2011 June 06 » JustinLee.sg

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen Gets Some Tips Before AllThingsD (Video)

Jun 062011

Hilarious video from Adobe, their CEO Shantanu Narayen gets some speech coaching before his appearance at AllThingsD.

More than 4,000 National Academies Press PDFs Now Available to Download for Free

Jun 062011

The National Academies - National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council – will now offer PDFs of reports that are currently for sale on the National Academies Press (NAP) Website and PDFs associated with future reports free of charge to all Web visitors.

Visit the NAP homepage and sign up for MyNAP to access all of NAP’s content for free together with exclusive offers and discounts on NAP’s printed books.

iCreate Mobility Challenge by NUS (Video)

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Jun 062011

I was the keynote speaker for iCreate Mobility Challenge 2011 held by NUS. If you want to catch me, fast forward to the 6 minutes mark and that’s were I start my presentation on “Mobile Devices and Beyond”. I talked a little about the history of mobile devices, and presently what was the situation in the mobile space, and what is coming up in the future going forward with mobility.

Over 20 more games for your Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY

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Jun 062011

Get your thumbs ready gamers! The Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY just became even hotter. 20 new games are now scheduled to come to your Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY phone for more fun puzzling action adventure gaming experience.

Of course, my most anticipated game will be the ever popular indie game Minecraft from the Swedish indie developer Mojang, currently setting the industry alight. Minecraft is one of the fastest growing game franchises in history, with over eight million registered users announced to date and over 50,000 new players joining every day.

Sony Ericsson is also launching a programme to support and find new upcoming innovative developers called “Stand out from the crowd”, which enables game developers to become part of the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY story and get their games the profile they need.

New Android Games Exclusive on Xperia™ PLAY:

Minecraft™ by Mojang
Battlefield Bad Company 2 by Electronic Arts
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6 Shadow Vanguard by Gameloft
Desert Winds by Southend Interactive
Ruined by Bigpoint
Icebreaker™ by NaturalMotion
Sleepy Jack by SilverTree Media
Cracking Sands by Polarbit
Aramgeddon Squadron 2 by Polarbit

New Games coming soon on Xperia™ PLAY:

Pocket Legends by Spacetime Studios
Star Legends: The Black Star Chronicles by Spacetime Studios
Eternal Legacy by Gameloft
Guns ’n’Glory 2 by HandyGames
Dungeon Hunter 2 by Gameloft
Pocket RPG by Crescent Moon Games
D.A.R.K. developed by Gamelab
Samurai II: Vengeance by MADFINGER Games
Vendetta Online by Guild Software
Order & Chaos – Gameloft
Happy Vikings by Handy Games
A Ball Game by Trendy Entertainment
Lumines by Connect2Media

The new games announced today will be released in the coming months.

The PC Show 2011 from 9th to 12 June 2011 in Singapore (with floor plan)

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Jun 062011

The PC Show 2011 is Singapore’s longest running IT and consumer electronics show and it is back again from 9th to 12th June 2011 at Suntec Singapore. This year, The PC Show will be spread over four floors – 1, 3, 4 and 6 – of Suntec Singapore.

Over 600 exhibitors will be showcasing IT and consumer electronic products by leading brands such as Acer, Apple, ASUS, Canon, Creative, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, Samsung and Toshiba. There will also be several first time exhibitors such as Fujifilm, Fuji Xerox, Lexmark, Sonic Gear and ViewSonic.

The PC Show 2011 encompasses four sections – The PC Show 2011, Digital Imaging 2011, Game 2011, and Consumer Electronics 2011. It opens daily from 12pm to 9pm. Admission is free.

Improvements from Symbian Anna

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Jun 062011

Symbian Anna is the first major software update from Nokia. The newly release Nokia E6 and X7 will come with Symbian Anna, and updates for the rest of the Symbian^3 phones, namely Nokia N8, C7, C6-01 and E7 will be made available in Q3/2011.

Symbian Anna comes with the following improvements from Symbian^3:

New icons, enhanced usability

New squircle style icons for applications
Folders are denoted by a squircle that looks like a folder
Portrait QWERTY keyboard for text input (can change back to T9 keypad)
A split screen when entering text into web pages and apps (not a separate input text)

Better web browser

New Webkit (AppleWebKit/533.4)
Faster (about 3x) JavaScript engine
Improved website error prompts/security warnings
IDN support
Better performance and memory optimization, including page load time
- Improved webpage rendering with hardware acceleration
- Smoother and sharper font rendering
- CSS3 animations
- Support for high DPI screens
- Smooth scrolling (up to 60 fps)
- Better fit to mobile screen with view-port tag support
- Achieved score of 111 on html5test.com
UI/UX improvements:
- Simplified UI
- Back-button always visible
- URL field always visible
- Integrated Search
- Open to Homepage by default
- Easy exit from extension
- Long tap to copy/open links in new window

New Ovi maps

Predictive Search
Integrated social media features with check-in to Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare
New public transport lines
Ability to download and update full country maps directly to smartphone via WiFi
Ability to share places via email and SMS, and also with friends using non-Nokia phones

Business users