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  • FNB Launches Geo Payments

    I have previously chatted about the awesome FNB iPhone app, and they have just released an amazing update to the app that allows you to recieve GeoPayments. What does that mean ?

    Well, now you can recieve money INSTANTLY from anyone who uses the FNB app within a 500m radius. So, if you out for example and you don’t have your wallet, or need extra cash, you can simply get a mate to transfer you money without giving you an account number. You simply open the app, find the person around you, put in an amount, and the amount is instantly deposited into their account !

    I did a little test last night between myself & the wife and it worked like a charm. Seriously. No mess, No fuss !

    I am always blown away by the innovation at FNB, and I can honestly say this one is one of the best so far. I can’t wait to see what they have up their sleeves next !!

  • I got featured in the Sunday Tribune

    If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you may have seen this already ;) On Sunday I got featured in the KZN paper the Sunday Tribune in a section called KZN Business. Each week they looking at some “movers & shakers” in the KZN business scene, and I was fortunate enough to get asked to share my story.

    The article covers how I landed up at Private Property and what is in store for the future. Really stoked with the way it came out.

    You can click on the article below to get a full version if you want to have a read ;) A huge thanks to Alan Cooper for the very cool writeup

    You can also read the full story on Alan’s posterous page – http://geekbeard.posterous.com/meet-mr-mobile-marc-forrest

  • New iPad to launch in South Africa on 27th April

    Just received a press release from Apple to announce the New iPad or iPad 3 will officially be launched in South Africa on the 27th April ! Pricing has not been announced just yet, but I will update this post with the pricing when I get it

    More info from the Apple PR

    New iPad Arrives in South Korea & 11 Additional Countries This WeekCUPERTINO, California?April 16, 2012?Apple today announced the new iPad, the third generation of its category defining mobile device, will arrive in South Korea and 11 additional countries on Friday, April 20. The new iPad features a stunning new Retina™ display, Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-core graphics and a 5 megapixel iSight camera with advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video. The new iPad still delivers the same all-day 10 hour battery life* while remaining amazingly thin and light.

    In addition to South Korea, the new iPad also will be available beginning on Friday, April 20 in Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Panama, St Maarten, Uruguay and Venezuela. Beginning on Friday, April 27, the new iPad will be available in Colombia, Estonia, India, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, South Africa and Thailand.

    The new iPad Wi-Fi and iPad Wi-Fi + 4G** will be available in black or white in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models***. Additionally, iPad 2 is available at a more affordable price.

  • Angry Birds Space now out

    If you have an iPad or iPhone or in fact any device, you might have heard about Angry Birds, the awesomely popular game. Well, they have today launched the latest version of the game called Angry Birds Space. The whole game has been re-written to include a very cool space theme, as well as changes to the way the birds fly.

    Think, no gravity ! These changes to the way the birds fly changes the whole dynamics of the game, and really make it loads of fun. I downloaded it this morning to give it a try on the iPad, and it’s very very cool.

    You can only get Angry Birds space in the US iTunes store (not available in the SA Store) so you need a US iTunes account to download it.

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  • ShoutSA 2012 Video

    I came across this awesome video today for the Shout SA Campaign, which is a campaign against crime in South Africa. I took a quick listen to the track, and am pretty impressed. There are over 30 artists in the video, including most of the popular SA bands like DannyK,  Prime Circle, Just Jinger & Freshlyground & loads loads more…

    Check out the video below:

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    What do you think of the video ?