After an infinite hiatus (or some 22 million seconds), I’m back with a long overdue post. Where have I been the past 6240 hours?
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?
Google has introduced its +1 button for websites to use, competing with the likes of Facebook, Twitter, and also StumbleUpon for space on web sites. The button was launched back in March in Google Search.
The Google Nexus One used to be the first to receive all Android updates, but not anymore with the Google Nexus S.
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.
Business opportunities are aplenty in China, it simply depends on whether one is able to grasp and maximize that opportunity. Definitely helps if you have someone local on the inside, for the Government always put their locals first.
Google’s have officially released the Nexus One, a phone to truly call its own. Officially launched in the US on 5th January 2010, it now ships to the UK, Hong Kong & Singapore!
As we reach the end of the noughties, and enter the age of a new decade, shorter seems to be the new YOU. For the Internet at least.
Google drove, Google conquered. Sightings of camels, R2D2, cleavage, crimes in progress, babes suntanning, Steve Jobs’ car, Mrs Doubtfire’s house, and within a day or so, Singapore ladies is just what Google Street View can do.