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May 29, 2012

Samsung Galaxy S3 launched, priced at Php32,990

Samsung Electronics Phils. has officially launched the Galaxy S3 in the Philippines last night. This was the chance for Samsung to finally reveal the local pricing of the handset — Php32,990 (16GB).

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Mobile
May 16, 2012

Globe Galaxy S3 pre-order starts on May 23

Globe Telecom has just announced that it will start accepting pre-orders of the Samsung Galaxy S3 on May 23, 2012 and will offer it on various postpaid plans.

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Mobile, Telecoms
May 12, 2012

Smart Galaxy S3 Pre-order starts on May 23

We got the word from Smart’s External Relations Manager for Public Affairs (Wo Rosete) that the telco will start accepting pre-orders of the Samsung Galaxy S3 on May 23, 2012. This is smack right in the middle of our original May 22-24 launch date we got from Samsung Philippines.

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Mobile, Telecoms
November 02, 2011

Who’s got the thinnest notebooks (ultrabook) in town?

Asus Philippines is set to launch the Asus Zenbook (the UX21/UX31 ultrabook) tomorrow at El Nido, Palawan and we’ll be there to cover it. You’ve probably read our latest review of the Acer Aspire S3 here as well. But the question remains — who has the thinnest ultrabook in town?

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Personal Computing
August 27, 2011

Samsung Tablets hit with screen “oil slick” issues

Right on the heel of the release of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 in the Philippines, we received a couple of reports of an “oil slick” problem appearing on the screen of the tablets.

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Personal Computing
June 10, 2011

Globe launches Samsung Galaxy S2

In a media launch this evening, Globe Telecom formally introduced their latest product under the Globe Tattoo line-up — the Tattoo Tonino Lamborghini and the much-awaited Samsung Galaxy S2.

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Mobile, Telecoms
May 30, 2011

LG Optimus 2X P990 Review

My latest handset purchase is the LG Optimus 2X, dubbed as the world’s first dual-core Android smartphone which made it to the Guinness Book of World Records. Check out our full review of the Optimus 2X after the jump and see if it lives up to expectations and hype.

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Mobile, Reviews
May 06, 2011

LG Optimus Black lands; priced at Php19,990

Aside from the Optimus 2X which was launched by LG yesterday, they also showed us the LG Optimus Black. This 4-inch, 1GHz Android smartphone will have a retail price only Php19,990.

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Mobile
December 12, 2010

HTC Desire HD Review

The HTC Desire HD is one of the most anticipated superphone this year and it’s coming to town in time for Christmas (or so they say). Check out our full review of the Desire HD after the jump.

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Mobile
July 21, 2010

Samsung Galaxy S i9000 Review

The Samsung Galaxy S is among the most anticipated Android phones to date. So after using the handset for over a week, I’m handing down my verdict. Check out the full review of the Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000 after the jump.

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Mobile
March 11, 2010

Samsung launches N150, N220 Netbooks

Samsung Philippines has finally brought their netbooks to the Philippines and we got to check out the two models they’ve introduced today — the Samsung N220 and N150.

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Personal Computing
April 04, 2009

Thanks to YugaTech Sponsors

It’s been a while since I’ve made a dedicated thank you post to our advertisers and sponsors here at YugaTech. Please do check them out below and see what promos they’re offering to readers here.

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Site Updates
January 05, 2009

What I want to see in 2009?

This is more like a wish list rather than a prediction for the year 2009 with specific focus on the Philippine tech landscape. Hopefully, we’d be able to see some of the items on the list become a reality before the year ends.

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September 04, 2005

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YugaTech.com, the domain, has been online and running as a blog since October 2002. The blog, however, was relaunched as a technology blog on April 2005. In the last 2 years alone, this site has been covered as news source, featured in a number of publications and news sites, as well as interviews that include Inq7.net Inquirer.net, Manila Bulletin, Business Mirror, Business World, Manila Standard Today, Sun Star Cebu, ABS-CBN News,Globe Masigasig Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, The San Francisco Gate, International Herald Tribune and the New York Times. Partial list of citations can be found at the Press page.

The blogger behind YugaTech is Abe Olandres, commonly known as Yuga. He has contributed to local tech/business magazines like MS Asia, Switch, Mobile Philippines and the now defunct PC Magazine Philippines, a guest blogger at GMANews.tv as well as a book by the Friedrich Nauman Stiftung. Yuga has been consistently featured/interviewed by several radio and TV shows like ABS-CBN, GMA 7, Studio 23, RPN 9, UNTV, QTV 11, ANC and DZMM.

Blog Popularity & Reach

Age of Blog: 6 years
Published Entries: 4,600
Blog Comments: 132,000+ (average of 28 comments per post)
RSS & Email Subscribers: 28,600+
Monthly Pageviews: 1.5 million
Monthly Unique Visitors: 540,000

From Google Analytics, the site pulled over 1,590,000 pageviews from 540,000 absolute unique visitors per month with an average time spent of about 2 minutes and 18 seconds.

Majority of the visitors are from the Philippines (75%) followed by United States (5%), India (3%), Singapore (2%). UK, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Brazil and Hong Kong get 1% each.

A demographic survey of regular visitors is published here.

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Ad delivery is done using Google Ad Manager (GAM, now DFP or DoubleClick for Publishers) so bookings can be geo-targeted, day-parted and frequency capped according to advertisers’ need. Reports are shared or delivered on a weekly basis. YugaTech delivers above average industry click-through rates (CTR) ranging between 0.2% to 0.8% per campaign.

Note: We don’t do paid reviews or advertorials. All reviews only require a minimum 2 weeks loan. We disclose any and all conflicts of interests and affiliations to all news and reviews we publish in this blog.

Some of our reviews, news coverage and commentaries are also syndicated in GMANews.tv.

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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
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