Chromebooks take the lead over Apple iPad’s in US’s K-12 Market
I wrote a post about Google Chrome OS and Chrome computers (here) back in August 2015 in which I recommended it as a very effective...
Author: Calvin Lam
4th Industrial Revolution, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud Computing ….
The 2016 Davos World Economic Forum has the theme of “Mastering the 4th Industrial Revolution”. What is this and what are the impacts and implications (on individual level), what have...
At last, WhatsApp is now completely free
WhatsApp which has over 1 billion users worldwide, announced on January 19 that it will drop its subscription fee to become an entirely free service. Some of you may have been paying a small...
Safest Airlines 2016, including budget airlines
2016全球最安全航空 (safest airlines top 20), 排行對全球407家航空公司的安全表現進行了評級，包括各地航空管理機構、主要飛航協會的評核和航空公司的安全紀錄。还有最近AirlineRatings.com網站發佈2015年10家最安全的廉價航空公司，通過了嚴格的國際航空運輸協會運行安全審查(IOSA)，並且有良好的安全記錄。名單中，香港人熟悉的…. (see info after the 20 safest airline list)
What Makes A Good Life – from a 75 year long study
To many, this seems no surprise at all, yet the loud and clear message is worth contemplating for may be long overdue action? Enjoy… I love the Mark Twain quote at the end-
How to have a quiet restful flight?
Noise level inside planes vary significantly. Take-off and landing are the loudest moments, when noise levels inside the cabin can reach 105 decibels (dB). At cruising altitudes, noise drops to around 85 dB (some...
Self Travel in Japan – Part 2 : “Lost in Translation”? – no more, and at 500 yens a day
In Part 1 of this blog, I talked about general self travel in Japan using just your mobile phone apps....
Travel in China – Part 5 : Amap 高德地图 (Don’t go to China without it)
I blogged about self navigation in China in Part 3 of this post and introduced Amap.com (高德地图 – Android version here, iPhone version here). This is...
Self Travel in Japan Part 1 – General
Touring Japan has become popular due to the devaluing of Japanese yens. In this series, I’m going to share my experience in Japan carefree self...