You can argue that Android is pretty solid now, but that’s after years of iteration. At first, it basically sucked. Chrome has been great, but it now seems to be getting more buggy, not less, over time. Google Voice? Decent, but not what it should be. Google+? Not bad, but issues. Google TV? Yeah. Google Music? Ha. Google Wave? Sigh. Etc, etc, etc.

~ MG Siegler via daringfireball.

The only Google product that seems to be working for me, is Gmail. My HTC Hero is no match even to my 3-year old iPhone 3G.

Before embarking, he’d looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life’s partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them.

Steve’s final words were:

OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.

- Steve’s Sister, Mona Simpson.

I knew if someone like Steve chooses to resign, some writers will climb out of whatever holes they have been hiding and do a piece about Steve’s failures.

Well, if you are so great, why haven’t I see anything from you?

Strange people strive in the strangest times.

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.