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Google is rolling out even more integration with with Google+ allowing anyone in your Google+ circle to email you, even if they don't have your email address: Google further blurs the line between Google+ and Gmail Some people may like this feature, but I'm pretty sure
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Recently I've been looking into different shaving methods. Like probably most people, for the longest time I had just used Gillette razors and shaving gel. I've moved away from shaving gel to shaving oil. Now I'm trying out shaving with a double edged razor.
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So Got a bit of cash sitting around and am thinking its time to plan for the future to make sure I can have the rock star retirement lifestyle. I've already got suckered into one of these IFA 20 year mutual fund things (luckily, I think, its a
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At the start of the year I had written about the best prepaid data plans for visitors to HK: Prepaid data - for visitors to Hong Kong, where I had recommended CSL one2free and China Mobile. PCCWSince then it seems PCCW Mobile has come out with a very competitive preaid
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So, thinking about one2free for them. Recently I've found the one2free service (especially in my workplace) lacking. My thinking is that I will get CMHK service (have been CMHK previously and thought they had pretty decent service), but with the pccw mobile backbone (as pccw supply CMHK with
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Towards the beginning of 2012 the telecommunications regulator in Hong Kong told the various mobile phone operators they needed to be clearer on the definition of “unlimited” data. As a result all the mobile phone operators have introduced data caps, or changing of network priority if you exceed a certain
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Like many people, I have a work calendar and a personal calendar. My work calendar is on Outlook and my personal calendar is on Google calendar. Previously I used the Google Calendar Sync tool to basically sync my work and personal calendars. This was great for several reasons: avoiding clashes,
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Over the past few months I have been testing out various DNS redirection services. I would say overall they are much of the same and generally worked with popular sites (such as Hulu and Netflix) based in the USA. Some did cover popular non US sites, namely BBC iPlayer, while
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Zuji has got quite an interesting daily promotion over the next week or so. During certain designated times during the day for the next week or so, it is offering flights to a specific destination a day for HK$10 per person (exclusive of the usual taxes, surcharges etc). It
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Hong Kong MTR are presently running a promotion from 1 January to 30 September 2013 for holders of Visa Signature and Visa Infinite cards whereby you can buy a single ticket and obtain a second one for half price: Buy one get one free. This is excellent value, compared to
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A few years ago I had written about various prepaid mobile data options in Hong Kong. That post is probably quite out of date, however I do note that several of the links do still work, although the packages may not look that competitive anymore. Recently I had a various
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So, a further update on my quest to find another DNS redirection service to replace Unblock-us (note, referral link) [I should point out I would quite happily consider staying with Unblock-us if they offered a more competitive package, i.e. such as returning to offer a yearly subscription and/or