Sony Ericsson jumps onto NFC bandwagon

Joining Internet behemoth Google in the increasingly crowded near-field communication (NFC) hot tub is mobile company Sony Ericsson, who is putting NFC chips into its Android phones, the Times of India revealed (see also uses for NFC).

A while back, we reported that a tech blogger discovered some NFC functionality on the Google+ mobile app. Google has also been actively implementing the technology for its Google Wallet and Google Places services. Read more

Singapore’s top 30 business brands on Facebook

Today, Facebook is an essential tool in any marketer’s arsenal. Which is why we decided to feature a list of top 30 Facebook Pages by businesses. The brands in this continuously-updated list are ranked according to the number of ‘likes’ and must be either a) companies started in Singapore b) companies started by Singaporeans c) international brands with a Singapore Facebook Page. Read more

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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65Bits Episode 137: The episode that doesn’t end

Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1] SingTel vs Local iPhone Developers, [2] MOE Adopts Open Standard Internet Email and Collaboration Services for Over 30,000 Teachers, [3] Sony Ericsson’s motion activated MH907 headset could change things forever (update: or not), [4] Phoenix Instant Boot BIOS starts loading Windows in under a second and the Byte of the Week: Chrome Frame on IE. Do click and check out their latest podcast here.

65Bits Episode 124 : Month of SmartPhones 3 – Windows Mobile

Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1] Wireless@SG Extends to March 2013, [2] Starhub launched an application development campaign for Android, [3] Twitpocalypse hits the Twitterverse, [4] iPhone 3.0 OS Upgrade is Out with some Pros & Cons, [5] Singtel Launches Singtel AMped – Singtel Unlimited Music Downloads, [6] The flood of phones that was released in Singapore, [7] Nokia Release, [8] Samsung Release – Samsung Jet, [9] Sony Release – Satio, Aino & Yari, MonthOfSmartPhones Discussion: [10] Week 3 – Choosing the right Windows Mobile Phone, and Byte of the Week: Yahoo Mobile. Do click and check out their podcast.

65Bits Episode 118: Live from The Sail

Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1] Exclusive Samsung i7500 Android hands-on (their video got honourable mentions on Engadget and Gizmodo last week), [2] Sony Ericsson’s new Theme Creator, [3] Amazon launches the Kindle DX, [4] DJ Hero, Band Hero and Guitar Hero 5 announced, [5] Windows 7 RC1 given extension well into 2010, but will shut down every two hours after March 2010, [6] iPhone 3.0 to have parental control for apps, [7] CodeXtremeApps 2009 and [8] Nokia’s Developer summit 2009 – (i) Prologue (ii) Day 1 (iii) Nokia N97, N-gage and Symbian and [9] Microsoft Dreamspark – Free Microsoft Developer tools for students and the Byte Of The Week: TokBox.com. Our editor, BL is the guest for this week’s Tech65. Do click and check out their podcast.

65Bits Episode 115 : The one with ReFresh!!

Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1] Google unwraps Cupcake, announces preview of Android 1.5, [2] Samsung Singapore introduces 50, 70 and LD Series LCD monitors, [3] Sony Ericsson says no Android phone anytime soon, [4] HTC Diamond 2 and HTC Pro 2 announced for Singapore, [5] Sony lauches Walkman W-series. Followed by Stories: [6] Pirate Bay loses trial for now, [7] Mobile Telephone Plans. – Dad hammers Wyo. teen’s phone after mega-bill and the Byte of the week (a) Programmer’s Notepad (on Windows) and (b) TextWrangler (for OS X). Do click and check out their podcast.

65Bits Episode 99 – InteresThunk

Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1] InteresThink3, [2] Open Handset Alliance, [3] Sony Ericsson, HTC say new Android-powered handsets due next year, [4] Android Dev Phone 1, [5] Google takes Chrome out of beta, [6] Fastest Storage in the World, [7] Nvidia is slated to announce newest graphics card, two bolted together 260s, [8] Happy 40th birthday to Mouse and Byte of the week : Soup.io. Do click and check out their podcast.

65Bits Episode 81: A Boomy Science Centre

Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1]iPhone 3G Preview from Blog2u, [2]Creative Introduces the Sound Blaster Play! [3]Creative announces Zen Mosaic, [4]mioTV gets more channels that people actually care about, [5]Sony Ericsson unveils 3 new phones, [6]Sony Reader goes open, will be able to work with other booksellers, [7]Voodoo products get a place in HP catalogs and the Byte of the Week : AVG Free Anti-virus. Do click and check out their podcast.