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It’s the same in every market with high Internet penetration rates. Blogs are now a part of our media consumption. Every marketeer and PR agency and agency wants a part of the crowd but most can’t figure out what to do with them. Those of us who’ve tried have realise that our simple outreach and [...]

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When I got my i780 a week back, I was under the impression that the GPS chip was locked to only allow AGIS’s NAVfone software and maps to work on the machine. Reviews I read before my purchase mentioned its inability to work the GPS on Google Maps even though it was detected by the [...]

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Yay! Another new toy for me! Today I left work on time, went out for dinner and stopped by Wheelock Place to pick up a JBL On Stage Micro to accompany my iPod Nano. OK, this was a pure (but sinless) splurge. Not too bad what some chalked up credit card points can get you [...]

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Over the weekend I bought myself a new “toy”, the Samsung i780. OK, it’s not really a toy because this is essentially an extension of my work life. This is my first Windows Mobile device and for a Mac user this is a weird experience, but I purchased anyway and in a matter of 2 [...]

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A couple of days ago, a man standing outside MediaCorp in Singapore filmed himself aggressively scolding a taxi driver and went on to post the above video on YouTube and MediaCorp Videos (both now removed, Google cache links only) under the alias andrewteo777.
This immediately caused a great debate at Hardwarezone forums and STOMP and of [...]

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The gap between information “haves” and “have-nots” is widening, and there is a real danger that the world’s poor will be excluded from the emerging knowledge-based global economy.
– Kofi A. Annan is the Secretary-General of the United Nations (2002)
The issue of bringing [...]

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I got this email from the PR agency for Virtual Maps telling me that Streetdirectory.com is back up again after the fiasco.
Hi Benjamin,
This is Melvin from 20twenty. We’re Virtual Map’s PR agency and we’ve been reading your posts regarding streetdirectory.com. Glad to see a fellow PR practitioner that appreciates the social media too!
On behalf of [...]

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Last week Kevin pointed us to Evernote. There was a mad frenzy for the private beta invite, but he made sure there was enough to go around.
If you feel you’re not taking remembering things as effectively as you should, you need Evernote. In essence it is currently the best note taking application since txt files [...]

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Johnny Lee demos his amazing Wii Remote hacks, which transform the $40 game piece into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D viewer. A multi-ovation demo from TED2008.
I just watched this video today and it’s an amazing demo of great innovation. What amazed me the most was how cheap it was to conduct [...]

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This week at the WiMax Forum Congress Asia in Singapore, SingTel’s CEO Allan Lew mentioned plans for a 40Mbps nationwide wireless boradband network in two years.
Considering I only have a 2Mpbs cable connection at home, HSDPA only at 3.6Mbps at max while on the go, and Wireless@SG is unreliable at best, the 40Mbps pervasive wireless [...]

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