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December 04, 2010

Samsung Galaxy Tab vs. Apple iPad

Been getting a lot emails from people wanting to buy a tablet this Christmas, mostly as a gift to themselves. The top two contenders are the Apple iPad and the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Here’s a quick guide to all those who asked just to help you make that final decision.

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June 20, 2010

Genius G-Shot HD501 HD Pocket Camcorder

Was doing a series of article contributions for a travel magazine (with a tech-travel section) so I got a bunch of nifty gadgets to check out. One of the items was this HD pocket camcorder made by Genius, the G-Shot HD501.

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December 31, 2009

Our Biggest Tech Stories of 2009

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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August 02, 2009

Free Gadget Magazines: Do they work?

The Mobile Philippines magazine has been offering subscriptions for free in the last 8 months (at least) and I only found about it today.

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May 18, 2009

HP Mini 2140 in photos

Finally got the replacement demo unit of the HP Mini 2140. And for the last several days that I’ve been using it, I’ve changed some of the initial impressions I had with it. If only it addressed the small shortcomings I previously identified on the HP Mini 1100.

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February 10, 2009

Amazon Kindle 2

The 2nd generation Kindle from Amazon is now official and is available for pre-order for $359. Oprah surely did help boost sales of the e-book reader. Continue Reading

October 06, 2006

Contributing to Mobile Philippines Mag

I’ve been invited to contribute to the newly reformatted Mobile Philippine Mag and review some gadgets. I’ve always wanted to write for magazines or review some gears and gadgets. I thought that by blogging, I could hone my writing/communication skills and maybe one day be able write this off my top 100 things to do before I retire. :D I guess blogging did get me this gig.

My first assignment is this gear: the Oakley Thump.

Oakley Thump

Watch out for it on the November issue of Mobile Philippines. ;)

Btw, my other feature article on PC Magazine Philippines was pushed to the October issue. It should be out anytime now though.

April 11, 2006

Pinoy Problogger: Jayvee Fernandez

Jayvee Fernandez Most of you may already know or read about Jayvee from the popular mobile gadget magazine, m|PH (among others).

You can also read another write-up of him here.

The rest, we can just read from his personal blog. Now, we’ll learn how this prolific writer/editor got into problogging.

  • How would you define problogging?

    Problogging is the term used to describe online publishing as a legitimate source of income.

    As a corollary, problogging also means using your blog as an online reference for certain topics of interest. It is your own “personal wiki” if you may call it that.

    In sum, problogging may be the combination of two things – it is making money directly from your blog through different revenue sources, or making money indirectly using your blog as a self-promotion tool.

  • When did you start blogging? When did you get into problogging and how did you realize that there’s some money to be had from it?

    I have been blogging casually since the 3rd quarter of 2003.

    I got into problogging in August of 2005 – and as most bloggers will tell you, by accident.

    I wanted to utilize my writing skills to make money online so I surfed for possible writing gigs. Turns out I was at the right website at the right time – I discovered The Blog Herald, owned by Duncan Riley, who is now one of the directors of b5media. At that time, he was looking for writers for an existing technology blog and I immediately expressed my interest.

    A few weeks later, I found out that the position was filled but Duncan told me that he found something “more suitable and more exciting for my style of writing” so I kept my fingers crossed and next thing you know, Cellphone9 was served to me on a silver platter.

  • Which blogs are you writing for and which blog networks are you affiliated with?

    My main blog where I concentrate most of my efforts is Cellphone9, the b5media blog on mobile technology. I also write for The AfterMac, a lifestyle blog on Apple products. I co-blog with Dickoy Magdaraog of Fight Pompe and Adel Gabot, the current EIC of m|PH magazine.

    A Bugged Life
    is my personal blog.

  • Are you problogging part time or full time? Do you see this career as a part time gig or you are looking into going fulltime problogging?

    I see problogging as a part time gig. This is because I cannot guarantee that problogging will yield a consistent stream of income to pay for everything – at least not yet.

    Darren Rowse of Problogger.net once wrote about how “going pro” should and will NEVER happen overnight. You can’t just decide to make blogging your life, quit your job tomorrow, blog like crazy, and then earn a few hundred dollars from Google the next week. It doesn’t happen that way, unfortunately.

    Ask me again a year from now and I might give you a different answer. There are many variables in the blogging world that may affect how income streams are generated or cut off.

  • How do you monetize your blog? Which ones bring in the most revenues?

    It should be known that the ads are carefully chosen by the b5 network and not me. Right now there’s Google AdSense of course. But other than that there’s BlogAds, TextLinkAds, TextLinkBrokers, Kontera, AdBrite and BizRate. We used to subscribe to Chitika but not anymore. Feedback was that it wasn’t that great.

  • What are the requirements to go into problogging for a network? Flat fee or profit sharing? How much is the salary range?

    We follow the “you make your blog work for you” system. Although we don’t have a “fixed salary” I can sort of predict how much my sites make just by looking at the PageRank-based ads that pay a fixed rate. Getting your site’s PR up a few notches increases the value of your blog to advertisers.

    Increasing your PR means blogging like crazy, linking to people and getting links from relevant sites.

  • How much time do you spend on problogging?

    On the average I give around 30 minutes to an hour a day. Sometimes two hours, when I get all giddy on the keyboard. I go really slow on weekends because I believe that bloggers need some “fresh space” every now and then to recharge on ideas.

    One of the pitfalls of problogging is when you turn it into a boring routine. You’ll start to notice that your post quality goes down and your level of enthusiasm depreciates. And that’s a big no-no.

  • What other benefits do you get from problogging?

    People start to recognize you from your blog. Your blog becomes a legitimate source of reference for future jobs as fellow b5′er Aaron writes in Technosailor.com.

    I also get insider knowledge about the blogging industry and get to interact with the b5 family from around the world. It keeps lonely nights happy.

    As a “company benefit”, b5 hosts our personal blogs for free.

  • What’s the most significant event/moment you had in your entire problogging career?

    Too early to tell as of this moment. But so far, it would be when my site got mentioned in Gizmodo, giving me over 2,000 unique hits on that one post – in one day. In the long run, my site stats doubled in one month just because of that.

    Money-wise, the most significant moment was when I went over the $100.00 mark in income, which happened over two months ago. If you put that in perspective, people from the Philippines won’t even believe me if I tell them that I make money out of blogging. The ‘blogging industry’ here is unheard of.

  • What personal tips can you share with bloggers who want to try out problogging?

    Blogging, just like journalism, the publishing industry, and the arts is a passion-based type of job. You gotta love what you’re doing – and be knowledgeable with your field of interest. It can be as niched as knitting, flying an airplane, gaming, or following the latest celebrity gossip.

    Without the passion for something, no one will read you. Passion markets itself, and that’s where you should begin. Find your niche, blog about it and really “own” it.

March 31, 2006

My Top 5 Tech Podcasts

I don’t often listen to podcasts the way I used to a few months back. However, I try to find time (although delayed by 2 or 3 episodes) to listen to the top 5 on my iTunes.

Amber MacArthur

At #5 is Mac Break. This one is a video podcast hosted by Leo Laporte of TechTV fame, Alex Lindsay of PixelCore, Emery Wells and the beautiful Amber MacArthur from Call for Help. This one is for the Mac addicts… very informative and entertaining.

At #4 is SEO RockStars. If you want to learn more about SEO and some of the current SEM news, this one is for you. I know whitepapers and ebooks about SEO could be very tiring to read with the volumes and volumes of PDFs. This one, you just pop out your iPod and you get the latest updates in the industry.

At #3 is Diggnation. Hosted by Kevin Rose and Alex Albretch, Diggnation discusses the latest updates from the social news and bookmarking site Digg.com. Digg gets almost 1,200 submissions each day with 500,000 visitors and close to 6 million pageviews/day.

At #2 is the Daily Giz Wiz. Leo Laporte teams up with Mad Magazine’s Dick DeBartolo and came up with a daily 5 to 10-minute podcasts about every weird and ingenius gadget Dick has been storing in his warehouse for almost 20 years.

At #1 is This Week in Tech (TWiT). Again Leo Laporte tops my list of favorite podcasts. He is joined by Patrick Norton, John C. Dvorack, Roger Chang (sometimes with Amber, Kevin and Apple inventor Steve Wozniak) for a commentary of the recent news and issues in the IT industry.

Ok, ok, I used to be TechTV’s Screensaver and Call for Help fan.

[tags]tech podcasts, techtv, twit, diggnation, apple, itunes[/tags]

July 04, 2005

Sony’s iShuffle killer.

Just got my copy of the latest issue of the T3 Magazine (along with a copy of the Entrepreneur). While reading some new gadget reviews, I found a short article about this Sony Network Walkman (NW-E507).

The highlights:

  • 1GB Flash memory
  • 3 line Organic EL display
  • Built-in FM Tuner
  • 50 hour playback time!

It also has a quick 3-minute charge for 3 hours of playback time. Where else can you get that? It’s a bit pricey and T3 merely gave it a rating of 4 stars (5 for performance and 3 for value). Com’on T3, it’s way far ahead of the iPod Shuflle and the price difference ain’t that much (Sometimes I wonder how T3 really ticks off stars on its gadget reviews). Why not check the E-505 which is just 512MB but $50 cheaper?

Ajay just did a review for it in Manila Bulletin. TrustedReviews gave it a 9 out of 10. This is a true-blue Shuffle killer!

May 23, 2005

In the Press

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
  • 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
  • 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