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65bits #216: Apple becomes richer

Daniel — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:32:43 +0000

Companies all over the world have begun releasing their financial results for their last quarter, and guess who is stealing all the limelight? In other news, Rovio is about to launch it’s Facebook game! But when will we begin to fling upset birds at arm-less pigs? All that and more on today’s 65bits.

- Daniel

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65bits #212: CES Week continues

Daniel — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:52:05 +0000

The week of CES carries on as more and more products get released. This week we pick out some interesting announcements that happened at CES, as well as other announcements made outside of CES. Not the entire world revolves around CES after all…

- Daniel

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65bits #204: Call Facebook for counseling

Daniel — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:17:33 +0000

Facebook is going into crisis counseling? Microsoft is going into iOS apps? YouTube is going into schools?? What’s going on? Find out more on this episode of 65bits!

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In this Episode we talk about..

65bits #202: Singaporeans want more Justin Beiber

Daniel — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:00:44 +0000

More 6 and a half minutes of Tech news this week! What are Singaporeans searching for? What’s up with Nintendo’s Miyamoto? What’s going on with Apple’s Logic Studio? What’s new with GTA on the mobile? What’s Blackberry up to? All these questions answered on 202 of 65bits.

-Daniel

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In this Episode we talk about..

Google Singapore’s top searches
Nintendo’s Miyamoto stepping down but staying in company
Logic Pro 9 now on App Store
GTA 3 to be released on December 15 on iOS and Android
Blackberry DecCon Asia 2011

First Looks: Motorola ET1 Enterprise Tablet

Justin Lee — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:05:00 +0000

The Motorola ET1 Enterprise Tablet comes with a 1GHz dual core with 1GB RAM and 4GB Flash + 4GB microSD (expandable to 32GB), a proprietary charging port, removable hot-swappable battery. The device is built to be sturdy with Corning Gorilla Glass, 7″ 1024×600 resolution at 0.63kg, IP54 sealed, MIL-STD-810G drop test, so you’re assured for having a rugged device.

The Motorola ET1 Enterprise Tablet runs Android 2.3.4 with several security and encryption enhancements, bundled together with Motorola Mobility Services Platform (MSP) for enterprise management. It also comes with multi-user support and RhoElements framework support.

The Motorla ET1 Enterprise Tablet will be be available before the end of 2011 at a list price of USD$1,535 (bulk price available).

Additional accessories like the mag stripe reader and barcode scanners will be made available early 2012.

Link: http://www.motorola.com/Business/US-EN/Business+Product+and+Services/Tablets/…

LG Optimus 2X First Look

Justin Lee — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:54:26 +0000

We had the opportunity to play with the new LG Optimus 2X, one of the world’s first dual-core mobile phones in the market running Android 2.2 (Froyo). The LG Optimus 2X will be retailing in Singapore at all telcos starting from end of March at a suggested retail price of SGD$888 without contract.

LG Optimus Black First Look

Justin Lee — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:49:07 +0000

We had an opportunity to take a quick look at the LG Optimus Black that is a huge improvement to the previous LG Optimus offerings. The LG Optimus Black will retail in Singapore at all telcos in (near end of) April at a suggested retail price of SGD$768 without contract.

Google search preview

Daniel — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:51:19 +0000

I discovered this new feature as I was doing my usual searching on Google. If you do a Google search, apart from the ability to do Instant Search, clicking on a search result (not the result title, but the result description) or the magnifying glass will not just return a screenshot of the page in question, if the search terms are part of the website’s content, it will also highlight where the keyword is found! Certainly a very cool feature.

Not all results give a preview yet, since this service is probably very new, but I discovered that if you ask for a preview from a result more than once, it will “force” Google to go do a screenshot for that website.

Go try it out!

65Bits #181: Captain Planet, He’s a Hero…

Justin Lee — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:08:19 +0000

I’m trying my best! This episode, we discuss about Google stopping Wave development and other Google failures, Multiple-signin for Google accounts, and the upcoming RIM Torch and BlackBerry OS 6. Lastly, the 7 people who can restart the internet.

Justin, DK, Justin

Stories this week:
[1:04] Google Stops Google Wave Development
Let’s Celebrate Google’s Biggest Failures
[12:03] Google Multiple Sign-in, Now Available
[15:23] RIM announces BlackBerry Torch and BlackBerry OS 6
[24:07] The 7 people who can restart the Internet

Gear65 #54 – Google Nexus One

Daniel — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:00:59 +0000

As promised a few months ago, we finally got a chance to spend more time with and tell you more about the Google Nexus One, Google’s own Android 2.1 device.

Link: Google Nexus One

65Bits #155: How can we not talk about the iPad?

Justin Lee — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:18:31 +0000

We promise we will not talk about the Apple iPad. OK, we just broke our promise. How can any tech podcast skip the iPad story? And boy do we have lots to say about the iPad. Apart from iPad, we also pray that the local Twitter trend will come to Singapore and wish that IE6 will die. Soon!

Daniel, DK, Justin & Justin

Stories this week:

[1:30] Twitter adds local trends to Web site
[4:35] Google ends support for IE6
[9:30] Apple iPad

Simply Geek #3: MMOs, the Nexus One and Solid State Revolution?

NTT — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:45:43 +0000

This is Simply Geek, and we’re coming to you from 3 separate locations with 3 different topics each week! This week, we talk about the Star Trek MMO and how it is completely rocking Jerrick’s world to the detriment of his law degree, the Nexus One, Google’s latest foray in the cellphone business, and what we think it’s impact may be and the state of the Solid State Drive revolution, and try and answer the question of when we all can live in a world where hurling your laptop across the room for fun won’t actually destroy your hard drive!

- Daniel, Jerrick, NTT

Topics This Week:

[06:00] Jerrick: Star Trek MMO
[20:15] Daniel: Nexus One
[33:20] NTT: Solid State Drives

[46:20] Side Track: Command & Conquer 4

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Google Nexus One Unbox

Daniel — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:42:41 +0000

We found a friend who ordered the Google Nexus One and who was willing to let us do the unboxing on his behalf! So we went out and met him at the KFC over at the Lot1 shopping mall last night and unboxed it for him! Because of that, we didn’t have the usual proper equipment or the best sound, but I’m sure you’re not going to care, right?

By the way, this was also the first time we streamed the unboxing live over Ustream! We had about 15 people in the chat room asking us questions about the Nexus One, which we did our best to answer and show off on the spot. The whole event lasted for about an hour and half and was streamed entirely off an iPhone 3GS (and subsequently an HTC Hero)! We had a lot of fun and we’ll try to do that more often in the future! So do follow our twitter feed to be informed for things like that!

Link: Buy the Google Chrome

Google Maps finally fully featured in Singapore (HD Video Demo)

Daniel — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:05:58 +0000

Last week, Google Singapore announced a collaboration with LTA that brought traffic information as well as transit information into Google Maps in Singapore. DK and myself were there, and we recorded their demo on video for all of you to see.

Here’s a tip: One of the best ways to make the most out of technology is to watch the demonstrations of a newly launch product, as most of the time there are new and powerful features that you wouldn’t be aware of unless someone told you about them, and product demos usually help you be aware of these powerful features in that product. So I do encourage you to watch product demos for products that matter to you.

Read on for the second part of the Demo where they show off some cool extra features on Google Maps Singapore.

65Bits Episode 144: Hackers and HackerSpace

Justin Lee — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:59:05 +0000

We are back at our cozy 8 Shenton Way Starbucks again this week. The biggest news this week in Singapore has to be Starhub going to sell iPhone. OK, maybe just for the Starhub users who wants to get iPhone but couldn’t find anyone to sign a Singtel contract for them. Google is moving rapidly towards world domination. This week, we saw Google buying over AdMob, Gizmo5 and coming out with their own programming language call Go. Creative ZiiLABS to launch a netbook which looks very exciting except it can’t run Windows 7. You can facebook from your Xbox360 soon. And Tech65 was hacked recently and HackerSpace is coming soon.

DK, Farinelli, Justin & Justin

Stories this week

[1:40] StarHub to offer iPhone
[7:55] Google investing in a mobile future with AdMob
[10:00] Google Has Acquired Gizmo5
[15:00] Google’s Go: A New Programming Language That’s Python Meets C++
[23:10] ZiiLABS ZMS-08 offers Cortex A8-powered Full HD and Flash acceleration for netbooks
[30:20] Xbox 360 Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm hit Nov. 17
[36:10] Tech65 website was hacked on monday night
[38:00] HackerSpace.SG

[43:20] Byte of the week: Prezi