For those of you who don’t know, the sequel to one of the biggest Real Time Strategy (RTS) games of all time, Starcraft, has been 12 years in the making. The game is made up of three races: Terran (humans), Protos and Zerg.
The three races are three versions of popular science fiction race types: humans in cool space suits, Zerg (like the aliens in the Alien movie series) who are a hive like breed of species, and the Protoss, who are kind of like the Predator with an intelligent, elderly statesmen kind of feel.
The first game has a single player version with just the Terran storyline and then the multiplayer with all three races. The Zerg and Protoss single player versions will be released as expansion packs.
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Posted in Gaming.
Tagged with Gaming, Starcraft II.
By Steve
– July 29, 2010
OK everyone. I am getting out there!
Tech Leader
Thought Leader: This one is a bit old. I will be posting stuff on it soon.
Amatomu
Afrigator
My Scoop
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Posted in Thoughts.
By Steve
– July 21, 2010
Android pips it, but only just.
With the new Android software version 2.1 running on local HTC phones, there is no doubt that the iPhone has a true competitor in the market.
I am running a HTC Hero with 2.1 software on it and I’ve never owned an iPhone, so doing a comprehensive review is a little difficult.
Having played with an iPhone quite a bit I can do some comparisons though.
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Posted in Mobile.
Tagged with Android, Android 2.1, Android Market, Apple store, iPhone, iTunes, Mobile phone.
By Steve
– July 21, 2010
I’m on an Internet ranting mission. I’m amazed at the lack of understanding in the market about how Internet access is charged for and how people are getting ripped.
Had a conversation with someone the other day who said MWeb uncapped was competitive with Telkom because it was R219 vs R199 for Telkom’s 1GB on the Do Broadband 1 package. However the price he is quoting does not include line rental.
So the equivalent price is R349 for uncapped vs. R199. For more on that’s story read this post: Swindled by Uncapped.
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Posted in Thoughts.
By Steve
– July 16, 2010
I was searching for some stuff on uncapped Internet and I came across this article on Tech Central. I know its from April, but with the mood I am in, it really hit the sweet spot. It talks about the con on uncapped Internet, something I wrote on yesterday with: Swindeled by Uncapped.
“Right so this whole “uncapped” and “Free the Web” stuff has me a little vexed. Basically I think it is all a bit disingenuous, even bordering on manipulative.”
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Posted in Internet.
Tagged with Broadband, Seacom, Telkom, Uncapped Internet.
By Steve
– July 16, 2010
When Mweb announced uncapped Internet in this country, the market went crazy. Competitors followed with similar offerings within days and analysts announced the breaking of a new dawn. Most people failed to mention that it was a rip and in everyone’s enthusiasm, the point that the product is not worth paying for got swept under the carpet.
Now the part about it being not worth paying does not apply so much to businesses or hardcore gamers who download 150 GB of data or more a month. Let’s look at the rest of us.
The truth is that ISPs looked at a simple model. And let’s put it in cooking terms to make it more accessible. If you walk into a restaurant and there is a big sign that says, “R200 buffet (no sharing)” you’d kind of go, what’s the point?
But that’s exactly what the ISPs did. To prove it lets look at some numbers.
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Posted in Internet.
Tagged with Broadband, MWeb, Seacom, Telkom, Uncapped Internet.
By Steve
– July 15, 2010
Well I was shocked in Pick n Pay the other day. I popped into a Hypermarket to get some stuff and saw a flyer while getting a basket about a wine sale the shop was having.
So I went down to their wine isle (with some glee) and had my eye on Alto Rouge which was on special on a separate display when I noticed a Checkers logo sticking out of the top of the Platter Wine guides which were also on the stand.
Flabbergasted I opened up the book to find a bookmark with a wine guide in it with Checkers marketing all over it. So I opened the other books on the stand to find that each and every book had the bookmark.
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Posted in Marketing.
Tagged with branding, business intelligence, FMCG, Marketing, MMS, mobile marketing.
By Steve
– June 13, 2010
