Archive for February, 2008

[BAK2u] Lost O2 XDA Phone @ Woodlands

O2 XDA phone near woodlands MRT taxi stand, it is black in color and was in a black pouch. Lost on 6:20 PM on 29/02/08
Ms. Girija

Apple TV v2.0 review

Finaly I got this cool gadget for my play room. I am not watching much TV and use Netflix, but Netflix rentals are slow and we had week ends without single DVD we can both enjoy. Netflix online is cool, despite that I have to drag my Windows laptop, but selection is […]

[BAK2u] Testimonial - Mr. Jason Chiam

‘I hope I don’t have to use this software I encountered installation problems and emailed the cust service. Received step by step instruction on how to remove and install the software again. Even after installation, I still had problems but still, I had the same level of efficient, excellent and patient support thru the […]

High-tech GPS devices in vehicles are magnets for thieves

Pat Jensen never really got to know her global positioning system device. Her children had bought a GPS unit for her in December because of what she admits is her “really bad sense of direction.”
On Jan. 5, while her son was visiting a friend on Mariner Street in Buffalo, someone smashed a window and […]

Social Address Book,Next Killer App!: Part I

We have heard about address book/phonebook 2.0. (Check out my Article on address book 2.0) So what is Social Address Book- A combination of web 2.0 address book and other social connect applications address book like email, IM , phonebook etc is my version of Social Address Book( aggregated social graph). Nonetheless, Address book per […]

THE HEMLINE ECONOMY

Thanks Vikram for the rejoinder - the hemline theory of economic ups and downs. This one probably goes back to just before the great depression of the 1920s - maybe even earlier.
It is interesting - how fashion corelates to economic conditions of the times. I’d love to have more comments on any other corelations that […]

Blu-Ray wins….and so do we

The biggest news to hit the video game industry last week really didn’t have much to do with gaming.
Toshiba announced it is going to abandon HD-DVD, ceding the format war over next-generation players to Blu-Ray.
It’s great news for most consumers, who can now upgrade to high-definition home video without having to worry about whether their […]

One billion free voice minutes and still counting!

Skype reached One billion free voice minutes and still going strong. In Addition, 12 million anytime online users. Infact, according to Skype journal, Skype reached its additional 1 million in 42 days . This is what I call a true VoIP disruption. It’s a great victory for consumers and a big loss to telecom operators. […]

Mobile VoIP- Free Voice calling options

I was reading Markus analysis about different calling options and why one is better than the other. I thought of summarizing some of these options with more technical details. I kind of feel it’s geekier and may not appeal to all the audience. Still, I will try my best to appease all the […]

Location Based Advertisement is knocking the door

Well in the past I have talked about location based services as mobile killer app . Adding to that, there is lot of interest being shown in what is called “Location based advertisement”. Om has a nice article about Location Based Advertisement . Apparently, with inbuilt GPS mobile devices growing day by […]