Boyd Chan

My name is Boyd and I’m a Service Management Specialist with a knack for operational data gathering, transformation, analysis and reporting. In 2012, I obtained my Masters of Science in Information Technology through the University of New South Wales @ The Australia Defence Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA). I was also part of an online community known as the Panasonic Insider Crew in the capacity of “Insider Guru” for Panasonic Australia where I interacted with other tech enthusiasts and find out more about Panasonic's latest gadgets. I love technology, gadgets, and the Internet and maintain a keen interest in these areas locally, nationally, and globally. I hope by sharing my views on these topics that people will receive an honest point of view from someone with a genuine interest in these topics. I have also written and edited articles for Neowin - you can check out my articles over @ https://www.neowin.net/news/poster/boyd_chan I hope you enjoy reading my blog!

Most commented posts

  1. How to Find a Missing Fitbit — 241 comments
  2. Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale and the Cold — 88 comments
  3. How to Fix Windows Activation Error 0x80072F8F — 71 comments
  4. Why is GainSpan on my Wi-Fi Network? — 54 comments
  5. There Was a Problem Installing Mac OS X (Lion) — 48 comments

Author's posts

Jun 16 2013

Beware of End of Financial Year Sales

Just a quick tip for those in Australia as we approach the end of year. No doubt, your inboxes will be bombarded with EOFY (End of Financial Year) sale promotions and various websites will have huge banners plastered on them spruiking offers. These offers may be very tempting particularly if you are justifying purchases as …

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Jun 15 2013

The Modern Convenience of Wireless Charging

Since picking up my Nokia Lumia 920 I’ve not actually taken advantage of the wireless charging capabilities native to the device. A while ago I did write about the fact that I was checking out Qi wireless chargers and then eventually selected one off eBay given the relatively high cost of the official Nokia chargers. Even in …

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Jun 14 2013

Incoming Gadget Status Updates

Just an update on where some gadgets are in terms of delivery: Qi wireless chargers: Both of these arrived earlier this week and I am using one at work and one at home – I’ll do a short video to show how these chargers work with a compatible device (likely a Nokia Lumia 920), Pebble …

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Jun 13 2013

Surface RT Firmware Update – Improved Device Waking

One minor gripe that I have had with the Surface RT is that it doesn’t always wake up reliably when you push the power button or Window button. This tends to happen most when the device has been left alone for longer periods of time allowing the device to go into a deeper sleep state …

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Jun 12 2013

Lync 2010 and Lync 2013 Android APKs

If you use an Android tablet then you may be wondering why you cannot install Lync 2010 or Lync 2013 on it. Unfortunately, it seems that these application have flagged themselves as requiring access to the phone however since tablets don’t typically include the phone component these apps are marked as “incompatible” in the Google …

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Jun 11 2013

Speed up a Slow Nexus 7

If you’ve picked up a Nexus 7 like myself and have found that it seems to lag then you might want to give this a shot. It seems that Google Currents can slow things down a bit so you can disable its background syncing to see if that improves your tablet’s performance as follows: Open …

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Jun 10 2013

Close to Native Podcasting in Windows Phone 8

For those outside the USA it has been rather odd that Microsoft has withheld the native podcast capabilities of Windows Phone 8 handsets which has given rise to a vast number of apps to fill the gap. Some do the trick but the interface lets them down while others fail to reliably keep track of …

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Jun 09 2013

Dude, Where’s My Inflight Power?

On international flights we are now rather fortunate that in many cases there will be a power or USB socket to keep your gadgets charged up. It is always a good idea to at least have your mobile phone charged up for when you disembark just in case you need to contact people. Normally, the …

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Jun 08 2013

Some Handy Privacy Features in Singapore Hotels

Ever been in a hotel when it seems that housekeeping, the minibar folks and other hotel staff just barge into your room right when you’re in the middle of having shower, various stages of being dressed or answering the call of nature? Sure, you can lock the door but that doesn’t stop them from still …

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Jun 07 2013

Troubleshooting Errors in VBA Macros

Some people are VBA gurus whilst others prefer to stay in regular Microsoft Office land completely oblivious to this powerful language that lurks beneath the covers. As for myself, I am just a bit of a hack that can cobble bits of useful looking code together to suit my immediate purposes. Of course, my hacky …

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