65Bits Episode 157: MeeGo-Ring

Our friends at Tech65 starts off this week with their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape: [1] Google takes on Facebook and Twitter with network site, [2] Google Buzz: Privacy nightmare, [3] Windows Phone 7 Series, [4] Samsung Wave / Bada Exclusive First Look, [5] Intel and Nokia’s MeeGo Join a Brewing OS War, [6] HTC Legend, Desire and HD Mini, [7] Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini and Xperia X10 mini pro and [8] Auto login for Wireless@SG – at last. Do click and check out their latest podcast here. You can now also listen to the Tech65 podcast here as well by coming to the blog post directly. Read more

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Intel Atom Developer Program to Start Accepting Applications

The beta version of the Intel Atom Developer Program Software Development Kit (SDK) for both Microsoft* Windows (C and C++) and Moblin (C) is now available. So you can now use this SDK release to submit your apps and be ready to sell them through Intel’s partner app stores when they open in 2010. There also prizes to be won in the Intel Atom Developer Challenge. Read on for more details. Read more

King Kong and App Distribution

Fresh from receiving updates on Nokia’s Ovi app store in Kuala Lumpur last week, this geek is now hearing about the launch of the Intel Atom Developer Program (IADP) in the Intel Developer Forum 2009 in San Francisco. An Intel netbook app store will be launched soon in conjuction with IADP.

From the initial groan of hearing about more app stores, this geek concludes that app stores should be the way forward as we move towards the attention economy. To quote something I heard at Nokia One Connected World conference in Kuala Lumpur last week, “if content is King, then distribution is King Kong!”

Well, our dear friend “King Kong” has to evolve as distribution models have changed drastically in this day and age. As compared to developers trying to market and distribute their apps all by themselves with limited resources, they can now Read more

Facebook Developer Garage Singapore

Along with Social Networking World Forum – Asia which is happening in Singapore on 22-23 Sep 2009, the Facebook Developer Garage Singapore powered by Intel will also be an event that accompany whole event. The Facebook Developer Garage Singapore will happen in Grand Hyatt Singapore from 22-23 Sep 2009 from 10am to 4 pm. You can come to learn more about the trends in social gaming and how to make your apps viral in Facebook. Please RSVP here Read more

65bits Episode 121: Widchi-widchi

Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1] Palm Pre syncs with iTunes!, [2] Palm Pre emulating an iPod to accomplish iTunes sync? [3] Nokia Ovi Store opens for business, [4] Microsoft launches My Phone beta, [5] Microsoft publishes maximum Windows 7 specs for netbooks, [6] Intel delays Core i5 platform debut to early September, [7] Hewlett-Packard Touch the Future. Now. event, and the Byte of the Week is HP Power to Change. Do click and check out their podcast.

65Bits Episode 120 : Building a Touch Table 101

Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [0] Annoucement : Daniel will be in Bejing covering the HP Future Now event. Watch out for updates on our twitter feed. [1] Palm Pre – June 6th; US$200 with plans; US$549 w/o plans, [2] Nokia N97 will be launched in KL on 5 June, [3] Wolfram|Alpha Computational Knowledge Engine, [4] Facebook Opens Up to OpenID, [5] Creative Commons Releases Facebook App, [6] Intel’s Virtual Annual Shareholder Meeting, [7] Gothere Maps releases API, [8] More tips for the code::ExtremeApps, [9] Creative debuts the low cost Zen MX, Zen Mozaic EZ300, [10] Building a Touch Table ala Microsoft Surface 101 and the Byte of the Week: Twitter Business Cards. Do click and check out their podcast.

What Are Walden, Intel And IDGV Looking To Invest In?

Find out more this Thursday, 30th April 2009 at the Little Red Dot Room, IE S’pore, 10th floor, Bugis Juction Tower MPH1 & 2, IDA Office, 8 Temasek Boulevard, #14-00 Suntec Tower 3, Singapore 038988. Email hanshih@iipl.sg to register.

(Thanks, Meng Weng!)

65Bits Episode 106: Super Hybrid Engine Battery Conservation Technology

Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1] Media Hub from Linksys® by Cisco, [2] LG Prada II, [3] The New Atom N280, [4] Six editions of Windows 7, [5] Change in Windows Mobile team, and schedule of future releases, [6] SingTel and HTC Introduce the HTC Dream in Singapore, [7] Google Latitude, [8] Yesterday.sg makes a splash! & [9] BarCamp Singapore 3 and Byte of the Week: Google Calendar Offline (*Post Production Note from Tech65* “We found out that this is only avaliable for Google Calender avaliable through Google Apps. We applogise for the misinformation”). Do click and check out their podcast.

News Flash: HiPiHi and Intel enters into a new technology partnership

Something interesting popped up in China today – 22 Nov 2007. Remember HiPiHi (as pronounced High-P-High), the China-based company which is currently involved in the virtual worlds market. Since our last encounter with Xu Hui, CEO of HiPiHi sometime back, we have heard that Intel China and HiPiHi have announced today that they are entering into a technology partnership. The interesting part is that Intel is not entering as just a usual corporate resident but committed towards supporting technical needs of a virtual world platform. They will be setting up a brand experience centre in the Intel island that seeks to enhance the interaction with the consumers (or users), and the details will be announced later. The HiPiHi CEO has remarked that, “As China’s first company to enter into the virtual worlds market, HiPiHi has already attracted Intel and P&G which are well-established multi-national companies. We believe that there are other companies of such stature who will join us in the future and take HiPiHi to the next level such that it will add value and attract more enterprises and consumers to join us.” (Translated from eNet.com.cn). Here’s an interesting perspective to think about. This strategic collaboration between HiPiHi and Intel is reminiscent of the Second Life and IBM one sometime back. (Also check out Wagner James Au’s ‘First Looks at a ‘Chinese 2nd Life‘)