A case for Opera

Posted on June 16th, 2010 | Under Browsers | No Comments »

OperaDuring my Android talk in Republic Polytechnic (RP), a guy came up and asked me a question about why people are ignorant about Opera Browser. For many of you out there who have no idea or forgotten about Opera, it’s one of the major Browsers out there alongside IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome though it only has 2.2% share.
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Is Google losing focus?

Posted on June 12th, 2010 | Under Google | (4) Comments »

During PyCon Conference (APAC) in Singapore, I have discussed quite extensively with Wesley Chun of Google’s Developer Relation regarding diversification of Google and its services. Google’s services today are totally different from what we had 5 years ago when the main focus was just on the search and monetizing it. Today, though the search and [...]

Email support for Google Font API

Posted on May 21st, 2010 | Under Open Web | (1) Comment »

Google has just released a new API called Google Font API which allows web designers and developers to embed fonts easily to sites and web applications. It supports all the desktop browsers though there is some font quality problem with Windows-based browsers when using fonts listed in Google Font Directory. There’s no mobile support at [...]

Multitasking on Android

Posted on May 17th, 2010 | Under Android | No Comments »

One of the main advantages of Android over the “mighty” iPhone is multi-tasking. Yes, a true multitasking ability that allows user to run multiple background applications (e.g. Download apps while SMSing and Listening to Pandora). Multitasking comes in several methods. After opening the apps, they will never be fully exited (no matter what you do [...]

Taking things for granted

Posted on May 16th, 2010 | Under Rumbling | No Comments »

We can say that we are living in a privileged world compare to the past 10 or even 5 years. We have access to almost everything ranging from instant communication (email, IM) to social connection platforms (social network). Most of the services that we use personally are offered as free services that do not take anything [...]