Erica Ho

Erica Ho was previously a reporter for TIME in Hong Kong where she wrote about tech, pop culture and Asian international affairs. Before that, she was at Gizmodo, Lifehacker and AOL. She now currently runs Map Happy, a travel blog.

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Pass the Remote: Netflix May Get Family Plans

Time to put your squabbles aside. Netflix posted online that they may start offering options where it would be possible for you to watch “Mad Men” while your better half gleeks out next to you in bed.

Currently, Netflix streaming-only accounts can only get one stream at any point in time. In the future, that may change with some …

The iPhone 4 Is About to Be Flickr’s Most Popular Camera

Nikon D90, prepare to step down for a new king. Apple’s iPhone 4 is about to reign supreme for most popular camera on Flickr.

Two years ago, the iPhone overtook Canon’s EOS Digital Rebel XTi. What’s the difference here? Flickr counted all versions of the iPhone for that tally, but now it’s just the iPhone 4 riding its way all …

So Long, Google Video. Google Finally Cements Nail in Coffin

Google has finally decided to put Google Video out of its misery. What’s that I hear? Silence? Yep, that the sound of people caring.

Starting April 29, the site will not host any more videos, making many nonexistent users forlorn about its demise. An email was sent out to active users to download their videos and re-upload them to …

How China Is Powering North Korea’s Smartphone Mania

North Korea has a new problem on its hands besides poverty and reported bouts of famine – Kim Jong Il’s new enemy is cellphones.

Wired reports that North Korea now sports 450,000 users on its cell phone network. While those numbers may not seem like much to the rest of the world, it is a 50 percent increase from last year. It’s …

It’s the World’s Biggest Game of Pac-Man

It’s Friday, Friday… If you’ve got some major time to kill, there’s always the world’s biggest game of Pac-Man, and its all online.

The whole game consists of more than one maze: it consists of several mazes, all interconnected with each other. And then you can zoom out, to see some more mazes. Again, and again. It doesn’t …

Gmail Now Helps Eliminate Sending Emails to the Wrong Person

Starting yesterday, another one of Gmail’s Labs features snuck their way into the email service permanently. Did you mean to send the email to Andy or Andrew? The new feature helps eliminate accidental boo-boos.

In addition, it’ll also suggest other recipients that you commonly email in conjunction with whoever you’re sending it …

Utterly Clueless: Bill Gates Didn’t ‘Get’ Gmail

Seven years ago, Google launched Gmail. They did it in a way that no one else had ever done it before: they offered two whole gigabytes of space. Bill Gates couldn’t understand the whole thing worked.

Many people jumped onboard, signing up, and even developers took advantage, launching Gmail Drive. The extension, which turned Google …

Surprise, E-mail Signature Disclaimers are Legally Meaningless

Somewhere, the e-mail gods just smiled upon us all. Those annoyingly long e-mail signatures companies often use as a disclaimer don’t mean anything in court. In fact, they don’t mean anything at all, except for the fact that someone really wants to aggravate you with a “legal notice” that takes up two lengthy paragraphs.

Part …

China Decides to Ban Time Travel

In China… well, in China, many weird things happen. The Chinese government, in another strange episode, has decided to ban time travel. Well, at least when it comes to television shows and movies.

With the way things are run, the state controls and monitors everything shown on your television or your computer. So yeah, China can …

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