Ban hand phones It was only a few years ago that cell phones were being banished from classrooms. As far as schools were concerned, these devices’ reputation as tools for student distraction, mischief, and even harassment easily outweighed any possible benefits in the learning process. Banning them was—and still is—the easy call to make, but [...]

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IT development never stops and has found its way into sports, to make our life, during our games, easier and perhaps even better. How cool is this? A soccer shoe with a chip! Imagine that you can track your stats just like the professionals. The new Adidas miCoach technology brings new meaning to the phrase [...]

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Being an archipelago spanning 5,248 kilometres over three time zones, Indonesia has thousands of destinations to satisfy the curious traveller’s senses. But it’s easy to forget that if your daily life in Indonesia mostly consists of swimming from meeting to meeting in the traffic jams of Jakarta. If you’re like me, you’re probably guilty of [...]

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From earthquakes to cyclones and tropical storms, landslides, volcanic eruptions, floods, and avalanches, no nation is immune from the threat of natural disaster. Early warning systems attempt to assess risk and reduce threat to life, property and general environment, by pulling together the available scientific research. Meteorological surveys, geological surveys, and satellite monitoring can be [...]

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Astrology, fortune tellers and horoscopes are part of our daily lives. Computers and mobile phones opened new doors for the so-called mediums, fortune tellers, psychics and others. But at the end of the day it is all about whether or not you believe in it. The introduction of the computer has helped astrology as well. [...]

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What does the future have in store? Will mobile phones become smaller or bigger, will Android beat iPhone? Well your guess is as good as mine. What I do see, and therefore perhaps can predict, is that social networking will keep on growing in 2013. Facebook is still the biggest social networking site with over [...]

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Let me start by dazzling you with some numbers. How do travellers use the web to search for hotels, flight information, tickets and other stuff? 69% of those will visit hotel sites,62% will visit airline websites, 54% will use search engines and 52% will use an Online Travel Agency (OTA). More travellers use mobile for [...]

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Humour is the best medicine. It may sound cheesy, but experts agree that laughter can improve job performance, increase our tolerance to discomfort, and can be the effective glue that keeps marriages together. The fact is we need laughter in our daily lives. Can you imagine taking everything seriously? You won’t only be putting clowns [...]

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At home in the old days we had a lot of board games to entertain ourselves during the evening, but with the in introduction of the PC and later the smart phones and tabloids you don’t see many people playing those old-fashion board games any more. All the board games that I played with my [...]

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The influence of mobile technology on religion has been evident for quite some time. The use of the mobile and the Internet has opened a new face to religious life. If it moves at this pace in a matter of a decade religious life will be redefined. The communication revolution and especially the mobile and [...]

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Normally I write about mobile aps and website applications that can benefit your business or which you can use just for fun, but this time I would like to bring under your attention to Social networking. Social networking is a recent invention that has the Internet still at the edge of its seat due to [...]

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Perhaps not so surprising, but yes rich people have smart phones. The majority of rich people will not buy the cheap Chinese brands – nearly half of wealthy smart phone users own an iPhone, about one third use an Android device, while less than one quarter use a BlackBerry. This contrasts the average, which sees [...]

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  If you think that alcohol and your computer do not mix, think again. Normally a few glasses of beer will not boost your memory, but in this issue you will learn that more beer equals more memory. But alcohol can also destroy things if you are not careful. On the other hand there are [...]

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A general awareness of green buildings in Indonesia, especially Jakarta is still not well organized due to people’s assumptions of green being expensive and not good looking, but green buildings are improving rapidly amongst a few building designs. The integrated approach towards construction and design of modern green structures is improving and this has encouraged [...]

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