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No need for brand loyalty with telcos. | StarHub was my first ever broadband provider. I’ve been their customer for over 20 years, even before the time Singapore began its Next Generation National Broadband ...
Zit Seng's Blog
A Singaporean's technology and lifestyle blog
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Need the best Wi-Fi 7 for 6 GHz devices? | Got a fancy new laptop or smartphone with Wi-Fi 7? Looking to upgrade your home Wi-Fi to support them? ASUS has Wi-Fi 7 covered with several great options, such as the ...
Technology
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Intel processors can have excellent battery life too. | Need an ultraportable with a seriously good battery life? These days, you’ve got quite a few choices. The new ASUS Zenbook S 14 UM5406 wants to add to ...
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Powerful whole-home mesh Wi-Fi that's super easy to setup. | Whole-home Wi-Fi systems are often complicated to setup. eero stands out by enabling consumers who don’t have much network know-how to setup powerful ...
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I really like tiny PCs. This GMKtec K8 Plus replaces my Intel NUC 11. | I’ve been intrigued by mini PCs every since I got the Intel NUC 11. I was disappointed when Intel gave up the NUC business to ASUS. When it ...
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The 10 Gbps XGSPON SFP+ transceiver plugs directly into your own router. | My home broadband has been out-of-contract for over a year. Although my 1 Gbps plan was good enough, I was in intrigued by all the new plans, ...
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Another tracker for the Google Find My Device network. | With Google’s Find My Device (FMD) network expanded to use crowdsourcing to locate devices and 3rd party tracker tags earlier this year, it finally makes ...
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It's like a MacBook Pro for Windows, with touchscreen. | ASUS’ new ProArt P16 is a premium Windows laptop with excellent performance, beautiful design, and great hardware specifications. It is targeted at ...
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A Bluetooth+USB tracker tag for Android. | If you have a habit of losing track of your things, you might be looking to get a tracker tag. Apple’s AirTag is a safe bet, provided you use an iPhone. Things are less ...
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The best upgrade for a Surface Laptop 7. | The one thing that is upgradable in the Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 is the NVMe storage. Upgrading is easy. In fact, I recommend upgrading the storage yourself if you’re ...
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Trying to figure out what YubiKeys are good for? | Truth be told, I find it difficult to talk about YubiKeys. It’s a hardware authentication device that supports multiple security protocols to protect access to ...
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Great value Snapdragon X laptop with an OLED display. | ASUS was among the initial 7 companies that launched laptops powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X processors in June 2024. I’ve already posted about the ...
Other Posts
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You still need to show your passport multiple times after all. | Changi Airport has fully implemented passport-less immigration clearance. It sounds cool not having to take out your passport and keeping it back safely ...
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The current MRT disruption on the East-West Line is probably going to be the defining service disruption incident of 2024. Barring any further delays, we’re looking at just one day shy of a whole week of significant travel ...
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Redefining success is less like a choice and more like a necessity. | Our new prime minister, Lawrence Wong, called on Singapore to embrace a wider definition of success. Netizens were quick to note, he probably meant ...
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With all the bad press that LTA has been getting over their multitude of failed, failing, or destined to fail projects, this piece of news must have brought some cheers from motorists. They are stepping up their game to catch ...
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Struggles with WordPress evolution over 20 years. | WordPress will be 21 years old this year. This blog, which originally existed as a hand-coded website, moved to WordPress just over 20 years ago. I’ve been ...
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The gadget you need for a cinema-at-home experience. | Fancy a big-screen cinema experience at home? Get ready to be thrilled by LUMOS’ new AURO V2 home cinema projector. It’s a powerful, compact, ...
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The detachable boom microphone is really awesome. | All the headphones and earbuds you’ve seen out there? They all seem to look somewhat the same. Until now. JLAB’s Work Buds manages to bring something ...
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Two banks got taken offline because an aircon broke. | On Saturday, 14th Oct 2023, the aircon in a somewhat innocuous building in an unpretentious locality in Singapore broke down. It shouldn’t be a big deal. ...
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Google didn’t announce a brand new Pixel Buds alongside the Pixel 8 smartphones last week. But they did announce a new colourway, as well as some cool new software features. It’s almost like we’re getting a ...
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The tiniest true wireless earbuds, no ANC, but otherwise quite capable. | These tiny JLAB JBuds Mini earbuds came by recently for this review. It’s a true wireless earphones that’s so small that with its ...