Vote for the Philippines Online!

Support a fellow Filipino: vote for his creation at this online t-shirt design contest. The title? Mecha-labaw (Me-Kalabaw, get it?!). Just go to this page, and sign up for an account to vote. Feel free to use an anonymous email! Support a Philippine natural wonder: the Puerto Princesa Underground River is in the running for this [...] More »

• Fri Jul 24 2009
• 1 Opinion

How Many Filipinos are Online? Around 20 Million, Says Nielsen & Yahoo

Last March, Nielsen and Yahoo conducted a survey of Internet users in the Philippines—apparently coming up with a figure of 20 million local users (22% of the country’s estimated 90 million population), and projecting a 10% increase of Filipinos online yearly. Details on demographics and popular online activities follow. More »

• Wed Jul 22 2009
• 2 Opinions

SSS Online Inquiry: Where You Can Find it Now

Yesterday, reader helper shared the location of the “new”—and apparently working—SSS online inquiry website, thus living up to his (or her) name. Here was someone who never had anything bad to say, unlike the thousand or so people who were never ashamed of cursing the SSS to high hell. Some even thought that Technograph had [...] More »

• Sat Feb 7 2009
• 366 Opinions

Philippine Semiconductor Exports Slipped by 5% in 2008

Last Wednesday the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries of the Philippines Inc. (SEIPI) released a statement estimating that electronics exports from the Philippines dropped by 5% in 2008, due to a lack of demand. More »

• Sun Feb 1 2009
• Respond

Technology Spreads Info About Upcoming John Legend Concert in the Philippines

Yesterday, I got the following text message: John Legend Live in Araneta on march26, thu! P10k(1st-3rd row) P7500(4th-6th row) P5k-Patron Vip P3595-Patron Side P2995-Lowerbox P1595-Uperbox A Technology represents a huge opportunity for anyone who wants to spread info about their event, product, or service. I also received an email pointing me to this TicketNet page of the same event (which incidentally, lists [...] More »

• Fri Jan 30 2009
• Respond

Forum Nokia Code Camp 2009 Philippines

Companies like Valve and Apple will tell you that some of their greatest successes have come from the efforts of other people. The wildly popular Counter-Strike started out as third-party a mod developed for Half-Life by a group of amateur developers, while Apple’s App Store’s catalog of applications continues to grow thanks to the iPhone [...] More »

• Wed Jan 28 2009
• 2 Opinions

Problems With AdSense Western Union Payments in the Philippines

If you get your Google AdSense payments through Western Union (WU), you may have to cancel your AdSense account and apply for a new one (AdSense is Google’s service that pays website owners for displaying advertisements on their sites). That’s because WU has become pretty strict about payee names. Western Union Now Requires Exact Name Matches Previously, [...] More »

• Wed Jan 28 2009
• 21 Opinions

Intel Confirms Closure of Cavite Plant

After reporting a decline in Q4 revenue for 2008, Intel has confirmed that it will shut down various facilities [...] More »