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Category: South African Culture

  • Nando’s “Last Dictator Standing” ad goes viral

    I told you about Uncle Bob coming to visit me on Thursday, which is all part of the Nando’s Meal For 6 campaign that they started last week.

    Well the video, which is the core of the campaign, went HUGE massive over the weekend, with even Time Magazine picking up on it. The video has already had close on a total of 600,000 combined views, and featured on a whole lot of news sites.
    If you haven’t seen the video yet, check it out here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1EX–vdxh4)

    The video has also received great press from a couple of international publications:

    Once again, well done to Mike, Mel, Marc & the rest of of the team. Great, Great Job !!

  • Nando’s Meal for 6 campaign

    Earlier today I got a surprise visit from Uncle Bob, in the flesh. He gave me a top secret envelope containg a flashdrive and a voucher for a meal for 6 at Nandos.

    It all forms part of the latest Nando’s festive campaign, called Meal for 6,  where they asking, who would invite for your Meal for 6 ? From today till the 2nd of December, you can win daily prizes as well as a fully catered meal for you and 5 friends, with a personal chef.

    All you need to do is tweet the names of 5 people, living or dead, who you would want to have dinner with and include the hashtag #Mealfor6. These people don’t have to be on twitter, you can include anyone, just remember to include the hashtag.

    Also check out the video for the campaign which will be aired on TV over the next couple of weeks on the official website -> www.mealfor6.co.za. Brilliant !!

     

  • 5FM iPhone App

     

    After expecting to see this app to make an appearance sometime on the app store, I was quite excited to see it earlier today. The Official 5FM iPhone app (FREE) is now available on the iTunes app store. Nice !

    The app offers a whole bunch of features, least of all, streaming, which is very cool. I have posted before about how to stream 5FM on the iPhone, but this now make it so much easier.

    Some of the features include:

    • Play the 5FM radio station live and in the background on multitasking capable devices
    • View live track-list information which displays previously played songs, the current song as well as the next song to be played (when available)
    • News feed with up-to-date information on the latest 5FM news
    • Twitter feed displaying the latest tweets from 5FM
    • Audio visualizer
    • Live webcam views of the two 5FM recording studios
    • Backgrounding support
    The design is also very visually appealing, and the dev’s have done an awesome job. Well done. Looking forward to seeing it get loads of downloads

  • This time, Smokoo really is a SCAM

     

    The last time I posted that Smokoo was a scam, I got asked to take the post down. Thanks to a couple of things going on in my life at the time, I didn’t have much of a choice, but to take it down.
    But now, I am really confident in saying, they have pulled off such a stupid scam, they really are the laugh of the town.

    A while back Smokoo decided to auction off an iPhone5– http://www.za.smokoo.com/auctions/smokoo_iphone5

    Yip, you read that. iPhone5. Which didn’t even exist then, and still doesn’t exist now. This evening, Apple announced the launch of the iPhone4s, while Smokoo hapily boasted about an iPhone5 they auctioned off. The winner ended up paying R2.97, foe what is effectively now a cardboard box. Ouch !

    If you take a look at the auction page, they go on to give specs which they “think” would be in the iPhone5.

    Breaking news – Apple iPhone launch – now it’s official: Invitations have been sent out for the event on October 4, saying, ‘Let’s talk iPhone’. Apple staff have been banned from holidays in the first two weeks of October in America, and tech insiders expect the iPhone 5 from the launch to appear in stores shortly after – on October 14

    It doesn’t get more exciting than this!

    The iPhone 5 is set to become the best-selling iPhone of them all. Be the first to own one by securing this auction. Place the final bid and the iPhone 5 is yours.

    Model: iPhone 5 32GB

    Some of the most-wanted features on the iPhone 5 include: Enhanced voice control, Micro-HDMI out, Removable battery, Expandable memory, Biometric security, NFC-enabled, Better home-screen and notifications system, Enhanced cloud-computing support, FaceTime over cellular network, Flash support, Larger screen, Better camera, Dual-core processor, Upgraded 3D graphics and Fewer dropped calls.

    Smokoo has garnered a reputation for being the first site to sell the iPad, iPad 2 and the iPhone 4. Our customers save an average of 96% on these items and other high-end items like cars and bikes.

    Notes:
    iPhone 5 will be shipped after official release by Apple
    Product pictures are for illustrative purposes only
    Shipping cost includes insurance

     

    What the…Seriously. Removable Battery, Micro-HDMI out, Biometric Security. SERIOUSLY. My eyes are bleeding !!! Somebody help me. The only thing they did seem to get right was the release date. Well done Smokoo !

    Honestly, I can’t believe that these guys are still going. It utterly pisses me off when companies try and push stuff like this, KNOWING that people will fall for it. It is utter BULLSHIT.
    I honestly hope Smokoo gets taken to task for this Smokoo Scam. It is totally unacceptable !!

    [Updated] Just seen on their FB page, they also offering you a “chance” to go to New York to “…get your iPhone5 with the Smokoo Team”. Really ? Really !!

     

  • Darren Scott axed from Supersport & Jacaranda FM

     

    With the World Cup only 3 days away it looks as if Supersports studio team will be a man short.

    Word on the street is that Darren Scott has been axed from BOTH Supersport & Jacaranda after a racial slur over the weekend. According to Channel24, he swore at colleague and made racist remarks at the Mabula lodge in Bela-Bela on Friday evening during a team building event

    According the Jacaranda site, he handed in his “resignation” earlier today from his very popular morning show, which sounds like it has completely changed the stations audience. – http://www.jacarandafm.com/kagiso/content/en/jacaranda/jacaranda-lifes-greatest-hits?oid=1357983&sn=Detail&pid=756865

    And according the Supersport site, Scott was “relieved” of his presenting duties, indefintely, after the incident – http://www.supersport.com/press-releases/news/110907/Statement_on_Darren_Scott

     

    Interesting times ahead. My money. It won’t be long before we hear Darren’s voice on 2OceansVibe Radio.
    (edit: I been asked by some of the readers to clarify what I mean in the above statement. Not that I have to, but thought I would anyway. My statement simply states that a lot of the “greats” of South African Radio are moving to online radio. Given that 2OV radio is one of the first online radio stations in the country, and has already snapped up some big names in SA Radio, I insinuated that Darren would be a good addition to the already fantastic line-up. In retrospect and given what he said, I suppose it may not be THE best decision, but if you look past at what happened and what great personality & presenter he really is, he would most probably be a great addition to the team. Pure speculation. Case closed)