tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216348672024-02-21T05:19:19.584+04:00MoWrOw's Biz and Tek BLARG!!! (TM)This blog offers MoWrOw's own accurate and objective ratings and reviews on companies and technologies; products and services.
3 Levels of ratings:
Level 1) PATHETIC / POWERFUL
Level 2) OUCHFUL / OUTSTANDING
Level 3) AWFUL / AWSOMEMoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-75914361420949362752021-10-11T17:00:00.013+04:002022-04-10T21:40:36.835+04:00AWESOME SERVICE ALERT: AirHelpSUMMARYI got compensated for a flight delay that I could barely recall; it was from over two and a half years ago from the notification.RATINGS (out of 3)- Quality: 3- Efficiency: 3- Friendliness: 2.5- Overall: 2.8 (AWESOME)REVIEWI got an email on January 2021 from Kiwi.com about compensation for a flight that I took from Lisbon to Helsinki on November 2018 that was delayed by 3 hours and 29 MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-71427445778373876252021-02-26T11:44:00.015+04:002022-04-10T21:41:04.979+04:00get your digital business card / smart button / key fobCustom digital business cards / smart buttons (mobile sticker dots) for as low as $15 per pack of 4 here. Shipping to UAE around $20 though lol.If that's too costly then each non custom card costs as little as $7 + optional key fob / smart button for $2.5 each @ https://mobilocard.com/#pricing There is a flat rate of $10 for international shipping especially to UAE. Custom cards more (much MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-2190000888215962762021-02-10T07:26:00.013+04:002022-04-10T21:41:14.126+04:00LCD or LED? TFT or IPS? Oled or AmoledTFT and IPS are both LCD, and IPS is the latest of them. IPS consumes more power, but is better in sunlight. Oled & Amoled are both LED, and Amoled is the latest of them. Amoled consumes less power. Overall, IPS is the best for sunlight, durability, cost, & viewing angles, but Amoled is the best for resolution, color richness, thinness, curvability, and power savings. It dependsMoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-62383158539033956672014-04-06T16:33:00.005+04:002022-04-10T21:41:26.856+04:00AWFUL SERVICE ALERT: Water World Yacht Rental
SUMMARY
Never trust this company.
RATINGS (out of 3)
- Quality: -3
- Efficiency: -3
- Friendliness: -2
- Overall: -2.67 (AWFUL)
REVIEW
They promised a speedboat/yacht (after 3 wrong confirmations: once for a dinner cruise, and twice for the wrong timing) but on March 21 2014, gave me and my friends a normal boat, front seats occupied, Indian music (even though there were no MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-293759763693452432013-01-31T13:25:00.008+04:002022-04-10T21:41:40.525+04:00AWFUL SERVICE ALERT: Ming Bowl in Dubai
SUMMARY
If you order from this restaurant, they will leave you starving till you die :O
RATINGS (out of 4)
- Quality: ?
- Efficiency: -3
- Friendliness: -2
- Overall: -2.5 (AWFUL)
REVIEW
I went to this place, so excited as it is conveniently located at Executive Towers in Business Bay in Dubai, ordered some food, and made a deal with them not to take more than MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-61056649790995478632013-01-31T13:02:00.003+04:002022-04-10T21:41:54.334+04:00SERVICE ALERT: SALIK (Dubai)
SUMMARY
SALIK fined me for passing by its toll gates without the new license plates, then took around a month asking me details they could have accessed anyway, just to tell me to visit a branch to submit the violation dispute to them :/
REVIEW
Not only did SALIK not really solve the traffic problems, but I got a violation from SALIK that I paid to the Vehicle & Licensing Department MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-82606206521340978302012-08-02T03:00:00.004+04:002022-04-10T21:42:10.255+04:00VPN via router
If you want to use VPN via your router to enable devices that have no VPN connectability (or to save time from setting them up), then you probably can.
First,you have to check with DD-WRT.com if your router is supported with a DD-WRT firmware, which ensures your router can connect directly to a VPN server. If so, then upgrade your firmware to the latest DD-WRT firmware for your router from MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-20782249237913052992012-07-18T23:06:00.004+04:002022-04-10T21:42:23.568+04:00Find the Oppo Finder, the thinnest smartphone in the world
Oppo Finder is the thinnest smartphone in the world.
Oppo Finder, the thinnest smartphone in the world
At just 6.65mm, it is 1.95mm thinner than Galaxy SIII, and 2.75mm thinner than iPhone 4S.
But the thin size doesn’t mean the phone is fragile: http://youtu.be/6tMyDKdFs-o
Available at around $400. Behind the 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen
rests a dual-core 1.5GHz chip and 1GB of MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-91749279172700108482012-07-15T01:48:00.004+04:002022-04-10T21:42:34.969+04:00PATHETIC PRODUCT ALERT: Merlin USB -> TV for Android Network Media Player
SUMMARY
Only good if don't have cable nor satelite, and you don't really watch any TV anyways.
RATINGS (out of 4)
- Quality: -3
- Efficiency: 0
- Friendliness: 0
- Overall: -1 (PATHETIC)
REVIEW
Most channels are Chinese, many channels are not English, all movies are
Chinese, some channels don't work, browser barely works (loading too
long, cannot copy-paste), cannot MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-91690839439879037412012-07-12T22:14:00.002+04:002022-04-10T21:42:45.656+04:00case does not work
A technician replaced the motherboard of a PC but still did not work, so he tried to convicne me to buy another entire PC on grounds that the case does not work, lOl!
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Pic from TripAdvisor
SUMMARY
Amazing ambience in what seems to be an villa of 4 floors (2 indoors, 2 outdoors), full of perfectly syncrhonized Moroccan lamps, comfy sofas, and modern art.
RATINGS (out of 4)
- Quality: 1
- Efficiency: 2
- Friendliness: 2
- Originality: 3
- Overall: 2 (OUSTANDING)
REVIEW
Feels like you're at a rich friend's house, waiters are friendly, and MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-86632828084174888252012-06-30T02:23:00.005+04:002022-04-10T21:43:16.658+04:00PATHETIC SERVICE ALERT: Al Ahli Riding Club
SUMMARY
I took 2 horse-riding lessons for the first time on February 2012, this at Al Ahli Riding Club.
RATINGS (out of 3)
- Quality: -1
- Efficiency: -3
- Friendliness: 1
- Overall: -1 (PATHETIC)
REVIEW
Admin is aweful: - gives wrong directions, does not know nearby landmarks - expected me to go all the way to the club for just 15 minutes of MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-17731037849869825412012-06-29T03:19:00.003+04:002022-04-10T21:43:29.676+04:00Why Die
WiDi (pronounced Why Die) is a wireless technology used to connect PCs to TVs, with the conditions
that both support it. If the TV does not support it then a WiDi adapter
(by e.g. Net Gear) can be connected to the TV via HDMI.
You can only however control the TV using the PC. I am guessing it stands for Wireless Display.Like if u like, Share if u care, Comment if u haz moment, and sub if u MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-31101577419005142992012-05-05T23:35:00.001+04:002021-10-01T15:13:53.707+04:00Emirates Hospital: you are the farthest link
Here's me talking to Emirates Hospital receptionist, Jan. 4th 2012.
- me: "I am coming by public transport, can you please tell me the best way to do so?"
- receptionist: "Sorry sir I did not understand."
- me: "How can I get to use by public transport?"
- receptionist: "You can take a taxi."
- me: "No, public transport, like bus or metro. What is the closest metro station?"
- receptionist: "MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-63355029384881333452012-04-29T01:52:00.002+04:002021-10-01T15:13:42.970+04:00Pinterest interest
Pinterest.com, the picture social-networking site.
It is 3rd biggest site after FB and Twitter, one of the fastest growing
sites, has increased from 3 million to 20 million users in 6 months,
85% are women (hmmm), and is manned by just 30 employees, is said to be
worth over 7Billion 8O
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MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-81901627068296976122012-04-26T01:18:00.004+04:002022-04-10T21:44:00.568+04:00Apple Macs are not foolproof
600,000 Macs were affected by a trojan virus. It was due to Java, but it is the same story for Windows too: an unpatched OS version that runs vulnerable versions of a program. The more popular any platfrom becomes, the more it will be attacked.
Like Windows, Macs need regular updates for the OS and its programs, antivirus, and other security precautions like a Limited account, etc.
The main MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-79254708053839126082012-04-23T05:38:00.019+04:002022-04-10T21:44:09.449+04:00AWSOME SERVICE ALERT: FatCow web hostingSUMMARYGreat user friendly affordable hosting for companies or individuals. You can even get your own domain there, though better compare it with GoDaddy as it may be cheaper there. RATINGS (out of 4)- Quality: 2- Efficiency: 3- Friendliness: 3- Overall: 2.7 (AWESOME)REVIEWReally good location for hosting with various applications such as WordPress and Joomla, and good for purchasing domainsMoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-35966890376105390062012-04-07T01:56:00.004+04:002021-10-01T15:00:42.211+04:00Nokia now has a 3G / WiFi netbook, called Nokia Booklet 3G!With up to 12 hours of battery life! The computing power of a PC with the full benefits of mobility 8O
I think with the seamless smart phone syncing, and Ovi cloud upload, Nokia is brewing up another "ecosystemonospolistic" storm!
More @ http://unleashthephones.com/2009/08/25/nokia-announces-the-booklet-3g-mini-laptop-leaves-me-so-very-confused/
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SERVICE
Just Falafel
SUMMARY
Just Falafel consistently offers falafel meals, but shaped according to the tastes of the cultures of the world.
RATINGS (out of 3)
- Quality: 2
- Efficiency: 3
- Friendliness: 2
- Overall: 2.3 (OUTSTANDING)
REVIEW
For example, The American is a slab-of-meat shaped falafel with cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, cucumber pickles, MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-8159699817185582502012-02-16T15:35:00.002+04:002021-10-01T15:00:07.274+04:00OUTSTANDING SERVICE ALERT: Arabic-KeyboardSERVICE
Arabic-Keyboard
SUMMARY
If you are not quick with the Arabic typing you can transliterate into Arabic characters (type it as you say it and it will come out in Arabic alphabets) / type with a virtual Arabic keyboard if you don't have one / translate into Arabic, and it's free!
It even has a dynamic guide at the bottom as you type!
RATINGS (out of 3)
- Quality: 2
- Efficiency: 3
- MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-59136867632861642772012-01-30T23:59:00.004+04:002021-10-01T14:59:56.519+04:00OUTSTANDING PRODUCTS ALERT: NCHThe only video editor that I found that can even rotate videos was NCH's PhotoStage Slideshow Producer, and it was free for converting certain formats.
NCH's video converter (Prism) and audio converter (Switch) are 500KB files that need no installation, and work just fine.
NCH had an October 50% off promotion, and if you buy one software then the other is even cheaper, sow I got 3 software MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-4713201876819457012012-01-03T22:03:00.002+04:002021-10-01T14:59:47.146+04:00AWESOME SERVICE ALERT: Yui Choi Yui Kay's Wing Chun of FoshanWHAT
Wing Chun Kung Fu school called Yui Choi Yui Kay's Wing Chun of Foshan.
SUMMARY
Their school is in Fooshan of Guang Dong in the south. Yiu Kai learned wing chun from his father as well as Chan Wah Shun disciple Ng Chun So. Yui Choi Yui Kay Wing Chun of Foshan school currently has Yui Kay's 2 sons working at the center as instructors, sometimes some of their sons too (especially of sifu MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-49572454250883144952012-01-03T01:46:00.001+04:002021-10-01T14:59:35.455+04:00PATHETIC PRODUCT ALERT: Nintendo 3DSWHAT
Nintendo 3DS
SUMMARY
Feels 3D alright, but not at all user-friendly.
RATINGS (out of 3)
- Quality: 1
- Efficiency: -2
- Friendliness: -3
- Overall: -1 (PATHETIC)
REVIEW
Was just too hard to get anything done!
For Nintendo, the loss for the 6 month period of 2011 was almost $1 billion!
Nintendo blamed "a smaller number of hit titles"; MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-28374627027216569112011-12-01T22:26:00.001+04:002021-10-01T14:59:23.564+04:00SAD PRODUCT ALERT: BlackBerry PlayBookWHAT
BlackBerry PlayBook.
SUMMARY
No good if you are looking to use it with your mobile.
RATINGS (out of 3)
- Quality: 2
- Availability: 2
- Efficiency: -3
- Professionalism: 1
- Friendliness: -3
- Overall: -1 (SAD)
REVIEW
It sure looks and feels amazing, and can play games and play as well as caputre multimedia flawlessly. However, it is no good if you are MoWrOwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08958645977765711489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634867.post-72844673895036840262011-03-27T13:27:00.005+04:002021-10-01T14:59:13.308+04:00AWFUL SERVICE ALERT: DreamDays Sky Restaurant - Marina
WHAT
DreamDays has a "flight" experience at Dubai Marina Walk. The concept is orignated in Belgium. The idea is to be suspended 50 meters by a crain with a group of about 20 people each seated in a bar environment (a big table with with waiters in the middle) while being serving meals or a snack for 20 minutes to 1 hour.
RATINGS (out of 3)
- Quality: 1
- Availability: 2
- Efficiency: 1
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