Looking back in the last 12 months, we’ve seen quite a number of exciting developments and news that we broke here on YugaTech. Let’s do a quick run down here before the year ends.
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In an SMS correspondence with a former Epixtar employee, it was revealed that the BPO company has closed its offices in Eastwood City, Libis last January 16 leaving employees confused and anxious for answers.
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Been getting a couple of hits from Google Finance in the last week so when I checked it out, I found this:
Surely, Epixtar will not like that page.
[tags]google, finance, epixtar, companies, blogosphere[/tags]
Was a bit late last week for a round-up so I’m doing it a little earlier today. Topping the list would be the news on Inq7.net that Epixtar deciding not to pursue the “legal approach” against me. Besides, there wasn’t really anything to pursue.
- Marc Javellana releases his very first WordPress theme, Davao Bounty. Pretty neat. I would have suggested he named it Durian Ecstasy.
- There’s a new WordPress Theme Competition here. Grand prize winner takes an iPod Video 60GB and a Sony PSP for the runner up. I better finish that theme I’ve been working on for months.
- WordPress 2.0.1 is out with 114 bug fixes. This would be a good time to upgrade my blog.
- Firefox 1.5.0.1 is also out so if you’re on 1.5 already, just hit the update button (Help -> Apply Downloaded Update). They did not reveal what security holes this update fixes though.
- If you haven’t read this week’s Blog-O-Rama, check out Marc Macalua’s interview on Manila Bulletin for SEO Philippines and learn what’s the different between a good blogger and a successful one.
- Check out InDigital’s CES Special 2006 (a vidcast from Revision 3). Cool gadgets galore!
Anobody else know any 2-character .PH ccTLD? There’s mb.com.ph but that’s all I’m familiar with.
Apparently the same email that was sent to Migs & Gary also found its way to my Inbox. The letter is from Epixtar asking me to delete a comment from my blog (to be exact, from PTB).
I wrote about it on PinoyTechBlog : “Epixtar to PTB: delete that comment.”
Migs and Gary have since deleted the comment on their blogs.
Matter of fact is, I am not obliged to delete that comment. I did not post that comment and if they say that the information there is materially inaccurate, what’s the big fuss? Epixtar is just wasting their time trying to have those comments deleted all over the blogosphere. They should go after the one who posted the comments instead.
As I said, I am not obliged to delete that.
(Related entry: Epixtar threatens to sue blog for comments.)
Gary publishes the email communication between him and a certain Jeff Myatt, an SVP for Client Service of Epixtar. I reported here a few days ago that Epixstar is hunting down blogs for some comments allegedly exposing salary information of the top executives of the company.
As I stated in my first communication, we have no interest in interfering with the exchange of ideas and opinions concerning our Company, positive or otherwise. Our only concern is your posting of the salary information.
As I previously informed you, the salary information posted on your website was misappropriated, and disseminated unlawfully. Such salary information is confidential and proprietary. And again, it is also materially inaccurate.
I will have no choice but to turn this matter over to our attorneys if the salary information is not deleted from your site within 24 hours. They will be instructed to take all appropriate legal action against you in this regard.
Again, if you want to discuss this, please contact me. I would prefer to resolve this in a friendly manner.
Respectfully,
Jeff Myatt
First, the particular salary information was not published by Gary himself but by a certain person who left a comment on his blog. Secondly, and I agree with Gary on this, Epixtar should go after the guy that made the comment and not make rounds on the internet threathening to sue bloggers if they don’t remove them.
Migs’ old blog entry about Epixtar’s demise last October drew some attention when one commenter posted a list of annual salaries of its top executives, purportedly leaked out by an insider or an agency.
This letter is to inform you of Epixtar’s failure to comply with the terms defined in the agreement between Epixtar Corporation and Kaye/Bassman International Corporation (KBIC) dated November 11, 2004. Please remit a total of $12,500.00 to KBIC by August 19, 2005. Epixtar’s failure to comply with this letter will result in KBIC pursuing collections through any required legal means.
Please send your payment in full to:
Kaye/Bassman International Corp.
Attn: Nick Turner
4965 Preston Park Blvd.
4th floor
Plano, TX 75093
Regretfully.
Nick Turner
C.O.O.
Epixtar has recently contacted Migs requesting for the removal of the comment which were obtained (the info) illegally and inaccurately. If it was obtained (illegally) from the source, why is it inaccurate then? Are they padding/shaving the salaries or something?
A copy of the same salary information has also been posted at Gary’s blog and at PTB.
Just read about it in Inq7.net early this morning. Several employees of call center company Epixtar Philippines are being demoted or asked to voluntarily resign prompting a labor dispute with the DOLE.
I remember about a year ago, a friend of mine who worked for Epixtar in Alabang was also asked for voluntary resignation. She fought it and went to DOLE to file a complaint. Arbitration lasted for several months and the call center company opted to do a settlement instead.
I think my friend got somewhere around a month or two of her salary on the settlement. We’re possibly looking at the same scenario here.
Mentions of me or my blogs, including TV interviews, news and features from the Press:
- The Correspondents, Episode 20: President for Sale, ABS-CBN, by Abner Mercado on ABS-CBN, March 2, 2010.
- CES 2010 Recap, Mornings @ ANC, by TJ Manotoc on ANC, January 14, 2010.
- Tips on Gadget Shopping for Christmas, TV Patrol World, by TJ Manotoc on ABS-CBN, December 28, 2009.
- World Mobile Congress 2009 Recap, Mornings @ ANC, by TJ Manotoc on ANC, February 26, 2009.
- Movers & Shakers: Philippines Most Influential in the TechBiz, T3 Magazine, January – February 2009 Issue
- Obama Inauguration, Prime News, by Marieton Pacheco on ANC, January 20, 2009.
- What’s IN for 2009!, Eat Bulaga on GMA 7, January 17, 2009.
- CES 2009 Recap, Mornings @ ANC, by TJ Manotoc on ANC, January 15, 2009.
- Be a Pro Blogger, by Rafael Santos, Entrepreneur Magazine, December 2008 Issue
- Samsung Series 8 HDTV, Mornings @ ANC, by TJ Manotoc on ANC, November 28, 2008.
- Tips on Buying a Cellphone, TV Patrol, by TJ Manotoc on ABS-CBN, November 20, 2008.
- Blogging & Social Networking, Mornings@ANC, by TJ Manotoc on ANC, September 18, 2008.
- Kopi Roti, Hired!, by by Paolo Abrera and Mariz Umali on QTV 11, September 16, 2008.
- Gadget Shopping, TV Patrol on ABS-CBN, September 12, 2008.
- Netbooks, Mornings@ANC, by TJ Manotoc on ANC, September 11, 2008.
- Make Money by Writing Online, Globe Masigasig, September 2008 Issue
- Working from Home, Bandila, by Apples Jalandoni on ABS-CBN Channel 2, August 15, 2008.
- RP computer hackers turning into syndicates by David Dizon, ABS CBN News, June 4, 2008 (republished on NewsBreak on June 8, 2008).
- Making Money with Blogs by Raquel Gomez, Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- Blogging your way to the Bank, by JC Medina on page 44-45, Entrepreneur Magazine, November-December Issue, 2007
- Catching the Blog, by Myrna Rodriguez-Co on Inquirer.net, September 30, 2007
- Filipino bloggers frustrated with NBN Senate investigation, by Erwin Oliva on Inquirer.net, September 21, 2007
- Filipino sells homegrown blog ranking service, by Erwin Oliva on Inquirer.net, September 7, 2007
- Making Money Blogging
(Mel & Joey, August 19, 2007) on GMA 7
- 一線部落客與三線網站之間的「顧問計畫」，猶勝AP？, CNET Taiwan, July 9, 2007
- Try, Try Again: Orkut, Friendster Get Second Chance Overseas, PBS Mediashift, June 16, 2007
- Ethics of Blogging
(Filipinas Magazine, June 2007 Issue) by Yvette Tan
- Libel case vs. local blogger dismissed , Inquirer.net, May 29, 2007
- Philippine auction site gets popular blogger as endorser, CNET Asia, May 17, 2007
- Newsbreak magazine drops print edition, goes online
(Inquirer.net,January 23, 2007) by Erwin Oliva
- The revolution will not be televised, but blogged , CNET Asia, January 9, 2007
- Filipinos taking over blogosphere, CNET Asia, January 1, 2007
- The Day the Pixels Froze: When a Digital World Was Stopped by a Natural Disaster, The New York Times, December 28, 2006
- Filipino bloggers take helm of the Blog Herald, Inquirer.net, December 7, 2006
- Earthquake knocks Asia back to phone age, and beyond, International Herald Tribune, December 27, 2006
- The Blog Herald offers gift to ‘deserving’ blog
(Inq7.net, December, 2006) by Erwin Oliva
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We are all Time’s POTY (and be a perfect SO)
Computerworld, December 18, 2006
- Filipino bloggers tapped for product endorsements, reviews
(Inq7.net, November 23, 2006) by Erwin Oliva
- Should Filipino bloggers follow ethics in journalism?
(Inq7.net, September 14, 2006) by Erwin Oliva
- Filipino ad network for bloggers to launch soon, Inquirer.net, August 13, 2006
- The Business of Blogging
(Mornings on ANC, July 10, 2006) by Ricky Carandang
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Portrait of the Filipino as Blogger
(San Francisco Chronicle Podcast ‘Pinoy Pod’, June 13, 2006) by Ben Pimentel
- Apple Macbook Launch and Blogging
(ANC News, June 5, 2006) by RG Cruz
- The Magical World of Blogs
(Panorama/Manila Bulletin, May 7, 2006) by Susan Ople
- Blogging for money is not for the faint-hearted
(Business Mirror, March 10, 2006) by David Llorito
- Fake iPods spotted in RP shopping centers, consumers say
(Inq7.net, March 6, 2006) by Erwin Lemuel Oliva
- Smart Wifi
(Manila Standard Today, February 28, 2006) by Chin Wong
- Smart wi-fi subscribers have mixed reactions on service
(Inq7.net, February 3, 2006) by Erwin Lemuel Oliva
- Epixtar asks bloggers to delete comments about salaries
(Inq7.net, January 31, 2006) by Erwin Lemuel Oliva
- Epixtar not taking legal action against Filipino bloggers
(Inq7.net, Feb 02, 2006) by Erwin Lemuel Oliva
- I think therefore I blog
(Visayan Daily Star, November 22, 2005) by Rowena Guanzon
- See it, hear it, blog it
(Sun Star Cebu, September 22, 2005) by Max Limpag
- The Pinoy Tech Blog is Born
(Manila Bulletin Blog-O-Rama, September 18, 2005) by Annalyn Jusay
- A tech talk with Abraham “Abe” Olandres
(Manila Bulletin Blog-O-Rama, June 13, 2005) by Annalyn Jusay
- Philippine Blogging Summit TV Interview
(GMA 7 Unang Hirit) by Jalwyn Alburo
- The Philippines According to Blogs
(Manila Bulletin Blog-O-Rama, May 9, 2005) by Annalyn S. Jusay
- How Blogging Started in the Philippines
(Manila Bulletin Blog-O-Rama, March 28, 2005) by Annalyn S. Jusay
- A blog’s eye view of the Philippines
(Inq7.net, October 5, 2004) by Joey Alarilla
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