A good reason to localize: two killed over sms error
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! Maybe rednano should try scare tactics. Localisation could have saved the lives of two people in Turkey (via Gizmodo): The surreal mistake happened because the ex-husband’s cellphone didn’t have an specific character from the Turkish alphabet: the letter “ı” or closed i. While “i” is available in all phones in Turkey—where […]
A rude and painful shock
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! So the report is out, and our apartment’s security guard intimated that there were some areas of Singapore where apartment security was stricter, and where security guards like him were instructed to always take down particulars of visitors and their vehicles and not let anyone who didn’t oblige with their particulars […]
Even the foreign expert says so
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! Ahead of today’s much anticipated report on the escape of Mas Selamat Kastari, Todayonline had an article talking about terrorism and what our fine nation’s efforts have done and not done. It says William Dobson, “managing editor of global politics magazine Foreign Policy“ comments that “Most countries’ strategies end with arresting […]
Skype sells unlimited international calls
For S$13.50 a month, you can now make unlimited Skype calls internationally. Now to find international friends and talk to them unlimitededly! Via ST.
Secret blog of a P65 MP: Part 4
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! Dear Blog, I know we will never hear the end of it until we appear to be engaging the public in cyberspace. Like I said, we are all very busy, and although it is only myself, Lam Pin Min and Baey Yam Keng who are actively blogging, the public should rest […]