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Cloud Services

There is a rising trend in people moving towards cloud storage service as the files need not be backed up and can be accessed from any PC/Mac. One of the main examples would be the Google Chromebook, relying entirely on the Chrome browser and apps that come with it, completely functioning using cloud services. Although [...]

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Google Currents

Google Currents

Browsing through the Play Store (previously known as android market), searching for the perfect e-magazine app, I stumbled upon Google Currents. Yes, I know it’s not a recently released app (9th December 2011) to be exact, this app shines not only because it has a beautiful UI but it is really convenient to use. The [...]

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Protect IP

The news about this bill has been circulating around the net for awhile now. For those who do not know what this is about it is a new bill yet to be passed in Congress that was introduced around May this year. In a nutshell, this bill passes the power of censorship to the media [...]

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Google Translate

Yesterday, Google Mobile released a video on the new feature of Google Translate Conversation. The video can be viewed here. Basically, on top of the translation of texts typed onto the phone, the app can also translate what you say into a foreign language, and then say it out loud for you, allowing the person [...]

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RIP Steve Jobs.

You will always be remembered. It is heartening to know that Apple named the image t_hero.png. Rest in Peace Steve Jobs. Kudos to you for bringing us so many awesome gadgets.

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Let’s Talk iPhone.

Given that the much anticipated iphone 5 will be announced tomorrow, Teckizazi will be summing up the rumours thus far on the iPhone 5! There is possibly another version of the iPhone 4 which will be released, substituting the iPhone 3gs as Apple’s lowest range iPhone in the store. They’re probably targeting all levels of [...]

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A Thousand Words

Ever wondered what those funny pixels are for in that small square of dots of doom? Maybe not in this decade, but I remembered vividly when I first came across QR codes in Japan when I went for a holiday 10 years ago. Back then, I always wondered why they are are literally everywhere, from [...]

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Bridging that Parent Tech Gap with Google

With Web services and the technology industry racing forward at breakneck speed, it can be a bit of a struggle even for the average tech enthusiast to keep up with the sheer number of developments aired every hour on the Web. So what about parents, to whom much of their childrens’ world is a blur [...]

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ID Woes

Ever had a problem remembering the passwords and IDs of your various accounts on Facebook, Gmail, or even WordPress and sometimes even forget the answer to your security questions when it comes to retrieving your password? There’s a simple solution to all those multiple key woes; using OpenID. By having all your IDs and password [...]

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Design, Web and Social Enterprise- The IOU Project

Some projects on the Internet can make you raise your eyebrows for a while after you’ve navigated past their landing pages. The IOU Project is on that list. A mashup of all the best things Web, the Project makes for a compelling case of Social Entrepreneurship, Web Economics, E-Commerce and Globalization in action. And with [...]

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Angry Anna: Challenge Accepted

For all you political enthusiasts, current affair buffs and budding policymakers who’ve been following the Anna Hazare movement, here’s a chance to take a break without the associated guilt of passive inaction. Game developers Geek Mentor Studios recently rolled out an uber fun mashup of Angry Birds and Anna Hazare’s eponymous activism. With the heads [...]

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iQuit

On Wednesday, Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple sent his resignation letter to the board of directors as attached.   “To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community: I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would [...]

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