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November 20, 2009

Facebook blocked in Vietnam

Pressure from competition? Government sanctioned? At the moment, who knows but www.facebook.com and apps.facebook.com are blocked. Alternate sites such as Facebook touch and Facebook lite are still accessible without proxy.

FAQ on Vietnam block of Facebook

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Filed under  //   free speech   internet   political   vietnam  

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October 21, 2009

Telkomsel's current tethering option with iPhone 3G

There was no public announcement but Telkomsel sent out a text message to its iPhone 3G customers several weeks ago telling them that the tethering option has changed. Tethering is a way to use your phone as a modem by connecting it to your computer either wirelessly or via a cable.

Yes, the company that couldn't decide how to package the iPhone 3G since it launched the phone back in March this year changed its policy yet again and apparently many new customers aren't aware of it. Then again not many are aware of the tethering option in the first place.

The new policy came with the latest promo package which began sometime before Ramadhan to coincide with the price drop on the 16GB model from 9.5 million to 7.5 million. With the new package, tethering is still optional via sms to 1377 but if you had to pay Rp 87,500 per month before, which gives you an additional 1GB quota for tethering, this offer is no longer available.

Tethering is now available for free and data usage is taken from the 500MB quota you get as the standard package, which if you notice, is the only package available now. There seems to be no more Turbo Plus or Turbo Premium.

Another catch is that the tethering menu in the Settings app may disappear if you upgrade to OS 3.1 or 3.1.2 and decide to use another operator. Your iPhone 3G is unlocked when you restore it to OS 3.0 so you're free to use it with SIM cards from other GSM operators. What they didn't tell you though, is that the tethering menu in Settings app disappears if you use a non-T-sel SIM card. I currently have no information on how to get it back. I'll update this entry once I do.

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Filed under  //   apple   internet   iphone   telkomsel   tethering  

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September 28, 2009

iPod touch ad on IGN.com

via youtube.com

TUAW caught this neat iPod touch ad on IGN, screencast it and posted it to YouTube.

After the New York Times ad a while back, it's pretty clear Apple understands web advertising better than many other companies. Few other web ads are reative enough to pull people in to look at it or watch it. There was one other ad similar to this, not from Apple. I can't remember by whom but it was pretty cool too.

via @yonaa http://twitter.com/yonaa/status/4463200696

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Filed under  //   advertising   apple   internet   ipod touch   tuaw   web  

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June 24, 2009

Adobe says use a Flash blocker to reduce Flash induced-crashes


Use a flash blocker!

Questioned about Flash's torrid performance on platforms other than Windows, an Adobe employee responded to Adobe's favorite cheerleader John Welch by saying that he should use a flash blocker because it will… get this… SLOW DOWN THE CRASH CYCLE. Adobe seem to refuse to even address the fact that they need to fix the bloody thing.

Adobe also won't comment on his question regarding HTML 5, something that is encroaching on the field once held by Flash and now facing competition also from Microsoft's Silverlight. Nevermind the fact that HTML 5 may just kill both Flash and Silverlight, because HTML 5 requires no plugin, just a modern browser such as Opera, Firefox, Safari or Mobile Safari that already supports the new standard.

Mobile Gmail, Mobile Flickr and Glyphboard already employ HTML 5 to store data and in the case of Mobile Flickr, use location services.

(via the always excellent daringfireball)

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Filed under  //   adobe   browser   flash   internet   plugin  

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June 21, 2009

Twitter = Sims



"Much like how The Sims allows you to become someone else for a little while, Twitter has that same power but in a real environment, not a virtual one. When you first join Twitter, you have a fresh start; the same way your sim begins his or her life in the game."

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Filed under  //   internet   socialnetworking   the sims   twitter  

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April 27, 2009

Pwned by 4chan, Time gives up


This is pretty hilarious. 

As Eric Schonfeld concluded at the end of that TechCrunch article, 

"Or maybe the point is to name an Internet celebrity and create a controversy so that people click through to read the results. Well played"

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Filed under  //   4chan   funny   internet   popularity   Time  

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January 7, 2009

Podcasting a Wide Net

Many of us have become simply too busy to tune in to shows on television or radio. Some people have decided to turn away almost completely from traditional broadcast programs because they have become disinterested with what is being offered. And while some people have made the move toward subscription channels, others subscribe to a completely different media category.

This new category is called podcasting.

Read more at Jakarta Globe

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Filed under  //   broadband   column   internet   jakartaglobe   newmedia   podcast  

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December 22, 2008

Living in a Wireless World

For the standard Jakarta commuter, getting to work takes anywhere between 30 minutes and two hours in heavy traffic. It is a real drag because you know you will be taking away as many as four hours a day sitting bumper to bumper on the road instead of completing your tasks at work or at home.

Calculate the cost of fuel, the pollution you generate, the effects of traffic on your physical and mental health, and multiply that by 3.5 million if you ride a motorcycle or 1.5 million if you drive a car because that is how many private vehicles there are in the capital city, according to recent police figures.

Read more at Jakarta Globe

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Filed under  //   broadband   internet   jakarta globe   portable   traffic   wireless   work from home  

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