Engen African Welcome Travel Diary iPhone app
With only 3 days left till the kick-off of the South Africa’s biggest showpiece, things are hotting up on the iPhone app store as well. There have been a couple of fantastic apps released the last couple of days, and now Engen have also released a free app called, “Engen African Welcome Travel Diary“(iTunes Link), which is a part of a campaign by Engen called “The African Welcome“
The app, developed locally, allows visitors to South Africa to upload a diary of their visit to South Africa, which can then be shared with via Facebook and Twitter. The app also includes a couple of cool features such as:
- South African greetings (audio)
- SA urban dictionary (audio)
- SA recipes
- Airport Info
- Useful numbers like embassies, local tourism, transportation etc.
Another really cool feature of the app is the worlds biggest unified welcome with our African Wave Competition. Users can upload pictures of themselves doing a wave, which will then be add to all the others to make a huge African wave.
Allan Kent, Head of AtPlay (Saatchi & Saatchi), the agency behind the app, gave me a bit of info behind the app:
The app is just one small part of an 18 month campaign that Engen are running called African Welcome. As part of that we thought that it would great if we had an application that let people document their travels in South Africa and learn a bit about the country at the same time.
All in all the app is very cool and well rounded and I’m sure will a great hit with some of the visitors to our country over the next 5 weeks.
Super 14 Final in GigaPixel Pano
The boys from Virtual Africa have done it once again. They have captured the Super 14 Final, that was held this past weekend between the Bulls & the Stormers, in a high resolution GigaPixel Pano.
This means that you can browse around the whole stadium in 360 degrees, and because the quality of the images is so high, you can zoom in on the crowd, and literally see the person face.
Here, try it…(and be prepared to waste your whole day zooming in and out :) )
Be sure to click on the Full screen button in the top right, it makes the whole thing so much better. Well done to Tinus and the boys for this amazing pic. I can’t wait to see them (hopefully) capture some of the World Cup games in the coming weeks.
18 Soccer players to follow on Twitter during the World Cup
The FIFA 2010 World Cup is around the corner, and the vibe is hotting up with many of the teams, including Brazil, touching down in South Africa, for the the spectacular. Personally I CAN.NOT.WAIT for kick-off on the 11th of June, and will be at the Australia vs Germany game in Durbs on the 13th.
I been doing a bit of research, and found a couple of the World Cup stars who are also on Twitter. It may be interesting to watch their streams during the tournament to get an insight of what these guys get up to.
Here is a couple of the guys that I found:
Iker Casillas (Spain – Captain)
Any I missed ? Be sure to add them in the comments below, and I will add them onto the list.
Google Streetview LIVE in South Africa
Just got a tweet from @GaryMeyerza to say Streetview is working in South Africa, but so far only on the iPhone.
Google streetview was supposed to launch to the press tommorrow, but the event has been cancelled. If you use Google Maps on your iPhone, you will see it is working:
Here are 2 local streetview images I found:
Gateway Shopping Centre in Durbs
INSIDE Moses Mabhida Stadium !!! Taken with the Google Trike
If you want to test on your iPhone, do the following:
- Open Maps on the iPhone
- Switch to Hybrid view
- Drop a pin
- On the Left hand side of the pin info bar, is an orange icon, if this icon “lights up” you can click on it, and it will show you the streetview in that area.
This means it shouldn’t be too long before Google officially launch the full product on http://maps.google.com
Update: hmm, seems like someone at Google saw this, and turned it off :( Hopefully should be up soon
Win 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Tickets
The guys and girls from Kia have an awesome competition on at the moment, where you can win a “Kia Experience” during the world cup.
The Kia Experience prize is to join 12 other global bloggers from 18 – 21 June 2010, to stay at the new Rosebank Holiday Inn Hotel, attend one 2010 FIFA World Cup ™ match and a day trip test driving the All New Kia Sportage.In addition to this, you can also win a copy of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ South Africa PS3 EA Game, as well as a Sony Cybershot Camera.
To enter the competition, all you need to do is click on the banner above, which will take you to the Kia Motors South Africa Facebook Fan Page & the Competition Page www.facebook.com/KiaMotorsSA. Here you need to answer a set of fun questions, as well as write a 150 word “blog post” on why you should win the prize. The competition runs from the 20th to the 25th May 2010 and that the winner will be announced on the 2nd June. Terms and conditions do apply and are included on the Facebook entry page.
This competition is bought to you by Kia – “Kia Motors The power to surprise”
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