As freak floods that tend to occur once every 50 years hit Singapore this year at a rapid rate making us older than the 45 years we are supposed to be, it is ironic timing to see PUB Chairman Tan Gee Paw given the National Day award of the Distinguished Service Order.
Singapore with a population of approx. 5million (throwing in all the foreigners & all) has never exactly been a lucrative market for most foreign entities in comparison to the rest of the World. The telecommunications market, media, and subsequently pay television market have longed remained in the hands of government owned entities, despite the opening up of these markets in recent years.
When you reach a certain age (like 17), Disneyland suddenly doesn’t hold the enthrallment as it once did when you were say maybe, 7. Instead, when you work to buy your air ticket to the country where they exalt liberty, suddenly the foremost attraction became Universal Studios. Watching cowboys slug it out behind false walls, meandering jet skis in Water World …
Is one born to slog their entire life?
I love green apples. I really do. Have been eating them since I was young.
The Android 2.2 update codenamed Froyo unleashed a whole host of features available on the Nexus One and here is a list of what’s new and what dazzled me in this update.
Google has always envisioned cloud computing, and Android apps were meant to embrace that. mSpot has finally brought music to the cloud for users – syncing your home music library to your workstations and mobile has just become a reality.
mSpot allows people to upload their music- be it purchased, ripped …
Adobe has officially released Flash Player 10.1 beta for Android devices running Android 2.2 Froyo. So if you are a Nexus One user and have received an OTA update to Froyo or done the manual update, you can visit the official download page for Flash 10.1 and start browsing Flash enabled websites, view Flash videos and use Flash applications on your device.
Google recently announced that they would be rolling out the Android 2.2 updates to Nexus One and OEM phones over the next few weeks, though there have been reports that some Nexus One users have already received their updates over the air (OTA). Well, for those who cannot wait (including yours truly), you can manually update your phone instead of waiting for the OTA update.
Google has introduced its latest innovation to combat Facebook – Google Buzz. It is Google’s push to try and pry into the lucrative social networking market, one which it had failed prior with Orkut.
Wordpress has announced the launch of Wordpress for Android (1.0.0), which means Android users can now blog on the go with much more ease!
Google has delivered the ultimate sucker punch to Apple by officially delivering multi-touch to the Nexus One. Google announced an over-the-air update Tuesday afternoon that’ll deliver native multi-touch functionality along with a handful of other software improvements and fixes.