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Memeburn has been covering the internet since 2010 — back when “going viral” still felt novel and “crypto” meant cryptography. A lot has changed. We have too. The name still fits though.

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News Memeburn 13 years ago
From a 20% project to Google's future: Q&A with Google Now's creator
Google is pretty good at knowing what we need before we do. From a company that seems to continuously innovate, the launch of Google Now was nothing if not inspired. Google Now is the internet giant's offering in the hotly contested intelligent personal a
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News Memeburn 13 years ago
Why SEO isn't evil by search guru Rand Fishkin
Anyone working in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) will tell you it has a bad rep. But does it have a bad rap? SEO is the process of trying to make a website as visible as possible in your search results. Love it or hate it, SEO is important and if you ru
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News Memeburn 13 years ago
Purported Anonymous video appeals to world to speak out against SA Update
A person purporting to be a part of online hacker collective Anonymous has posted a message and video appealing to the wider hacktivist community and the world in general to speak out against the actions of the South African government. In the video, the
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News Memeburn 14 years ago
John McAfee found, arrested by Guatemala police
Anti-virus software pioneer and murder suspect John McAfee has been brought to book in Guatemala after weeks on the run from police in Belize. McAfee is the lead suspect in the murder of his neighbour Gregory Faull. The American retiree was found floating
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News Memeburn 14 years ago
By giving a voice to Hamas, Twitter is enabling the enemy says congressman
It seems Twitter's ability to give the voiceless a voice is a becoming a real problem and could land in it some trouble if a few Republicans have their way, reports the New York Times. Texas Congressman Ted Poe, along with six unnamed Republicans, has sen
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News Memeburn 14 years ago
What the 'iYawn 5' reveals about the dire state of tech journalism
Tech journalists swarmed into Yerba Buena in San Francisco earlier this week to cover the much-anticipated Apple iPhone 5 launch. Some news organisations sent multiple reporters, Fortune sent five. That's quite an over kill to cover the launch of a produc
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News Memeburn 14 years ago
Why African social networks kick Facebook's mobile experience in the ass
Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and the rest of their ilk are taking over the world, right, and forming a homogenous mass of consumer data and eyeballs across the globe from which no one can escape. Or not. Definitely not when one considers the local and reg
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