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Philips Gives Us The New Obsession Walkthrough Experience

Written By Wazzup Pilipinas on Huwebes, Nobyembre 29, 2012 | 6:10 PM




The Philips Black Box ushers in The New Obsession as it hits Manila during the Yahoo! Techno Storm Expo at the Trinoma Activity Center. The Philips Black Box is a special sound cube designed for uninterrupted audio listening to various Obsessed with Sound speakers and headphones that it houses.

The Philips Black Box aims to provide an authentic listening venue for consumers wherein they can truly test Philips’ range of Fidelio products and accurately evaluate it for themselves. The enclosure will give consumers a whole new appreciation of high quality, crisp audio, and of hearing music exactly as the artist intended. Every detail of sound can be heard with the best quality audio output through the Fidelio range of products.

Inside the Black Box are the Philips Fidelio range of headphones and speaker systems, which are all high fidelity audio systems tailor-made for the discerning sound lover.

Yahoo! Technostorm Expo : Bringing the Latest Technology and Gadgets



Technostorm – an on-ground exposition featuring cutting-edge products and services from leading global and local brands. This includes Microsoft, Smart Telecom, Nokia, HP, Epson, Sony, Wi Tribe, PLDT, Sharp, Sun Cellular, LG, Samsung, Lazada, Globe and Phillips.

Hosted by Yahoo!, the expo runs from November 26 to December 2, 2012and accessible to anyone who is a technology enthusiast. Filipinos can now visit the Technostorm expo to experience the products, watch demos, attend the tech talks and hear from the experts before contemplating on making a purchase.


Learn To Launch Competition Preview


Formerly known as Andersen Consulting, Accenture just recently held a warm-up hackathon at their Cybergate Tower office called learn to Launch. Below are some preview pictures of what transpired during the event. I will update this posts once they release the official press release.

Thanks for the opportunity to get some pictures, though I was informed later that it was not allowed in that particular room. Lol!


Starmobile Dealers Convention and Star Awards

Written By Wazzup Pilipinas on Miyerkules, Nobyembre 28, 2012 | 5:07 PM



It's been a very exciting first year for Starmobile, and they have their dear partners, and you, to thank for their success!

A 2012 convention to culminate the pretty awesome year they've had was held last Tuesday, November 27, at Sofitel Philippine Plaza, at 6PM. The invitees were their partner resellers, owners, and friends, and they're anticipating about 200 people to attend. Many also got a preview of yet another Android smartphone and tablet coming up this December.


Asus Launches the All-in-One PC and Router with iCloud Technology

Written By Wazzup Pilipinas on Sabado, Nobyembre 24, 2012 | 7:25 PM



 
Asus Philippines officially launched to the media the perfect productivity and home entertainment package, their All-in-One PC with the introduction of the Asus ET2300 model. The At the same event, they also displayed the Asus RT-AC66U Router with iCloud technology. The launch was held at the Cue Modern Barbecue Restaurant located at the Bonifacio High Street Central in Taguig city.

Wildcard Wins First ASI Technovation Challenge




It was a good fight among the five schools that entered the finals of the Advance Solutions Inc. (ASI) Technovation Challenge, and a wildcard finalist brought home the grand prize. Informatics Eastwood Icons headed by Frederick Lee with members Romeo Roque, Joboy Hiceta, Nikko Espiritu and Isaac Pabuayon led all other schools and garnered the admiration and approval of a demanding panel of judges.

Winning cash and IT Products, the team jumped for joy when the Champion spot was left for them to fill.

Global Startup Battle 2012 Voting Begins

Written By Wazzup Pilipinas on Huwebes, Nobyembre 22, 2012 | 6:46 AM


From November 9th through the 19th, several teams from all over the world competed in more than 130 Startup Weekends. A winner from each was crowned and uploaded their videos, and now hope to get your votes. In the Philippines, there was the Startup Weekend in Davao and Cebu, and out of the many teams that joined, “My Startup Academy” emerged as the top winner.


Epson’s GPS Running Monitor Meets Athletes’ Needs



 
Launched this year in Japan as the "WristableGPS*", Epson's newly developed GPS running monitor is an accumulation of the company's technologies and expertise. By simply strapping it to their wrists, runners can accurately measure and record their speed and the distances they have run. This new product combines high GPS accuracy with a light, compact design and long-battery life.

Learn to Launch WarmUp Event on November 23

Written By Wazzup Pilipinas on Biyernes, Nobyembre 16, 2012 | 9:56 AM


Accenture Manila Delivery Center is holding a warmup event in support of the DevCon Code Challenge Cup (C-Cup) [http://e.devcon.ph/c-cup] on Nov 30.  Titled "LEARN to LAUNCH", the event aims to allow the participants to deploy a social media app in 4 hours using the Eden PHP Library  (http://eden.openovate.com/) developed by Openovate Labs.

Easy to learn and Speedy to deploy will be the motto of the attendees after getting their hands dirty with Eden.  Rapid prototyping will never be the same again.

November 23, 2012; 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Accenture Ideas Exchange
7th Floor Robinsons Cybergate Center Tower 1
Pioneer Street, Mandaluyong City
Registration and dinner: 6:00 PM.
Program begins at 7:00 PM.

* FREE EVENT for professionals only

About the Speaker: Christian Blanquera is the Co-Founder and Technology Head of Openovate Labs.  http://www.galleon.ph/, http://www.kosmos.com.ph/ and http://taghuddle.com/ are some of the site created using Eden. Christian also created another site (http://www.workinspire.com/) using Eden which recently qualified for the Launch Garage (http://launchgarage.com/) accelerator program of
Globe's Kickstart.ph and Proudcloud.

Ref:
http://www.accenture.com/Microsites/technology-sessions/Pages/register-form2.aspx
or
http://www.xvr.in/Jyb

Winners of the Bigas (Big Ass) Hackathon

Written By Wazzup Pilipinas on Linggo, Nobyembre 11, 2012 | 3:53 PM


Congratulations to the PhilRobotics A Team with their App named Envilog for winning the Most Innovative App award. The team is composed of Franklin Binos II, Richard Myrick Arelaga, Johnaray Dimaunahan, and Wayne Dell Manuel.

Envilog is a stand-alone temperature and humidity sensor with real-time GSM-based data sending and offline data collection and web-based visualization.


SMART DevNet and DevCon present Eden Hackathon Benilde

Written By Wazzup Pilipinas on Martes, Nobyembre 6, 2012 | 9:20 PM


Calling all developers! You can now register for the Eden Hackathon Benilde here !

Eden Hackathon Benilde takes place on November 16 at the De La Salle-Collage of St. Benilde. This is a one-day hackathon presented by SMART DevNet (SMART Developer Network), SMART Communications Inc.’s developer community for its technology platform, DevCon (Developer Connect) and De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde in cooperation with its Information Systems Department, Project Management (PRJ-MGT) Section TO0B and the Association of Information Management (AIM).

Eden Hackathon Benilde focuses on the Eden PHP library created by OpenOvate ( http://eden.openovate.com ) which allows developers to do rapid prototyping in PHP for Internet Platforms and APIs for popular services like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Google Drive, Google+, PayPal and Amazon. We’re inviting PHP developers to experience the power of the Eden PHP Library and show off the what they can do!

Eden Hacakthon Benilde is open to all developers: students, teachers and professionals. This is a FREE event, no charge for admission, but registration is required. For further details, check out the hackathon’s EventBrite page.

Eden PHP Library http://eden.openovate.com/

DLSU Hacker Cup 2012



Do you have an awesome app idea? Take DLSU's 24hr challenge this November 23.

Eligibility

  1. The DLSU Hacker Cup 2012 is open to the following:
    • Currently enrolled undergraduate students
    • DLSU 2012 undergraduate graduates
  2. Only registered and validated participants will be allowed to participate in the contest. Walk-ins will not be permitted to join. Registration ends on November 10, 2012. Validation will be sent through e-mail.
  3. There must be a minimum of one (1) and a maximum of four (4) members in each Team. Alumni must team up with enrolled undergraduate students when forming teams. Only one (1) alumnus will be allowed per team.

Procedure

  1. Teams can either chose to implement their idea as a web application, a mobile application or both.
  2. Applications may be assembled using any mix of programming languages, application frameworks, and development tools. Participants are expected to bring the necessary tools to build their competition entry.
  3. Application must be built during the entire duration of the contest. Teams are given 24 hours (from 3pm of November 23 until 3pm of November 24) to finish their entries.
  4. Contest theme will be announced one-day before the start of the hackathon (November 22, 2012).
  5. Teams will undergo final judging by presenting their project to a panel of judges who will identify the top three winners.
  6. All decisions of judges are final. Scores will not be made public.
More information here: http://www.dlsuhackercup.tk/

DevCon Code Challenge Cup (C-Cup)


Tekkie Tekkie Muna (Wow! I seem to can't enough of all these coding challenges), DevCon has organized another event for the persistent coders and developers in us.

The Philippines is basking in an Information Technology Renaissance...

We've seen the Startup scene and IT sector hogging the headlines. Now, to support budding technopreneurs and their garage operations in discovering co-founders/new talents -- following the success of Hack2HATCH -- DevCon is hosting a CODE CHALLENGE CUP (C-CUP) on November 30, 2012 in Xavier School (Greenhills).

C-Cup aims to help spur critical thinking and highlight problem solving strategies under pressure. It is patterned after the International Collegiate Programming Contest organized by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) -- the oldest, largest and most prestigious programming contest in the world. Hardcore IT geeks consider this to be the “Olympics of Computer Programming.”

Spread the iZone-iHUB Virus!


Tekkie Tekkie Muna (I would like to hang-out first at my favorite "tambayan" at makipag-umpugan ng ulo sa mga kapwa ko geeks at nerds of the IT industry), did you know there's now a place where we can converge and join forces to help save the world by our innovative ideas and bright minds?

Come and visit iZone-iHUB—the first open forum location in the country!

With its official launch on Thursday, November 8 at 7 pm.

iZone-iHUB Center is a place that caters to an online community, where Pinoy techies and innovative individuals can:
•             converge ideas
•             solidify a collaboration among techies, innovators, and IT geeks
•             create vast networks and come up with plans and proposals on IT advancements
•             host events and seminars that will prepare collaborators to be better entrepreneurs, netpreneurs, technopreneurs, and innovators

The Asus Incredible Launch


Tekkie Tekkie Muna (this seems like an ordinary launch, but hey they did say they wanted to focus on the products rather than celebrities and fireworks), the brands are now revealing to the public their new devices after the October 30 launch of Windows 8.

Asus launched its Windows 8 compatible devices today, November 6, 2012, to the media people at the R Space venue in Makati at around noon.


4SQ Hackday PH 2012

Written By Wazzup Pilipinas on Lunes, Nobyembre 5, 2012 | 6:20 AM



Tekkie Tekkie Muna (Hackathon mula umaga hanggang madaling araw, tuloy-tuloy hanggang sa susunod na madaling araw), after the Blackberry Jam Hackathon, then soon the Bigas Hackathon on November 10 and 11, another Hackathon has shown its face.


SMART DevNet and WebGeek Philippines is aiming for Foursquare Hack Day Philippines to become the largest mobile app hackaton in the country.

Dubbed as “Social. Location. Mobile. Connected” with an official hashtag of #4SQHackPH, they are in search for the greatest SoLoMo app to be held at SaDoce, 12/F Smart Tower 2, 6799 Ayala Ave, Makati on December 1.

Appy Birthday, Android!


Tekkie Tekkie Muna (It's time to pause and celebrate success, pahinga muna tayo at maki-greet ng Happy Birthday), did you know its somebody's turning 5?

Monday surprise! More great tech events for the GDG PH Community. 

Show and Tell demo of Android Apps and Android's 5th Birthday Celebration this Friday. 

To register http://appybirthdayandroid.eventbrite.com/

Thank you Smart Devnet for making this possible!

Sandisk Extreme 240 GB SSD Reviews

Written By Wazzup Pilipinas on Linggo, Nobyembre 4, 2012 | 5:45 AM



Tekkie Tekkie Muna (SSD na talaga tayo, obsolete na talaga ang HDD), there's this tempting piece of SSD that caught my attention, priced so reasonably. Maybe I should consider trying it out and do a review once I bought it. But please do advise me if I would really be making the right choice.

Anyone here using or have used the Sandisk Extreme 240 GB SSD <click here for link> ?


 
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