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  All aboard the apps bandwagon

  Business, Wanda Sloan, Published on 12/10/2012

  » Despite the hardware wars and the multi-billion-dollar lawsuits over operating systems, a 3G phone without attractive applications is not really more useful than an 800-baht mobile with a 1-2-Call SIM.

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  The Olympics in your hand

  Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 24/07/2012

  » You may have heard that the Olympic Games begin late on Friday (or early Saturday if you are that kind of person).

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  Put a little light on the subject

  Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 14/02/2012

  » There's a US keyboard being pitched mostly in TV adverts of a large-character device that glows in the dark, so when the sun goes down you can continue working and still see your keyboard.

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  Proxy apps for smartphones

  Wanda Sloan, Published on 20/03/2012

  » A recent column on proxy programmes for computers got a response and a lot of questions, especially, what about my phone?

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  Are you busy tonight?

  Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 06/12/2011

  » I don't think science has got around to precise measurements in Thailand, but the worldwide trend is that there is more e-dating than face-dating, and more of it on mobile apps than on dating websites.

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  Apps becoming a new tech revolution

  Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 24/01/2012

  » The phrase "killer app" is from the old, long-gone 20th century, but it probably ought to be revived. The spreadsheet and the word processor is what got the world going on the technology revolution, but it is the compact software on a phone or tablet that is driving the tech age now.

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  'Easy' really does it

  Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 16/08/2011

  » Whether at the office, at home or at a high-speed internet-enabled khao tom bench outside the front doors of the world's best nightclubs lining Ratchadapisek Road, I'm forever accumulating bits and tips of potential reviews.

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  Introducing a sweet new way to sync files with the cloud

  Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 30/08/2011

  » In the year or so that I have been using the phenomenally popular Dropbox software to put stuff in the cloud, I have had exactly the same thought every time I dropped something and every time I picked something up from the box:

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  Keeping tabs

  Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 14/06/2011

  » Somehow I have gone through several years without learning about Office Tabs for Microsoft Office, one of the most useful utilities I've ever seen. Useful, that is, to anyone using Microsoft Office for Windows. Sorry Mac people and cloud people and the rest ... Sorry Open Office people and Softmaker people and the like.

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  Keep a low profile

  Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 07/06/2011

  » If you have an iPad, you can easily stop people from tracking you. Just turn on the "airplane mode" and the GPS will stop broadcasting your physical location.

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