Smart Communications Philippines announced that they’ll start taking pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S4 beginning tomorrow, April 27. The flagship handset will typically be offered under Smart’s UnliData Plan 2000 with a 30-month lock-in period, but early adopters can get it for less.
Yesterday we attended the first Mozilla Firefox OS aka Boot2Gecko roadshow in the Philippines in partnership with Globe Labs to give members of the media and developers a taste of what this upcoming OS is all about. We also get to play with a Nexus S device ported with the said OS and were able [...]
In a bid to embrace conveniences that the internet can provide, the City Government of Makati has just announced that they are now making preparations to build a city-wide network of free WiFi service.
This is the second part of our contest, which is sponsored by McDonald’s for their 30th anniversary. This time, we’ll be doing a little bit of twist for another photo contest. Read on and see how you can win a Php1k McDo GC and some McDo Premium Items.
We featured this HSPA+ capable mobile hotspot from ZTE a few weeks ago and we’ve finally gotten a review unit to test. Like many other pocket WiFi (MiFi) devices before it, the ZTE MF60 is one pretty kick-ass unit. If only it were more affordable.
Been in the boondocks for about a week now on a semi-vacation mode (and semi-retreat kind of way) so I’m not able to regularly publish new entries here. With a thousand miles away from mega Manila and a couple hundred more miles from the nearest city, my mountain resort hide-away is almost devoid of any [...]
Just two weeks from the announced acquisition of Groupon, the Beeconomic team has set up office in the Philippines (as Groupon Philippines) to strengthen its presence and get better deals from local retailers to offer to members.
SEMCON 2010 is just 3 weeks away and we’d like to give chance to people who are interested to attend this one-a-year conference to come on our tab. We’re giving out 3 free passes for SEMCON 2010. See details below.
Here is the list of the Top 10 successful examinees of the 2009 Bar Examinations. Congratulations to all the Bar Passers! No 1. Reinier Yebra , 84.80, San Beda No 2. Charlene May Tapic , 84.60, San Beda No 3. John Paul Lim, 84.50, Ateneo Law No 4. Caroline Lagos, 84.40, UP Law No 5. [...]
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.
There’s been some buzz about this new campaign called Ako Mismo which started out as a star-studded TV ad followed by a members-only website.
AVT today announced a whole line of GPS devices specific for the Philippine market. That’s turn-by-turn GPS navigation available for the entire Greater Metro Manila and all national highways from Abra to Davao.
About 2 years ago, anti-virus and security company Sophos published a report that an online Russian blackmail gang was jailed for extorting $4 million from gambling websites. I thought this was old news until someone told me they’ve been a target of a DDOS attack only recently.
With about $1 billion in annual revenues, the Philippines is tied at No. 8 with Canada and Taiwan for the largest revenues from pornography in 2006. This is according to the Internet Pornography Statistics report by Jerry Ropelato of Top Ten Reviews. For a poor 3rd 2nd world country, that’s something, huh?
When they said you can get sued for linking to a libelous blog, some people do really mean it.
January 2009 Breaking News!: Intel facility closure worldwide Intel closes Malaysia, Philippines, Oregon & California Operations Intel to shut down Cavite facility by year-end First, it was Intel Makati that closed down. Then, Intel Philippines sold its flash division. Early April of 2007, Intel announced a $2.5 billion fab in China — that paved the [...]
Friendster ain’t dead yet. They’re actually looking for a Senior Product Manager in their Philippine office here in Makati. That’s according to a recent job listing on Jobstreet.com.ph.
There’s this three-year itch about the idea of having our own version of the Silicon Valley in the Philippines. Migs started the discussion just over 2 years ago and has been revived by Marie of Pinoy Web StartUp.
Two of the most recent blog ideas pitched to me have become an almost instant hit in the local webosphere. When the authors of these blogs came up to me and pitched the proposal, I knew right then it would be a success. I’d like to share their stories here so to inspire others.
Several things I’d like to share coming out of my Inbox: Krispy Kreme is really sending me a truckload of doughnuts. They’ve sent email on several of my blogs. Maybe we could all do some Krispy Kreme blogger meet-up? Doughnuts on me. PinoyTravelBlog & PinoyTechBlog both made it to the Finals of the 9th Philippine [...]
Jan emailed me yesterday and asked me about the state of corporate blogging in the country: Hi and good day! I’m currently looking for companies in the Philippines who allow their employees to blog about their products, processes, etc… Companies who embrace corporate blogging. Is there a company right now who openly does this? If [...]
There will be a blogging and podcasting workshop this March 9 and 10 sponsored by Friedrich-Naumann Foundation, Philippines and while I’m one of the resource speakers, I’d like to share this open invitation to anyone who might interested: FNF is organizing “Express Yourself”, a hands-on workshop on blogging and podcasting as political tools. This will [...]
