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Viber comes to desktop

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Viber is a very popular mobile communication app and now it comes to desktop for Windows and Mac,being the most active competitor to Skype.

Before this,Viber had supported iOS,Android,Windows Phone,BlackBerry,Nokia and Bada. With the support of desktop system,you could contact people by either one conveniently.

The installation process is just simple as several clicks.After running the installation file,it will let you key in your phone number to sync contacts,messages and call/conversation history with your device which already has Viber in use.


Viber desktop promises to provide seamless user experience on your mobile device,such as :

  • Best-quality HD voice calls
  • Video calls
  • Free text and photo messages
  • Group conversations
  • No registration, passwords or invitations required
  • Contacts and messages sync between your mobile and Windows
  • Transfer ongoing calls between devices Continue reading →

Facebook Home hits in Google Play Store

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Facebook Home is finally landed in Google Play Store.However,the start is not so great.In current around 1500 ratings,44% of people only rated it for 1 star.

I wanna install and try it in my Samsung Galaxy S3 to see whether that is so bad as other people thought.Well,I can’t do it now because Facebook Home is not available to Malaysia.It’s kind of weird,right? Continue reading →

IE 10 coming to Windows 7

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IE 10 was originally designed to run in Windows 8 and now it has been tested and could be stable to run in Windows 7.

IE 10 is claimed to be at least 20% faster than IE 9.It could also support 60% more web standards than IE 9(CSS 3 transformation,animations,gradients etc).It enhances the security features such as Do Not Track enabled by default.Of course,the test result will be better than IE 9.

Microsoft will put into auto updates in the coming weeks.That means if you’re running genuine Windows 7 and enabling Windows Update,you will get it soon to replace IE 9,getting better web surfing experience(if you’re still IE fans).

If you don’t want to wait,you could download from windows.microsoft.com/ie and install it by your own.It could be fairly simple.

Nokia Here on iOS

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Nokia Here is a navigation app originally designed on Windows Phone,however,Nokia now has decided to expand it into iOS and Android free of charge.I believe a lot of iOS device users will definitely like it because Apple maps is still quite lousy in a number of places.

Nokia Here supports both iPhone and iPad with iOS 4.3 or later.The map is based on well-known NAVTEQ’s resources.It also supports community map in some countries so that users could add missing information by their own,updating the maps faster and more accurate.

The details of the features:

Upon my personal experience,I found Waze actually has more complete road information in Malaysia.Anyway,as Nokia Here is just born,it supposes to grow to be better in the coming future.

The Android version of Nokia Here is still under developing.I hope once it covers all major mobile platforms with more users,the map can become a strong competitor to Waze.

How to make a bootable Windows 8 DVD by your own

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Windows 8 was released one week ago officially and quite a number of Windows 7 users had upgraded to Windows 8 by online download method.It’s quite easy and convenient and  we could also save some money on delivery.However,some people may realize that it will bring some problems once we want to re-install Windows 8 in a formatted PC.At that time,if you have a piece of Windows 8 DVD/USB flash drive,you will feel easy.

In fact,you could make one by our own and it’s not complicated.

  1. You have to get a PC which has a DVD burner,a blank DVD disk and Internet connection.
  2. Download Windows 8 setup file.(Uploaded.net;RyuShare.com)
  3. Double click the downloaded file and it will run for checking your system and downloading essential files for installation.
  4. Waiting for choosing the installation method-install by creating media) and click ‘Next’
  5. Choose which media to use;you have to prepare either a USB flash Drive with at least 3GB empty storage or a ISO file(for making a bootable Windows 8 DVD later).In this case,we choose ISO file,and click ‘Save’
  6. Then it will pop up a window to ask where you want to save the ISO file.Find a proper  location and then click ‘Save’
  7. After that,just insert you blank DVD disk into your drive and follow the instructions.After about 5 minutes,you will get your bootable Windows 8 DVD.

 

Chrome 23

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Google Chrome is one of the most popular web browsers in the world and it keeps improving its performance while enhancing the user experience.

Google just released the latest stable version-Chrome 23.In this version,there are 3 major changes:

  • GPU-accelerated video decoding for Chrome on Windows

Dedicated GPU could save more power compared with CPU when watching online videos such as Youtube. As the test done by Google,it could save up to 20% battery hours.It’s enabled by default.

  • Easier to view and control any websites’ permission

Just a simple click on the page/lock icon next the the website address in the omnibox and you can view all the permissions and change them as you wish.

  • Do Not Track

As people might have more concerns on privacy nowadays,Google starts to support Do Not Track in the browser to minimize the explosion of location information.However,it’s disabled by default.

If you have never used Chrome,you could try it now.It’s working so great for me,I hope it will do so for you too.

iPad mini,4th Generation iPad and more…

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After weeks of rumors,iPad mini finally landed to the stage hours ago.

iPad mini is said to be the smaller size of iPad,but not less powerful.It also has around 10 hours battery life and HD FaceTime and iSight cameras.As its smaller size(7.9 inch display),now it could be held in one hand(of course,it should be a big hand.)

iPad mini is only 7.2mm thickness(23% thinner than iPad) and 308g weight (53% lighter than iPad).It supports dual band(2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz) Wireless N technology(up to 150Mbps) and has the option to support cellular data network(such as HSPA, HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA/LTE).

iPad mini starts to pre-order from 26 October 2012,selling from US$329.You can go through more details here.

iPad mini is not the only star in the last special event.Apple also released a 4th Generation iPad with new processor A6X,doubled the processing power compared with A5X which used in the last 3rd generation iPad.The latest iPad adds lightning port instead of the traditional 30-pin port.The size is almost the same as the predecessor and pricing from US499 for 16GB WiFi version and US$629 for 16GB LTE version.

The new line of iMac gives a lot of shocks to us,especially its thickness.The thinnest side is only 5mm.Yes,you didn’t misread it.

There are two sizes of display to choose:21.5 inch(1920×1080) and 27 inch(2560×1440) with different specs.The latest iMac is working on Fusion Drive technology,making a mixture of 128GB SSD and 1-3TB traditional hard disk perform closer to be a pure SSD.

The 21.5 inch iMac is priced from US$1299 with i5 2.7Ghz processor,8GB RAM,1TB hard disk and Nvidia GT640M GPU.The 27 inch iMac is priced from US$1799 with i5 2.9 processor,8GB RAM,1TB hard disk and Nvidia GT660M GPU. Continue reading →