Not everything you read in the newspapers is true. Having worked in the industry myself, I know for a fact that stories are sometimes "planted" to lobby for something, influence public opinion or favor a high-spending advertiser. And now it seems Facebook has been caught with its pants down when it was identified as the one "feeding" anti-Google stories to the media. Worse, Facebook has admitted to the deed, citing Google's infringement of Facebook data and privacy concerns in the social networking tool called Social Circle which Google is implementing. Observers ... Continue Reading...
Nokia C3: if you’re hopelessly devoted to Facebook
Unveiled today: the must-have Nokia C3 phone for the social networking junkie, at a very affordable price of P7,295. It's the cheapest Nokia QWERTY phone to date and comes in metallic colors like slate gray and white. Being a female, however, I choose hot pink! :D If you're hopelessly hooked to Twitter and Facebook, you'd love the fact that the Nokia C3 gives you one-click connection. You'd be able to easily view live feeds from your friends, update your status and even make comments. The only thing you can't do in this baby is Facebook chat but instant messaging ... Continue Reading...
How to ride a taxi safely in Manila
One good reason to get a car of your own to drive in Manila, no matter what a rickety, old second-hand it is: it' actually safer to drive on your own in the city's crazy streets than depend on public transportation. My own arguments against riding public transport are these - if you're riding a taxi: you never know the driver's temperament or if their meters are reliable. Some smell of LPG gas (because, well, they're using it) and it's really crazy hailing taxis during rush hours, the holiday season and when it rains. As for FXs buses and jeepneys, I get ... Continue Reading...
Help Haiti quake victims thru the power of technology
Through the powers of technology, the world is witnessing the unfolding drama that is the aftermath of the powerful Intensity 7 earthquake that hit the Caribbean nation of Haiti. Hundreds of thousands are believed to be still missing and trapped within the shattered buildings. For those of us in the Philippines, the quake in Haiti has some parallels, if you count the tragic July 1990 earthquake (magnitude 7.7) and more recently, Typhoon Ondoy. Three Filipino members of the UN peacekeeping contingent remain unaccounted for in the Haiti tragedy. But unlike the 1991 ... Continue Reading...
Google Nexus One superphone
That's right. One of my 2010 New Year's resolutions is to buy a new mobile phone, after having decided that the last Christmas season was a bad time to buy one (prices were high and thefts were on the rise). Unknown to friends, am only using a basic phone and have two other high-tech phones just hidden in the drawer, tee hee. The plan is to give the basic phone to my son (it's time he has one since he's on the verge of high school) while am gonna trade in the two others for a single phone with good video capability. Any suggestions out there? Anyway, mobile phone ... Continue Reading...
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