Article Archive for August 2011
Google Plus starting verification badges for profiles
Google announced that they are starting to roll out verification badges on Google Plus profiles. This is very similar to what Twitter has done with their verified account.
The verification badge is displayed next to the …
“Retweet” is now in the Concise Oxford Dictionary. Woot!
“Retweet” made it into the Concise Oxford Dictionary recently. Woot! (So is the word “Woot”)
400 new words were added to the 12th edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary. Among the 400 words are tech-centric …
Cook A Pot of Curry Day
Today is Cook A Pot of Curry Day. Are you cooking curry now?
I wonder if this will become an annual event. Something like Racial Harmony Day or Total Defence Day. “Cook A Pot of …
Don’t use Google Translate for your election flyers
A friend of mine emailed me this recently. It’s an Election Flyer by Tan Kin Lian.
There is something wrong with the second line: “如果作为你们的总统选举”. For those who don’t know Mandrain, here’s the translation: “If …
Facebook reminding you of your old status updates
Saw this on the side of my Facebook today. It appears to be some recently rolled out Facebook feature that shows you your old status updates.
Pretty interesting feature. The feature will show you status updates …
Goodbye Wheelock Place Borders
Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that Wheelock Place Borders is closing down. Afterall, physical books sales has been declining thanks to ebooks and perhaps lesser people reading. But the reason that is is closed is …
YouTube relaunches YouTube Music
YouTube relaunches their YouTube Music site today. Users can login daily to check out playlists and recommendations hand picked by YouTube. There is also a top 10 chart.
The best part is perhaps the concert and …
The curry dispute happened over six to seven years ago
Here’s a shocking twist to the entire curry dispute. According to Law Minister K Shanmugam, the incident happened over six to seven years ago. The result of an agreement between the two families and was …
Battle of the 4 Tan
Wow, after several years of walkover for Presidential Elections, we are finally going to vote for President again. And it’s going to be a 4 corner fight between Tan Cheng Bock, Tan Jee Say, Tony …
Google to acquire Motorola Mobility
This is a surprise to a lot of people. Google announced recently that they have agreed to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Relax, it’s not the entire Motorola. Motorola was split into Motorola Mobility …
