Uninstalling Some Android Apps

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21-Feb-2012

I need to free up space on my Android Phone's SD card, even from the device memory space, so I am uninstalling a lot of the apps that I have downloaded and installed some time back, which I thought are nice to have, but I haven't had time to play with them and explore their capabilities. A lot of these are dictionaries and encyclopedias, and boy, encyclopedias easily take up as much as 130MB! And of course, it is the small, small things, when they go by the number, that would come almost unnoticed, but they end up cluttering the Apps Drawer and taking as much space as they can, not to mention the battery drain and data usage spent whenever they get an update.

Well, this time I am removing the apps that I am not using, but will definitely take them up again when the time comes.

Photo Editors

BeFunky

LittlePhoto

Photo Editor Ultimate Free

PicsArt

PicsArt Kids

PicSay

I am retaining Photoshop Express for now.

Notes

FreeNote+

Note Everything

Simply Notes B/W

I retained ColorNote, which I prefer to use for now.

Misc

Funny Facts Free

Today In History

Offline Dictionaries

Inspirational Quotes

Gingerbread Keyboard

mVideoPlayer

plan B

After all the installing and uninstalling done, you might be asking, is there a safe way to uninstall android apps? I'd like to present my method in my next post.

Till then!

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Face Lift!

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I managed to pull up some energy and time to devote to make some facial change to my Computer Quest site.

Hopefully, this will be of great value to the readers.

Comments are welcome, if you please!

Thanks!

3 Blog Editors - What Have You?

I was searching for some blog editors, and this page came up.

I said, "Finally, this should be some good and useful blog editors."

I quickly opened up the page, and lo, and behold, what I found surprised me!

Yes, there were 3 recommended blog editors, and these I am already using.

I think I should be really using what I have, and stop searching for other blog editors - for now.

The search will go on - technology is continually improving, and for sure, there will be newer and better blog editors. Who knows, the current ones will be improved or enhanced to an astonishing degree?!

These are they:

1. Windows Live Writer
2. ScribeFire
3. Flock

The other guy who said about the 3 editors, see his article here: 3 Blog Editors. Check it out.

Which one do you use?

Blogged with the Flock Browser

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Which country will technology impact most?

Cover of Eagle Eye

When I saw this news, one movie came to my mind: Eagle Eye. What statement was I reminded of?

"...When the technology (or program) we have put in place that is supposed to protect us turns against us... we have Eagle Eye type of problem!

What's that latest news again? See it below:

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"Several nations, most prominently Russia, the People's Republic of China and North Korea, are already assembling cyber armies and attack weapons that could be used to attack other nations. Given that the United States is heavily dependent on technology for everything from computer-based banking to supply-chain tracking and air-traffic control, it's particularly vulnerable to the denial-of-service attacks, electronic jamming, data destruction and software-based disinformation tricks likely in a cyberattack. Here's what ex-presidential adviser Richard Clarke, who is releasing a new book called Cyber War, and others are saying needs to be done to keep cyberwars from escalating into full-scale combat."
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Now what's your take on this matter? Or you aren't affected at all?
To leave your mark, leave your comments here, or check out what others are saying over at the source here.

Feel free to let us know what's on your mind, will you?
Thanks!

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The Protective Apple

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APPLE REMOVING RISQUE IPHONE APPS

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WASHINGTON - Apple has begun removing risque iPhone and iPod Touch applications from its online App Store, including some which had previously been approved for sale, according to reports on Saturday.

Technology blog TechCrunch and The Wall Street Journal said the new policy towards adult-themed contents had resulted, for example, in the deletion of applications featuring bikini models.

TechCrunch said Apple had begun notifying application developers earlier this week that apps with "overtly sexual content" were being removed.

The Wall Street Journal said the move appeared to be part of an effort by Apple to clean up the App Store ahead of the shipping late next month of its new iPad tablet computer.

The newspaper said the App Store, which offers more than 140,000 programmes, will be an important part of the marketing of the iPad, which Apple intends to promote as a device for families and schools. AFP

From TODAY, Monday, 22-Feb-2010

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Prone to losing your mobile phones? Here are some solutions

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Americans can see clearly now...

The switch from analogue to digital went smoother than expected, says FCC

THE NEW YORK TIMES, AGENCIES

American households proved mostly ready for the transition, with the FCC receiving only some 400,000 calls over the weekend from those confused about the move.
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LOS ANGELES - As the clock ticked down to midnight on Friday, the deadline for the decade-long US$2-billion ($2.9-billion) effort for local television stations in the United States to stop broadcasting in analogue and to usher in a new era of crystal-clear digital television, the calls started to pour in - but there were far fewer than expected.

An estimated 400,000 calls were received by a federal hotline over from people confused about the move to drop analogue TV signals and broadcast only in digital.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said that the help line received about 317,450 calls on Friday and 102,000 on Saturday. This is well below the 600,000 to 3 million callers that the FCC had expected would call on transition day.

For most American viewers, the transition amounted to a minor hiccup at most.

But the industry estimated that 12 million homes had not installed the necessary converter boxes, putting them at risk of losing TV broadcasts altogether.

Across the country, TV stations set up help lines and community organisations held events to aid confused viewers.

Most stations didn't receive the flood of calls they had expected, a sign that the transition was smoother than many had predicted.

About a third of Friday's calls to the FCC were still about federal coupons to pay for digital converter boxes, an indication that at least 100,000 people still didn't have the right equipment to receive digital signals. Another third of the calls were about how to operate the converter boxes. And over 20 per cent of the calls were about reception issues.

As with the transition from typewriter to a computer, the digital TV switch revealed a number of unexpected side effects. Because digital signals are more apt to be affected by interference, many viewers in rural areas said they could see fewer stations than

before.

"Digital signals are sometimes more finicky than analogue signals," said Mr Rick Kaplan, an FCC spokesman. "It may take some time to find the exact right position for your antenna."

A weakly received analogue channel might be viewable through some static, but the channels that broadcast in the digital language of ones and zeros are generally all or nothing.

Most American households now pay for TV through a cable or satellite company. They were mostly unaffected by the switch, which will allow state-of-the-art wireless services and emergency communications to exist on the newly available analogue spectrum space. But millions still watch free TV with an antenna, and they have borne the burden of the digital transition.

While TV is primarily an entertainment medium, US government officials are emphasising its use in emergencies.

The transition was originally scheduled for Feb 17 but was delayed at the last-minute by Congress and US President Barack Obama in a bid to prepare more homes for the switch.

The government has been providing Americans who rely on over-the-air signals with a US$40 coupon to defray the cost of buying a digital converter box.

The FCC has issued 59 million coupons for the converter boxes and will continue to supply them until July 31.

From TODAY, World –Monday, 15-Jun-2009

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Power-hungry gadgets cause alarm

ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Soaring electricity needs of home electronics a threat to environment

PARIS - Charge your iPod, kill a polar bear?

The choice might not be quite that stark, but an energy watchdog is alarmed about the threat to the environment from the soaring electricity needs of gadgets like MP3 players, mobile phones and flat screen TVs.

In a report released on Wednesday, the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates new electronic gadgets will triple their energy consumption by 2030 to 1,700 terawatt hours, the equivalent of today’s home electricity consumption of the United States and Japan combined.

The world would have to build around 200 new nuclear power plants just to power all the TVs, iPods, PCs and other home electronics expected to be plugged in by 2030, when the global electric bill to power them will rise to US$200 billion ($294 billion) a year, the IEA said.

Consumer electronics is “the fastest growing area and it’s the area with the least amount of policies in place” to control energy efficiency, said Mr Paul Waide, a senior policy analyst at the IEA.

Electronic gadgets already account for about 15 per cent of household electric consumption, a share that is rising rapidly as the number of these gadgets multiplies.

Last year, the world spent US$80 billion on electricity to power all these household electronics, the IEA said.

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More TVs, higher consumption

The IEA estimates the world will soon have 2 billion TVs in use, or an average of 1.3 televisions for every household with electricity. In addition to becoming more numerous, TVs are also getting bigger screens and are being left on for longer each day. The group predicts 5 per cent annual increase in energy consumption between 1990 and 2030, just from TVs alone. AP

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Most of the increase in consumer electronics will be in developing countries, where economic growth is fastest and ownership rates of gadgets is the lowest, Mr Waide said.

“This will jeopardise efforts to increase energy security and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases” blamed for global warming, the agency said.

Existing technologies could slash gadgets’ energy consumption by more than 30 per cent at no cost, or by more than 50 per cent at a small cost, the IEA estimates, meaning total greenhouse gas emissions from households’ electronic gadgets could be held stable at around 500 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide per year.

If nothing is done, this figure will double to around 1 billion tonnes of Carbon Dioxide per year by 2030, the IEA estimates.

Mr Waide said simple measures, such as allowing consumers to regulate the energy consumption of their gadgets according to the features they actually use, should be adopted to counter this growth. AP

From TODAY, World; Friday, 15-May-2009

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The little card that can do it all

Advancement of the current technology, something we can all look forward to.

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ESTHER FUNG

esther@mediacorp.com.sg

The new contactless Nets CashCard can also be used on public transport.

 

COME Sept 1, you can top up your Nets CashCard at a bakery while buying a pastry.

Three local banks, DBS, OCBC and UOB, have teamed up with Nets to roll out a contactless card that combines the functions of a debit card and a cash card.

Nets is making the top-up feature available through multiple channels, such as convenience stores and coffeeshops.

Consumers can choose to top up their card at retail outlets when they make a purchase.

When the stored value of the Nets CashCard component is below the minimum amount at the time of a purchase, a top-up alert will be triggered on the terminal. Drivers can also make use of the “auto top up” feature at car parks and ERP gantries. “This new card embodies everything that we have sought to do, in giving consumers the convenience to make payment and top up anywhere,” said Nets chief executive officer Poh Mui Hoon.

The new card, which will go on trial next month, can also be used to pay for public transport on trains and buses, competing directly with the ez-link card. UOB’s head of personal financial services Eddie Khoo said the bank will be the first to launch the card in the fourth quarter of this year.

From TODAY, Business – Friday, 10-April-2009

Hear us out: Academics

GLOBAL TECH ALLIANCE
Network can help tackle cross-border challenges

Lin Yanqin
yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg

AN ALLIANCE of tertiary institutes, which includes the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), wants its voice to be heardby legislators and policymakers before a vote is taken on important issues.

At global summits with world leaders — such as the recently concluded G20 meeting in London and the World Economic Forum in Davos — scientists and researchers want to be represented at the discussions to offer their take on tackling transboundary issues like climate change or global food supply.

Beyond collaborating on research to create solutions to global problems, this is what members of the newly-formed Global Alliance of Technological Universities (Global Tech Alliance), launched yesterday, hope to eventually achieve.

While finance-centred universities and programmes have drawn much of the brightest talents over the last few years, the seven member alliance — California Institute of Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (Zurich ETH), Georgia Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, NTU and Shanghai Jiao Tong University — hope to help bring the interest back to engineering and the sciences.

“Engineering has the answers to many of the problems ... and I think Global Tech can be the voice to the politicians and we talk with a global voice,” said NTU provost Bertil Andersson.

Added Imperial College director Roy Anderson: “You want to be listened to, and you’d probably be more effective nationally (and internationally) if you are part of a larger group, there’s greater strength in going to a politician and saying this is a view that is not only held in the United Kingdom, it’s held by an international alliance of experts.”

Indeed, other university alliances have made their presence felt, such as the International Alliance of Research Universities, which spoke as a bloc at the International Scientific Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen.

For starters, the alliance will focus on creating more opportunities for student exchange, as well as for faculties to work together on research areas.

Joint undergraduate and post-graduate programmes are also on the cards, such as allowing students to take courses across the various universities to earn their degrees.

Such programmes should be interdisciplinary in nature, to more effectively tackle global problems which span more than one discipline, said Sir Roy.

The global nature of the alliance will also help to bring in “mindsets” from different regions in deriving solutions, said Zurich ETH senior vice-president for international institution affairs Gerhard Schmitt.

For instance, in developing sustainable cities in rapidly urbanising countries like China and India, it would be useful to have the perspective of the alliance’s Indian and Chinese partners, which can also more effectively communicate solutions to their respective governments in effecting change.


From TODAY, News - Wednesday, 08-April-2009