All articles by Jeremy
Circles.Life Flexi Plan – The Race to Zero has Started
Earlier in May I was greeted with an email alert that Circles.life was coming out with a free mobile plan ($0/m). As a consumer with multiple wireless gadgets, this of course meant that I could get a free cellular service for my spare mobile phone at home and/or power my cellular iPad whenever I need...
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ChatSIM- Interesting Service for frequent travellers
It’s been a seriously long while since my last post. Work has been busy and family life even more so. Recently I attended an industry trade show – Communicasia 2017 and met a few vendors. One of them is ChatSIM which was very interesting. Their service allows subscribers the ability to text over a variety...
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E-Commerce – going Mobile-Only?
The past few years has been all about companies adopting a mobile-first strategy which meant everything the organisation is doing on e-Commerce has to be done with mobility being at the forefront of decision-making. I was reading an article this week about Myntra.com, one of the leading e-tailers in India go a step further and offer a mobile-only...
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Internet Backbone Maxing out?
As part of my usual Sunday routine, I took some time to catch-up with news over a freshly brewed coffee at home. Today the usual news came up, some articles over Amos Yee (whom I think has had too much media exposure lately), news regarding a Singapore-flagged oil tanker getting shot at by Iranian military vessels and...
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Outlook.com Plugins
Those of us who have been on the internet long enough would remember the 1990’s when free internet email accounts from providers such as AOL, Mail.com, RocketMail (acquired by Yahoo) and of course Hotmail (acquired by Hotmail) were all the rage. There were others such as from Excite and Lycos but I didn’t really think those were...
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How old are you?
How old do I look? Typically a question asked during social gatherings and one that has gotten a lot of guys with little EQ into hot soup with their dates. Seems to be also the latest craze on Facebook. My news feed is swarmed with everyone trying out this new site from Microsoft – http://how-old.net An attempt by...
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Personal Branding – 2.0
Recently a recruiter who previously gotten me a job offer at an MNC reached out to me on LinkedIn inviting me to join this new community at www.branded.me If you already familiar with about.me, this is a no-brainer. Sign up to the service with your LinkedIn account (everyone has one right?) and the service will...
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Not dead, yet…
A few concerned subscribers have been messaging me recently. Most questions were along the lines of ‘is this blog dead? or are you dead?’ Well, thanks for the concern. I am not dead, at least not yet. God-willing, it shouldn’t be any time in the near future also. The blog is also not dead, it’s...
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IDC: 10 Predictions For Emerging Technologies In 2015
As we near the end of 2014, we take the usual look at what next year will bring us. IDC (International data Corp), has published a list of 10 emerging technologies that they predict will be big in 2015. ...
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Ello – Welcome to your new Social Network!
In September 2014, Facebook has 864 million daily active users on average. Given those numbers, is there really a need for another social network? Meet Ello – the simple, beautiful, and ad-free social network created by a small group of artists and designers. It’s already one of the hottest up & coming start-ups on the net!...
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Sony – Fighting fire with fire
Well, you must have heard about the Sony hacks by now. As if that weren’t enough troubles for Sony already, Network World just reported that Sony used Amazon Web Services to counter-DDOS websites hosting leaked content from Sony. Amazon is definitely not happy with Sony. Looks like Sony plans to fight fire with fire. Sony...
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Contributor – A sign of things to come?
Google recently launched an experiment which allows web users an opportunity to skip ads and fund websites through a subscription model known as Contributor Summary of the service – as a contributor, you get to skip ads and will see a nice ‘Thank you’ message in place of annoying adverts. Check out their website and...
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Goodbye Powerpoint, Hello Sway
Looks like Microsoft sees it coming, Powerpoint decks are getting kinda boring and students in universities are using alternative presentation tools such as Prezi more and more. A couple of weeks back Microsoft gave an update on Sway, their new presentation app. Check it out below: More on BusinessInsider...
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Unlimited is the new Limit
It seems like everything is going unlimited these days. And I mean everything… Example, for $3.45 a month you get unlimited cloud storage space with unlimited bandwidth for your website. https://www.hostnine.com/hosting/shared/ That’s cheaper than a cup of coffee at Starbucks. For $68 a month you get unlimited talktime and SMS with one of the local...
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Up Finally!
Finally, after a hiatus of months, the blog is finally back online! Embarrassing to say, my previous webhosting company – StyleX Networks went bust last month and I had been trying to restore the site since then. This… happening to a guy who started his cloud hosting company at age 20. 🙁 Well, finally all my sites...
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SkyDrive changes to OneDrive with pleasant surprises
A couple of months back SkyDrive was renamed to OneDrive following a UK court ruling. As part of that rebranding exercise Microsoft gave out 10 Petabytes (10,000 Terabytes) to users in an online contest. Unfortunately I was not one of the 100,000 users to receive 100GB of extra space. However Microsoft was nice enough to...
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Our data storage journey, then and now
Do you remember the times when we all carried our work in 3.5inch diskettes? Fast forward to now when most of our data is stored on flash USB drives, on cloud storage providers such as Box.net, DropBox, OneDrive, etc. The world has changed… Here’s an interesting slideshow from ComputerWorld on how our data storage solutions...
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Boeing Launches Super-Secure Android SmartPhone
Yes, you read that right. Boeing – the makers of the much-beloved 777, 747 and 787 passenger liners have just announced they will be joining the already crowded Android smartphone market. Branded as ‘Boeing Black‘, this sleek super-secure Android smart device supports dual SIM cards, has disk encryption and the ability to erase all data...
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Whatsapp offering free voice calls
Right after getting bought out by Facebook for a massive amount of money, Whatsapp announced that they will be offering free voice calls this year in the 2nd quarter. Read more here and here Looks like Whatsapp is playing catchup with its rivals such as LINE, WeChat and Viber. As a serial Whatappers, I can’t wait!...
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Facebook buys Whatsapp
Woke up this morning reading that Whatsapp is being bought by Facebook for a massive massive US$16bn dollars. http://www.cnbc.com/id/101408460 To me this move makes total sense and plugs a gap in its users communication needs. Facebook already has some kind of mobile messaging presence with its Messenger app. I do use it often to keep...
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World’s largest annual migration
Every Lunar New Year, ethnic Chinese around the world travel long distances to visit friends and relatives during the 15 days of the festival. No where is this more apparent than in China where the bustling cities are home to many migrant workers from the countryside. A large number of these workers endure the long...
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How to get 10TB of cloud storage free
A couple of weeks back I posted on how you could get 50GB of FREE cloud storage space from BOX.net If you enjoyed getting that 50GB, imagine 10TB totally FREE!!! Here’s what you need to do to get that MASSIVE amount of free cloud storage for yourself. Simply follow the steps listed on this page. The...
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SkyDrive changes name to OneDrive
Last Monday, Microsoft announced that SkyDrive will be renamed OneDrive going forward. The decision to rename it came about after a U.K. court case between Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB) and Microsoft. Microsoft came out with a nice video showcasing some of the possibilities you could do with OneDrive when it is re-launched. I don’t know about...
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Build your own Nest-like Thermostat
I am sure you must have heard about Google’s 3.2 billion-dollar acquisition of Nest by now. Nest as you know builds home devices such as thermostats, smoke alarms, etc. The only difference between them and the thousands of other such devices is that they make them cool. Really really cool. Their mission as they stated...
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How to get 50GB of cloud space for your mobile device
If you haven’t heard already, Box.net has upped the ante against rival cloud storage providers dropbox by offering users a whopping 50GB of cloud storage! All you have to do is download the box.net app from the iTunes App Store or Google Play and signup for the box.net service through the mobile app. And you’re...
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Tech Trends for 2014
Sharing a great slide deck on the key tech trends to watch for 2014. http://www.slideshare.net/frogdesign/tech-trends-2014?sf21549429=1...
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The rise of the Internet of Things
By Oxford’s definition – The internet of things is a proposed development of the Internet in which everyday objects have network connectivity, allowing them to send and receive data. Simply, it’s a future where everything that use on a daily basis will have network connectivity. Think washing machines, fridges, etc. Gartner, the technology research firm...
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All excited about Apple launches in 2014!
I don’t know about you, but I am looking forward to a brand new Apple TV product this year! http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-in-2014-2013-12...
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