[caption id="attachment_5289" align="aligncenter" width="615"] The NSA has it all but what will it do with it?[/caption] Americans went up in arms when a program managed by the United State's National Security Agency (NSA) called PRISM
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Dissecting the PRISM Overreaction
9 June 13 Current Affairs, Tech Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, National Security Agency, NSA, PRISM, Privacy, Security, Twitter, United States
Singapore’s ideological prisoners, geography of hate, Iron Man 3 VFX
16 May 13 Snippets DNA, Facebook, Iron Man, Media, Movies, Science, Singapore, Social, UNICEF
[caption id="attachment_5030" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Snippets: 16 May 2013[/caption] The question of inequality and economic growth has taken a long and twisted path. Will Singapore drop the Reagan-Thatcher revolution? Twitter is a great platform but it
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Android Slowly Spirals Out of Google’s Control
5 April 13 Tech Android, Facebook, Google, HTC, iOS, Launcher, Samsung, Windows Phone
[caption id="attachment_4456" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Android's diversity is taking it beyond Google's control.[/caption] Facebook Home has just been launched and it is basically an Android home screen replacement. In mobile operating systems, the screen of apps
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Oldest man at 340,000 years, 10 free online diagnostic tools, Singapore’s super rich
9 March 13 Snippets DNA, Facebook, How To, Java, Mac, PC, Science, Singapore
[caption id="attachment_4056" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Snippets: 9 March 2013[/caption] We used to think that the world's first humans were between 60,000 to 140,000 years old. You can double that figure now. Think your computer might be
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Facebook privacy tips, read final tweets before death, it’s time to learn coding
1 March 13 Snippets Auto Tune, Death, Facebook, Music, Personal Care, Programming, Social, Twitter
[caption id="attachment_3970" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Snippets: 1 March 2013[/caption] Facebook is a privacy nightmare and here is how you can deal with it. Final words are probably the last memories you have of an individual, how
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HTC One launched, GTX Titan unleashed, spies on Facebook
20 February 13 Snippets China, Facebook, GPU, Gwadar, HTC, India, Malaysia, nVidia, One X, Pakistan, Parents, Port, Singapore, Spy, Titan, Transport
[caption id="attachment_3810" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Snippets: 20 February 2013[/caption] The HTC One arrives relegating the one year old One X to second place. nVidia brings out the Titan which handily trumps the 680 but isn't really part of
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The Year Ahead: Microsoft
18 January 13 Tech Bing, Cloud, Facebook, Intel, Kinect, Microsoft, OEM, Office, Outlook, SkyDrive, Skype, Surface, TV, Windows, Windows Phone, XBOX
[caption id="attachment_3078" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Microsoft: The new look needs refinement.[/caption] 2012 was a huge year for Microsoft. Huge in terms of product launches and changes in directions. It was a year in which Microsoft threw
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Technology’s Future
10 January 13 Tech Apple, BBM, CES, Connectivity, Convenience, Facebook, Friendster, Future, Geeks, Google, Hi5, Instant, Interface, Limbic System, Microsoft, Natural, Samsung, Singularity, SMS, Twitter, Whatsapp
[caption id="attachment_2981" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Whatever the future, we need to be naturally connected to everybody.[/caption] This week's CES, the rumblings about the direction of Google vs. Microsoft and the already beaten to death topic of
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Google’s Actions Highlight Actual Threat
15 December 12 Tech Bing, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Search
[caption id="attachment_2763" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Google's world is under attack.[/caption] Google has decided to remove support of Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) for non business users. EAS is currently used to sync email, calendar and contacts with mobile devices, may it be
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