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December 25, 2011

How many SMS greetings did you get this Christmas?

In December 2009, I first noticed that people were sending tweets and FB messages instead of SMS when greeting everyone during the holidays. I also wrote a story on “Telcos lost Millions to Facebook this Christmas“.

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Web 2.0
November 09, 2011

Google+ for Brands now out!

The long-awaited Google+ for Brands is now out and available. For the un-initiated, it’s the equivalent of of the Facebook Fan Page.

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Web 2.0
October 13, 2011

Christopher Lao gets his own TV commercial

BPI Auto Loans tapped online sensation Christopher Lao for a commercial to promote the bank’s car insurance policy. Learned about this from Donald Lim earlier during his presentation at the IMBC.

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Web 2.0
September 14, 2011

Home-grown Kitiwit to take on Facebook

Developed by some pretty talented Filipinos for about a year now, this new social networking site, Kitiwit, wants to carve a niche of its own and separate itself from the usual Facebook crowd.

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Web 2.0
September 02, 2011

m.Globe portal offers free Facebook, Twitter & Email

Globe has just launched their new mobile portal, called m.Globe, that offers free access to Globe services and feeds to your Twitter and Facebook accounts.

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Mobile, Web 2.0
August 12, 2011

Google+ Games is coming, you playing?

Google is set to roll out the inevitable — Google+ Games. The added feature on Google+ is still on limited access only so a few users have it activated in their accounts.

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Gooooogle, Web 2.0
August 03, 2011

MMDA Traffic Navigator FTW!

Been using the MMDA Traffic Monitoring system for several weeks now but have not really blogged about it since I was waiting for an Android App or an iPad App. But, it looks like TV5 and MMDA has already officially launched the service the other night after being on beta for about a month.

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The Internet, Web 2.0
July 27, 2011

DTI maps entire Bohol Tourist Site with Galaxy Tabs

DTI-GIZ, under the Private Sector Promotion Program (SMEDSEP), came up with this pretty neat Google Mapping project to map the whole island of Bohol and all of its 700+ tourist sites and tourism-related establishments.

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The Internet, Web 2.0
July 26, 2011

Philippines ranked #27 on Google+

Well, that’s according to FindPeopleonPlus.com which tracks over 4.4 million Google+ users since the service went online a couple of weeks back.

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Gooooogle, Web 2.0
July 20, 2011

WU seeks World’s Most Socially Connected Person

Tomorrow, Western Union will be officially launching a new website that seeks to find the most socially and geographically connected person in the world. Called the Western Union World (www.westerunionworld.com), the app connects to your Facebook account and graphs all your friends worldwide.

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Web 2.0
July 18, 2011

Is Google+ cool enough to replace Facebook?

Three weeks into Google+ and I’m seeing more and more people get into the service and adding people into their circles. And from the looks of it, Google+ users are more engaged that FB and Twitter.

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Gooooogle, Web 2.0
July 07, 2011

Facebook picks up Skype for video calls

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced three new features to be introduced in the social network (group chat, new chat design and video calls). The most interesting of the lot is video calling that uses Skype’s technology.

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Web 2.0
June 28, 2011

LivingSocial lands, buys Ensogo

LivingSocial, the No. 2 group-buying site in the US (next to Groupon) has entered the Philippines by acquiring the top group-buying site in the country, Ensogo.com.ph.

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Web 2.0
June 15, 2011

Is Social Media saving Radio?

Is Social Media saving Radio? Or, is it the other way around? I don’t regularly listen to radio nor watch TV and the only time I tune in is when I’m driving. For some time now, I’ve noticed that both AM and FM radio channels have actually embraced social media — specifically Facebook, Twitter and UStream.

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Web 2.0
June 01, 2011

MetroDeal buys Bigalaang Lakad Fan Page?

New group-buying site, Metro Deal, buys popular Facebook Fan Page of “Buti Pa Ang Biglaang Lakad Natutuloy; Ang Planado, Hindi!” with over 500,000 fans. Ok we’re not really sure if there’s a sale but MetroDeal has already taken control of the FB Page since it launched.

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The Internet, Web 2.0
May 24, 2011

Twitter snaps up TweetDeck for $40 Million

After buying Twitter client Tweetie last year, Twitter has once again bought another client. This time, it’s TweetDeck. The price — a cool $40 million in cash and stock (via @cnnmoney).

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Freewares, Web 2.0
May 20, 2011

LinkedIN IPO pumps $9.8 Billion Market Cap

The social network for professionals, LinkedIN, was listed yesterday at the New York Stock Exchange and has now grown to $9.8 billion market cap from an expected $3 billion prior to the listing.

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The Internet, Web 2.0
May 15, 2011

Philippines ranks #1 in Facebook penetration

In a recent market research by comScore, the Philippines ranked #1 with the highest Facebook users as a percentage of internet users in the country. They also included Twitter and LinkedIn to give it a better perspective.

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The Internet, Web 2.0
April 30, 2011

Have you exported your Friendster account?

Earlier this week, Friendster announced that they will be deleting all blogs, photos, comments and groups created or uploaded on their site. They then asked users to export them before May 31.

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The Internet, Web 2.0
March 17, 2011

Say hello to YugaDeals.com

I know there are dozens of group buying sites out there and some of them I’ve featured here for months. However, I have yet to see a tech-centric deal site based here in the Philippines. Thus, we’re launching YugaDeals.com.

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Netrepreneur, Web 2.0

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