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When the new iPod Nano was initially announced by Steve Jobs I wasn’t really impressed. So they made it smaller and multi-touch. Nothing groundbreaking. However when he mentioned that one of the board members in Apple wanted to make it into a wristwatch I suddenly found myself wanting one. I mean this is every techie’s [...]

A news report on the website of GMA 7 showed that Liberal Party’s Deputy Speaker Congressman Erin Tanada was the victim of “e-mail hacking”. The report says that hackers broke into his e-mail and sent messages to people in the contact list asking for financial assistance so the Congressman can go back home. The good [...]

This article is in reaction to Cito Beltran’s column on the Philippine Star as well as Tonyo Cruz’s blog entry on the Asian Correspondent. They both talked about how inefficient the Internet Service Providers (ISP) are in the Philippines. I agree with them 100% but I think the person that really hits the nail on [...]

As most of you know I’m a huge fan of BlackBerry smartphones. I usually answer e-mail on-the-go and this allows be to get back to clients faster. However, I noticed one major issue that I haven’t really thought about until a few days ago that I wanted to share with everyone. Mobile e-mail solutions are [...]

Apple recently updated their privacy policy and they inserted a short paragraph which allows them and their partners to “collect, use, and share precise location data, including real-time geographic location of your Apple computer or device.” This is probably in preparation of iAds since it will be hard to do advertising without breaking down the [...]

In an interview with Wired’s editor Chris Anderson, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz revealed that they will be rolling out free Wi-Fi to all of their branches nationwide in the United States. Yes, you read that right. F-R-E-E. Here in the Philippines we have to pay an insane hourly rate of P100 if we want to [...]

I’ve had two major mobile phone problems in the past 3 days. First was with my trusty BlackBerry Bold 9000. I’ve been noticing that my SMS messages keep on auto-deleting. For some stupid reason the inbox would only accommodate a few days worth of texts then it would suddenly vanish into thin air. The second [...]

I attended an event this morning at the Ateneo De Manila Universty and I was really surprised to see all the new buildings. What really caught my attention though was an Apple reseller store in the MVP building named iCampus! Whoa. I was soooo surprised to find something like that in a school so I [...]

Google recently announced their latest product: Google TV. It’s basically an entertainment/media device which will allow you to watch recorded videos, online videos (youtube, etc.), and current channels. You can also surf on basic sites. This product reminds me a lot of Smart Bro Surf TV and the Apple TV product. Anyway, here’s the online [...]

Apple recently announced a refresh of their MacBook notebooks. The banner headline is that the new MacBook will have 10 hours of battery life and that it will have killer specs just for the price tag of $999 USD (around P44,000). With regards to the specs, it’s going to have 2GB memory, Intel 2.4 GHz [...]

Sun Broadband USB Modem (Postpaid) plugged into a SAPIDO mobile router which is powered by the car charger. Sapido router and the car charger available in PC Trends at Vmall. Picture of the complete set-up after the break.

I’ve been a Crumpler bag user for the longest time but I decided to switch brands a few weeks ago. I stumbled upon a Targus vertical messenger/laptop bag in the A Shop at Podium. It was in the same price range as Crumpler (P3,500), but it had more compartments and it didn’t look too casual. [...]

Initially I was thinking that I didn’t need to buy the 3G version of the iPad since there are a lot of places with Wi-fi. However there really are instances when I want to access the net and there’s no hotspot anywhere. I’ve been thinking of buying a 3G version until someone from PhilMUG tipped [...]

I get this question a lot from restaurant owners during talks and seminars so I decided to write a short blog post here. Not all restaurants and cafes should offer this service because it may or may not have an impact on your business. It depends on two things: your target market and your over-all [...]

What are the best BlackBerry Twitter Apps? This is a question I keep getting from a lot of my friends and colleagues who’ve made the switch to BlackBerry smart phones. They switch mostly because of the classy and professional brand of the BlackBerry combined with the affordable plans being offered by both SMART and Globe [...]

(Note from Carlo: This is a guest blogger entry) Apple’s iPad is indeed a “magical” device, it’s so magical that people aren’t even willing to wait for the international release to grab one specially with all the unexpected delays. Some local shops are even taking advantage of the situation by selling it at a premium [...]

iPad Command and Conquer: Red Alert was one of the first apps that I bought. It set me back around $12.99 (est. 600 pesos) but it’s actually worth it. I never imagined that I’d be able to play good quality Real Time Strategy games on a tablet computer. I seriously have to give it up [...]

I spent a couple of hours today checking out all the stores in Greenhills that sell the iPad and the various accessories that go with it. First, let me just say that a lot of them are selling the iPad at unreasonable prices. One store in Theater Mall was selling the iPad for 43,000 pesos [...]

I recently got an iPad and it’s been both an amazing and frustrating experience so far. I had it shipped this morning and it was such a joy opening the box and seeing the much hyped product in front of me. At the end of the day, I just couldn’t resist the Apple cultist fan-boy [...]

Blogging on the iPad is a bit of a chore. Steve Jobs boasted in his keynote that typing on the touchscreen keyboard would be “magical and revolutionary”. However it actually takes time to get used to using both hands to tap on a giant screen. Not being able to feel the keys sink in as [...]