RIM China sorta confirms the existence of a 4G version of their Playbook. Believable?

I think this is a case of too little too late.

Gate-crashed a new media forum in Shanghai, Apple’s Quick Qiu spoke about creating a different model in building a user or audience base, “Apple need not be a singular outlet,” said he.

I wonder if Apple is more interested in selling more boxes or amassing a greater mobile user base.

P.S. Our dear friend proposed an unthinkable model for the media to work with the government to train soft skills. Scary.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s policy is that the Government will not impose any censorship of the Internet. “So far, there is no change in the Government’s policy on this issue.” Prime Minister Najib, a strong advocate of a digital economy and modern digital policy, indicated that the information travels freely in the developing world of information and communication technology. “If we put a form of control, the people cannot accept it,” he said.

right.

Starting today, you will no longer be able to download ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, or any other video podcasts for that matter, from the News Network’s podcast channels. You can, however, still download audio podcasts for now.

There was no reason given at the final podcast, but ABC says you can still be able to get its contents via AT&T and Verizon networks or Hulu.

An English Language teacher complained at a meeting that modern technologies cannot help her to teach better because it was hard to use, and really inconvenient.

“We don’t even have auto spellcheck in Moodle!” she quipped.

Back in the days when I was still in school, we took pride in being able to perform a quick search with the real dictionary — the process of searching a new word allowed me to stumble upon other words. In fact, my editors told us to turn off auto spellcheck when I was earning a living as a writer.

The keyboard has already taken away my motor skills with the pen, are we going to allow the word processors take away our ability to spell properly? Come to China and you will understand what I meant; roadsigns and huge signboards with bad spelling is part of life here. But I don’t blame them, really.

Technology is supposed to help us evolve, not devolve into some retards who couldn’t spell properly.

I have always loved to see how Apple describes itself in their PR documents, this is their latest version:

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

An interesting keyword-laden paragraph.

Nikon may relocate some production from Sendai to Malaysia [rumour]

Yes, we are making the lens mounts and barrels. No high-tech Nano coatings or R&D yet.

NOW ON iTunes Store.

Things were happening so fast it was almost impossible to respond to the changes caused by the Sendai Earthquakes and the Tsunami.

My team put together this book for sale on iTunes Store, and hopefully our dear friends at Apple can approve the book as soon as possible, proceeds for sales of the book will go straight into the hands of the needy.

Your generousity is much appreciated.

CLICK HERE TO BUY.

Folks, I will be off to Japan to cover this incident, chat soon.

Japan is exceptionally well-prepared to deal with natural disasters: it has spent more on the problem than any other nation, largely as a result of frequently experiencing them. (Have you ever wondered why you use Japanese for “tsunamis” and “typhoons”?) All levels of the government, from the Self Defense Forces to technical translators working at prefectural technology incubators in places you’ve never heard of, spend quite a bit of time writing and drilling on what to do in the event of a disaster.
[via kalzumeus.com]

Have you ever wonder why you get that familiar blank stare of ignorance whenever you visited a local computing hardware store? No, I’d refuse to call those shops “IT outlets” or “Apple Store” because that will be flattering them.

My recent visit to an “Authorised Reseller” in Mid Valley (and don’t get me started on why must they put two identical stores with equally low-IQ’ed storekeepers in essentially the same shopping mall) in search of an Apple AirportExpress.

Needless to say, they didn’t really know what I was referring to when I mentioned the product’s name, really, I felt sorry for them when they were obviously trying to compute what I have just said.

No, the geniuses who put idiots in there stores are NOT geniuses. I’d call them Morons.