Smart Watch is the next big thing
After the WWDC last week, watchOS has announced, there is a watchKit for developers. We can build apps on running appleWatch. Moreover, there is AndroidWear in the market for some time, On 2007, Apple released iPhone. It opens a market for independent developers to build apps running on phones. That was a game changer! The most of people have access to software applications in anywhere. Now, that is the second level, this is a wearable smart device. The users can have easier access to software applications. That will be another big changes
My New Toy - MiBrand
Early of this year, I went to Hong Kong. During this trip, I bought a new toy, xiaomi miBrand. This is a fitiness tracker. It can track my steps and sleep m pattern. I love it. That is very light, a bit little lighter than my old watch. Moreover, its battery can last for a month. In addition, it supports all Bluetooth phones, you do not require to use xiaomi phones. All you need to download their fitness app, miFitness. Lastly, it only costed around HKD$150.
Well, there still are some drawbacks. Firstly, it cannot track heart bit. Besides, you has to use their fitness app. This is using a chinese map provider, it cannot track my running track in Australia. However, it only cost HKD$150, I still think that is a good entry point to try this kind of fitness armbrand.
Stream 13 is a lifesaver
I bought stream 13 in Hong Kong for only HKD$2100. Well, that is not good enough to be a develop box. However, that is very lightweight(around 1.5kg), long battery life and inexpensive. That is very suitable to carry around. Although that is not very powerful, it is still good enough to remote desktop to my pc at our office for work and a server in a data center. I used it to do a few times for restarting servers. It already saved me a number of times to drive back to home. The fuel and time has already paid the cost to buy this laptop!
Whatsapp VOIP feature
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Whatsapp started to roll out their VOIP feature to a group of selected users for a trial. I and my wife are one of them. We tried that today. the voice are quite clear, I think that is better than Facebook VOIP. We started to use less phone calls, more VOIP calls.
Note that, we are still using 3G, I think if we are using 4G networks, that will be much better.
The newer i3 is faster than an older generation i5
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Yesterday, I setup a new Core i3 PC with 4GB RAM for a client. That is not a good specification for a developer use. However, I found it is faster than the most of Core i5 PCs in my office, they are just one generation older.