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Has The Internet Made Our World Cup Better?

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Spain vs Germany 2010

I really enjoyed the World Cup Semi Final last night between Spain who are the Current Euro Champions against Germany who despite having a young team have been strong throughout the whole tournament, I almost felt I was actually there in the stadium as I my spanish friend was endlessly shouting at the television and thinking he was really the manager.

 

Whilst the match was at half time I joined an online world cup forum where I could discuss my thoughts on the Spanish goal and who should be subsituted at half time. The World Cup has used Internet marketing to its full potential, not only to display previous games but offer all the stats and figures something that you dont get access to on television.

 

As thousands of people flock to South Africa for the football World Cup we see a huge rise in economy growth and possible boost in future tourism.

 

So many online business have made a success throughout the time of the World Cup in South Africa, not only through travel and football merchandise but common accessories such as those noisy trumpets they call a vuvuzela which i saw for sale in my village shop, i didnt buy one as i intend on keeping my friends!

 

The football stadiums in South Africa were very impressive, especially the one in Durban which was were Spain were to get a suprised 1-0 defeat to Switzerland match. A friend of mine was lucky enough to see that match as he was visiting family down there.

My friend predicts that the Netherlands are in for winning the world cup, because he has holland in the sweepstake at the Ecommerce website design business he works at.

 

Some of the football sites also have some fantastic web design too!

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Antidotes To The World Cup Vuvuzela

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

You should have all heard them by now, even if you don’t know what they’re called, you must have heard them. But what if you could drown out that annoying buzzing sound that has been coming from your TV for the last 8 or 9 days? You know the noise i’m talking about! It’s like watching the ‘Attack of the Killer Bees’ in glorious widerscreen with full surround sound. Quite frankly, whilst i respect they’re a traditional instrument, they’re extremely annoying.

 

So let’s have a look at some antidotes in the form of a few early Christmas gift ideas, because if we don’t there’s going to be people all over the World still hearing that buzzing in six months time.

If you are looking for an unusual yet practical Christmas present, then look no further than the iLogic Sound Hat available in classy black, white or pink. The added bonus with these beat box beanies is they will keep your ears warm in the winter whilst plugging right in to your iPod and yet, cleverly, not annoy your friends or family with that all too familiar wail associated with normal ear buds.

 

If hats aren’t your thing, then try out the perfect present for him (or her) wih the awesome Zaggbug noise cancelling headphones. Not only will these headphones protect your ears from Vuvuzela’s, plug them into your iPhone and they’ll detect an incoming call, and let you answer it, have the conversation and hang up, all without having to unplug your headphones!

 

Finally, if you’re after something a little more drastic, you could cover the noise with a Flying Animal. Once you throw them they make a noise during the flight, until smacking against your chosen target; the pig ‘oinks’, the rooster crows and the monkey … yodels for some reason. There is an additional upside to the throwing of these animals. They’re designed only to be used by those aged 12 and above, so if you have children younger than that age, you can happily inform them it’s illegal for them to throw the animals back at you. They pretty much believe anything you say to them at that age, poor kids. Even that England are going to lift the World Cup!

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