tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76136187366249683422009-11-07T04:04:41.663+08:00Your premier alternative destination for news and opinions on technology, gadgets, laptops, mobile devices, Web 2.0, social media, Twitter, internet marketing and blogging.Saidul A Shaarinoreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613618736624968342.post-15476353780772502382009-11-04T16:23:00.003+08:002009-11-05T17:27:43.694+08:00

Do you know that one day Celcom will add Location-Based Information Service into its existing Celcom Facebook SMS mobile service? A screenshot or an example of how your future Facebook status updates will look like is included.Celcom Facebook SMS to add Location-Based Information Service (LBS)The above screenshot was taken straight from my Facebook Wall; look closely at the end of the status

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Take a look at your Facebook homepage right now and see if you can spot some new links right there at the top. You should see two; one is Live Feed and the other one is News Feed. Yes, Facebook has made things even more confusing for existing Facebook users and many go absolutely nuts!Facebook News/Live Feed is here and Facebook users go nuts!Those new features were just introduced by Facebook

Saidul A Shaarinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613618736624968342.post-64462838698847937202009-10-23T02:52:00.001+08:002009-10-23T02:53:04.238+08:00

We all thought that iPhone users are trendy geeks but yesterday I discovered something incredible about them, something that we have never thought before. Of all phone users we have in the world today, do you know that iPhone users are possibly the naughtiest bunch of all?iPhone users are naughty; very, very naughty. Shame… Shame… Shame…marco gomes CCretrevo.com recently conducted a survey to a

Saidul A Shaarinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613618736624968342.post-65133803284924837782009-10-22T02:37:00.002+08:002009-10-22T02:45:27.398+08:00

Web-savvy geeks talk about social media all the time and I’m pretty sure that you have come across articles mentioning social media explosions before and I doubt that this is the first time you heard about it. Most explosions can be visualized. Now, if we can visualize the much talked about social media explosions, have you ever wondered how it would look like?Social Media Explosion!? How does it

Saidul A Shaarinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613618736624968342.post-43241605916550636812009-10-21T15:36:00.002+08:002009-10-22T16:40:22.438+08:00

Malaysians! Take a look at the new bar at the top of your Facebook page now! Do you see what I see? Yes, Facebook Lite has finally comes to Malaysia!Facebook Lite has come to Malaysia! Will Malaysians abandon the old fatty bandwidth-sucking Facebook?Good news for Malaysians! Facebook Lite, a new Facebook feature that was first introduced to Americans on September 10th 2009 has now been released

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Do you know that to some people especially those who love to play stupid Facebook quiz applications; Rosmah Mansor is known as a big spender on Facebook? Shocking screenshot included.Najib, Rosmah Mansor is on Facebook and she’s a big spender!Discovered this last night and if you are wondering what the above screenshot taken from a Facebook wall post is all about, let me just say that it gives

Saidul A Shaarinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613618736624968342.post-8658448178885195532009-10-18T02:36:00.001+08:002009-10-18T02:37:57.769+08:00

I know we have too many social media experts out there, some are genuine but many are fake experts. It’s a sad and ugly truth but here’s the good news for today, do you know that nowadays you yourself can actually become a Certified Social Media Specialist?You don’t need Social Media experts. You need Certified Social Media Experts!fredcavazza CCDiscovered this a few days back. It seems that ISMA

Saidul A Shaarinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613618736624968342.post-31994604305756136602009-10-16T16:09:00.001+08:002009-10-16T16:09:49.912+08:00

Most people knew that Celcom Broadband is a hair-tearing mobile broadband service but do you know just how terrible it is? How about a lousy D grade, awarded to Celcom Broadband by a well known web-based network diagnostic application builder! Shocking screenshot included!Celcom Broadband truly sucks, slapped with a D grade by OoklaHow about that! The greatest mobile/wireless broadband service

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Do you know that Malaysiakini has been blocked by Google? You may find it hard to believe but Google claims that Malaysiakini is a malicious site and you should stay away from it!Google blocks Malaysiakini, says it is a malicious siteA little while back, I discovered that Malaysiakini has been blocked by OpenDNS. Earlier today, I received another big shock. Looks like Google has joined OpenDNS

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Do you know that Malaysiakini has been categorized as an appropriate site by OpenDNS but the baffling thing is it is currently blocked by the same DNS resolution service provider?Malaysiakini is an appropriate site but blocked by OpenDNS?!Stupid! Stupid! OpenDNS, you’re incredibly stupid!Discovered this ultimate stupidity last night but when it comes to internet blockade, this is not the first

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Have you ever wondered just how bad our existing Malaysian broadband services are? Sarcastic videos and photos included.How bad are Malaysian broadband services?I have my own accursed opinions about our existing Malaysian broadband services but I’m not going to share them here. You see, I’m a good guy and I don’t want to destroy Najib’s very fragile 1Malaysia concept with more unnecessary curses

Saidul A Shaarinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613618736624968342.post-20383032322293794702009-09-08T01:21:00.001+08:002009-09-08T01:21:54.819+08:00

How sick and tired are you of your Facebook photos? How about giving them a little bit of life with JamYourFace, a funky app that allows you to have lots of fun with your Facebook photos or those saved on your iPhones and iPods.Sick of your Facebook photos? JamYourFace them (iPhones/iPods required)!Imagine JamYourFace, a cool app that gives you the opportunity to mashup your Facebook photos (

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Yahoo Answers is supposed to be an informative site for knowledge seekers but do you know that sometimes you can have some good laughs there? Here’s one if you feel like having a good laugh today. :)The dumbest question on Yahoo Answers?Here is an example of a question that was posted by Yahoo user Carlton V on Yahoo Answers 9 months ago. What do you make of it?I have shown this to my family and

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Do you know that you can buy and sell (some at ridiculous prices!) Facebook vanity URLs (most sought-after digital real estate right now)?Buying and selling Facebook Vanity URLsIt was only 12 hours ago when Facebook gave their users the golden opportunity to create distinct or unique URLs for their profiles. The exercise, as many have discovered, has led to various cases of Facebook vanity URL

Saidul A Shaarinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613618736624968342.post-60479841059992012432009-06-13T17:02:00.001+08:002009-06-13T17:02:59.337+08:00

Do you know that Facebook’s decision to let users create distinct/unique URLs for their respective Facebook profiles has led to numerous cases of URL hijackings? Examples are shown down below for your immediate horror.Examples of Facebook Vanity URL hijackingsIf you have no idea what this is all about, please read The Facebook Blog.1. facebook.com/obiefernandez (hijacker has been reprimanded by

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Do you know that you can basically compare Google, Bing and Yahoo search results side by side on your browser?Compare Google, Bing and Yahoo search results side by sideA few days back, I blogged about Bingle that gives us the opportunity to compare Google and Bing search results side by side. Now thanks to Michael Kordahi (claims to work for Microsoft), we can now compare Google, Bing (Microsoft’

Saidul A Shaarinoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613618736624968342.post-89560347101680890802009-06-05T09:42:00.001+08:002009-06-05T09:43:11.062+08:00

Do you know that Bingle compares Google and Bing (Microsoft’s new search engine [snicker snicker]) search results side by side?Bingle compares Google & Bing search results side by sideSheesh… Everybody’s talking about Bing these days. Weeks earlier, we had to cope with Wolfram|Alpha’s ridiculousness and now another new search engine is messing up our daily routines on Google and I hate

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Do you know that you can compare multiple Google search results in seconds instead of hours with Google Squared, a new tool recently released by Google Labs?Compare Google search results with Google SquaredWe last heard about Google Squared three weeks ago when Google gave us a quick demo of their new search tool during their Google Searchology 2009 event. The good news for today is that Google

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Do you know that Wolfram|Alpha’s (touted to be Google Killer) Computational Knowledge Engine is delusional? Shocking screenshot included.Wolfram|Alpha’s Computational Knowledge Engine is delusionalOn May 21st 2009, the HomeBiss blog revealed Wolfram|Alpha’s first computational error and a few days ago somebody asked Wolfram|Alpha a strange question; ‘Are you skynet?’. Much to his and everyone

Saidul A Shaarinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613618736624968342.post-24810511046114282352009-06-02T12:25:00.002+08:002009-06-02T13:48:12.662+08:00

Do you know that Google Wave is really making waves at the moment? Google Wave Developer Preview presentation video as of time of writing has garnered 1,304,335 views worldwide!Google Wave aka Twitter Killer is making 1,304,335 waves!Google’s new toy, Google Wave, is really hot at the moment. So far it has received its fair share of praises and criticisms while there are those who are still

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Do you know that Collecta possibly has the world’s best real-time H1N1/Swine Flu news tracker?World’s best real-time H1N1/Swine Flu news trackerCollecta is a brand new real-time search engine and they have the confidence to put the claim that they have the most powerful real-time search engine in the World Wide Web. Collecta is not yet launched (launch date unknown but ReadWriteWeb said: “later

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Do you know that Wolfram|Alpha (previously thought to be Google Killer) is actually a buggy calculator? Shocking screenshot included, possibly revealing its first computational error.Wolfram|Alpha’s first computational error?Inglourious Basterds is a new film directed by Quentin Tarantino and August 21st 2009 is supposed to be its release date. Wolfram|Alpha got the whole thing right but take a

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Do you know that Google Chrome (my favorite browser) is making ‘headlines’ on The New York Times? Screenshot included.Google Chrome making headlines on New York TimesYes, Google is going for broke in their war against Internet Explorer, Safari and Mozilla Firefox. A few weeks back, we saw Google Chrome ads on TV and earlier today I discovered that Google Chrome has ‘conquered’ The New York Times

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Do you know that Wolfram|Alpha displays search/query results in GIFs (Graphics Interchange Format bitmap image format)? Shocking screenshot included.Wolfram|Alpha displays search/query results in GIFsYesterday I discovered that Wolfram|Alpha, the much touted Google Killer is more like a big online calculator than a search engine. Guess what I have discovered earlier today?Check this out, Wolfram|

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Do you know that Wolfram|Alpha is great as an online calculator? It’s nowhere near Google but Wolfram|Alpha sure can solve your math problems. :)Wolfram|Alpha is just a Calculator, not Google KillerYes, the much touted Google Killer has gone live but it has disappoints a lot of people including me. :(Despite having a bad cold, I spent a good 30 minutes with Wolfram|Alpha just now and the

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