Category: Web/Tech
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When I searched on Google for Jack Ma I got this: Jack Ma Chinese business magnate Ma Xiaohui is an erhu player and composer from Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. She is one China’s few first-class traditional artists embracing an international career. Wikipedia
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Hooray. Expansys Hong Kong are selling the LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition for the equivalent of $225. This is a great price for a tablet that was being sold on Google Play (in US) for $349, and it's the same price as in the US. Googe Play Hong Kong still has Nexus devices at much higher…
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I sometimes get WhatsApp message that have been sent to hundreds of different Hong Kong phone numbers. It appears that these are sent so that when they get a response they know that the phone number is active. Cue even more annoying junk sales calls. I did a Google search but I can’t find any…
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The BBC recently upgraded its website. This is “upgraded” in the sense of making it flashier and brighter and generally less useful. It also has adverts, which I suppose we can’t complain about because the funding comes from people in the UK who pay for a TV licence (i.e. almost everyone), and those of us…
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Rather than wait for the BBC, Danny Baker has started his own podcast (it’s also available through iTunes). And, unlike the current BBC podcasts, it does includes some music, albeit a rather eccentric selection. So far he’s only done one of them , but says that he hopes to do it on a daily basis…
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The BBC say that Podcasts are not as popular as the hype might make you believe. That may well be true, and it certainly wouldn’t be the first Internet phenomenon to suffer that fate, but I am a big fan – up to a point. The BBC has embarked on a fairly ambitious Podcast trial,…
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I periodically get emails from people who are amused to find that if you type "miserable failure" into Google, the first result is a link to the White House. And they say satire is dead… Well, now Google have put a stop to this little game, as they explain here. Can’t argue with the logic…
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Well, I’m back, but Internet access is still painfully slow. The BBC website has a “low graphics” option that helps considerably, but many other sites are very slow (or not available at all). I know the BBC has a big advantage because it doesn’t carry advertising, but many web pages could be designed better to load faster even…
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I came across this truly terrible website from Page One. Then I read this (from the BBC) about websites being user-friendly (or not): Web usability consultants Webcredible assessed the websites of 20 of the UK’s most popular High Street retailers. It cited confusing search results, poor navigation and complicated checkout procedures as the worst mistakes.…
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IceHeat is a new discussion forum from someone who says they are bored waiting for IceRed to return.
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