24
2012
Google Celebrates Gideon Sundback with a Giant Zipper Google Doodle
If you haven’t check out Google.com today, go ahead and do so now. Google today celebrates Gideon Sundback with a huge Google Doodle of a Zipper. Gideon Sundback (April 24, 1880 – June 21, 1954) was a Swedish-American electrical engineer. Gideon Sundback is most commonly associated with his work in the development of the zipper and patented it back in 1917. The name zipper was created in 1923 by B.F. Goodrich, who used the device [...]
28
2011
Awesome Jobs at Silicon Valley
TGIF – Thank Goodness it’s Friday! Best quote ever created but how true it is? How’s your week so far? How’s your working environment so far? Do you love your job? Now these are the question we keep asking ourselves and we often hear different views. I should be thankful that I have a job and I truly believe that many of us should be feeling the same just because we’re employed. However, are we [...]
19
2011
Samsung, Google unveil Galaxy Nexus with Ice Cream Sandwich OS
Google and Samsung unveil their latest flagship product at an event launch in Hong Kong this morning. The Galaxy Nexus, previously known as the Nexus Prime, will be the first Samsung Android device running on Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich OS. Camera Has Zero Shutter Lag & 1080p Video Recording. With Zero Shutter Lag & High-Definition Video Recording Here are the confirmed specs of the new Galaxy Nexus: curved 4.65-inch HD Super AMOLED display 720p resolution [...]
14
2011
Siri for iPhone vs Voice Actions for Android
Okay, let’s talk about Voice-Actions feature on Android’s Voice Search App, SIRI-ously. The technology world is buzzing with news and reviews of Siri even though the world is still mourning the lost of a great inventor of the 21st century. Siri, a personal assistant app that was recently featured on the new iPhone 4S launch, have gotten so much attention, that the fact the new iPhone 4S is not any physically different from the previous [...]
9
2011
Galvin’s Google+ Invites Giveaway
It’s been almost a month now I’m on Google+ and I still have plenty of invites left. So I will now give away Google Plus invitations to my fellow readers. Simply follow the simple steps below to get your Google+ invites! If you have no idea what Google+ is all about, you can head over to this link for more information Share and Retweet this post Connect with me on Facebook and follow me on [...]
24
2011
The Google+ Start-Up Guide
The Google+ Startup Guide by Saidur (Cy) Hossain. Following the creative use of simple graphic presentation by Vincent Wong, Cy Hossain was inspired to use his creative talent to create yet another short and simple graphic presentation on Google+. Explaining to non-tech savvy people can be quite a task especially when they have no idea what Google+ is all about. I find this graphic presentation very useful and wish to share with everyone. Kudos to [...]
15
2011
What Google+ is really about?
A few of my friends were asking me what’s with all the fuzz about Google+? Well, I’ve tried my very best trying to explain to them in the simplest way possible but somehow I still can’t show them the big picture. Good thing I came across this very useful slideshow infographic created by Vincent Wong, a common friend on my G+ circle. This presentation is perhaps the easiest way to explain what G+ or Google+ [...]
15
2007
Google Cheque Bank Clearance
My Google cheques are cleared! This time it took roughly one month to clear into my Maybank account. I received 2 Google cheques in November 2006 and early January this year. I only got around to bank in my cheques on Valentine’s day, 14 February. It took roughly ONE MONTH for clearance and finally it’s in my bank account. Bankslip dated 14 February 2007 Just today when I was doing some bill payments via Maybank2U, [...]
14
2006
GOODgle Adsense
2 weeks ago, I got a mail sent from Buffalo, NY. Thinking that it was just another bank statement (yes, when you get to your late twenties, you’ll have plenty of mails from the bank), I chucked it aside. 2 days later, I decide to clear my pile of mails and to my surprise, the ‘supposingly’ bank statement turns out to be a cheque from GOOGLE INC., issued by CITIBANK, NY! Finally, I’ve got a [...]
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