• Internet, Software

    Posted on 28 November 2008

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    Google now speaks Filipino

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    It would most probably be safe to assume that all Filipinos who go online have at least a working knowledge of English. That’s possibly why there haven’t been many sources of Filipino-language material on the Internet, because there just wasn’t much need (or so many of us think). But there is a need: a need [...]

  • Education & Literacy, Events & Stuff

    Posted on 20 November 2008

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    Microsoft in support of local business

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    Yesterday, Microsoft’s Development & Platform Evangelism (DPE) group, in partnership with Lane Systems Inc. (LSI), held a long-overdue educational event in Davao City for the benefit of local software developers. According to Rodney Jao, president of LSI, the last time that Microsoft held an official event in the city was almost two years ago. The [...]

  • Gadgets, Software, Web resources

    Posted on 10 November 2008

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    Enabling your blogs for mobile

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    In this age of high technology, you find an increasing number of people with more than just cellular phones — there are PSPs, iPods, smart devices with a huge identity crisis (are they phones or cameras or something else entirely?), and there are more to come for sure. Suffice it to say that we are [...]

  • Events & Stuff

    Posted on 6 November 2008

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    Davao Roadshow: e-Services Phils. 2009

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    In a nutshell, the e-Services Global Sourcing Conference and Exhibition is an annual event that attracts potential buyers from all over the world to interface with Philippine IT companies and IT-enabled services. It’s an all-out showcase of what Filipino technopreneurs can bring to the global marketplace. For the first time since its inception, the organizers [...]

  • Gadgets

    Posted on 2 November 2008

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    The Nokia N96

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    After romancing the awesome Nokia N82 for nearly four months, WOM World is now asking for it back… (sigh)  However, I’ve gotten yet another mobile phone: the N96. While the N82, like I’ve mentioned before, is a camera phone, the N96 is reportedly a video phone. This I have to see. I’ll take some videos [...]