Archive for August, 2013
Friday, August 9th, 2013
Progress Software has boosted its cloud toolset with the availability of Progress Pacific’s new data connectivity and application capabilities as part of its Progress Pacific application platform-as-a-service (aPaaS).
Progress Pacific is a new Application Platform as a Service (aPaas) for building and managing powerful, data-rich business applications on any cloud, mobile or social platform.
Progress Pacific includes the new Progress DataDirect Cloud service, Progress Rollbase, and Progress OpenEdge 11.3 development software.
“Customer and partner response to the Progress Pacific launch in June has been extremely positive and we are now delivering on our vision. It’s clear that the move to aPaaS is gaining momentum as time-to-market and data capabilities in new apps are key requirements for developers and end users. Pacific addresses these needs with rich data, visual design and open deployment capabilities in a single platform,” John Goodson, Chief Product Officer at Progress Software.
These new capabilities further Progress Software’s strategy to give anyone the ability quickly create, evolve, and customize connected business applications on demand.
The product is a platform which simplifies application development and deployment for anyone who wants to develop apps for consumers or businesses.
Think an easy drag-and-drop tool that does not require developers to have complicated programming language capability which includes new data connectivity and application capabilities.
The idea is to make modern application development a breeze to allow developers, independent software vendors and enterprises to create and roll out apps to meet the needs of their internal employees or customers’ needs.
Afterall, we live in a mobile world now where apps is the new rule of the game.
Below are more technical descriptions of the new capabilities.
Tags:application, availability, cloud, development, enterprise IT, PaaS, Progress, software
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Friday, August 9th, 2013
Here’s wishing all Singaporeans a Happy National Day.
Lifestyle and technology blogger Justin Ng shares his keen interest in photography by contributing his photos for this year’s National Day fireworks.
“Reflections of a Nation in Blossom” – The scenic Singapore skyline glows over the Singapore river as the fireworks blossom in the air, lighting up the night sky. Taken with a Canon EOS 700D with an 18-55mm kit lens. f/8, ISO 100, Bulb mode. Photo/Caption by Justin Ng.
These spectacular photos of the fireworks during rehearsals for National Day Parade were produced by compositing multiple exposures to combine a few firework starbursts in a single image.
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Tags:Fireworks, GBTB, MBS, National Day, NDP, photography, photos, potd
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Thursday, August 8th, 2013
Here’s wishing all Muslim friends: “Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri“!
Custom designed twinkling lights specially for Hari Raya Puasa. Photo taken with a Nikon D600 with AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
It’s Hari Raya Puasa today.
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Tags:bazaar, festival, Hari Raya, Islam, lights, markets, Muslims, night, photography, photos, potd, Puasa, Ramadan
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Thursday, August 8th, 2013
Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar will be available from today. Updated content for The Simpsons: Tapped Out is also now available.
With the launch of Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar, Mythic welcomes Ultima fans to experience the legendary World of Britannia.
The launch of Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar welcomes Ultima fans to experience the legendary World of Britannia.
The return of the RPG series will be free to download on the App store worldwide from today.
It will be available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Set 21 years after the events of Ultima IV, explore the immersive world of Britannia and venture forth with other players worldwide on numerous quests to defeat the Black Weep…
And remember – your choices can have consequences.
On 1 August 2013, Electronic Arts announced the release of the “Krustyland” update for The Simpsons: Tapped Out across all mobile device platforms.
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Tags:Apps, Electronic Arts, games, gaming, Ultima
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Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
Hakaniemi is a part of Helsinki city centre traditionally associated with the working class and workers’ associations.
Fresh flowers being sold at the Hakaniemi farmers’ market. Photo taken with a Nikon D600 with AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
Every morning farmers set up stalls at the farmers’ market selling groceries and flowers to the locals.
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Tags:Finland, Finland 2013, flowers, Hakaniemi, Helsinki, market, NIKKOR, Nikon, photography, photos, potd, travel, vacation
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Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
The HTC One Android smartphone will be available in Glamour Red in Singapore from today. Available from all telcos in 32GB (S$968) and 64GB (S$1,068) versions.
The release of the new Glamour Red version of the HTC One coincides with Singapore’s National Day.
Up to now, only the Glacier Silver and Stealth Black models of HTC’s flagship smartphone were available in Singapore.
Tech specs and more information on the HTC One can be found below.
Tags:Android, Android 4, HTC, HTC One, Jelly Bean, Qualcomm, Singapore, smartphones, Snapdragon
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Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
This is the second ASUS-brand store that the Taiwanese PC manufacturer is collaborating with Newstead Technologies, a local consumer electronics retailer in Singapore. Promotions below.
ASUS VivoCity Shop is at #02-216A in VivoCity (1 Harbourfront Walk, Singapore 098585). Opening Hours: 11am – 9pm (Monday to Sunday). Contact No.: +65 6376 9314.
Similar to the first store at Sim Lim, this new store at VivoCity (#02-216A) sports a clean and elegant interior finishing, with an array of the latest range of ASUS notebooks, ultrabooks and tablets on display.
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Tags:Asus, Newstead, notebooks, promotions, Singapore, store, tablets, ultrabooks, Vivocity
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Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
The new AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR lens is an approximately 7.8x high-power normal zoom lens compatible with Nikon DX-format digital SLR cameras; while the Speedlight SB-300 is a compact and lightweight camera flash unit that can easily be taken anywhere.
Just announced in Tokyo by Nikon. Price and availability TBA. Not shown to scale.
The AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR high-power normal zoom lens covers the frequently used wide-angle 18mm to telephoto 140mm (equivalent to 27-210mm in 35mm [135] format) range of focal lengths.
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Tags:cameras, DSLRs, DX, Flash, lens, NIKKOR, Nikon, photography, SPEEDLIGHT, Tokyo
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Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
Lifestyle and technology blogger Mohd Hisham went on a Ramadan walkabout at the night bazaar.
Waxing lyrical – literally – about his wares. Photo taken with a Nikon D90 with a 50mm f/1.8 lens. Photo credit: Mohd Hisham.
“In our current age of fast and furious, we don’t always get to beat around the bush to make our point. Knowing when someone is about to get lyrical in a pantun manner, prepares you to know that the actual point of the message is further down the line,” says Mohd Hisham, Lifestyle & Technology Blogger at
mhisham.org.
What caught Hisham’s eye was this guy perched on a high chair holding a microphone and selling his wares by reciting traditional 4-lined poems.
According to Hisham, the Malay poem style is known as pantun, comprising usually 4 stanzas, sometimes 3.
The gentleman in the photo was reciting the traditional and more common 4-stanza poems.
Hisham blogs at his Lifestyle and Technology blog: mhisham.org.
Tags:bazaar, Islam, markets, Muslims, night, pantun, photography, photos, poems, potd, Ramadan
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Monday, August 5th, 2013
WeChat 5.0 introduces a sticker shop with online payment. WeChat 5.0 for iOS is now available for download. WeChat 5.0 for Android will be available at a later date.
Screenshots from WeChat 5.0.
The launch of WeChat 5.0 further enriches the user experience.
“The new WeChat 5.0 moves the platform beyond a simple chatting app and enriches the user experience by being a truly mobile social platform. Users not only meet, chat and share moments, pictures and videos with friends and people they care about in an innovative and fun way, they do it in a dynamic and intuitive fashion,” said Poshu Yeung, Vice President at International Business Group at Tencent, the company behind the WeChat app.
It had recently announced that it had passed 70 million registered user accounts internationally.
With the WeChat 5.0 comes the introduction of the Sticker Shop which is supported by online payment.
Users download and pay for stickers via the platform.
Also new with the WeChat 5.0 is the ‘Hold Together,’ a location based service that allows users to further find and connect friends who are close to each other.
Along with ‘Shake’ and ‘People Nearby’ (previously called “Look Around”), users are able to connect with friends with just a simple touch of the screen.
In addition, other platform updates include:
Tags:Android, Apps, iOS, Singapore, upgrade, WeChat
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