Apple iMessage and the rise of Windows Phone and Android communities (maybe)

I was just having a conversation with an old friend, who was surprise to know me, an android user, using an iPhone. And how he knows it? iMessage.

I told him that I was amazed how Apple pull this off where bbm and whatsapp are established players. Then he told me that bbm is dead, indeed. How Apple made iMessage seem less is the key, which our way of messaging doesn't change and sending the message over data is a bonus (and you'll know that is your friend a cool iPhone user just like you).

What if Google follows the same idea and puts it through Gtalk? What if Google adds what the late Steve had mentioned, 'why do we need the carriers?' with Google Voice.

Let's not forget Microsoft, Facebook and it's newly bought Skype.

The best of the best

I was at Liverpool, a departmental store in Mexico and not your favorite you'll-never-win-together football team, where this promoter was explaining tequilas to fella Malaysian noobs that pay $150 for a $50 bottle of crappy whisky. Of course we asked "which is the best?" And the dude brought us to the other end of the shop that displays all the best of the best tequilas. This is when he showed us the ' family reserved', claimed to be the best of the best, with a hand crafted wooden case designed by renown Mexican artist.

After the enablement session, we walked out the shop empty handed and headed to the Walmart next door to buy it at ten percent cheaper price.

This reminds me about  my awesome college days where we go to All IT in Low Yat to touch and feel the mouse before buying it at C Zone!

My mum will definitely say that I bought it not because of the tequila but for the case :p

Splitting a bill into seven

The thing about America is that everyone runs on credit. What more can you expect when they pay their four dollar Mcdonald's meal with the plastic.

One of the coolest thing that happened today was I dined with six locals in Italianese and we actually paid our bill with seven credit cards!  Initially I was thinking of paying cash but when each of them is paying with card, why not join the fun. Imagine doing that in Asia, the waiter will ask you to duck off!