[2 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 75 views]
WhatsApp messaging arrives for the BlackBerry

When the Apple iPhone was first launched, there was no application that allowed inter-iPhone-messaging. Then came Ping! which stirred up the community somewhat, but was not wildly accepted. Then came WhatsApp that was heaps better and received widespread acceptance.
Today, it is hailed as one of the first apps an iPhone user MUST install, as it allows you to message your friends for free. As their tagline goes, “SMS is so 2008″.
However, WhatsApp was limited to just the iPhone and that was rather, errr… limiting? But not anymore. It has now …

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[30 Dec 2009 | 65 Comments | 1,044 views]
Project 365: A photo a day for 2010

Project 365: take a photo a day and share it with the world. Use any camera (or phone) to achieve a simple photo blog of your life.

Join in, pick up your camera (or your phone) and let’s start documenting the life around us through the lens. Then, share it with the world. It’ll be fun!

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[10 Dec 2009 | 8 Comments | 256 views]
Step-by-step guide to starting a US based iTunes account

If you’re not from the US and have already started an iTunes account based in your own country, you probably know you’re treated as a second rate iTunes citizen. Some applications, podcasts, etc… are just not allowed simple because we’re not “based in the US of A”. I was really, really annoyed that I couldn’t download the FREE Photoshop App or the Kindle for iPhone and resolved to “fix it somehow”.
Here’s the typical “You’re not American” error that you may encounter. It actually says, “Your account is only valid for …

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[25 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 114 views]
Enabling WhatsApp for countries that are not supported

WhatsApp is a great application that is useful for instant messaging from iPhone-to-iPhone for FREE. It is akin to the Blackberry Messenger, and is a rival application to the much famed Ping, which picked up a huge following due to the $0 price tag when it first launched. (They have since launched Ping Lite which is still free).
However, WhatsApp seemingly does not support quite a number of countries, but there is a legitimate way around it. Their website quotes in their FAQ:

What countries do you support?
Most of them! We took …

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[3 Nov 2009 | 3 Comments | 215 views]
What if Microsoft and Apple built cars

This is a really funny comic graphic, shared on Twitter by @kellster

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[27 Oct 2009 | 25 Comments | 3,818 views]
Hackintoshing with Snow Leopard

I’ve been intrigued by Snow Leopard (OSX 10.6) ever since it came out. Sure, many people hail it as the king of bugfixes (just like what Windows 7 is to Vista), but it does sport some pretty nifty features beneath that facade which are unseen.
Anyhow, in keeping with the times, we needed a new Mac-based machine in the office and I decided to get grimy and build one with Snow Leopard AND Windows. Yup, dual-booting it’s called. Over the weekend, I encountered numerous grey screens of death, hung computers and …