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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Apps to save your phone from thieves

My Paper, Thurday, July 11, 2013, Page A18, Technology
From http://epaper.mypaper.sg/emnd/fvxen/fvxp/fvxpress.php?param=2013-07-11
Source Website: http://mypaper.sg/technology/apps-save-your-phone-thieves-20130711
By DONOVAN QUEK, The Star/Asia News Network, Published on Jul 11, 2013, myp@sph.com.sg


The Google Play Store has a few apps that can help you recover an Android device or at least mitigate the loss.
PHOTO: The Google Play Store has a few apps that can help you recover an Android device or at least mitigate the loss.
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LOSING a gadget is never a pleasant experience, but there are a few things one can do to ease the pain in the event of such a situation.

The Google Play Store has a few apps that can help you recover an Android device or at least mitigate the loss.

The app that seems most promising is the Cerberus Anti Theft (bit.ly/HRB96i) app by Lsdroid.

It comes with a free one-week trial, after which it will cost £2.99 (S$5.70) for a lifetime licence. The licence - tied to a user's Cerberus account - can be used on up to five devices concurrently.

Cerberus gives users the option of connecting remotely to a device that has the app installed, via the Cerberus website. Viewing location and SMS history, recording audio, wiping out all data, and capturing images using either the back- or front-facing camera can all be done remotely.

With the app, you can also set the front-facing camera to capture an image when the wrong lock-screen password is entered a preset number of times.

What makes Cerberus different from other location-tracking apps I've tried is the SIM-checker feature, which makes the phone secretly SMS you and other selected numbers when an unauthorised SIM card is inserted into it. This is very useful, and even helped an acquaintance of mine in recovering his phone after he misplaced it.


Phone Tracking the theft recovery lost & found App is designed to work in the background and can be activated to turn on remotely in the event you misplace your phone.
PHOTO:  Phone Tracking the theft recovery lost & found App is designed to work in the background and can be activated to turn on remotely in the event you misplace your phone.
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The app works even without an Internet connection. The beauty of it is that, even if a perpetrator has switched the SIM card, you will be informed of the number assigned to the new SIM card, thanks to the SIM-checker feature.

If your Android device is rooted, Cerberus will be almost impossible to uninstall. The app can survive factory resets, too.

An alternative to Cerberus is the popular Lookout Security & Antivirus (bit.ly/HjQS1m) app by Lookout Mobile Security. More commonly known for its anti-virus software, the app comes with a "Find my phone" feature as well.

Users who have installed the app and registered for its services can log on with any Web browser to initiate a list of commands, similar to Cerberus.

These include location tracking via Cerberus, activating a loud alarm even if the phone is set to silent mode and checking a device's last-known location before it was switched off.

The app also has the capability to capture pictures and send them to your e-mail address when someone enters the wrong lock-screen password.

If you are using the premium version, you can also lock your phone remotely or wipe your phone's data from the Lookout website.

By DONOVAN QUEK, The Star/Asia News Network, Published on Jul 11, 2013, myp@sph.com.sg

The writer is a full-time auditor and big-time gadget lover.


LOSING a gadget is never a pleasant experience, but there are a few things one can do to ease the pain in the event of such a situation.
PHOTO: LOSING a gadget is never a pleasant experience, but there are a few things one can do to ease the pain in the event of such a situation.
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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Refresh the way you connect with your kids

My Paper, Wednesday, June 06, 2012, Page A14, Viewpoints
From http://epaper.mypaper.sg/cnd/fvxen/fvxp/fvxpress.php?param=2012-06-06
Source Website: http://www.divaasia.com/article/17105
By Geoff Tan, my paper, Wednesday, June 06, 2012



PHOTO: Teachers need to keep up to date with how they teach children what each letter of the alphabet stands for - in the context of this generation.
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PHOTO: Geoff Tan
The writer is a senior vice-president of Singapore Press Holdings’ marketing division.
My Paper, Wednesday, June 06, 2012, Page A14, Viewpoints


Remember when you were first taught the alphabet?

It must have been something along the lines of: "A is for apple, B is for ball, C is for cat, D is for dog, E is for elephant".

I think that the way we teach children the alphabet these days will vary according to your age.

It is highly likely that grandparents, or older mothers or fathers, will insist on imposing learning methods that they learnt in school.

In contrast, a younger couple may be more experimental in their teaching style.

More importantly, teachers need to keep up to date with how they teach children what each letter of the alphabet stands for - in the context of this generation.

These days, when we tell our kids that "A" stands for apple, it may not be the fruit that they relate the letter to but, rather, the iconic technology brand Apple, which Mr Steve Jobs co-founded.

"A" - to the digital kids of today - could stand for the popular mobile-phone game Angry Birds, or Android.

In the same vein, "B" will probably be linked to Bluetooth, "C" to chat, "D" to download, and "E" to e-mail.

"F" could refer to the social-networking website Facebook.

"G" now relates to Google, while "I" could relate to the iPhone.

The list goes on - "M" is for mobile phones, and "P" for Playstation.

It is probably easier for kids to relate "S" to Skype and "T" to Twitter.

"W" is for Wi-Fi, Whatsapp, or Wikipedia, and "Y" is for YouTube.

Other than making an effort to refresh the way we teach our children the alphabet, parents can also stay relevant by incorporating modern-day mannerisms into the way they communicate with their children.



Parents can also stay relevant by incorporating modern-day mannerisms into the way they communicate with their children.
PHOTO: Parents can also stay relevant by incorporating modern-day mannerisms into the way they communicate with their children. "lol" meant "Laughing Out Loud", a boy's mother said she thought it meant "Lots Of Love"!
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But not all of these instances turn out right - many, in fact, turn out humorously wrong.

Recently, I watched a YouTube video featuring American comedienne Ellen Degeneres exposing various faux pas (violation of accepted social norms) parents make when SMSing their kids.

There was an SMS that a boy received from his mother, that read: "Your great aunt just passed away. LOL."

He quickly called his mother, and asked why she had been so insensitive in using the text-messaging acronym on an inappropriate occasion.

When he explained that "lol" meant "Laughing Out Loud", his mother said she thought it meant "Lots Of Love"!

So, while making an effort to connect with your children is the right thing to do, please ensure that you engage them at the right level - research well beforehand to avoid putting your foot in your mouth!

Happy parenting!

The writer is a senior vice-president of Singapore Press Holdings' marketing division.



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Faux pas (violation of accepted social norms): 失言 - shī yán


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