Thanks to Breffo and MobyShop, I'm giving away one Breffo Adventure Camera Tripod, worth about S$36, to a lucky winner. If you'd like to learn more, do check out my Breffo Adventure Camera Tripod post. To enter, leave a comment.
Good news for Fitbit fans: the newly announced Fitbit Charge, Charge HR, and Surge are coming to Singapore in early 2015. The Charge began selling here from 19th December 2014, while the Charge HR and Surge remain on track.
OPPO has officially opened its first Singapore flagship store at Suntec City Mall, occupying 2,200 square feet. The store displays OPPO products and hosts bi-monthly workshops for fans. You'll find it at 8 Temasek Boulevard, Suntec City Mall, Tower 3.
Lightning Rabbit is an alternative to Juicies+ Cables, producing fabric-wound cables with sleek, polished aluminium ends. There are three types, Apple Lightning, 30-pin (Old Skool Rabbit), and Micro USB (Micro Rabbit), each available in Silver, Orange, and Purple.
Plaza Singapura, built in 1974 by BEP Akitek and renovated in 2002 and 2012, marks its 40th anniversary this year. To celebrate, it has partnered with Cold Storage, its anchor tenant, on an epicurean event called Flavours of the World.
With a US credit or debit card, you can use Apple Pay in Singapore, no US iTunes account or US IP required. Just set your region to United States, then open Passbook, tap Set Up Apple Pay, and add one.
Last Wednesday, Google announced the Nexus 6, Nexus 9, Nexus Player, and Android 5.0 Lollipop. The Nexus 6 runs Lollipop on a 5.96-inch 2560 x 1440 QHD AMOLED display with a Snapdragon 805. US pre-orders open 29th October 2014, with stores following.
Announcing the two winners of my Fitbit Flex Colors giveaway, held on 7th October 2014. As some friends had entered, Text100, Fitbit's PR agency, picked the winners to ensure fairness. Congratulations to Andrew Yeo, whose comment championed the red Fitbit.
The Striiv Touch merges an activity tracker and a smartwatch into one. In Singapore, Striiv is distributed exclusively by Axtro Sports, and the Touch sells for S$139, online at axtrosports.com or in stores like Axtro Sports, Perfect Watch & Electronics.
Thanks to Samsung for inviting me to the Galaxy Note 4 World Tour 2014 last Wednesday. I played with the Note 4, Note Edge, Gear S, and Gear VR. The Note 4 and Edge impressed me with superb build.
The Dell Inspiron 13 7000 Series is a 2-in-1 running Windows 8.1, with a built-in passive stylus and a 360-degree rotating hinge that switches smoothly between laptop and tablet. It starts from S$999 on dell.com.sg, alongside the larger Inspiron 14.
Thanks to Fitbit, I'm giving away two Fitbit Flex trackers, worth S$129 each, to two lucky winners, who can each pick their preferred wristband colour. You'll receive the full Fitbit Flex tracker with your chosen colour, not merely the wristband.
Announced on 30th September 2014, the next version of Microsoft's Windows is named Windows 10, not Windows 9. A Reddit rumour suggests it skipped 9 because third-party code checks whether the version starts with 'Windows 9', matching 95 or 98.
I was interviewed by Jeff Chandler and Marcus Couch of WordPress Tavern for WordPress Weekly Episode 164. In it, Marcus and I chat from Singapore about my work, where my 23 plugins in the directory have amassed 12,241,325 downloads.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 4G+ arrives in Singapore from 11th October 2014 at a recommended S$1,088, in Charcoal Black and Frost White at launch, with Blossom Pink and Bronze Gold to follow. You can register your interest with SingTel.
I joined Tech in Asia as The Tech Guy on 1st September 2014, and it's been a busy month. There are two of us developers, Li Soon and me, plus a Vietnam team on Techlist. Our September priority was scaling.