Globe Telecom First PH Telco to Offer BlackBerry Q10

The BlackBerry Q10 will be exclusively available to Globe for 30 days starting June 7, for as low as P1499 monthly under the best-ever MySuperPlan 999 with a monthly cashout of P500* over a 24-month contract period. The postpaid bundle comes with unlimited LTE surfing of up to 42 Mbps and a monthly consumable peso-value amount which can be converted to avail of call, text and surfing combo services.

On the back of its strong and longtime partnership with BlackBerry, Globe Telecom becomes the first telco in the Philippines to launch the BlackBerry Q10 and will be the only operator offering the newest BlackBerry smartphone for the first thirty (30) days when it becomes officially available in the country on June 7.

WD Green Hard Drives Win Best Choice Award At Computex Taipei 2013

WD, a Western Digital company and world leader in storage and connected-life products, today announced that its WD Green™ desktop 3.5-inch hard drives have been awarded the COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2013 Best Choice Award in the Green ICT category.

The Best Choice Award is a technology-industry recognition of distinctive products, judged on functionality, innovation and market potential. This year the judging panel, comprised of government officials, professors, experts and journalists, received more than 400 entries.

Employing the company’s WD GreenPower Technology™, WD Green hard drives were the industry’s first drives to significantly reduce power consumption when compared to standard hard drives, and have been widely accepted globally, with more than 125 million units shipped since their introduction in 2008. In addition to consuming less power, the purpose-built drives’ power-saving technologies result in cooler and quieter operation. Available in capacities up to 3 TB, the WD Green family is designed and manufactured with lead-free, conflict-free and halogen-free materials.

New EB-4000 Series Projectors Expand Epson’s Range Of High Brightness Smodels

Epson, the world’s top projector maker for 12 years in a row*, has introduced the new EB-4000 series of projectors to give the company the widest range of bright projectors rated 4000 lumens and above.

Featuring brightness ratings between 4000 to 5200 lumens, the new EB-4000 series models fill the gap between the Epson EB-1900 series (4200 to 5000 lumens) and higher end EB-G6000 series (5200 to 7000 lumens and with interchangeable lenses). With the EB-4000 series, Epson now has a total of 17 installation projector models that have a high brightness rating of 4000 lumens and above. These include the new models of the EB-4000 series, the EB-G6000 series and the range topping EB-Z series. With such a wide range of high brightness projectors, customers who need them for larger rooms or halls can choose the projector model with the perfect combination of brightness, features and price for their requirements.

WD Participates in Computex 2013

WD, a Western Digital company and world leader in storage and connected-life products, today announced that it will demonstrate its solid state hybrid drives (SSHD) and 5 mm ultra-slim hard drive technologies in tablet and other thin-and-light devices at the COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2013 trade event, held in Taiwan from June 4 to June 8, 2013. The innovations will be a part of WD’s exhibit showcasing its latest storage technologies and solutions addressing thin-and-light mobile devices, cloud datacenter computing and the connected lifestyle.

Intel Atom Mobility Event Held at Skinny Mike's BGC

Skinny Mike's BGC was the venue for the Intel Atom Mobility event where Leigton Phillips introduced to the members of the media what Intel now has to offer to consumers.

Leighton Phillips is the Director of Product Marketing Pricing from Intel Asia-Pacific and he discussed about "Enriching Your Life with Intel Inside Devices".

The theme of the event was sports where attendees get to wear name tags in the form of race bibs. Several activities made the event livelier especially when they asked members of the media to participate in games involving the use of mobile devices like tablets. The games were "Hot off the press", "Race against time" and "Weekend Grub on the run".

Tattoo@Home Ready To Rock The Market With A Chart-Topping Offer

Tattoo@Home continues to create waves in the market as it is all set to follow-up its game-changing run of exciting offers.

Very soon, Tattoo@Home is ready to redefine the way consumers connect at the comforts of their home with another compelling deal that is sure to be “music to their ears,” following the success of its unlimited landline to Globe and TM call feature.

“It was all about customization last year, which encouraged customers to level up their experience by choosing between speed upgrades and freebies, especially with Tattoo@Home. The freedom of choice was the ultimate power the brand gave its consumers,” said Jurist Gamban, Head of Tattoo@Home.

ASUS Releases Fonepad 7" Phablet

Phablets are becoming very popular nowadays, as many have introduced their very own version of a mobile phone and tablet combination.

ASUS Philippines has just introduce to the media their ASUS Fonepad, a competitively priced handheld with 3G voice and mobile data for all the features of a smartphone, with the versatility of a 7-inch tablet.

ASUS Fonepad is ideal for people who value both the voice communication features of a smartphone and the entertainment opportunities afforded by a tablet, but prefer the convenience of carrying just one device.

Powered by the latest Intel® Atom Z2420 processor with full Android compatibility, Fonepad which comes in Titanium Gray and Champagne Gold, features a perfect balance of performance and energy efficiency, with hardware-accelerated 1080p Full HD video decoding. The 7-inch screen features 10-point multi-touch, and a 1280 x 800 HD resolution for crisp screen results.

WD and SanDisk Collaborates

Wazzup Pilipinas!

WD, a Western Digital company, and SanDisk Corporation, a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, today announced that the two companies are collaborating to introduce hybrid storage devices that feature best-in-class flash memory technology from SanDisk and best-in-class hard drive technology from WD.

SanDisk is supplying a SanDisk iSSD storage device for the WD Black solid state hybrid drive (SSHD), the world’s thinnest 2.5-inch SSHD solution, which utilizes both WD proprietary hybrid technology and industry standard SATA IO technology. The SanDisk iSSD brings an elegant balance of performance, low power consumption, cost, reliability, and a compact form factor to this SSHD, which will offer ample storage to meet consumers’ growing appetite for digital content as well as flash-enabled speed, data throughput and responsiveness – all within ultra-slim form factors.

Cat@lyst Seeks Innovative ICT Tools

cat·a·lyst

[kat-l-ist] 

noun

1.

Chemistry . a substance that causes or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected.

2.

something that causes activity between two or more persons or forces without itself being affected.

3.

a person or thing that precipitates an event or change.

4.

a person whose talk, enthusiasm, or energy causes others to be more friendly, enthusiastic, or energetic.

Tattoo, powered by Globe, together with the Global Shapers Manila Hub launches a nationwide competition where young Filipinos can transform their ideas into viable programs that could create social change with the help of modern technology.

The youth challenge is part of Cat@lyst, a Tattoo-branded initiative that seeks to promote the use of innovative ICT tools to provide solutions to real community problems such as air pollution, traffic enforcement, crime prevention, among others.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Technological Role in Poverty

In the modern generation world, the techno-competitive environment has been widely known. In the past several years, technology has been vastly welcomed by the general eye as it protrudes its wonderful spectrum of knowledge and ideas. Simply starting from its little known area, it winded up to the wide variety of novelty and advancements. Little by little, and instinctively speaking, technology has been a powerful tool to solve large amount of human bewilderment and environmental perplexity. The technology varying from its sources up to the ends of the world, strives to lessen the proliferation of any world-stricken dilemmas especially in talks with poverty all over the different countries.

The populace employs the high-level skills and information technology to interpret ideas and notion in order to come up with positive outcomes. The government and community continue to evoke technology to help elevate the survival of the public especially those who are in the line of poverty. Despite the popularity and reputation of technological innovations and expertise, it cannot truly emanate the unpleasant matters belonging to the world. It is an inevitable to eradicate problems associated with the world and its people, its original nature and its environment.

IT as a Business Factor

In this contemporary age of technology and business, what could be the most effective factor that will make an entity dominate over the others? Information Technology is the prevalent aspect of why companies build up success.

How to be a successful businessman in this Golden Age of Information Technology? An entrepreneur should be aware of the know-how of the modern technological world. Nowadays, there are many competitions happening in the modern business world. A company cannot survive the incessant competition among the existing businesses as well as the entrance of new threats if they cannot apply a better and a more spirited method to distinguish their organization’s potential that would make it phenomenal the among the other businesses.

MoneyGram Boosts its Money Transfer Services with Globe GCASH

MoneyGram, one of the biggest money transfer companies in the world, has announced an agreement with Globe Telecom’s mobile commerce subsidiary G-Xchange, Inc. (GXI) that would further expand its reach in the Philippines through Globe GCASH.

With the partnership, Filipinos overseas can send money in MoneyGram’s locations all over the globe and have their loved ones pick up the cash at GCASH REMIT outlets in the Philippines - starting out with the Globe Stores and eventually expanding to include other GCASH REMIT outlets like pawnshops, rural banks, and community stores.

“This will add an element of convenience to the thousands of Filipino MoneyGram users worldwide as they can now send money to the Philippines using MoneyGram’s 310,000 retail agent locations in more than 197 countries”, said Alex Lim, MoneyGram country manager. “Through this strategic alliance, we are able to increase our reach in the Philippines thus helping us expand our money transfer services around the world.”

Epson Achieves Record 12th Year In A Row As World’s No. 1 Projector Maker With Highest-Ever Market Share

According to the latest results for 2012 released by projector market research firm Futuresource Consulting, Epson achieved a record 12^th year in a row as the world’s number 1 projector brand.

The company grew from a 22.9% market share in 2011 to hit its highest-ever market share of 26.2% for 2012; meaning that over one in four projectors sold in the past year was an Epson. Sales of Epson projectors in 2012 were so strong that they were greater than the combined sales volumes of the second, third and fourth ranked projector brands.

“We are very honored to achieve the position as the no. 1 projector brand for the 12th time, and we feel as excited as the first time,” says Koichi Endo, the Managing Director of Epson Southeast Asia regarding the results. “More importantly, we build on our success by using what we have learned to find even more ways to satisfy our customers’ needs. As a result, Epson has the widest range of projector models to satisfy every customer requirement or budget.”

Globe Libreng Tawag for Sabah Evacuees in Tawi-Tawi, Sulu

A growing number of Filipino evacuees arriving in Tawi-Tawi and Sulu to escape the ongoing armed conflict in Sabah, can now directly communicate with their families and friends through the Libreng Tawag booths set up by Globe Telecom.


“Most of our “Kababayans” who are arriving from Sabah in batches don’t know anyone in the area. We want to give them, at least, some moments of comfort by getting them connected with their loved ones, relatives and even friends for free thru “Globe Libreng Tawag.” We want to help in our own little way,” said Rob I. Nazal, Head of Globe Corporate Social Responsibility.


The Libreng Tawag booths are located in the Red Cross office in the two provinces as well as in the Mahardika Institute of Technology in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi. The booths shall be on standby from 6am to 6 pm daily for a week.

Epson Showcases Environmentally-Sound Manufacturing Processes At Newly-Expanded Manufacturing Plant

I have always been fascinated of seeing how things were made so it was a real treat to be able to join a plant tour where we were shown how printers and projectors were being made. Part were assembled, tested and packaged - all ready to be sent to the requesting parties. It was an experience worth sharing with you guys.

Too bad we were not allowed to take photos at the assembly area itself. Seeing how a particular item goes through the process of assembly, quality testing and monitoring, packaging, etc., is somewhat magical because you even get to see the inner workings of the product and what goes behind the assembly line.

Epson Precision (Philippines), Incorporated (EPPI), the manufacturing arm of Epson in the Philippines, conducted a special plant tour for media guests in its newly-expanded plant located at the Lima Technology Center in Lipa City, Batangas last March 5.