How has the Philippine Peso Fared Over the Past Year?

The Peso-Dollar exchange rate is important to us, because it’s important to local online entrepreneurs. A stronger peso means lower costs for what small-time operators usually pay for to keep their online properties running—usually paid for in dollars (see The Weakening Dollar is a Boon for Local Online Entrepreneurs and Peso Drops to 10-Month Low: [...]

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Analysis

Posted on September 6th, 2008 Written by Rico

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Bayantel Launches Webisode Series to Promote Wireless Landline Service

Last Wednesday over a dinner held for media peeps, local telco Bayantel announced its new online reality show, The Biggest Bill Loser. The show, which covers the exploits of 4 young professionals as they deal with their large cell phone bills, is obviously meant to present Bayantel’s Wireless Landline service as an affordable alternative for [...]

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News

Posted on September 5th, 2008 Written by Rico

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Be Wary of the Fake P1,000 Bill Scam

Pinoy Money Talk does a great job of letting everyone know about a counterfeit bill scam that has apparently victimized several people. Internet technology once again steps up for the Juan dela Cruz! Read on and see how the Fake P1,000 Bill Scam Goes.

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News

Posted on September 5th, 2008 Written by Rico

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Why She (or He) Won’t Text You Back

An age-old question for Filipinos: “Ba’t di siya nag-rereply!?” We’ve asked around, building a rundown of the common reasons behind your contact’s inability to reply. Read on to see what they are.

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Rundowns

Posted on September 2nd, 2008 Written by Rico

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Eraserheads Reunion: Proof that Filipinos are Techie

Or at the very least, Filipinos who got into the concert. Looks like lighters have been replaced by the point-and-shoot, brandished by eager fans who want their memories of the event digitized:

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Events

Posted on September 2nd, 2008 Written by Rico

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Command and Conquer: Red Alert Now Free

As reported by international affiliate The Gadget Blog: Kudos to EA for making Command and Conquer: Red Alert available as a free download, in preparation for the release of Red Alert 3—and in celebration of the RTS franchise’s 13th anniversary. Interested parties should visit this page, and set aside enough time for the 1GB download [...]

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Downloads

Posted on September 1st, 2008 Written by Rico

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Cupcake Conspiracy: A Cheaper Cupcakes by Sonja

Anyone who doesn’t mind paying P50+ for one cupcake probably knows Cupcakes by Sonja. As an anonymous reviewer shared: “The cupcakes were really good but I think they were also too pricey… If they can only lower the price of each cupcake.” Looks like there’s a new player—who’s active online—to fill that niche.

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News

Posted on September 1st, 2008 Written by Rico

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Last Week’s Top Stories

For the last day of August, let’s wrap up what happened over the past week: The Nikon D90 = dSLR + Video Sponsored 2008 Philippine Blog Awards Fantastic Contraption is a Really Addicting Game Filipinos Spending Less on Mobile Phones, But are Texting More LG KF700 Unboxing Last 10 Items on the Philippines That Made [...]

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Rundowns

Posted on August 31st, 2008 Written by Rico

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Congratulations to sultanjr!

Almost a month ago, we started our P1,500 Healthy Shabu-Shabu giveaway. All we needed from you, dear readers, were testimonials on why you like reading Technograph. We considered testimonials left in our announcement as the entries. Anyways, let’s all give a hearty round of applause to reader sultanjr, who had this to say about this [...]

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News

Posted on August 31st, 2008 Written by Rico

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Solutions to the Long-Running SSS Online Inquiry Problem?

Wow, over 735 opinions over the failure of the SSS online inquiry system, and still no word from the government bureaucracy (at least to our inquiries). But, some readers may have found the answer: Jayvee: “there’s a better alternative to the SSS gateway which is via Ventaja.com.ph. They do SSS payments and reflect after 5 [...]

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Rumors

Posted on August 31st, 2008 Written by Rico

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