Both the Philippines and India are fiercely battling the top spot in the global call center and BPO industry. However, it seems India is moving ahead with more innovative and highly in-demand outsourcing needs. ZDNet looks into India’s CAPTCHA solving economy and share some insights on the industry.
Archive for August, 2008
Word that Anino Games, a local game developer, was busted by the National Bureau of Investigation last week for allegedly running pirated software was confirmed by a story in Inquirer.net.
Continue reading ‘Is Anino’s bust a blow to the game development industry?’
It’s a bit of a surprise that LG is joining the UMPC race with its own netbook that really looks like an MSI Wind. Check out the sample pics and specs of the LG LX110 below.
The Search Engine Marketing Conference 2008 is coming up in two weeks and I have 3 free passes with me to give away. Check below how you can grab one of these free tickets to the 2-day event this September.
Samsung new ultralight laptop took a cue from the Voodoo Envy 133. Obviously, this is an attempt to unseat the MacBook Air in the ultrathin department.
The LG Virgo is another attempt to cater to the full touch screen phone crowd. Initially announced back in February 2008, the LG KF700 sports both a slider keypad and a full touchscreen UI.
Reports say that the iPod Nano is the most popular of all the Apple media player line. That’s maybe because when it first came out, it was the cheapest iPod at that time. Now that there are more than half a dozen models, I’d like to see which iPod people buy.
When I first published results of my latest poll on mobile 3G usage, several readers requested that I extend it to get more samples. After a month and about 530 votes, I think we’ve got the sample size in the vicinity of 1 to 1.5%. See results of the poll below.
In a live webcast this afternoon, Dell Executives at Beijing, China announced the new Dell Vostro series of laptops and desktops. The models are more targeted to small and medium business looking into affordable out-of-the box computing solutions.
Six month after it was first introduced on a limited invite, Google Ad Manager has now opened its doors to the public. That’s if you already have an AdSense account.
HTC has lately been doing mostly high-end phones and aside from that leaked info on the Android, the HTC s740 went out without being noticed much. Still, this one somewhat reminds me of the Communicator.
I’ve been a Canon fan for years. So every time there’s a new dSLR model coming up, I get excited as well as a bit sad since it reminds me that my own gear is growing old. This is the same feeling I have with the announcement of the Canon 50D.
I completely forgot about this but I hope I’m not too late to publicly thank Asia Century for featuring YugaTech in their affiliate network.
The tip we got earlier this month about Sun Cellular Wireless Broadband was spot on. New mobile 3G packages are now available at the Sun Cellular website announcing attractive rates.
Continue reading ‘Sun Cellular unveils Wireless Broadband Plans’
The 2-year old Nikon D80 has a new big brother, the Nikon D90. Leaked details of the new Nikon dSLR were spotted in a couple US retail stores revealing some nice specs.
Expect to get a model refresh from Nokia every 6 months or so. Up next is the Nokia N85 slider phone (upgrade to the Nokia N81) and the Nokia N79 which is a minor update to the Nokia N78.



































