Archive for the ‘Phones’ Category
Sunday, March 17th, 2013
Some insights from the Norton Cybercrime Report 2012 based on a survey conducted in July last year. (* All percentages are based on % of Singaporeans)
Top mobile Internet activities of Singaporeans.
The report found that Singaporeans love to access the Internet on their mobile devices and they feel very safe doing so.
This could result in complacency where a notable percentage choose not to use mobile security – an alarming statistic, given how addicted they are to their mobile devices.
How safe do Singaporeans feel?
Need for their mobile devices *
- 84% use their mobiles phones to connect to the Internet.
- 55% consider themselves addicted to their mobile devices.
- If they could choose two items to save from a fire, 49% would save their mobile device.
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Tags:cybercrime, mobile, Norton, security, Singapore, Symantec
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Thursday, March 14th, 2013
Samsung has launched in New York the fourth generation GALAXY S. The GALAXY S4 runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, 5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED with 441ppi, and uses either a Quad-Core or Octa-Core processor – depending on the market, available in white or black, 3G or LTE.
Tech specs here.
Samsung GALAXY S4 – the widely-anticipated successor to the S3.
There’s a 2,600 mAh battery, 13-megapixel rear camera, 2GB RAM, 16-64 GB user memory with microSD slot for up to 64GB, and loads of software features.
No eye-scroll though. As expected, there’s Smart Pause – which pauses and play a video on the screen when the user’s eye looks away and back respectively.
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Tags:Android, Android 4.2, Galaxy, Jelly Bean, launch, Samsung, smartphones
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Friday, March 8th, 2013
Newstead Technologies will be at IT Show 2013 at Marina Bay Sands at B2, Booth B138 and Level 1 Booths 1229, 1413, 1521 and 1528.
At the same time, Nubox and tech@vogue Gallery will both be on Level 1 at Booths 1329 and 1429 respectively.
Get the Apple products including the fourth-generation iPad and iPad mini at the Nubox booth. Offers include 70% off iPearl M Cover, 63% off Uniq iphone 5 covers, 30% off Griffin lightning cable and hourly workshops on OSX and Mountain Lion.
Newstead Technologies is offering discounts of up to 70% on accessories and gadgets during IT Show 2013.
Nubox will also be extending the IT Show 2013 promotions for Apple products to its eleven APR stores island-wide.
Offers from tech@vogue Gallery during IT Show 2013 include tablets such as Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, MeMO Pad ME 172V and Padfone 2. Customers can also get up to 50% off a wide range of premium accessories including earphones, power tube and phone cases.
Tags:accessories, Android, Apple, Asus, iPad, IT exhibition, IT Show, IT Show 2013, Macs, Marina Bay Sands, MBS, Newstead, Nubox, promotions, Samsung, Singapore, smartphones, tablets, tech@vogue
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Thursday, March 7th, 2013
StarHub will be at IT Show 2013 at Marina Bay Sands at Basement 2, Hall E.
Click to view or download StarHub promotions flyers during IT Show 2013.
Check out their smartphone, tablets and broadband (home and mobile) deals here, as well as their cable TV and bundled packages.
For more information visit StarHub’s promotion webpage here.
Tags:broadband, cable TV, IT exhibition, IT Show, IT Show 2013, laptops, Marina Bay Sands, MBS, mobile, notebooks, promotions, Singapore, smartphones, StarHub, tablets, telco
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Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
With IT Show 2013 coming into town, here’s your chance to win a copy of Norton 360 Multi-Device that provides protection, backup and tuneup for up to 5 devices for one year. Worth S$118.99. Contest ends 11 March 2012.
Update (15 March, 2013):
The result of the Norton 360 Multi-Device contest is out. The winner is Darren Jiunn.
“It’s great that Norton 360 Multi-Device works for both Windows and Macs. I have a Windows notebook while my brother has a MBP. I have an Android smartphone while he has an iPhone and iPad. Norton 360 Multi-Device will cover all of these devices!” – Darren Jiunn.
He intends to use his copy of Norton 360 Multi-Device to protect his Windows notebook and Android smartphone, as well as his brother’s MBP, iPhone and iPad.
That maximises the 5 licenses that Norton 360 Multi-Device entitles him to and exploits the software’s ability to cover Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices.
Dear Darren, I will be contacting Darren by email to arrange the mailing of your copy of Norton 360 Multi-Device (worth S$119).
To all the others who took the time and effort to submit your entries, THANK YOU!
Keep a lookout for the next contest starting tomorrow.
Protect those mobile devices that you’re planning to buy at the IT Show 2013.
Purchasing more devices during IT Show 2013? With more and more of our lives spent online via our mobile devices, it is imperative that we protect ourselves from cybercriminals.
Norton 360 Multi-Device is one such tool that can help.
To win a copy of the security software from Norton by Symantec, simply share – in less than 50 words – why you need Norton 360 Multi-Device. Post your responses as comments to the end of this post.
Check out the rules of the contest below.
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Tags:contest, IT Show 2013, mobile, Norton, online, security, Symantec
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Monday, March 4th, 2013
Here’s an infographic by Millennial Media on mobile usage trends in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong during Chinese New Year.
Games, social, entertainment, and music and audio were the most frequently accessed types of content during this period.
The infographic shares insights into mobile traffic during this period, looks at the type of devices used and also examines the types of content accessed most often.
There was a 15 per cent rise in traffic on Chinese New Year eve between 9pm and 12am, as mobile users stayed up late to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. A 10 per cent rise is traffic was also seen between 12am and 2am on Chinese New Year’s Day.
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Tags:Chinese New Year, infographic, Millennial Media, mobile, smartphones, tablets, traffic, trends
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Norton 360 Multi-Device is a security software suite that protects Windows and Mac desktops and notebooks, as well as Android and iOS tablets and smartphones from Cyber-criminals.
A one-year subscription of S$118.99 includes licenses for the software to be installed on five devices (regardless of users).
Norton 360 Multi-Device works on Windows PCs, Macs, Android and iOS smartphones and tablets.
Many people today possess multiple devices – a home desktop computer, a notebook, a tablet and a smartphone.
And we use all these to access the Web for online activities – surfing, banking, social networking etc – which opens our devices and us to cyber-criminals out there in the Wild Wild Web.
Main user interface for Norton 360 Multi-Device showing the main functionalities for Security, Identity, Backup and Tuneup.
Our personal information and passwords could be stolen, as well as confidential work documents, even our identity.
It is therefore paramount to safeguard our devices and ourselves when going online.
Norton 360 Multi-Device scans your disks, programs and even your Facebook Wall.
It can be a quite a hassle to evaluate, install, and manage different security software on individual devices separately.
Norton 360 Multi-Device offers a one-stop security solution for users to protect up to five different devices with a single one-year license.
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Tags:mobile, Norton, online, security, Symantec
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Sunday, February 24th, 2013
MyEyeDrops App helps Glaucoma patients and caregivers to “put the right drops in the right eye, at the right time”. The FREE app works with Android phones and Apple iPhones.
MyEyeDrops App is available FREE for Android phones on Google Play and Apple iPhones on the App Store.
Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) has launched what is believed to be Singapore’s and the world’s first free Glaucoma Eye Care App – MyEyeDrops.
Medications with pictures included.
Available from Google Play and the Apple App Store, the app takes away the hassle of remembering to apply eye drops at regular intervals throughout each day for patients for Glaucoma patients.
Elevated eye pressure is one of the main risk factor of glaucoma.
Regular compliance with the use of eye drops in controlling the eye pressure is critical to prevent deterioration of the disease condition which can lead to permanent loss of vision.
With this app, forgetting to apply eye drops will be a thing of the past.
In a cross-sectional population survey conducted in Singapore, the prevalence of glaucoma was found to be 3.2% in those 40 years and older.
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Tags:Android, Apple, Apps, Google, IHiS, iPhone, SERI, SNEC, software
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
The Norton Cybercrime Report 2012 showed an increase in new forms of cybercrime, such as those found on social networks and mobile devices, as cybercriminals focused their efforts on these increasingly popular platforms.
New forms of Cybercrime are targeting online activities accessed via notebooks, tablets and smartphones.
It is no surprise that 2013 promises to be the same – with mobile adware, or “madware”, with can expose location details and contact information, increasing by a significant number.
Use a comprehensive security solution
such as Norton 360 Multi-Device, which provides remote lock or remote wipe capabilities that can prevent unwanted access to your personal details and contact information in the event that your mobile device is lost or stolen.
Such madware, which sneaks onto a user’s device when they download an app, has increased by 210 percent over the past nine months, a clear sign that cybercriminals are attempting to exploit the many mobile devices that consumers are using to access the Internet.
To protect ourselves from online mobile threats, here are three best practices to ensure that our personal details and information do not fall into the hands of those that might misuse them.
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Tags:mobile, Norton, online, security, Symantec
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
HTC launched its new Android smartphone simultaneously in London and New York today. Originally rumoured to be called the M7, the new Android flagship from HTC is simply called HTC One.
Available in late March (pre-orders begin today) in black or silver.
Update 2 (13 April, 2013):
The 32GB Glacier Silver version of the HTC One is available in Singapore from 13 April at S$968 at all three mobile operators.
The 64GB Glacier Silver (S$1,068) and the Stealth Black (32 & 64GB) versions will be available from May onwards.
Update 1 (25 March, 2013):
The new HTC One will roll out in the UK, Germany and Taiwan next week and across Europe, North America and most of Asia-Pacific before the end of April 2013.
RRP for the 32GB version is S$968 (without line contract) while price for the 64GB version is yet to be announced.
This is what the new HTC One looks like with Blink on the homescreen (and icons of some of the partner feeds around it).
Here’s a quick round-up based on my live updates during the launch event.
HTC One will eventually be available in 80 countries, supported by 185 carriers globally.
The HTC One features the New Sense interface with new HTC home screen, two capacitive buttons in an aluminum body built from a single-block – containing an integrated antenna.
It has two front-facing stereo speakers, integrated Beats Audio and option for dual-microphone HDR recording.
UltraPixel camera quality compared with two top competitors.
A new BlinkFeed feature streams social updates, information and news onto the homescreen.
1,400 content partners have signed upto stream information in BlinkFeed. ESPN and AOL are two of the these and were on stage in New York and London respectively to talk about their partnership with HTC.
Below are the main tech specs unveiled during the launch. They were consistent with the speculation and rumours circulating prior to the launch.
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Tags:Android, HTC, launch, London, New York, Peter Chou, smartphones
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