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Apple vs The Rest

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With the recent conclusion of consumer tech product launches from new smartphones to smartwatches, from phone as big as tablets to tablets as large as laptops, the usual argument since probably 2010 still split the views of many. Apple vs the Rest . Source: wikipedia.org #Personal Computer Believe it or not. Apple has been fighting this "litigation" almost ever since their inception. They started off with the "Big Blue" (IBM) and they have tackled the space where some thought as impossible as landing a man on the moon then, “Personal Computer” which today we just simply call it as PC. Then with Microsoft. Based on my limited understanding of what really happen then, I have to say "innovation" probably dominates the era when PC started penetrating our household. Some define innovation as a new word of creative piracy or photocopying. Others may argue that without innovation, technological advancement might takes much longer than what we wo

The One With Malaysia Day & Scottish Independence Voting Day

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It has been a while that I have not wrote anything here. More often than before when I have something in mind to write, I don't have a chance to do it. And when I am near the laptop, I have nothing in my mind at all! Then came today. For those who doesn't know, 16th Sept 1963 was the day when the current state of "Malaysia" was formed combining Malaya and 2 Borneo states (Sabah & Sarawak) as well and Singapore. Yup... Singapore was part of Malaysia back then before they were "expelled" (apparently) and become an independent country in 1965. So, Happy Malaysia Day to all Malaysian!! :) This has lead me thinking. If Singapore didn't become an independent country (or forced to do then), will they became what they are now? And if the answer is "NO", will Scotland be a better country if more than 50% of Scots vote "YES" this Thursday? Let me caveat myself from the beginning. I am not a Scot nor a citizen of the UK. Whateve