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April 19, 2013

Smart Prepaid LTE goes live

Smart prepaid subscribers can now experience blazing fast internet connection as the MVP-owned Telco launched the Smart Prepaid LTE.

March 31, 2013

App in Focus: Photoplay for Android

There’s a new kid in the block that goes by the name of Photoplay and is looking to take on the king of the hill Instagram and be the next big thing in the app industry. Let’s see what this new photo-sharing app has to offer in our full review after the break.

December 14, 2012

Facebook for Android receives big update

Facebook for Android is now on version 2.0 and is expected to increase the speed and performance of the app – by a lot.

November 26, 2012

Winners: Apptivate iTunes App Credits worth Php6,000

We randomly picked all 100 winners of the Apptivate credit giveaway (all in all, worth Php6,000). Check out if you are one of the lucky ones in our list below.

September 26, 2012

Web hack can factory reset Samsung phones

If you’re using a Samsung smartphone with TouchWiz including the Galaxy S2 and some Galaxy S3 models, be aware that there’s a web hack that can trigger a factory reset on your beloved smartphone.

June 14, 2012

Android Linaro 4.0.4, the pumped up ICS

Not satisfied with your Android ICS-powered device? Do you feel a bit lacking in performance and think that you can still squeeze more juice out of your device? A group of developers also feels the same way and that’s why they decided to optimize Google’s latest OS and bring it up to about 30-100% increase [...]

February 14, 2012

Globe *143# – One Number to Rule them All!

Globe Telecom today has just introduced to the media a new catch-all number for all its prepaid customers. Globe 143 allows subs to just remember one number when managing their prepaid account.

August 26, 2011

HP TouchPad Review

The HP TouchPad is the very first webOS tablet ever built, and probably the last and only one — after HP recently announced it will abandon all devices running on the platform. Check out our full review of the HP TouchPad after the jump.

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.

April 16, 2010

Blogging with the iPad

[ Updated: Read our full iPad Review ] I am writing this blog entry with the iPad as a testament that this device can also be a content-creation device.

April 03, 2009

Odysseylive Reboots: Interview with Jay Fonacier

Starting this month, I will be doing regular feature interviews with local start-ups, internet entrepreneurs, executives of blue-chip companies and interesting web personalities to add to the mix of topics I’m covering for this blog. For this month, I’d like to check back on Odysseylive and talked to President & Managing Director, R. Jay Fonacier, [...]

September 06, 2008

How to unlock SIM Card PUK PIN codes?

The mobile SIM card comes with a PUK (Personal Unblocking Key) code or PIN (personal identification number). The main purpose of these codes is to provide a security. These codes are normally used to prevent your SIM card from unauthorized use, theft or loss. The PUK is enclosed in a machine-generated security paper. Make sure [...]

May 16, 2008

Icahn vs. Yahoo, Facebook vs. Google

Carl Icahn, an erstwhile Yahoo shareholder wants to fire the entire Yahoo Board. In his letter to Yahoo, he claims buying $2.5 billion worth of Yahoo stocks to push his agenda. On the other hand, Facebook is accusing Google for invading user privacy with its Friend Connect.

April 17, 2008

Alexa announces new Web Rankings

Alexa just announced they’ve changed to a new algorithm in computing the web rankings. Previously, Alexa only relies on its toolbar to gather site usage data to perform web rankings. They’ve added more sources now to improve the metrics but have not revealed what these are.

April 07, 2008

Massive Blog Hackery Exposed

Tony of DJI talks about an unexpected outcome from TailRank’s River, a blog monitoring service. A large number of blogs turned out to have been hacked to promote spammy content and affiliate links.

March 29, 2008

WordPress 2.5 Release Candidate 2

After trying out the initial release of WordPress 2.5 RC1 on some smaller blogs, I was excited to try them here as well. The timing was good since WP RC2 just got out and I must say the newer features are very impressive.

January 23, 2008

WordPress Plugins should be Regulated

As someone who maintains hundreds of WordPress blogs for myself, friends, and clients, the number 1 problem that I’ve always encountered and have given me tons of headaches and sleepless nights are WP Plugins.

January 20, 2008

Level Up, e-Games on Top Philippine Web Sites

For the longest time, The Inquirer.net has been regarded by everyone as the number 1 Philippine website, previously boasting some 44 million pageviews a month (recent figures pegs it at 28M). Since other sites don’t really publicize their numbers, a lot of people are relying on Alexa stats and this website that ranks them accordingly.

September 28, 2007

Send & Receive payments via Paypal in the Philippines

Sign up for Paypal in the Philippines!. You can withdraw an amount not exceeding $500 per month to any debit, credit card or directly into your Philippine bank accounts. You will just need the bank codes and savings account number. At long last, Paypal’s promise to allow receiving funds into Philippine accounts have been fulfilled. [...]

September 27, 2007

Why the iPod would never have been a hit in the 80′s

Not that people in the 80′s were not that hip or anything. It’s just that…

August 06, 2007

Check your WordPress themes for malicious codes!

If you’re using free WordPress and Joomla themes, then you should check your theme files for some malicious codes. This issue was first raised by Derek of 5ThiryOne (via JaypeeOnline) which hit Digg’s frontpage the other day. One of Derek’s free WordPress themes have actually been modified and inserted with malicious codes.

July 30, 2007

Hack attack in progress

One of the ugliest thing that could happen to a blog or a website is getting hacked. For a person like me who runs his own dedicated server, this is a daily pain in the neck. We get hack attacks everyday, some by expert hackers but mostly script kiddies who take some scripts laying around [...]

July 08, 2007

Transformers Contest Winners

Sorry for the delay in announcing this. Supposed to be yesterday but was moving servers and I don’t want to lose comments on this one along the way. Anyway, congrats to our lucky winners: mr. nice ash of Ala eh! NineMoons Karla of RockersWorld Obviously, there was a slight advantage with those who blogged about [...]

April 09, 2007

Help write the Blogger’s Code of Conduct at Wikia

As mentioned earlier in last Tuesday’s Wrap, Tim O’Reilly is proposing a Blogger’s Code of Conduct. On Wikia, that code of conduct is now under development. Help Tim O’Reilly and Jimmy Wales to write the draft or join in the discussion. Here’s the first 6 suggested codes of conduct on that list: 1. We take [...]

March 25, 2007

PLDT DSL Subscribers get Free WiFi

Just got my latest PLDT DSL Billing today and found several brochures for a couple of promos on myDSL. One of them is labeled “Exclusive Rewards for myDSL Subscribers” which gives free unlimited internet access in over 500 wifi hotspots nationwide (of course, via Airborne Access). If you are on any of the myDSL Biz [...]

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