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Memeburn
Type of site
Technology news and analysis
Available in
English
Headquarters
Cape Town, South Africa
Owner
Burn Media Group
Created by
Matthew Buckland
Editor
Megan Ellis
URL
Memeburn.com
Commercial
Yes
Launched
April 1, 2010
Current status
Active
Memeburn[1] is a website that focuses on digital news and events in the emerging markets sphere.[1] Founded by South African entrepreneur Matthew Buckland,[2] the Cape Town-based website focuses on current events in the world of social media, mobile and general technology,[3] and has featured interviews with the likes of WordPress creator and CEO Matt Mullenweg,[4] Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley,[5] Evernote CEO Phil Libin,[6] the co-creator of Google Now[7] and entrepreneur Richard Branson[8] as well Naspers CEO Koos Bekker,[9] Wired founder Chris Anderson[10] and Stumbleupon CEO Mark Bartels.[11] It is particularly interested in the BRICS, as well as digital innovation, viral online marketing campaigns and general tech trends.[12]
^ ab"About" Accessed 8 July 2013
^Matthew Buckland
^"Memeburn Archived 2013-07-08 at archive.today" Accessed 8 July 2013
^"The Future of WordPress: Q&A with Founder Matt Mullenweg" Accessed 8 July 2013
^"The evolution of Foursquare: Memeburn talks to Dennis Crowley" Accessed 8 July 2013
^"Priests on Evernote and dinner party productivity: chat with the app's CEO" Accessed 8 July 2013
^"From a 20% project to Google's future: Q&A with Google Now's co-creator" Accessed 8 July 2013
^"Richard Branson on open source, Twitter and entrepreneurship: the Memeburn interview" Accessed 8 July 2013
^"Losing 80 million without blinking: Koos Bekker's Memeburn Q&A" Accessed 8 July 2013
^"The blog is dead long live the blog: Chris Anderson on the future of media" Accessed 8 July 2013
^"Personalisation and social discovery: Q&A with StumbleUpon's CEO" Accessed 8 July 2013
^Digital Media and Marketing Association: "Memeburn" Accessed 8 July 2013
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