South Africans, there seems to be nothing more cherished than the “braai” (barbecue). This week while the country was celebrating its Heritage Day (a good a occasion for a braai), beer maker Castle...
View ArticleAn open letter to social media managers: the Sinead/Miley edition
This is a parody of the open letter musician Sinead O’Conner sent to Miley Cyrus in response to the starlet’s video for ‘Wrecking Ball’. Dear Social Media Manager, I wasn’t going to write this letter,...
View Article11 extensions designed to make your web experience less annoying
Spend long enough on the web and you’ll find yourself regularly getting worked up into a frothed up rage. Sometimes it’s over things we should be genuinely angry about, like injustices, horrific crimes...
View ArticleFish rabbit car park: dubious Mandela memorial signer has a Twitter account
Nothing is sacred on the internet, especially when there are 140 characters to go all Tourette syndrome with. Things get even more dodgy when the official sign language interpreter at a state memorial...
View ArticleFrom Yelling Goats to Doge: the top memes of 2013
2013 marked a strong year for memes, mostly thanks to the antics of Miley Cyrus and the internet’s healthy sense of humour. Below we’ve compiled what we consider to be the best of the best of 2013, but...
View Article#Biosdecoded: the best Twitter hashtag you’ll see today
Ever wondered what someone means when they include the words “passionate about social media”, “free spirit” or “views are my own” in their Twitter bio? Well a whole load of people, using the hashtag...
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