Samsung Galaxy S4 Most Affordable Offers Unveiled by Globe Telecoms

Globe Telecom unveils most affordable offer for the Samsung Galaxy S4 that's available for as low as P1599 monthly over a 24-month contract period.           

Globe Telecom officially launches the Samsung Galaxy S4, pairing the newest Samsung Galaxy device with its award-winning roster of fully-customizable postpaid plans, giving subscribers the most flexible offers and best deals to enjoy the next-generation smartphone.

For as low as P1,599 monthly, subscribers can avail of the Samsung Galaxy S4 under the best-ever Globe My Super Plan 999 with P600 monthly cashout* over a 24-month contract period only. Under this permanent offer, subscribers get unlimited LTE surfing of up to 42 Mbps on the Globe LTE network plus free calls and texts.

Samurai-Juan Japanese-Pinoy 2nd Year Meet-Up was a Huge Success

Up-and-coming technopreneurs from Japan and the Philippines met up for the second-time around to continue their exchange of cultures and ideas over dinner and socialization at an informal Monday evening gathering dubbed as the 2nd Samurai-Juan MeetUp.

Samurai-Juan is a meet-up party for Japanese IT businessmen and the Philippines' existing start-ups. It invites around 30 to 40 people and discuss about each businesses and the possibilities of collaboration among the two nationalities, while munching on a great buffet of Japanese cuisine.

Several aspiring and rising Filipino technopreneurs were again invited to a simple dinner and get-together with their Japanese counterparts by Bolooka Co-Founder Marc Medina at Hanaichi Japanese Restaurant over at Bonifacio Global City last April 15, 2013.

Sun Cellular, The Good Choice in Postpaid

Why Sun Cellular Plan 600 and Plan 999 is The Good Choice in Postpaid? 

That could easily be answered in just two words: very affordable.

I you will compare it with other postpaid plans offered by the competitors, the price and plan features are better and worth the money.

Here are more details about their Plan 600 gathered from the Sun Cellular site http://www.suncellular.com.ph/

iZone-iHUB's Flash Animation Competition

Win as much as 20,000.00 Pesos!

Showcase your talents and skills with animation

We invite you to be part of this opportunity. For those skilled with animation and design this is your chance to shine. Get your work featured and get your designs known. This coming April 20, 2013 at iZone-iHUB Techsite in Ortigas Pasig City. On the spot creation of masterpiece and animation.

For interested parties you can sign up via http://ihub.izonetech-ph.com and click on the FAC Registration Form link. The theme of the contest will be creation of E-Cards (Electronic Cards) Fully animated and it has to have its own creative juice. 

For details regarding the competition you can visit this link : http://ihub.izonetech-ph.com/content/izone-ihubs-flash-animation-competition

Foursquare Day is on Every 16th Day of the 4th Month of the Year

Started officially in 2011, the Foursquare Day is held every 16th day of the 4th month of the year (literally the number 4 squared). The event aims to gather all Foursquare aficionados to meetup and build relationships outside the four corners of the social app.

We are reminding netizens and social media fanatics that, Foursquare, our favorite location-based social networking application, will celebrate the Foursquare Day across different locations around the world on April 16. In the Philippines, the celebration will be held at the Mega Atrium, SM Megamall at around 5PM.

This year, the #4sqDay 2013 official badge will be made available as well to all members who will check-in that day.

Karen Jimeno says as per BIR : Bloggers Should be Taxed

Because the general rule is ANY income is subject to tax, even income from eBay sales must be reported and is taxed.

No distinction. Basta if you earn something, that's income and that's subject to tax.

I'm a blogger too. Does that mean as long as I have a website, I'm officially a taxpayer?

Only if you earn income from your website or if you get any payments from blogging.

Different types of ITR forms are filed with the BIR depending on type of income.

Example, Form1701 if you are self-employed (this would apply to freelance bloggers, etc). Form1700 if you work for an employer. Form1700 should be filled-out by the employer for you, then you sign it as employee. 

You can see the different types of BIR Forms here: http://www.bir.gov.ph/birforms/birforms.htm … 

Hope that helps!:)

Online Slang Dictionary Gets the Panda Penalty

Have you guys heard about the issue regarding the Online Slang Dictionary?

Apparently, the Big G has penalized the site because it contains citations of slang us gathered by hand from books, TV programs and other sources.

"This site has more than 5,300 citations of slang use gathered from published sources, but we can't show them to you. Google penalizes this site in search rankings when we do. And even though all of the citations were removed 145 days ago, the penalty is still in place because we used to show citations.

The Evolution of GMail

We are now celebrating the 9th birthday of Gmail. Google has prepared an infographic detailing the updates and added features through the years. Kust click to see the bigger view of the infographic.

IdeaSpace Announces 10 Winners of US$12.5K Funding

Philippine startup incubator IdeaSpace has announced the ten winners of its national startup competition. The startups will each receive P500k (USD 12k) in seed funding and six months of incubation, where they will get office space, business operations support, and housing facilities for those not based in Metro Manila.

During the incubation period, the more promising startups could receive additional cash support from IdeaSpace of up to P5 million. Teams will also be introduced to other investors in Philippines, Silicon Valley, and other parts of the world.

Globe Successfully Attracts 49% Switchers From Rival Networks

The full year 2012 financial performance of Globe Telecom saw the company increasing its base and attracting more subscribers, evidently growing across the board in all market segments – mobile or broadband.

With game-changing product offers and cornering the latest devices with exclusive privileges, Globe has captured the sweet spot of customers at the height of its competitors’ aggressive switching campaigns launched during the second half of 2012.

This was spelled out in a recent survey conducted by global consumer research firm Nielsen, which indicated rival network’s subscribers switching to Globe. According to the survey, 49% of total SIM switchers to the Globe network came from competition.

Epson Partners With Jimac to Showcase Next-Generation Receipt Printers for Fast Web-Based Systems

Epson Philippines Corporation (EPC) has collaborated with Jimac, Inc., a Filipino-owned software company, to equip Hainanese Delight with a breakthrough point-of-sale (POS) system that can reduce capital investment and facilitate faster customer turnaround time.

Jimac, Inc. was established in 1992 and has since provided affordable, fully integrated, industry-specific business management solutions nationwide. In the past 20 years, it has developed POS solutions for Food Service (full-service restaurant management & fastfood); Retail (all-in-one web-based solutions & retail data management system); Healthcare (pharmacy POS); and Enterprise (small-medium enterprise solutions & centralized delivery system).

The pilot project -- called the Jimac TM-i Flex System -- was put into service at the Hainanese Delight restaurant (SM Baliuag branch). The project features a simple solution to a common concern -- complicated printing programs requiring installing additional print servers when printing receipts from a web application.