Tag Archives: iPhone

Introducing the iPhone to Dad

A few moments ago, my father-in-law got interested in using the iPhone. He has been using his Nokia for years now, and he also has a Blackberry from his office. We realise the hardest part for him to migrate, is to import his data from his old phones. After a few trial and errors, we would like to share with you the steps we took in helping dad using his new iPhone.

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Apps That Pays You Money

Lately there is a new breed of apps which pays its users instead. Perhaps the competition on getting enough users or data has become so stiff, now they are paying you instead to become their users or to gather public data.

Never use iTunes Wi-Fi sync again

Wi-Fi sync is great – you don’t need to plug in your iPad or iPhone to sync with your computer. This is wonderful when you subscribe to podcasts using iTunes and need to freshen up your iOS devices every day with new podcasts. That is if it always works reliably. However in my experience of [...]

Do Not Use Wi-Fi for Tethering your iPhone

Personal Hotspot is best to use with Bluetooth instead of Wi-Fi, which seems odd since often you expect Hotspot = WiFi. At least on iPhone you can choose between Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or USB to use it as an Internet modem for your other computers. Why Bluetooth? Read on.

Speaker Timer Mac App?

Do you want a speaker timer on your Mac? Why time speeches on an OS X laptop or desktop instead of on mobile? Is it for Toastmasters or other kinds of speeches? Please let us know.

Speech Timer for Android

You’re an Android-toting Toastmasters? We’ll making an app for you!

Fundsupermart notice to take down Fund Watch

Fund Watch received a takedown notice

We have just received notice from Ma Qian Cheng from iFast Financials to remove Fund Watch from the App Store. Because of this notice, we have no choice but to comply and remove Fund Watch from sale.

Fund Watch for Android

Today I am announcing what have been my work for several months, which is making the Fund Watch application for Android devices. Why would you say? Its not that we’re slowly abandoning the iPhone. We’ve been monitoring the market share of Android devices is growing, and it’s high time I guess for us to release [...]

Resonate’s First Prototype

You will now see the first prototype of Resonate, the Twitter client for thought leaders. One of Resonate’s goals is to help you to analyze a Twitter timeline. Our solution to this is to build word clouds from a tweet stream. When applied to your main timeline (or alternatively to any of your Twitter lists), [...]

Resonate Overhead Projection

You’re going to see Resonate’s first mockup of its overhead projection support. Yes, a Twitter client that natively supports the iPad’s VGA (and HDMI) output, and its not just simple display mirroring but geared for on-line real-time presentation of tweets. Probably going to be a first among Twitter clients.