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About a year ago, a man of African descent came to our church. Since our church consists of mainly Chinese people, it was not hard to spot him. In the part of the service acknowledging newcomers, the chairperson on stage greeted the man of African descent. "Where are you from?" he asked from the pulpit. While the rest of us clearly heard the man answer "Calgary", the chairperson enthusiastically responded, "Africa? I have been to Africa. I have...

TUNAI CLIP Review

In last week's article of the Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro L, Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Kwan showed to us the importance of hearing clearly and contextually. Listening in general is an important part of communicating with others, but if what you hear is actually not what is said, this can lead to unexpected results, or misunderstandings to say the least. Of course, these types of mistakes happen to everyone, including Yours Truly. A few weeks ago...

Amazon Cloud Directory shakes up databases

From InfoWorld: Nobody thinks of directory services like LDAP or Active Directory as fonts of innovation. But to Amazon, they are a starting point for building something new.

A new public offering from Amazon called Cloud Directory aims to take the ho-hum idea behind a directory service—a...

LG 2017 OLED TVs now up for pre-order, starting at $2500

From CNET: Looks like you'll pay at least $500 more to own a 2017 LG OLED TV compared to the 2016 version.

In advance of any official pricing announcement from LG itself, retailer B&H has posted pre-order pages for the 55-inch ($2500) and 65-inch ($4000) sizes in LG's C7 series of OLED TVs. We...

BitTorrent brings its free Live streaming service to Android

From PC World: BitTorrent has been trying to shake its image as a pirated movie purveyor for years and use its peer-to-peer powers for good, and now you can enjoy its free, legal, and legitimate TV service right on your Android phone.

Called BitTorrent Live, the app isn’t for seeding and sharing...

PayPal on Amazon? It might happen yet

From CNET: PayPal has confirmed it has been in talks with Amazon to potentially enable its users to purchase items and services from the shopping site using PayPal.

"We have been in conversations with Amazon," PayPal CEO Dan Schulman told Bloomberg in an interview. "We're closing in on 200 million...

Apple takes patent battle with Qualcomm to China

From InfoWorld: Apple has filed two new lawsuits against Qualcomm, this time in China, that allege the mobile chip maker abused its market dominance and patents to charge excessively high licensing fees.

Apple is seeking 1 billion yuan ($145 million) in damages from Qualcomm, according to Beijing’s...

HTC confirms that a flagship Snapdragon 835 phone is coming this year

From PC World: Fresh off reports that Samsung's Galaxy S8 would be the first phone to launch with the highly anticipated Snapdragon 835, HTC wants everyone to know it won’t be left behind. Despite the upcoming release of a brand new flagship built on the older 821 architecture, HTC is vowing to...

LG G6 ditches removable battery for water-resistant body

From CNET: LG is looking to play it safe with its next flagship phone.

The company's upcoming G6 phone, which will be unveiled next month at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, will have a sealed battery like the iPhone and Galaxy S phones, according to a person familiar with the...

Pioneer reveals the first 4K Blu-ray drives for PCs

From PC World: When it comes to Ultra HD Blu-ray players, home theater fans have all kinds of choices including Oppo, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, the Xbox One S, with more to come from companies like LG. Home theater PC owners, on the other hand, have exactly zero choices for a Blu-ray drive—though it...