Kwezi Madondo

Twitter to roll out polls to everyone Twitter on Wednesday announced that it would be rolling out the ability to create polls to all its users. The new feature allows people to create simple two-option polls on the fly, adding to Twitter’s capabilities as a platform for information-gathering.

If you’re pretty sick of these Chinese smartphone brands taking over the world one device at a time, take a breath, because a company from the Middle East finally brings some respite. It’s an area of the globe we almost never associate with gadget manufacturing or anything other than oil and extravagant man-made islands in the shape of ducks and schnauzers. Nevertheless, the company I speak of is InnJoo and its firmly based in the sunny climes of Dubai.

A new exhibition is set to give South Africans a taste of how virtual reality could turn the perception of art upside down. Called New Dimensions, the exhibition is part of the African Futures Festival and takes place from 29 to 31 October at the Goethe-Institut in Johannesburg. According to a press release sent to Memeburn, viewers will be given the opportunity to step inside a number of 360-degree mini universes.