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People say, "if you don't vote, you can't complain." My question, "if you do vote, does it really matter?" I voted today: I left the ballot blank because I did not trust any of the candidates. My friend Oscar ( @oscarfbtan ) pointed out that essentially I just voted for the top 12 of the SWS survey. He's probably right (he's a really smart guy). I believe that I've exercised my right as a Filipino citizen, and tax payer this day but in the end it really does not matter. After this election will things truly change or will we still be swimming in the same shit, spewed by the same (or worse, relatives of the same asshole). In short "same shit, different asshole." We live in an oligarchy pretending to be a democracy. The executive is OP and the legislature and judiciary are easily nerfed. There are no nationalistic or patriotic candidates. Everyone has a self-serving agenda. Most if not all are corrupt and it trickles down to th...

Hey AAPL, you're on version 6 of your mobile OS already.  And you still CANNOT create/edit Contact Groups natively on iOS.  You need to log-on to iCloud.com (on a normal browser, mobile browser is just a landing page) to create / edit Contacts groups. Meanwhile, Contacts on OSX has Smart Groups (similar to iTunes Smart Playlists) very useful but they don't sync to your iOS device via iCloud. AAPL should STOP or LESSEN this skeumorphism bullshit and enable Contact groups creation and editing natively on iOS. Also they should enable Smart Contact Group sync to iOS. In short make things more useful before you make them look like real world things (skeuomorphism)

In the age of smartphones we have more and more data on our devices, with this in mind it is best to equip yourself with the knowledge on how to secure your device. Here are a couple of tips to help you. On your PC/Mac go to https://appleid.apple.com Apple ID is central to your device security a strong password is ESSENTIAL. Something alphanumeric with capitalization. Do not make this common dictionary words. I also suggest changing passwords every 6 months. Manage your rescue email and challenge questions. Don’t give these out, keep them safe. On your iOS device. 1. Settings > General > Passcode Lock - Enable passcode lock, this is the first deterrent to unwanted access to your device and the data you have on your phone.  2. Settings > iCloud - Enable iCloud’s Find my iPhone, (or other iDevice), with iCloud.com you can find your device, make it emit an audible sound, go to “lost mode” and worse comes to worst delete it remotely. NB be sure to have data and locati...

So I have finally made the switch to OSX (sort of). Santa was very nice and gave me a 15inch Retina MacBook Pro It's a sweet machine with a beautiful display and really well built. It's superfast because of SSD. The downside is it's 256Gb can be a bit cramp for someone like me who has a huge iTunes library and dual boot to consider. I have been loosing sleep because of 4 major issues though. 1) BootCamp - I finally got this to work after about 3 attempts. I had mistakenly selected a partition size that would not fit Windows 8 (in the future). There is no official support for Windows 8 yet so I have sticked with Windows 7 Home Premium for now. I did purchase the $40 upgrade to Windows 8 Pro (valid only until 31-Jan-2013) but I will hold off installing that until BootCamp support becomes available. For now I am quite happy with the performance of Windows 7 on this machine. Instead of buying or pirating Office for Mac I have decided to install Office 2010 which I own on...

Wow smart is really beating the poop out of globe.  SMART Globe VBC Sent from my fruit phone 🍎