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Mobile
Over the years, the mobile phone technology has changed rapidly, and it advances with a geometric progression rather than an arithmetical one. A decade ago, mobile phones weighed and looked like the size of a house brick. In a blink of an eye, today’s mobile phones are so small and thin that they could even be placed in your chest pocket.
I kowtow to the inventor of the cellular phone. Without him, we wouldn't be able to enjoy the luxury of making cordless phone calls, sending text messages, listening to songs, or even indulging in a game of Plants vs. Zombies -- all in this tiny pocketable gadget. His name is Martin Cooper, and he was a vice president and division manager who led the Motorola team that developed the handheld mobile phone back in 1973. Although he often credits the invention to his wife, but the 81-year-old humble man is still widely regarded as the main figure behind the invention of the mobile phone.
Inventor of Cell Phone Ditched iPhone For Droid
Over the years, the mobile phone technology has changed rapidly, and it advances with a geometric progression rather than an arithmetical one. A decade ago, mobile phones weighed and looked like the size of a house brick. In a blink of an eye, today’s mobile phones are so small and thin that they could even be placed in your chest pocket.
I kowtow to the inventor of the cellular phone. Without him, we wouldn't be able to enjoy the luxury of making cordless phone calls, sending text messages, listening to songs, or even indulging in a game of Plants vs. Zombies -- all in this tiny pocketable gadget. His name is Martin Cooper, and he was a vice president and division manager who led the Motorola team that developed the handheld mobile phone back in 1973. Although he often credits the invention to his wife, but the 81-year-old humble man is still widely regarded as the main figure behind the invention of the mobile phone.
Google
Search engine juggernaut Google on Thursday released a new feature that significantly broadens publishers' ability to modify the look of their blogs. Available through Blogger in Draft (Blogger's testing ground/sandbox site), the Blogger Template Designer tool offers 15 brand-new, highly customizable professional templates which divided into four categories: Simple, Picture Windows, Awesome Inc, and Watermark.
Users can also choose from among of hundreds of background images and patterns from iStockphoto and tweak color schemes in an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. One pretty useful feature of the new tool is the ability to select the size and arrangement of the columns. For example, publishers can easily adjust the size of the entire blog or sidebar by either moving the slider bar or entering the desired value in pixels.
Google Launches New Blogger Template Designer
Search engine juggernaut Google on Thursday released a new feature that significantly broadens publishers' ability to modify the look of their blogs. Available through Blogger in Draft (Blogger's testing ground/sandbox site), the Blogger Template Designer tool offers 15 brand-new, highly customizable professional templates which divided into four categories: Simple, Picture Windows, Awesome Inc, and Watermark.
Users can also choose from among of hundreds of background images and patterns from iStockphoto and tweak color schemes in an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. One pretty useful feature of the new tool is the ability to select the size and arrangement of the columns. For example, publishers can easily adjust the size of the entire blog or sidebar by either moving the slider bar or entering the desired value in pixels.
iPhone
We have come across some interesting products inspired by Apple's iPhone such as the giant iPhone wedding cake, iPhone icon pillows and iPod Touch bedding. And the latest one in town is the iPhone apps fridge magnets, which brings the magic of the iPhone into the third dimension. The whole package of 18 eproxy magnets each measuring 7/8" x 7/8", comes with a price tag of just $13.
iPhone Apps Fridge Magnets
We have come across some interesting products inspired by Apple's iPhone such as the giant iPhone wedding cake, iPhone icon pillows and iPod Touch bedding. And the latest one in town is the iPhone apps fridge magnets, which brings the magic of the iPhone into the third dimension. The whole package of 18 eproxy magnets each measuring 7/8" x 7/8", comes with a price tag of just $13.
Twitter
In an effort to combat phishing and spam, which has been an unsolved issue for Twitter for the past years, the micro-blogging platform yesterday said in a blog post that they have rolled out its own URL shortener called Twt.tl to protect users that strikes a major blow against phishing and other deceitful attacks.
Twitter Adds Own Shortener Twt.tl To Combat Spam
In an effort to combat phishing and spam, which has been an unsolved issue for Twitter for the past years, the micro-blogging platform yesterday said in a blog post that they have rolled out its own URL shortener called Twt.tl to protect users that strikes a major blow against phishing and other deceitful attacks.
Today, we’re launching a new service to protect users that strikes a major blow against phishing and other deceitful attacks. By routing all links submitted to Twitter through this new service, we can detect, intercept, and prevent the spread of bad links across all of Twitter. Even if a bad link is already sent out in an email notification and somebody clicks on it, we'll be able keep that user safe.
Mobile
Are You Obsessed With Your Cell Phone? [INFOGRAPHIC]
A decade ago, cell phone was an luxury that only the rich can afford. But today it has evolved to a necessity in our lives. Almost every citizen in a developed country like Singapore, United States and United Kingdom do own a mobile device, and now the trend is skewed towards to the smartphone market -- Apple's iPhone, Google's Android and Nokia's Symbian. Cell phones are no longer an ugly brick-like structure that weighed a ton, and have changed the way we live and work. No matter the location, whatever the time, we have grown accustom to constant available content.
The folks over at cellphones.org have put together some really astounding numbers into an attractive infographic encircling the topic on how obsessed we are with our cell phones.
Apple
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has said he "still loves" his Prius car, despite what he suspects is a Toyota software problem behind sudden spikes in acceleration.
"It is just like all other gadgets we have...Everything today has a computer in it, so everything will fail," Mr Wozniak said, during on-stage banter as part of a geek talk show at a computer security conference on Friday.
He said he had bought nine Prius hybrid cars, and had driven one from the Silicon Valley city of San Jose to San Francisco that day. He had conducted his own tests of Prius acceleration, taking his car to an open stretch of highway at dusk and then notching up the speed, using the cruise control mechanism.
At "some number over 72 miles per hour the car accelerated and kept picking up speed," he said. "I wanted to see how high it would go." Mr Wozniak add: "It wound up being unlimited so I hit the brake. The problem had to be in the software.
Apple Co-Founder ‘Still Loves His Toyota’
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has said he "still loves" his Prius car, despite what he suspects is a Toyota software problem behind sudden spikes in acceleration.
"It is just like all other gadgets we have...Everything today has a computer in it, so everything will fail," Mr Wozniak said, during on-stage banter as part of a geek talk show at a computer security conference on Friday.
He said he had bought nine Prius hybrid cars, and had driven one from the Silicon Valley city of San Jose to San Francisco that day. He had conducted his own tests of Prius acceleration, taking his car to an open stretch of highway at dusk and then notching up the speed, using the cruise control mechanism.
At "some number over 72 miles per hour the car accelerated and kept picking up speed," he said. "I wanted to see how high it would go." Mr Wozniak add: "It wound up being unlimited so I hit the brake. The problem had to be in the software.
Entertainment
Do all these the cakes below threaten to devour us all? Yes they do. These creative and beautiful cakes are done for popular gadgets, and some of them are so accurately rendered that you probably can't spot any difference between the cake and the genuine one. One quintessential example would be the giant iPhone wedding cake. The icons are neatly arranged in four columns and rows, and it even displays the four bars of AT&T's 3G signal, digital time and a battery status bar. Another favorite of mine is the Nikon D700 camera cake. It looks pretty in both the exterior and interior.
Top 10 Geekiest Cake Designs
Do all these the cakes below threaten to devour us all? Yes they do. These creative and beautiful cakes are done for popular gadgets, and some of them are so accurately rendered that you probably can't spot any difference between the cake and the genuine one. One quintessential example would be the giant iPhone wedding cake. The icons are neatly arranged in four columns and rows, and it even displays the four bars of AT&T's 3G signal, digital time and a battery status bar. Another favorite of mine is the Nikon D700 camera cake. It looks pretty in both the exterior and interior.
Software
Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger has over 330 million users around the world and is capable of delivering the infrastructure for approximately 40 million simultaneous conversations, according to statistics provided by the Redmond-based company. These numbers might convince you that Windows Live Messenger is the world's most popular instant messaging platform. However, there is actually an instant messaging platform from China that is much bigger than MSN in terms of number of users, and you probably would have never heard of that service before.
With over 1 billion usernames, China's largest instant messaging network Tencent QQ is at least three times larger than Windows Live Messenger and even two Facebooks couldn't even keep up on par with it. And this isn't just it.
China’s Biggest IM Service QQ Three Times Larger Than Windows Live Messenger
Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger has over 330 million users around the world and is capable of delivering the infrastructure for approximately 40 million simultaneous conversations, according to statistics provided by the Redmond-based company. These numbers might convince you that Windows Live Messenger is the world's most popular instant messaging platform. However, there is actually an instant messaging platform from China that is much bigger than MSN in terms of number of users, and you probably would have never heard of that service before.
With over 1 billion usernames, China's largest instant messaging network Tencent QQ is at least three times larger than Windows Live Messenger and even two Facebooks couldn't even keep up on par with it. And this isn't just it. 
