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This is the sort of prank you can play with Apple's Siri on the iPhone. The Telegraph UK wrote  Charlie Le Quesne was trying out the iPhone 4S at a Tesco store in Coventry when it told him: "Shut the f*** up, you ugly t***. The boy had been using the phone's Siri system – which answers spoken questions – and had asked it: "How many people are there in the world? It seems someone used the ugly seven words as a name and that innocent question pop the name up. Tesco has send the bad-mouthed iPhone back to Apple for to wash the mouth piece with a little soap.

It is a bad Apple day.  I tried signing up for a new iTunes account and Apple send me an email to verify the account. I click on the link to verify the account, enter my email and password and it keeps saying " This email address is already in use or you may already have an Apple ID associated with this email address. Please try again or sign in using your existing Apple ID." I am not the only one complaining today . 

The feature that stands out the most from the latest iOS is iMessage. Yes, Blackberry had the Blackberry Messenger and there were many iOS apps that provided free SMS services.  However, Apple has created iMessage to be seamless to the iPhone user.   First, there isn't another application for iMessage. It is integrated within the Messages application where you receive both your SMS and iMessage.  With the Blackberry Messenger, you need to share with other Blackberry users your pin number. You do not have to do the same with iMessage. iMessage will automatically detect if the other side is using iMessage. If you have 3G or Wifi, your messages will be send via iMessage. If data connection is switched off, it will send by SMS.  So far, iMessage only allow you to send images while the other SMS applications like Whatapps allow you to send your location and video files.  iMessage also allow you to receive messages via the iPad. This means i...

Are you looking to publish content on the Apple iPhone network but don’t know where to start? A friend of mine, Michael Logan, whom I had the honour of communicating with during my MediaConnect Asia days has launched Kanchoo to help publishers distribute their content on the Apple iPhone networks in 10 minutes or less. Kanchoo is the mandarin word for publish. I initially thought that Kanchoo was for the publishing of iPhone applications but after looking at the video, I realised it was for content distribution. I have since asked Michael for a beta account to publish this blog on the iPhone network and will share with you how hard/easy to use Kanchoo. Hopefully, it can also help to bring in more readers. You can visit www.kanchoo.com to find out more about the application, or if you would like for a direct introduction, just drop a comment with your contacts below. Publishers going on the iPhone is very common these days. Singapore’s Channel NewsAsia recently announce...