by Steven Sentosa on July 1, 2011
Apparently, the rumored news about Google’s own social network is proved to be a fact. Starting few days ago, Google launched their own version of social media network, rivaling Facebook, that’s called Google+.
Some of the features that are currently being rolled out are status updates, check-ins, huddle, and hangout. You can read a complete Google+ overview from Search Engine Land to see in detail about Google+.
My main question now is….”Will Google+ be able to beat Facebook?”
It might be still too early to tell for sure if Google+ would be able to beat Facebook in terms of popularity and user base. However, I see that Google is moving to the right direction with Google+. They sure learned a lot from Google Wave failure. I mean Google Wave is cool, but it’s too complicated and impractical to use for a non-techie person. I can see how Google Wave technology could be developed into something great in the future, but in its current state, I don’t think it’s gonna go anywhere.
On the other hand, I can see a great potential already in Google+. I have been using Google+ for about 2-3 days now and I think Google+ could beat Facebook, for several reasons: [read more...]
by Steven Sentosa on June 21, 2011
Samsung did it again. After their success with Samsung Galaxy S mobile phone series, they now come up with an amazingly thin 10.1″ Android tablet that top their previous 7″ Android tablet in every aspects. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (P7150) is now the thinnest and lightest Android tablet out there, even thinner and lighter than Ipad 2.
I just ordered mine 2 days ago, which should arrive today, so I’ll try to do a quick review of it once I got the product. Meanwhile, take a look at the commercial video ads below and the full specification at the bottom. [read more...]
by Steven Sentosa on June 16, 2011
Japanese people would never stop to amaze me with their creativity. One particular one that intrigued me lately was Karakuri.
Karakuri (Karakuri Ningyo) was developed recently within the last 300 years (in the 1800s) by Japanese people as the embodiment of their robotic technology advances in the most traditional way. Karakuri is a mechanized automata doll/puppet that was designed in such a way to perform certain task without using any electricity.
Karakuri is basically used in three areas:
- Butai karakuri (舞台からくり or stage Karakuri) is used in theater
- Zashiki karakuri (座敷からくり or tatami room Karakuri) is small and mainly used at home
- Dashi karakuri (山車からくり or festival car Karakuri) is used in religious festival
Here are some amazing Karakuri videos that I found around the net. [read more...]
