Misunderstood - An Apple Holiday Ad

There are ads and then there are ads but few come close to this one titled Misunderstood from Apple:

Some Petronas ads are good, too, such as this one from many years back.

Frozen Fractals

A great photo that I saw while reading Flickr's latest blog post about new embedding that I must share before going to bed:

Cut the Rope 2 Game Trailer

iOS users rejoice! Om Nom is coming your way 19 December 2013 while Android users do not despair, Cut the Rope 2 is available on Google's platform early 2014. After the teaser, below is the game trailer:

Plenty of new characters and glad to see Om Nom more mobile than before!

Spotify Now "Free" on Android and iOS

I was thrilled when Spotify arrived in Malaysia many months back but abandoned the app after my free trial expired. I was tempted to subscribe but in the end, I went back to streaming radio app TuneIn Radio (been a user many years back)... and eventually purchased TuneIn Radio Pro.

I was pleasantly surprised when I received an e-mail from Spotify today that it has gone "free" for major mobile OSes Android and iOS. And it's "free" as I had expected it to be - ad-sponsored like its desktop version and offline option is only for premium (paid) users. Still, I'm happy to use it interchangeably with TuneIn Radio whenever I'm on wifi. My Spotify's been playing the whole afternoon till now and there's no sign of any advertisements yet. Still too fresh for local companies to advertise, probably.

Smartphones - A Tale of Slavery

Gee... I didn't "quite" realise how much a slave I've become to my phone but HongKiat.Com helped put things into perspective. Smartphones have (despite all the awesome convenience that technological advancement brought us) indeed cause way too many people (yours truly included) to distant ourselves from the real world during real social events, bringing our work lives back with us too often when we are supposed to be relaxing with family and friends and worse, distracting ourselves during times where we should be alert (don't tell anyone but times such as walking and driving come to mind). Do read the article. It may be time for a reality check.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 International Trailer

Sony Pictures teased us for a few days with really short clips for this one but the trailer is finally here! Looks like there is more to just Electro here...