The thoughts of a true technology versatilist
Twitter has been around now for over 3 years and along the way there had been many 3rd party applications and web services. At the beginning years these 3rd party applications and web services had required the Twitter users to provide their Twitter credentials to use the service. This requirement of providing a 3rd party …
I was reading the article, Chinese Worker & Apple iPhone 4G, from VentureBeat yesterday and it made me think that we are getting too much pressure at work. According to the story from Chinese sources [Chinese], last Thursday (July 16th) an employee of Foxconn, who is responsible for shipping prototypes from the factory in Shenzhen …
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Just read the article, When Do They Need a Fig Leaf?, on New York Times. This brought up an issue that I see fairly frequently. That is the presence of kids of opposite gender in washrooms. The article asks at what age should kids be prevented from running around in public or private home naked? …
I had been using Twitter for since 2006 and the iPhone since its initial release in 2007. Through out these times I had been searching for the ultimate Twitter client on the iPhone and on my Mac. Before I can get into the review of TweetDeck for iPhone, I have to provide some context. To understand …
Today shows the need for online identity. At 00:01 (US EDT) Facebook began allowing people to choose their own “vanity” URL for represent their accounts on Facebook.com. Facebook served and completed 500,000 requests in just 15 minutes. Being a web guy, of course I got mine at 00:01 If you’re reading this post and had …
Last Saturday I decided to sell my 1st generation iPhone. Believe me this decision did not come easily. Like most early adopters, I had been a user of the iPhone since it’s launch in June 2007. This was not easy given I live in Hong Kong. Back in those days; sounds like a long time …
will call it a relatively early evening for me. Watch a few episodes of CSI then to bed. # new MacBook arrived, but I forgot that my external drive only has a Firewire & no USB2.0. Therefore not able to restore the previous image:( # Reach up to 600,000 followers with your message – http://be-a-magpie.com/fz57qi …
I have now confirmed with Smartone-Vodafone that the Internet Browsing plan; now known as IOM plan, indeed only cover HTTP and the corresponding HTTPS traffic. So any web traffic through Mobile Safari on your iPhone and any applications; whether it is downloaded from the Apple AppStore or unauthorized 3rd party, that uses the HTTP Posts …
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Several days ago Google made it known; both intentionally and unintentionally, that it will release its own WebKit based browser, Chrome. Today (Sep. 2nd EDT) Google had done so in over 100 countries around the world. For all Windows users, you now have yet another browser; among Firefox, Safari, Opera, and others, to choose from. …
I should add “YET!”. Apple made available firmware 2.0.1 for the iPhone and iPod Touch. If you have an iPhone 3G (non-jailbroken), original iPhone (non-jailbroken and locked) or a pristine iPod Touch, then you should definitely upgrade to this latest firmware. So far all reports show that applications runs faster, quicker synchronization with iTunes and spiffier overall …