AMITIAE - Wednesday 29 January 2014
Whistle for Thai: Thai Politics Meets iOS |
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By Graham K. Rogers
To show its democratic intentions, the app is coloured red, white and blue. A slider at the side adjusts the volume from zero up to a level which would not be considered dangerous. A counter in the blue stripe near the top of the screen appears to indicate how many times it has been downloaded (196,972 krang). Below the whistle image is a link to allow the user to post on a Facebook page. I did not try this; nor did I allow the Location access that the app requested. It is there; it is free; it is simple; use carefully.
Graham K. Rogers teaches at the Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University in Thailand where he is also Assistant Dean. He wrote in the Bangkok Post, Database supplement on IT subjects. For the last seven years of Database he wrote a column on Apple and Macs. |
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