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Google Docs Android app now supports offline reading

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5 Feb
2012
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Google has updated the Google Docs Android app with an offline capability that lets you read your documents without an Internet connection. With the highly anticipated update, you can now mark a document for offline access, though you still can’t edit files. That said, the app will refresh offline files that were edited on another device or computer once you get connected. This update is timely as more smartphone users are facing instances of spotty 3G connections. Along with the offline feature, the app’s tablet interface now sports a new reading view. When you open a Google document on your tablet, you’ll get a high-resolution version of the document and the ability to swipe left and right to flip pages.

 
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Facebook’s dependence on advertising the focus of IPO worries

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2 Feb
2012
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Who would bet against Facebook today, as it readies for the largest initial public offering (IPO) in the United States in the coming months?

Yet, amid the excitement, one thing that investors will read about is this troubling reminder of the threat coming from rival social networking efforts from the likes of Google, which can take away key advertising dollars.

 
Tagged in: Featured, google, Internet, Web 2.0, facebook, Google, IPO, social networking, Zynga,  
 

Symantec finds bot-like malware on Android Market

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29 Jan
2012
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Symantec has discovered over a dozen apps with malicious code that could cede control of your smartphone to perpetrators.

In a recent blog post, the security company said the apps, which are hosted on the Android Market, can be used to propagate a “bot-like threat that can receive commands to carry out certain actions, as well as steal information from the device”.

 
Tagged in: android, Cellphones, Enterprise, google, Internet, security, Software,  
 

2012 is shaping up to be a year of ultrabooks

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15 Jan
2012
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If 2011 was remembered for shiny new tablets that made people part with their hard-earned cash, then 2012 may just be the one where the craze for these thin and light yet powerful and affordable ultrabooks takes off big time.

At the annual CES show just concluded earlier in the week, a good number of laptop makers joined the fray with their takes on what people would be carrying to meetings and classrooms in the coming months.

Perhaps having seen Asus, Acer and Lenovo whip up demand for such ultra-light PCs in the closing months of 2011, the likes of Sony, Dell and HP showed of their versions of the ultrabook at CES this year. Lenovo too came up with a quite surprising “yoga-like” ultrabook cum tablet.

Here’s a sneak peek.

 
Tagged in: android, Cellphones, CPU, Featured, google, laptops, PCs, Software, Tablet, CES 2012, Dell XPS 13, HP Envy 14 Spectre, Lenovo Yoga, Sony Vaio Ultrabook, ultrabook, Windows 8,  
 

Samsung Galaxy Nexus goes on sale in Singapore only in Feb 2012

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4 Jan
2012
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The much-awaited Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the next “Google phone” featuring the new Android 4.0 operating system, will only reach Singapore stores in February 2012, a month later than expected.

Samsung Singapore today said the units would be sold at S$948 (without contract), as it revealed earlier in November. However, the delay will not be good news for folks here who have been waiting for the latest and greatest from the Android camp.

The Galaxy Nexus, following in the Nexus One and Nexus S tradition, would come with a “clean” interface without any add-on software, which is a boon to those who want a “pure” Google experience without clunky extras. It has another plus: being a Nexus phone, it will be the first to get the latest updates direct from Google.

 
Tagged in: android, Cellphones, google, Software, Tablet, Windows Phone 7, availability, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, Galaxy W, Omnia W, samsung, Singapore,  
 

Goondu review: Sony Tablet S

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1 Jan
2012
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In the time between the launch of the first iPad and today, a sea of Android tablets have attempted to cash in on the tablet craze, but with the noticeable exception of one Japanese consumer electronics giant. Late last year, Sony caught up to the crowd with their Tablet S, which we managed to get hold of for a review.

Eschewing the traditional flat slab for a shape, Sony took a turn and designed a tablet which looks distinctively different from its peers. Does the Tablet S have what it takes to stand out?

 
Tagged in: android, google, Singapore, Software, Tablet, Android Honeycomb, Sony Tablet S,  
 

US$120 million Google data centre to open in Singapore by 2013

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17 Dec
2011
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Google started the building of a new data centre in Singapore on Thursday, a US$120 million facility which represents the Internet giant’s expansion of operations in the region.

“More users are coming online in Asia than anywhere else in the world,” said Julian Persaud, head of Google Southeast Asia at a launch event. Projected to go online in 2013, the new data centre promises to serve this growing demand by delivering fast and reliable access to Google services.

In addition, the data centre will boost the local job market in a small way, as Google is hiring a small team of full-time staff as well as a number of contractors in a variety of roles, including computer technicians, electrical and mechanical engineers, and catering and security staff.

 
Tagged in: android, broadband, Cellphones, cloud, Enterprise, google, Internet, Singapore, Software, Web 2.0, data centre, Google, IAB Singapore, Singapore, Southeast Asia,  
 

Goondu Christmas guide 2011: Five phones to buy

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11 Dec
2011
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It’s that time of the year again when you play Santa to your friends and family by buying them the presents they deserve, depending on how good they have been.

If you are thinking of phones to stuff into the stocking this year, here are five of the hottest mobiles that would not disappoint most gizmo lovers. Check them out.

 
Tagged in: android, Cellphones, Featured, google, iphone, Singapore, Software, Windows Phone 7, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S II, Goondu Christmas Guide, Holiday 2011, HTC Sensation XL, iPhone 4S, Motorola, Nokia Lumia 800, Razr, Samsung Galaxy Note, what phones to buy,  
 

Tin Pei Ling, iPad 2 and Hong Kong top Singapore search terms

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7 Dec
2011
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Google Singapore has unveiled its list of top search terms used by Singaporeans in its annual Zeitgeist that offers a glimpse of the year’s major trends and events.

Topping the list of personalities were Tin Pei Ling, Nicole Seah and George Yeo, underscoring the nation’s interest in the watershed General Election 2011. Searches on the elections also figured prominently in this year’s top news searches.

 
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Hands on: Samsung Galaxy Note

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6 Dec
2011
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I’ll be honest. I wasn’t crazy about the Galaxy Note when I first saw it a few weeks ago at Samsung’s big show-and-tell in Jakarta. The 5.3-inch screen makes it bigger than most phones (the Galaxy S II has a 4.3-inch screen), yet is smaller than the most petite tablet, like the original 7-inch Galaxy Tab.

Samsung’s new gizmo also uses a stylus in addition to the usual finger gestures that you can use to interact with the Android 2.3.5 OS (upgradable next year to Android 4.0). Now, where have we seen a stylus before? Yes, in the HTC Flyer, a slightly larger tablet, which didn’t do fantastically well.

Then there are other “middle of the road” devices like Dell’s Streak, which was well-made but didn’t win over enough fans, some of whom must have been confused by its “hybrid” nature.

And now, here we are with the Galaxy Note, which is cosmetically, a larger version of the popular Galaxy S II. What I think is crucial to its popularity in recent weeks, as I’ve heard from sources, is that it has come at a time when the screen sizes of phones have themselves increased from the iPhone’s 3.5 inches to 4.7 inches on the HTC Sensation XL, for example.

 
Tagged in: android, Cellphones, Featured, google, Singapore, Software, Tablet, android, Galaxy Note, review, samsung, Singapore price, stylus,