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Samsung Galaxy R is a cheaper variant of the Samsung Galaxy S II, featuring a slightly smaller LCD screen, a tuned-down CPU with Tegra chipset, and also a lower megapixel camera (up to 720p video recording). It is rumoured that Galaxy R is coming to UK shores at the end of July, well, maybe there is a chance for it to land on Singapore as well. Why do I say that? Since Samsung Apps could not start without a SIM card, it suggested that the app might check for locale. I found the Retail Mode for Galaxy R in Samsung Apps while using my Singapore SIM card. What do you think? Update: Official announcement for Galaxy R is out. Update2: IDA Singapore registration for Galaxy R spotted together with Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1. Update3: Galaxy R is launched in Singapore . Edited 16 Oct 2011.

How many products does Google offer? If this question was once in your mind, your might want to try out www.wdyl.com . This new service consolidates search results of different Google products into a single page, with minimalism in mind. Go click the love button now! VIA Amanz

June 8, 2011 is World IPv6 Day. What is it, you ask? In summary, 2 32 IPv4 web addresses ran out and the internet needs a new protocol that gives many more addresses (for IPv6, 2 128 to be exact). Not all users are ready for this and thus a smaller scale test is needed. On this day, major web companies along with other participants would enable IPv6 on their websites for 24 hours. You probably will not notice any difference at all, but it is good to know that someone are working on this issue. So, are you ready for it? Test your machine here . If you have connectivity issues, you can read the solutions here . And for the curious ones .

Google is releasing its very own +1 button to major websites (e.g. Blogger, look up), a big attempt to compete with Facebook like button. However, the +1 button is still in experimental stage for Google search results. Just like Facebook, you have to sign into your Google account before recommending. Read more about the +1 button at the source article. SOURCE Google Blog

I tried the demo unit from Singtel shop, and here is my impression of Xperia Play. I expected the PlayStation game menu to pop up when I slide the phone but it did not happen (a quick google confirms someone messed up the settings since it is a display unit). Two similar apps (PlayStation Pocket and Xperia Play, one for official games and another for third party games, respectively ) for accessing games, I think this is a bad design. The graphics of Crash Bandicoot is bad, I know it is an old PS game, but this is pre-installed in Xperia Play, which definitely will give an bad impression, considering iPhone has demonstrated games with high-quality graphics. More marketing on the games available now for Xperia Play will be needed to convince gamers to not hold on for NGP. The buttons feel like, well, ordinary buttons. I just tried the analogue touch pad on FIFA 11. It is responsive, the middle of each touch pad has a slight protrusion to let you gauge your finger position without l...

When I read this news, the first thing that came to my mind was "How will Google responds?" Let me explain the rivalry between Google and Facebook. First, Google is a public search engine. But have you noticed that it could not display search results on the contents of Facebook, except probably a link to the profile page? Yes, the reason comes from Facebook. They prevented search engines from accessing their data. Moreover, the recent event between Facebook and Google further deteriorate the relationship. Well, things just got worse. By providing their data to boost Bing search results on Facebook (see video above), Facebook is declaring war officially. Alliance between Bing (Microsoft) and Facebook is not new , and Facebook incorporated Bing into its search function years ago. From the comments in YouTube, this new function of Bing is available to the US mass only. To me, this is just creepy. VIA Amanz

Are you a fan of Angry Birds? Do you always browse the web? How about playing Angry Birds in your browser? Yes! You can download Angry Birds for free now from Chrome Web Store , only works with Google Chrome though. Update: Oops, looks like you could play it in Firefox and Opera after all, by going to http://chrome.angrybirds.com/ . (VIA Facepunch )

Hate words such as many, few and some used to describe quantity? Just love the percentage? Or you need data on certain digital marketing trend to be included in your assignment? Google is now sharing their studies on consumer behaviour, digital and media with the public, you can find presentation documents, webinars, and videos (example above). Be sure to check it out by clicking the link below. SOURCE Think Insights with Google VIA Google Blog Edited 7 Dec 2011  

It was announced by Google Blog earlier today and is available now. A first try gives the impression that it is well designed, the sorting by subject function is generally good, one particular useful application is to learn different types of a particular object, for example types of dogs in the introduction video. However, not all search topics, such as sex, could be sort by subject. VIA Amanz