Category: Technology
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More than 18 months ago I complained about The Gulu. They’re still at it, forcing you to upgrade the app when all you want to do is book a table. This time they excelled themselves by making the old version of the app disappear from the Home Screen. So first I have to find the…
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I understand that apps need to be updated periodically. But why do you force me to update it before I can use it? Almost every other app allows you to use the current version and update later (when you have time). But not FoodGulu, oh no. Food Gulu is a simple enough app – it…
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Spotify continues to get itself into trouble, this time by requesting “data about the speed of your movements, such as whether you are running, walking, or in transit”. They say it’s for a new feature called Spotify Running. Me, I’d be happy if their Windows application would just work. At least now it doesn’t crash…
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If you live in Greater China you will know that stuff (phones, tablets, etc.) often comes with Chinese as the default setting. And the (pitifully) few Chinese characters I might recognize are nowhere near enough to navigate through the menus to find the option to change to English. Yes it’s my own fault for buying…
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Why does Amazon keep encouraging me to switch to their China store? There’s one tiny, tiny problem: It’s all in Chinese. That button that says “in English”? Sounds promising, but does nothing.
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In the fine tradition of technology that is “designed” to do random things for no good reason at all. Ladies and Gentlemen, Spotify Connect – playing music on another device. Why would I want my mobile phone to start playing music from my computer? It’s not big, it’s not clever and please stop it.
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Feeling like a massive idiot… I went to buy a cable to connect an internal hard disk. Asked for a power cable, then I didn’t know whether it was SATA or not. Turned out that I already have the power cable and what I need is a data cable. Doh!
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Most annoying mobile phone feature? Some clever person at Blackberry decided that the best way to handle a low battery would be….to terminate your phone call without any prior warning. Not even a minute or two to scramble for a charger, oh no. We have to preserve the battery so you can, er, read your…
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This week Google finally made the Nexus devices available in Hong Kong – but at ridiculous prices. For example the Nexus 7 16gb Wi-Fi is HK$2398 (US$309), compared to the US price of US$229. The new Nexus 5 16gb is HK$3,198 (US$412) compared with the US price of $349. Apple sell their devices in Hong…
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It’s very kind of them to make Spotify available in Hong Kong, but their stupid software doesn’t work. I am running Windows 7 (64 bit) and the Spotify application works for anything from 30 seconds to a few minutes before crashing – and it’s impossible to close it and restart it. The Android app works,…
Ordinary Gweilo 