Author Archive for Grace

Did you catch Google’s best Doodle ever?

Did you catch Pac-Man’s 30th birthday party a few days back?

It was a huge party with millions of party goers from all over the world. A member of the Google Doodle team became aware of Pac-Man’s anniversary and decided to create something to represent it and make is playable. Result? San Francisico Business Times reported that there were [...]

The continuing story of the Gizmodo-iPhone case

It all started in a bar. Sadly, it didn’t end in the bar.
When Tech blog Gizmodo published an article titled, This Is Apple’s Next iPhone, sparks of interest came flying within seconds after Gizmodo technology blog editor Jason Chen hit the publish button. There are scoops but then there are really big scoops and Mr. [...]

Nike+ heart rate monitor, coming soon?

Rumors are spreading that a Nike+ compatible heart rate monitor will be coming out of the market soon. The heart rate monitor will be an add-on for the existing Nike+ pedometer which connects to your iPod Nano or iPod Touch to track how far you ran or walked.
I’m a huge fan of Nike so I’m a [...]

Social media in the office

Should companies ban Facebook (or any type of social media use and participation) in the office?
My answer would be YES – and that’s coming from a Facebook and Twitter user. While I was living and working in Japan, internet in the office is strictly regulated. By strictly, I mean that we can’t even access Gmail or Yahoo Mail. [...]

Voice call takes a back seat over data usage

When was the last time you talked to someone on your phone? Probably more than 24 hours ago for me. How about this: When was the last time you used your cellphone to send data/information to someone? Me: just 5 minutes ago. It was the 5th text messaging for today and a few times to [...]

Privacy issues on Facebook – are you bothered?

Privacy in Facebook has been compromised so many times. Some couple of months back, Facebook made profile information public by default. That includes your name (if you’re using your real name then if’s easier for people/entities to find you whether you like it or NOT), your photos, the city you live in, your friends, groups, [...]

Checking legit Twitter accounts through Twitter Verified

Are you on Twitter and on a hunt to follow the big wigs? Do you want to follow the real Bill Gates on Twitter? No? What about the real Steve Jobs? Well, if you do a search on Twitter for Steve Jobs, you get a lot of results, among them: @_fakestevejobs – the [...]

Dubai had the iPad first

While doing a search in Google  for iPad news and trends in Dubai like how the prices have become, availability, places to buy, etc, I’ve come across something surprising. Or not if you already knew about this. The last search I did was for an image so I forgot that I was accessing Google Images instead [...]

Twitter taps into advertising, what now?

Let’s all admit it was inevitable.
Converting popularity and exponential growth into revenue has been on Twitter’s agenda for quite some time now. It’s even a mystery what took them too long to execute it. Twitter unveiled recently that they’ll make money from advertising through a program called “Promoted Tweets”. The ads will show up when Twitter [...]

The tale of the creeping internet connection

This is the third time this happened in my three years stay in the UAE. The first time was in February 2008 when we experienced disturbances in the internet connection and interruption in mail services disruptive enough to halt work for a few hours.
It was followed by another interruption in December 2008 when submarine cable systems located between [...]

People outside of the US, wait more!

So Apple postpones the international release date of the iPad by another “another month”. As if techies outside the US aren’t already itching to get their new Apple toy after reading reviews and raves from friends in the US!
Do I see geeks and Mac fans outside the US pulling out their hair? Hmmm, I see [...]

Where to get an iPad in Dubai?

Officially, you can’t get an iPad yet when you’re living in the Middle East. While the iPad was first shipped out to US customers a couple of days back, it is said the iPad will only be shipping international at the end of April but even then, there’s no official word if it will include the [...]

The iPad bites the blade

I am not sure when but I recall seeing a video of an Apple iPod being stepped on by an elephant to show how sturdy it is. I thought that was crazy until I saw a new video of someone who actually had the “interest” in experimenting if the iPad will blend. I was like, [...]

iPad yet to arrive but cases everywhere!

When you buy a gadget you love, like the much anticipated Apple iPad that’s coming to the market really soon, you would want to protect it or dress it up or both. The iPad features a big screen that is a pleasure to look at but a bit of a nightmare to clean and moreover, [...]

Have an “extra” 600 CD’s/DVD’s?

Since when did recycling become so easy and oh so deliciously sweet? Hear this just in: 600 used CD/DVD’s will land you a free iPad!!
A company called iPodMeister is offering those who love the Earth (and Apple products too, if I may say) a chance not to contribute into heaps of plastic garbage at land fills [...]