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Happiness behind the wheel
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 11/08/2014
» Dear Leader of Peace and Order,
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Keep your kid dialled out
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 17/06/2014
» Parents have their reasons for allowing their kids to own a mobile phone (or not). My seven-year-old daughter once asked me to buy her a mobile phone, in spite of the fact that she knew what my answer would be. She cited examples of her friends, who bring them to school — some even have iPhones!
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Protect your photographs from spies
Life, James Hein, Published on 21/05/2014
» Beware the Cloud, or at least Google+. I took a picture with my phone recently, something I don’t do all that often, and happened to visit Google+ soon after. The first thing I saw was the photo I’d just taken. This was the first time I discovered that any photos I take are by default sent immediately to my Google+ area. You would think this was a setting in the Android G+ app but it is instead in the Photos apps. Google’s default push is to fully open up everything you do to Google, so be careful what setting you have and how you use your camera. To be fair the photo was in a “protected” area but we all know how well that kind of protection remains in the open-to-the-world-plus-their-dog environment we live in.
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OnePlus One is new
Life, James Hein, Published on 04/06/2014
» The OnePlus One is a new Android phone from Oppo Electronics out of China. It sells for US$299 (about 10,000 baht), which puts it under half the price of the big models like the Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8. For that price you get the latest Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor, 3GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, a 5.5-inch 1080p IPS screen, 13MP camera, 4G LTE support, Bluetooth 4 and a 3100mAh battery. You also get Gorilla Glass 3 in a polycarbonate shell.
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Land of smiles redux
Alan Dawson, Published on 08/06/2014
» And the word went out, and there was happiness everywhere. Or there soon will be. Or else.
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To code or not to code?
Life, James Hein, Published on 18/06/2014
» Should everyone learn some computer programming? According to Linus Torvalds, the man who gave us Linux, the answer is “no”. With 40 years of computer programming behind me, I have some views on this subject.
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The cutting edge of conservation
News, Published on 13/05/2014
» A small aeroplane makes its final approach to land. But there is no airport, no landing strip, nor even a pilot to guide it down. This is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle returning from its mission: not hunting terrorists or spying on foreign lands, but monitoring populations of rhinos and scouting for tiger poachers.
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Happy birthday, Gmail
Life, James Hein, Published on 30/04/2014
» This month Gmail turned 10. According to legend, it was created in the free time of Google engineers, who were allocated 20% of their time for personal projects. In those days there was Microsoft (who managed to lose all of my Hotmail emails one year; I’ve never touched it since), Yahoo! and AOL, making Gmail’s rise from nothing quite an achievement. Gmail introduced threaded mail, more data storage and allowed users to send larger emails. They also introduced an “undo send” option, long-term storage of emails, better searching and didn’t delete your account if you remained inactive for a while. It handled spam decently and worked on almost every browser. Microsoft responded by charging for extra space. No wonder it is now the top free email service, at least according to some measures.
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Fresh hope for the world’s forests
News, Published on 09/04/2014
» Global trends are reshaping how businesses approach sustainability. On one hand, consumers and investors are pushing businesses to raise their standards. On the other, technological shifts are generating more and better information faster, enabling unprecedented levels of transparency and accountability.
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How not to be a Glasshole
Life, James Hein, Published on 26/02/2014
» The growing use of smart glasses technology has led organisations like Google to issue a list of do’s and don’ts when using the devices so as to avoid being a “Glasshole”.
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