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Smart Bro on the Go: Plug-into the Internet Anywhere

Published on 19 Dec 2007 at 4:02 pm. 8 Comments.
Filed under ICT4D, Nets, Webs, Infostructure.

“Plug it!”, the ad says.
“Magaling!” That’s what I can say about Smart Bro’s latest Internet connectivity solution.
ANYWHERE BROADBAND!
It’s the new SMART BRO PLAN 799 - the plug-it anywhere broadband!
The newest plan from Smart BRO - Plan 799, allows you to surf the net anywhere there’s a PC! The Smart BRO USB modem is a small, […]

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The Global Broadband Speedtest

Published on 22 Nov 2007 at 11:38 am. No Comments.
Filed under Nets, Webs, Infostructure.

Got this from a friend through a friend:

http://www.manilagear.com/speedtest/index.html
http://www.speedtest.net/

This would come in handy when testing our internet connection, like what I needed to do when I tried out 3G services of Globe/Smart.
Great work you have here, John/Ching. Keep it up! Thanks for the tip, Michelle!
ka edong
speeding, zipping towards my goals

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MEEBO - consolidated instant messaging

Published on 5 Oct 2007 at 12:09 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under Nets, Webs, Infostructure.

Meebo, what does that mean [I wonder what that means].
Meebo is a service, an online service which brings together google chat, yahoo messenger otherwise known as YM, MSN messenger, ICQ, AIM messenger all in one using one log-in. Using only the Internet a web browser and you will be able to access all the instant […]

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I look like Jet Li

Published on 4 Sep 2007 at 1:11 pm. No Comments.
Filed under Nets, Webs, Infostructure.

That’s what MyHeritage.com shows me.
Here’s a face recognition application which matches your photo with a couple of celebrity look-alikes.
Interesting. A few more months or years down, this technology will be so much more advanced that it could probably find *real* relatives on the net. Maybe find a long lost brother …

Got this link from Sharmskee, looks […]

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Stomp - Singapore’s citizen reportage community

Published on 8 Aug 2007 at 6:07 am. No Comments.
Filed under Nets, Webs, Infostructure, podcasts.

Hi there Edong here. In a previous podcast I talked about murmur in Toronto Canada.
But in this podcast I’d like to talk about stomp in Singapore. Stomp is a community, stomp is a website, stomp is a movement. I don’t know what it is exactly but I first heard..read about it on a Singaporean paper […]

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Facebook, Friendster and Philippine Traffic

Published on 5 Apr 2007 at 1:22 pm. 8 Comments.
Filed under Nets, Webs, Infostructure.

Facebook is so popular here in Canada. My Toronto-based cousin is a newbie on Facebook. She gave in to her curiousity and joined after receiving so many Facebook invites from her Canadian friends.
Friendster isn’t as popular in Canada as it is in the Philippines. So how about Pinoys in Canada?
Well, here’s the latest report. My […]

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Infant SPAM, Virgin SPAM

Published on 3 Apr 2007 at 9:55 pm. No Comments.
Filed under Mobile, Nets, Webs, Infostructure.

Story 1:
My cousin created an email address for his newborn daughter so that they can share some photos of the baby.
A few days after setting up the baby’s email address, the baby was receiving SPAM!
How quick these SPAMmers get to our email addresses. Amazing, ‘ei?
Story 2:
I used my handset’s voicemail service for the first time […]

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BPI smells something Phishing

Published on 3 Feb 2007 at 3:17 pm. 2 Comments.
Filed under TechTips, Nets, Webs, Infostructure.

I wrote previously of a Phishing attempt targetted at BPI Expressonline users. There, I recommended that BPI step up its campaign against philshing, mainly by raising the awareness of their clients.
Looks like they took heed. Today, I got this e-mail from BPI.
from BPI Expressonline Mails      1:02 am (14 hours ago)
reply-to BPI_Expressonline_Mails@bpi.com.ph
to BPI_Expressonline_Mails@bpi.com.ph
date   […]

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Phishing attempt at BPI Express Online users

Published on 13 Jan 2007 at 8:58 am. 7 Comments.
Filed under TechTips, Nets, Webs, Infostructure.

I got an email disguised as a BPI Express Online official mail. It was a phishing attempt targetted at BPI clients.
E-mail subject: “Confirm Your Account”
Message:
Dear Customer,
BPI Express continue to provide security controls to protect information about you, we believe it is extremely important for you to share in the responsibility for security. Notice to ensure that […]

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EditGrid is the wiki spreadsheet I want

Published on 5 Dec 2006 at 11:17 pm. No Comments.
Filed under Nets, Webs, Infostructure.

I got a referral link to EditGrid on a previous article about a spreadsheet wiki idea I had.
I’ve been using EditGrid since last week and it was all that I wanted from an online collaborative spreadsheet.
•    Private (password protected) or public sharing
•    Read or write access
•    Version history and reverting to the last known good […]

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Spreadsheet Wiki

Published on 1 Sep 2006 at 6:21 am. 4 Comments.
Filed under Nets, Webs, Infostructure.

I have a need for a Spreadsheet Wiki. Let me describe it by an example.

I want to make a comparison table of Philippines Remittance Services on eOFW.
I want to have the convenience of adding bits of information to it online, not on my laptop.
I want the general public to be able to access the comparison […]

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OverKill Bill: HSBC’s Security Device

Published on 11 Jul 2006 at 6:00 am. 15 Comments.
Filed under Nets, Webs, Infostructure.

I received a “security device” from my credit card company, HSBC. It’s a small keychain with a single button. When the button is pressed, the keychain will display a 6-digit number. The “security device” generates a unique 6-digit code to be used each time I log-on to my HSBC on-line account. The number is different each time the button is pressed. And my on-line account can tell whether I’m just faking or guessing a 6-digit number. Or whether somebody else is trying to access my account.

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Spreadsheet collaboration via Google

Published on 4 Jul 2006 at 6:29 am. No Comments.
Filed under Edong's Dreams, Nets, Webs, Infostructure.

We played around with Google spreadsheet. Quite nifty as a real-time collaborative tool. While we were both online, my brother and I got on a shared spreadsheet and started manipulating it. The updates we both made were visible to the other party (he in Indonesia, me in never never land) almost instantaneously (maybe with 1-5 seconds delay).

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Sharing books via Bookcrossing

Published on 19 May 2006 at 6:16 am. 4 Comments.
Filed under Edong's Dreams, Nets, Webs, Infostructure.

The principle behind bookcrossing is:

After reading a book, instead of putting it in a shelf, share it to other people. Share it to strangers, even! Then, through a bookcrossing ID (BCID), readers can look-up who else has read that particular book before and any other journal entries related to that book.

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Just Chat Or Over Chat

Published on 30 Mar 2006 at 6:29 am. 4 Comments.
Filed under Nets, Webs, Infostructure.

What suits you? A no frills instant messenger? Or an overdone chat monster?

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Google Talk with Darth Vader

Published on 15 Mar 2006 at 6:15 am. 5 Comments.
Filed under Nets, Webs, Infostructure, VoIP.

At least that’s how it sounded like.
Had a brief talk with Kates the other day via Google Talk or GTalk.

It was the first time for both of us. I called Kates and he sounded like he was talking inside a can and had a bad case of Laryngitis.

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Yahoo Voice

Published on 14 Mar 2006 at 6:10 am. No Comments.
Filed under Nets, Webs, Infostructure, VoIP.

I tried out Yahoo Voice with my friend, Eloy. I via Smart WiFi, she via dial-up.

When I dialled her on Yahoo Voice, I could hear the ringing sound. But she wasn’t picking up. She didn’t know how to.

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Three countries, three voices, one call

Published on 2 Mar 2006 at 6:20 am. 4 Comments.
Filed under Nets, Webs, Infostructure.

On a Saturday morning in the Philippines, I get a call on my mobile phone and we have three people in a telephone conversation. That was Saturday morning in Philippines, Friday evening in Washington, and past midnight in France.

I later found out that our whole conversation was powered by …

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Skype on, Skype off

Published on 1 Mar 2006 at 6:40 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under Nets, Webs, Infostructure.

I’ve been an on-and-off user of Skype. My first call was to an online friend, Warren Mira, who’s always online on Skype. My first call via Skype was in 2005 from our school’s Wireless LAN.

Although Warren and I never met face-to-face, the few times we talked we were more than just acquaintances.

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