Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

Firefox Download Day 2008

June 4th, 2008

 

Hey dudes, June is gonna be a very exciting month, not to mentioned the very much anticipated iPhone 3G launch on APPLE WWDC, we are also going to have the Firefox Download Day 2008, which aims to break the Guiness World Record of most software download in a day. The development team seems very confident in meeting their target. I think this is a very creative way of marketing the software, and of course, Firefox does live up to its name and it’s one of the very best browsers I’ve ever used. The ability of customisation and numerous plugins (I heart Firebug, Splitbrowser and Piclens) are great for work and daily use, except for the occasional crashing due to the incompatibility of plugins. 

As of now, more than 500k people have pledged to download Firefox 3 on the day of release and I believe this number will only grow exponentially as the words are spread across the world. 

Since it’s such a great browser (I think Safari is better in performance and stability, I use it to do my blog entries, I hate crashes) in terms of usability, let’s do a part in breaking this Guiness World Record for the Mozilla team! Simply click on the images above to pledge yourself, learn more here and spread the words now!

Oh, on the Firefox Download Day site, I tried to check out the number of people who have pledged for the download and I realised my mouse will never hover accurately on that particular Singapore pixel (a little red dot indeed), it was either showing the stats of Malaysia or Indonesia. Small aye? Nonetheless, I checked it out from the dropdown menu and Singapore has about 2900 pledges, and of course USA owns the bulk of the pledges at about 111k. Is it that the technological scene hasn’t really taken off here or people are still loyal fans of IE?

Anyway, FYI, Firefox RC1 is already out and I am using it already. Do check it out!

Tags: Apple WWDC 2008, Firebug, Firefox, Firefox Download Day, Guiness World Record, Internet Browser, iPhone 3g, Mozilla, Piclens, Safari, Splitbrowser
Posted in Events, Web Stuff | Comments (1)

Epicentre is 6 years old, Apple products got discount?

May 31st, 2008

I went to Orchard today to walk around and I saw these people in white were playing drums and distributing flyers outside Wheelock Place. It’s the 6 anniversary of Epicentre Orchard, in case you don’t know what Epicentre Orchard is, it’s one of the earlier, if not earliest Apple reseller in Singapore and it has a branch in Pavillion KL. I bought my 4g iPod from them, and that’s the only thing i bought from them till now.

The event was an auction, auctioning the Macbook, Macbook Pro, Macbook Air and iPods. I thought the buy price in an auction would usually be slightly lower than the retail, but I was wrong. The price of the Macbook Air was as high as 5k plus plus. You maybe wondering who the hell will pay so much for a $2988 product? Actually, the auction was a charity, aiming to donate the money to the victims in the disaster zones. I have donated too!

Their publicity was certainly a success (super crowded in the store) or perhaps it’s just a shopping season since the Great Singapore Sales has begun. Nonetheless, don’t expect any discount on the Apple products except for the 20″ iMac which has a generous 20% off the regular price. Maybe they want to sell away the defect units? In fact many people have observed and proved that the 20 inch iMac’s display is far inferior to the brother 24 inch in terms of color. So, don’t be fooled, Apple hardly gives discount!

Tags: Apple, Epicentre Orchard, Events, Great Singapore Sales, iMac, iPod, Macbook, Macbook Pro, Pavillion KL
Posted in Events | Comments (0)

© 2008 Life Remixed 1.0 | www.yikhung.com