Google Duo making video calls “universal”?
There are various video calling apps including Apple’s Facetime, Skype, Tango, etc. But it seems that it’s not taken off and many people just shy from video calling. Google put the blame on Apple as...
Category: Mobile
Don’t Use a VPN in the UAE
In countries where one is barred from ‘normal’ access to your favourite sites such as Whatsapp, Google, Facebook, etc, ‘tunnelling’ via VPN is a technically feasible avenue (see my...
Whatsapp – Useful tools
While there’re many Whatsapp tricks talks online (e.g. this), many are not too useful. However, I found the 2 basic and easy tools useful, especially now that you’re getting so...
WhatsApp – rich text (bold, italics, strike-through), how? and Google docs sharing
WhatsApp, the most popular messaging app- thought that it can claim this title as the no. of users has just surpassed 1 billion! WeChat – the most popular messaging app in China has got 700million users...
It’s World Password Day, — celebrate with a new password!
5 May 2016 is World Password Day 2016! So change your password(s) to a more secure one today and often – well, that’s the advice I get, and I suppose you too. Nowadays, with...
Your phone will self-destruct in 10 seconds
Should you decide to accept this as the best for your phone (and the data within), this may be you wish for. Imagine that it’s stolen or you accidentally left it...
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...
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...
Travel in China – Part 1: Communications
This is the first part of my post series on travel (especially self travel 自由行) in China aiming to share my recent travel experience there. I’d blog about transport, sightseeing, etc in future parts....