Month: September 2016

  • G Suite

    Google Apps for Work now has a new name. It’s G Suite. G Suite is a set of intelligent apps — Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Hangouts, and more — designed to bring people together, with real-time collaboration built in from the start. And there’s a lot more on the way. Because we believe that when organizations…

  • BlackBerry will focus on software

    BlackBerry will stop designing its own phones and focus on software “The company plans to end all internal hardware development and will outsource that function to partners,” CEO John Chen said in a statement. “This allows us to reduce capital requirements and enhance return on invested capital.”

  • How Budget Airlines Work Explained

    I like budget airlines! But, how is it possible for airlines to have such low price? This video will explain.

  • Nokia 216

    Microsoft will be releasing Nokia 216 and Nokia 216 Dual Sim. I thought Microsoft will stop making another Nokia phones. But, aside from the fact that smartphones are getting more popularity, there is still a huge market. I’m thinking of getting this new phone — when it’s available in Indonesia. Its “up to 24 days…

  • Medium-like Posts (for WordPress)

    A handy tutorial on how to deal with WordPress and CSS to have Medium-like post layout

  • Google's AI Object Recognition Accuracy: 93%

    How’s the accuracy of Google’s AI to identify objects in an image? According to the research report, it’s more than 93%. It’s 93.9% to be precise. Today’s code release initializes the image encoder using the Inception V3 model, which achieves 93.9% accuracy on the ImageNet classification task. Initializing the image encoder with a better vision…

  • A New Type Of Font by Google, Apple, and Microsoft

    Google, Apple, And Microsoft Are Quietly Developing A New Type Of Font. “What are variable fonts, and why are some of the biggest tech companies on the planet throwing their weight behind them?”

  • How-To: Calling Siri on Mac Using Custom Keyboard Shortcut or Dictation

    How-To: Calling Siri on Mac Using Custom Keyboard Shortcut or Dictation

    I tried using Siri on Mac after my upgrade to macOS Sierra, and it works as expected, even I’m still using some basic commands. It’s just like they way I talk to Siri on my iPhone and iPad. Asking Siri is simple, just hit the Siri button on the menu bar, and send your command.…

  • Snap, Inc.

    Snapchat rebrands as Snap, Inc, a camera company. Its frist product is Spectacles, a pair of funky sunglasses with a built-in wireless video camera.

  • Upgrading to macOS Sierra

    I love keeping everything updated on my Mac, from the operating system, and also the applications. I just updated to macOS Sierra — the latest operating system by Apple. I upgraded from OS X El Capitan. This post is posted after the upgrade. Preparation On my Mac, I installed all upgraded applications. Some applications already released…

  • Telegram’s Photo Editor 2.0, Masks, and GIF Creation Tool

    Telegram just released some new features to work on the pictures that hopefully will make the communication (chat) become more fun and enjoyable. For those who love to edit photos, add additional texts, drawings, or even stickers, Telegram offers the functionalities directly in the app. I wish Telegram adds “Call” feature.

  • Google Allo

    I just had Google Allo — another messaging app by Google — installed on my Android phone. There are already some messaging installed and used on my daily basis. Well, basically, I only use Telegram (mostly) and WhatsApp. And now, Google Allo. I tried Google Assistant more inside Allo, and it works pretty well. I…

  • Malaysian man spent 18 days in Changi Airport lounges using 31 forged boarding passes

    Malaysian man spent 18 days in Changi Airport lounges using 31 forged boarding passes. He downloaded images of mobile boarding passes issued by two airlines – Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines – from the Internet, and used an image editing software on his laptop to alter them. Raejali inserted his name, a false flight number…

  • Find and Remove Duplicate Photos on Flickr

    I’m organising my Flickr photos and want to find the easy way to remove duplicate photos that are already in or outside albums. Flickr does not offer the simple tool to work on this task. After searching for a while, there is Flickr Dup Finder 2. It’s a simple tool to search for duplicates and…

  • Google delisted 1.75 billion websites

    Google delisted 1.75 billion websites. “Around 40 million takedown requests were rejected, which is 2.1 percent of the total requests. Another 16 million requests were duplicates.”