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Movie takeout: M:i:4: Ghost Protocol

Just found the time (and the theater) to watch M:i:4: Ghost Protocol (man, that's a lot of colons). Here's my takeout:

- Tom Cruise is one of the best, no stuntman actors yet.
- The car is awesome, as expected.
- The girl on the team is not that good, still hot though.
- You can never go wrong with the action scenes, the one in the Burj is one of the sickest.
- More screen time for Renner. FYI, he'll be Hawkeye in the upcoming Avengers movie and the protagonist in the latest Bourne film.

Good movie all in all, though the best film in the series award still goes to M:i:2.

Photo: http://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Mission_Impossible-Ghost-Protocol.jpg

Google gets more personal with Search plus Your World

Say whatever you like to say about Goolge but they always do search right. With Search plus Your World, It's like each of us has their own Google search engine. That level of intimacy combined with a sense of ownership is amazing. I think this is one of the best things that happened to Google search since its inception.

Official Google Blog: Search, plus Your World http://bit.ly/z6uXU2

Apple fanboy: Please don’t hate Android

Full disclosure: I’m an Android geek turned iOS fanatic from the moment I got my hands on an iDevice.

This is the best parislemon piece I've read so far. But for what it's worth please don't hate Android. Blame the execs and their dirty schemes who play behind the scenes instead. As bad as it seems they're here to stay and there's nothing we can do with that, unless everyone universally agrees to occupy Android and stop buying Android smartphones which, I think, is not gonna happen. Ever. Maybe in another life but not on this one.

At least there’s one thing that Android is good with, extreme competition. This pushes other handset manufacturers to push on with features that will make their users happy. Bottom line? We, the customers are still the big winner here.

parislemon • Why I Hate Android http://bit.ly/xJk7jY

Photo: resources1.news.com

An open letter from an ex-Apple “Genius”

We all love a fair share of tech scandal and one is in the works early in the year and its from Apple nonetheless, the world’s most beloved device maker.

Apparently, a former “Genius” (those people in the blue shirts when you visit an Apple store), Chad Ramey had some problems with the company when it comes to the handling of both employees and customers alike. Full details below on Chad’s “open letter” to CEO Tim Cook.

Siri port update: i4Siri working on iPod Touch 4G

Looks like the guys @i4Siri found a way to port Siri to iPod Touch 4G devices that processes queries through their own server with a little help from the Google API. And unlike other Siri port servers out there, this one is going to be free but a little donation will definitely not hurt, plus donors will get first dibs on the server once it goes into beta testing.

You can check out this twitter list for updates on their progress.

2012: Let’s not f*ck it up

 

Here’s my simple mantra for the new year. Don’t f*ck it up. Make it yours too. Life is short as it is so let’s make the most of it by not f*cking up as much as possible. It’s liberating in a weird, unexplainable kind of way. Happy new year everyone! Enter the dragon.