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We all have bad days at work. Sometimes it reflects on the things we say to our coworkers and superiors. What you say tells a lot about you as a professional and creates impressions …
A friend posted a note on his Facebook page just a moment ago about a story on how someone nearly get scammed via a combination of Facebook, Paypal and even offline money transfer service like Western Union in one "transaction" ;. Sometimes you just need to follow your gut feeling to know that something is not ...
I was just browsing through my one of my virtual stack of magazines while having coffee this morning and I came across an article on this recently conducted study on happiest places in this part of the world. Well, I can be a sucker to research studies and their results so I thought I share ...
Employers in New Zealand are using social media profile as part of the hiring process. Is this the way employers are hiring in the future? http://www.humanreso urcesonline.net/news /21246
While riding on the subway the other night, I was sending a text message to a friend through my Nokia E63. When I was done, I looked around and noticed that I was surrounded by Apples. Not the edible kind, but the multi-purpose gizmo thingy that was supposed to be a phone. Don’t get me ...
Just the other day, when I let the entire world know that I am slowing down on my posting on APlink blog, I received a lot of request not to stop. Wow, I did not know there would be a lot of readers out there who are following. Well all of the loyal subscribers & ...
I have just received an email from Jetstar about 15 minutes ago saying that they will be flying from Singapore to Auckland by March next year. Another great option to get from the Equator to The Land of The Long White Clouds.
Ladies and gentlemen, step up to the ring: We’ve got a good old-fashioned Microsoft-Apple battle a-brewin’. In one corner, you have Steve Jobs, the turtleneck-loving, porn-hating Apple CEO who says the “post-PC era” is upon us. In the other, you have Steve Ballmer, the “developers! 8221;-chanting, fancy-dancing Microsoft boss who likens …
Two 10.1-inch touchscreen tablet designs that run Google’s mobile Android software are on display at the Computex electronics show in Taipei, one from Foxconn Technology and the other by Hardkernel. The tablet from Foxconn is a reference design made to show vendors what kind of tablets could be put into production quickly, and uses Nvidia’s ...
When I read that Apple iPad reaches 1 million sales faster than the iPhone, I guess the world is more than ready for mobile devices. You may know that tablet computing is not exactly a new technology. Microsoft have tried in the past and failed, but somehow the people at Apple has got it right. ...
After much negative publicity about their privacy issues. Facebook’s CEO finally decided to speak up on his blog, followed by the change on the site. Here are the two links detailing the issues : Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook blog : http://blog.facebook .com/blog.php?post=3 91922327130 The New Privacy Guide : http://www.facebook. com/privacy/explanat ion.php
Facebook has certainly been in the spotlight lately in regards to its privacy issue. So what a CEO to do when that happens? He speaks to the press, The Washington Post to be exact. More at : Facebook CEO: We Will Add Simpler Privacy Controls
Facebook, the giant social network now under fire over its privacy practices, has been sending personal information to online advertising companies without its users’ consent, according to a Harvard Business School professor who filed a letter of complaint with the Federal Trade Commission Thursday. See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/awSPT P



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