Been using the MMDA Traffic Monitoring system for several weeks now but have not really blogged about it since I was waiting for an…
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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…
How my Paypal account got closed down
Barely over a month since my Paypal account was hacked and restored, I once again encountered a disastrous incident — this time, Paypal emailed…
Ericsson goes into OFW Remittance Service
The same company that brought us the Xperia Arc is also entering the financial services industry. The new company, Ericsson Money wants you to…
Nokia beats Apple, Google as top brand in Philippines
A recent survey by Nielsen and Campaign revealed that Nokia is the top brand in the Philippines, across all markets (not just tech), beating…
Sulit files for UDRP to claim related domain
I thought this day would come when Sulit.com.ph would go after those who use the Sulit-related domains that run a competing service. I have…
Disputing Unauthorized Transactions on Paypal
So my Paypal account was hacked at exactly 10:01am this morning. In the many years that I have been doing online transactions, I’ve gotten…
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….
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…
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…
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…
Tsikot’s Php100M offer by MIH breaks down
For the close to two years now, MIH (majority owners of Sulit.com.ph) has been trying to buy Tsikot — an online Filipino community/forum focused…
Sky Broadband offers 5Mbps at Php999
Sky Broadband is set to launch a new offering for their internet service — a special broadband plan of (up to) 5Mbps at only…
Western Digital buys Hitachi Storage for $4.3B
Storage company Western Digital has just entered into an agreement to buy competing company Hitachi Global Storage Technologies for $4.3 billion in cash and…
Don’t you wish you can just delete your Inbox?
For a couple of years now, I normally receive over a hundred of emails every day. That does not include the questions and messages…