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9
Oct 11

The Siri Equivalent for Android: Vlingo

Vlingo Personal AssistantAs most of you would have heard by now with the massive international hype surrounding the iPhone 4S, Siri is an amazing app with artificial intelligence that is said to make our lives easier. I was quite upset by this as I love my Android device, so I quickly started scouring the net for an equivalent. My search ended when I found Vlingo, an Android app that has been out for quite some time now and already boasts many features that Siri has. Granted that it’s not as sophisticated and feature-rich as Siri, but it gets the job done, and remarkably well at that.

Tell your phone what to do!  The Vlingo Virtual Assistant turn your words into action.  Vlingo combines voice to text technology with its “intent engine” to help you quickly complete your desired action.   Simply speak to your phone or type a command through the ActionBar to get just about anything done while on the go.

Vlingo 3.0 Features:

  • Texting
  • Voice Dialing
  • Searching on Google
  • Navigation and directions
  • SafeReader
  • Facebook and Twitter updates
  • and more

 

 

 

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8
Oct 11

iPhone 4S vs Nexus 4G

With all the international hype around the launch of the new iPhone 4S, there’s already news of an Android-equivalent that is soon to be launched. The Nexus 4G is said to be launched in a few months (Fall in the States) and could be a massive competitor to the already popular iPhone 4S. Let’s take a look at the comparison between the new iPhone 4S and the proposed Nexus 4G (not to be confused with the Nexus S 4G)

 

iPhone 4SiPhone 4S

  • A dual-core 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU, Apple A5 chipset.
  • 640 x 960 pixels, 3.5 inches (~330 ppi pixel density).
  • 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash.
  • iOS 5.
  • Siri.
  • iCloud cloud service.
  • 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging.

 

Nexus 4G (rumoured specs)
Nexus S 4G

  • A dual-core 1.2GHz or 1.5GHz CPU, either an OMAP 4460 or an ultra low-power 28nm Krait-based Snapdragon.
  • 720p HD display.
  • 1-megapixel front camera/5-megapixel rear camera.
  • Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).
  • No physical Android buttons! Everything will be software-based.
  • 1080p HD video capture/playback.
  • 4G LTE radio.
  • Rumoured “Personal Assistant” Siri-equivalent

I am seriously looking forward to the Nexus 4G or any Android 4.0 device. Rumour has it that the artificial intelligent Siri-equivalent “Personal Assistant” that will feature on the Android 4.0 OS will be smarter and better.

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16
Jun 11

New Parenting Forum for South Africa

Kiddies CornerMy fiance has just revamped her website, KiddiesCorner (an online business directory for businesses that focus on babies, kids and parents) and relaunched it with a new Parenting Forum! This forum will allow parents to ask questions, share information and simply join a community of parents that care.

Simply join the forum and start discussing issues that are important to you or pose a question on something you would like to find the answer to. The goal of this forum is to get as many parents registered so that we can create a community of parents that are willing to share information and help others!

For more information on the forum, contact Tam at tam(at)kiddiescorner.co.za

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29
Apr 11

Win an iPad2

The iPad2 was officially released in South Africa today at some pretty good prices. However there are a lot of people that simply cannot afford these prices and are looking at winning an iPad2 in the hopes of getting their hands on this new toy. If you’re one of those people (like me), then you’ll be happy to know that you can win an iPad2 with UCit.co.za

 

Simply subscribe to UCit and stand in line to win an Apple ipad 2 and many more exciting prizes:

Double your chances of winning by subscribing to UCit social buying and following them onTwitter

Triple your chances of winning by following UCit Social in your beautiful city: Johannesburg,Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban

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30
Mar 11

Top Group Buying Websites in South Africa (Updated May 2011)

Group Buying websites have become very popular in the past few months, so much so that every Tom, Dick and Sipho have decided to create one of their own. With the help from a list compiled over at iGeek, I took the time to analyse which of these group buying websites are actually making an impression on the South Africa internet landscape.

*** 23 May 2011 (Latest)

Rank Website Alexa Rank (ZA) Unique Visitors (AdPlanner)
1 My City Deal 50 420k
2 Ubuntudeal 296 14k
3 WiCount 302 48k
4 CityMob 488 -
5 Zappon 524 12k
- Twangoo 896 11k
- VuvuPlaza 943 15k
- OneDayOnly 1258 5.3k
- Dealio 1701 -
- 24 Hours Only 1941 -
- Skoop 2293 -
- AllDeals 2599 -
- UCit 5073 -
- Collective Cow 8360 -
- SaleWine 9636 -
- Justhenga 12 228 -
- Bangoo 14 623 -
- GroupBuying 20 828 -
- DealsOn 21 057 -

The biggest climber for May was Zappon.

 

*** as at 30 Mar 2011

Rank Website Alexa Rank (ZA) Unique Visitors (AdPlanner)
1 My City Deal 39 350k
2 WiCount 248 44k
3 Twangoo 333 27k
4 Ubuntudeal 655 10k
5 OneDayOnly 868 7.9k
- Zappon 295 (* new)
- Dealio 1030 -
- Skoop 1826 -
- UCit 1913 -
- 24 Hours Only 1944 -
- VuvuPlaza 2559 -
- Collective Cow 3252 -
- Justhenga 7575 -
- Bangoo 7638 -
- AllDeals 8131 -
- SaleWine 11382 -
- DealsOn 13737 -
- GroupBuying 19339 -

 

Although Zappon was only recently created, Alexa.com believes its already the 295th ranked website in SA. Pretty impressive.

Which one is your favourite?

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