About RG. Chew

RG. Chew is a pundit on all things related to the tech industry and enjoys keeping taps on the fast pace of technology today. He is constantly trying to bring a fresh look (or relook) into the latest tech news and happenings for his readers
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Tapatalk Lets You Participate in Forums on the Go

The Internet forum is the original way to crowd-source information on the web.  I have been a user of forums to ?poll? ideas, opinions, and even get questions answered.  Tapatalk is a great app to browse different forums from the comfort of your iPhone/iPad.

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Patent Wars Between Samsung and Apple, More Bloodshed Ahead?

The tech world heard a huge thud (crash?) when a US court awarded Apple $1.05 Billion in their patent infringement case against Samsung.  While the amount only represents 25% of Samsung?s last reported annual profits, the payout amount is unprecedented. In the wake of all this news, Apple is proceeding to have any infringing phones [...]

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Newsify: A Refreshing Way to Consume Google Reader Newsfeeds

There has been much said about the iPad as a device for consumption, while I don’t use it to create anything, I do use it to consume a massive amount of information.  I say massive in comparison to my pre-iPad days where I had to sit by the laptop to read my news via Google [...]

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iPhone Newbies Part 4: How To Use iPhone to Access Your Computer

This is a continuation of my introduction for Apple Newbies or people just thinking about switching over to using the ubiquitous iPhone.  In Part 1, I covered how to never lose your contacts on your iPhone, the many uses of an iPhone thru the numerous apps available.  In Part 2 ? I discussed the option of Jailbreaking to get more [...]

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Disney’s “Where’s my Water?” is surprisingly Entertaining

If you had an almost infinite resource of creative and financial capital and made an App, what would it look like?  If you were Disney ? it would appear in the form of Where?s my Water, a physics based puzzle game that has all the glitter and shine as the other winners out there.

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Apple and Samsung’s Patent War Gets Cool Words of Advice

The details of this Patent war have become blurred to most but the sight of the 2 tech giant?s legal teams quibbling about minor details have become somewhat of a sideshow for those of us following it.  However recent comments made by the presiding judge Lucy Koh has very sobering implications.

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Day One App: A Lovely Way to Keep Track Your Noteworthy Events

Day One is a lovely app that lets you keep a journal of things in a Diary format.  It stores everything in a cloud and lets you  update it via your Mac or other iOS devices, this makes it great if you are prone to losing your journals.  On top of that, Day One has [...]

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Secure Your iOS Device to Prevent iCloud and Gmail Hack

A few days ago Mat Honan a Tech writer at Wired and a damn good writer (in my books) had his Apple account hacked – wrecking havoc on his digital devices and life. When something like this happens to a newbie, you understand it happens.  However, when a seasoned tech writer gets hacked you stand [...]

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Knocking on Apple’s Gate: The Changing Landscape of Mobile Technology

The recent news of Samsung’s challenge to Apple’s iconic iPhone paints a picture that the landscape that Apple initially carved with their popular iOS devices will be shared and impacted by Samsung.  Competition will continue to be fierce as these tech giants try to outdo each other to place their devices in your hands.

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Clear Vision App Review: Simple Stickmen that tell quite a story

Clear Vision has been on my radar for quite a while but I kept downloading it on the backburner as I am not really into sniper games.  One reason why it stands out is because they had so many ratings on the App Store (3000++).  You get ratings for 2 reasons ? being good or [...]

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iPhone Newbies Part 3: Keep in Touch with Friends for Free!

This is a continuation of my introduction for Apple Newbies or people just thinking about switching over to using the ubiquitous iPhone.  In Part 1, I covered to never lose your contacts on your phone, the many uses of an iPhone thru the numerous apps available.  In Part 2 ? I discussed the option of [...]

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Fotopedia China App: Discovering More of China from Your iPad

OK, I don’t get out as much as I used to.  That’s why I love travel discovery apps that let me create a wish list of places I want to go to.  Fotopedia China is one of those I categorize as a well-crafted app with enough photos and information the lets me sit down and [...]

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2 Great Shopping Apps for China Users

Since we had our 2nd baby, time has been short.  So for the last 3 months we have been resorting to Internet shopping for almost all our daily needs.  I am currently residing in Metropolitan Shanghai, and being the metropolis that it is, there are people everywhere and sometimes shopping out can get a bit [...]

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Fieldrunners 2 Review: My Favorite Tower Defense Game on iPhone

Till this day, Fieldrunners is my favorite Tower defense game.  While I was playing Fieldrunners, I had to sometimes recharge my phone for up to 5 times a day as I spent so much time on it.  Therefore, when SubAtomic Studios launch Fieldrunners 2, I quickly jumped on the bandwagon to see what the new [...]

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