Remember Naval Strike, the battle ship like iPhone game developed by MIH Swat right her in South Africa?

The reaction to Naval Strike has been overwhelming, and MIH Swat have reached their two week download target in a mere 5 days and to celebrate this they are giving away a $50 iTunes voucher.

To win the $50 iTunes vouchers, players will need to play Naval Strike through Game Center and the player with the highest score by Friday 22 April 2011 will win the $50 iTunes voucher.

So what are you waiting for, go download Naval Strike and start playing.

Starting this weeks local South African Xbox LIVE players will get 50% off all 12-month Xbox LIVE Gold subscription purchases.

Xbox South Africa has teamed up with various retailers to offer South African Xbox LIVE players 50% off 12-month Xbox LIVE Gold subscriptions when they either buy a console or a game.

Apart from the normal LIVE experience that enables you to connect with friends, download and play games and give you access to a large library of games, Xbox LIVE Gold membership also gets you early access to game demos, exclusive discounts, Facebook and Twitter, and more.

You can get the Xbox LIVE Gold subscription special at your nearest Incredible Connection, Musica, Look & Listen, CNA, Hi-Fi Corporation, Dion Wired, BT Games or Makro, while stocks last.

Vodacom recently unveiled their new branding with a big focus on Red, the new colour of Vodacom.

Vodacom is spending more than R200 million on the new Red branding but Vodacom CEO Pieter Uys said that the re-branding is not only a once of change from Blue to Red and in the coming months consumers can expect more from the new Vodacom.

Cell C is however not letting Vodacom take all the shine with its new Red Vodafone centric brand, the cellular operator who recently changed their own brand from Red to Black is targeting all Vodacom Red advertisements on Google through ads.

The new advertisement campaign handled by Trigger, the social media company handling all the Cell C social media account, takes aim at searches related to Vodacom and then warns users to “Stay out of the Red” with another advertisement reading “Red means Stop”.

To view the advertisements simply search for Vodacom Red or Vodacom Broadband on Google.

Cell C, who’s brand was previously also Red, clearly are trying to win over users through the Vodacom Red campaign, my concern is just can Cell C handle more users on their broadband network with so many users already complaining about connectivity issues.

Okay so I am not a hardcore gamer, I tend to think of myself as a more casual gamer, but when it comes to having a full weekend with all your best mates in one room jamming away at a First Person Shooter, or racing for pole position or just pretending you are the hottest band on earth with Guitar Hero, then things do tend to get more serious.

I remember when we where still studying we used to every now and then on a Friday just decide this will be a gaming weekend, then we get as much gamers as we can in the hostel and cram them into one tiny room for a weekend full of beer and gaming. Things do get quite interesting when you start to play drinking games in conjuction with the normal gaming, giving the rookies some form of advantage.

Well the folks over at Chaos Computers, I guess most of you know who they are, have put together a great competition for gamers. How does 5 days of gaming sound with 4 of your best mates? Awesome doesn’t it? Well they are doing just that, giving you and 4 of your mates the change to win a 5 day gaming marathon at their cost.

If that does not sound awesome enough, they will be shipping you of to a nice villa in Camps Bay for this 5 days of gaming madness and give you a supply of unlimited junk food, Red Bull, Games and even throw in some gadgets to surround you with during your stay.

So what are you waiting for? Go enter on the Chaos Computers Facebook Page or on their website.

Amazon has always been a good place to shop around for great books and electronics, but due to the high shipping costs involved to get your merchandise to South Africa allot of users neglect to make use of the service.

Amazon is however offering all South Africans free shipping for a limited time on all merchandise with a value of more than £25, roughly R290 if you convert it to South African rands.

The offer is not only available to all South Africans but also to people wanting to ship to Australia, India and New Zealand. The free shipping called Super Saver Delivery is available on the Amazon UK site until May 15, 2011.

To make use of the free Amazon Super Saver Delivery for Australia, India, New Zealand or South African destinations, go to amazon.co.uk, buy merchandise to the value of more than £25, proceed to checkout, and choose Super Saver Delivery as your delivery option.

For more details on the free Amazon Super Saver Delivery for South Africa, India, New Zealand or Australia visit the Super Saver Deliver to Other International destinations page.

So what are you waiting for, now is the perfect time to get yourself that Kindle you always wanted.

Group Buying is the latest craze to hit the Internet, the idea is simple and is in fact in use on a daily basis by large brick and mortar shops around the world and only in the last few months it is catching on online with the introduction of sites like Groupon.

Groupon recently turned down a deal of $6 billion from Google just showing how much the concept is worth, shortly after that Groupon acquired a stake in local group buying site Twangoo with aims on bringing the official Groupon brand to South Africa.

So how is the local group buying industry doing and are there place for more sites like these? Since the acquisition of Twangoo by Groupon, local group buying sites have been popping up like crazy. A quick count revealed more than eight group buying sites operating in South Africa and that is just the few I know about.

Who is offering group buying in South Africa? (UPDATED 2012/01/18)

- Twangoo (Groupon My City Deal)
- Ubuntudeal
- Dealio (Closed Down)
- 24 Hours Only
- OneDayOnly
- WiCount
- SaleWine
- Groupon My City Deal
- CollectiveCow
- Skoop
- VuvuPlaza
- Justenga (Closed Down)
- Zappon (Closed Down)
- UCit
- Bangoo (Closed Down)
- CitySlicker
- Dealson
- Dealzela
- GarethCliffDeals.com
- SA Coupons
- CityMob
- 247 Deals
- Food Deals
- Dealison
- Daddy’s Deals
- YouDeal
- Dealify (Closed Down)
- SouthAfricaDailyDeals (Closed Down)
- Buy With Us
- Sugar-Rush
- alldeals (Aggregator)
- Today’s Deals (Aggregator)
- Deal Checker (Aggregator)
- DealSpade (Aggregator)
- Yadda (Aggregator)
- Deal Africa (Aggregator)
- DealTracker (Aggregator)
- DealZone (Aggregator)
- DealScout (Aggregator)
- myDailyDeal (Aggregator)
- Zambu (Aggregator)

These are just a few local group buying sites that I know about that claims to offer up to 90% discount on various products or services like Electronics, Wine, Household Appliances to the normal group buying offers such as Spa Treatments and Dinners. In addition to these sites there are literally new group buying sites popping up each week making this a very competitive market.

But all has not been sunshine and roses in the local group buying market, a while back WiCount made a slip up and accidentally released the names and email address of their customers through a flaw in their system, this also uncovered that WiCount was buying vouchers themselves to spur on sales, but they soon responded saying that this is how they treat deposits of people not ordering through the website.

Another alleged discrepancy was picked up yesterday by Blogger Chris Mills from iMod claiming that group buying site Twangoo is showing discount on their products but in fact a simple google search revealed that the product in question was also being sold by original company at the exact same price. Twangoo has since responded that they have contacted the company and will meet with them and provide feedback but they can assure us that it is not their intention to hoodwink their members or artificially inflate prices to create the illusion of a larger discount.

I guess in a competitive market such as Group Buying we are sure to see the odd chancer here and there trying to make a quick buck, just be cautious, its always good to do some investigation before buying online.

I have checked out these site and most of the deals I had a look at was ligit, what is your favorite group buying site in South Africa?

No I am not talking about the makeover where you build a few walls here and there, I am talking about getting your hands on the latest tech you ever you wished you had in your living room.

Yes, Remax is giving you the chance to win R100 000 to spend on sprucing up your living room, or man cave, or any room for that matter. There is also 5000 instant prizes up for grabs like magazine subscriptions, spa vouchers and a round of Golf at some of South Africa’s premier golfing destinations.

Imagine what you can buy with R100 000? How about a nice 60″ LED 3D TV with a Playstation 3 and XBox 360 just because you can, oh and a Wii for the kids and Wife. And what would a nice man cave be without the perfect lazy boy?

To enter simply click the Remax Banner bellow and follow the instructions.

South African startup Springleap, is giving users the chance to win two Springleap T-Shirts a month for the rest of the year by asking them to find four cups related to the World Cup semi final teams.

Here is what you’ll need to do to win

1. COLLECT
4 cups will be posted all over the internet (maybe there is one here somewhere). Each cup corresponds to a team participating in the semi-finals (Uruguay, Germany, Spain and Netherlands). Your mission is to find the cup that represents the team you think will win the World Cup 2010.

This is what a cup looks like (This is the what the Brazilian cup would look like if they weren’t taken out)

Where you’ll find the cups:
FredRoed
Ideate
iMod
iGeek

Springleap’s Facebook Fanpage
Springleap’s Twitter stream

2. PREDICT
Follow this link and predict who you think will get to the finals along with your score prediction.

When you have the cup that represents your prediction for the big win, send it to:
marketing@springleap.com along with your final score prediction.

3. POST
In support of your team, upload the cup to your Facebook profile to show your support (this isn’t part of the competition but we do think it would be awesome to show your team some love!)

4. WIN
The very best part! The first participant to submit the winning cup as well as the closest final score prediction will win 2 Springleap T-shirts a month for the rest of the year!!! The winner will be announced on the 12th of July 2010.

So what are you waiting for, start searching for those missing cups and get your hands on some pretty decent Springleap T-Shirt.

Vodacom and RLabs have teamed up to bring you the “Community Information Challenge 2010″. Many people in local communities have mobile phones and use them for voice and text. However, the use of mobile Internet is growing fast and can be used to enhance local communities. The mobile Internet can be used to share many types of information around the globe but there is often difficulty in finding local and relevant information.

The Community Information Challenge is looking for innovative and fresh ideas, on how local and relevant information can be accessed and shared, with the local community. The solution must be deployable in South Africa but is not restricted to this region. The winning entry will receive a one-off prize of R20,000 cash AND the opportunity to discuss deployment options with the Vodacom Innovation team. The overall winner across the three Vodacom Challenges will scoop up a further R 20,000 cash!

For more information you can visit the Betavine website.

Vacation time is over and now its time to get back to business. Some of you may recall that just before the Holidays I was lucky enough to get a HTC Hero powered by the great new mobile OS from Google, Google Android.

I have been using the Hero now over the holidays and has gotten quite familiar with the OS and I’m loving it to bits. The HTC Hero is not the only phone currently available in South Africa running the Google Android OS, there is also the HTC Magic, HTC Tattoo and HTC Dream.

There is also the OpenMoko any geeks dream when it comes to phones. Why you ask? Well just because its open source and you can basically run anything on it the cpu and memory is capable of. The OpenMoko works well with Google Android and now you can win one.

Rafiq from WebAddict(s) is now running a competition where you can walk away with a OpenMoko phone capable of running Google Android. All you have to do to win this Google Android phone is to follow the steps on WebAddict(s).