A few weeks ago I met up with one of the members of the band Up Dharma Down to just exchange ideas about social media marketing. I was completely blown away with what they’ve accomplished so far on Facebook and I think it would be a crime for me not to recognize them here at [...]
Over the last few months I’ve heard of several stories of how people were fired or forced to resign because of their comments on Facebook about their company, bosses, or co-workers. What happens is something stressful or unfair happens at work and they destress by ranting on Facebook, sometimes insulting the person who ruined their [...]
President Aquino’s ex-girlfriend, Shalani Soledad, debuted today as Willie Revillame’s hosting partner on TV5′s Willing Willie. During the show Filipinos hit Twitter to discussed how she was doing as a TV host. The volume of the tweets was enough to catapult the term “Shalani” on the global trending topics for Twitter. Other than Shalani, “Willing [...]
TV5 is pulling out a lot of surprises. Initially they pitted Willie Revillame against the prime time newscasts of ABS-CBN and GMA. Just recently they announced that the new co-host of Willie is the ex-girlfriend of President Noynoy Aquino, Shalani Soledad. This is a bit weird since Revillame was a very vocal supporter of Aquino’s [...]
I came across this very interesting article on GMANEWS.TV about how the European Union is collectively pushing for an option for internet users to easily delete everything and anything about them online. In this digital age where everyone, regardless of age or intent, can be held hostage for something that they post online, this is [...]
ABS-CBN veteran journalist and Twitterati Karen Davila said goodbye to the viewers of TV Patrol last friday. Karen, along with Julius Babao, will be replaced by former Vice President Noli De Castro and Korina Sanchez. Karen and Julius will anchor the late night news program Bandila together with Ces Drilon. The buzz going around on [...]
I just stumbled upon an awesome tool to embed Tweets on WordPress blog entries. It’s called the Twitter BlackBird Pie. It’s an easy-to-use, creative, and fun way of sharing interesting tweets to your readers. You just have to install the plug-in and then a new icon will be available in your “Add New Post” dashboard. [...]
Research In Motion (RIM) recently launched their newest offering – the BlackBerry Curve 3G (Model 9300). I think the biggest thing with this new model is that it’s already prepared for the upcoming BlackBerry OS 6. It will initially ship with OS 5 but you can upgrade it to OS 6 as soon as it [...]
The “Home of Nu Rock”, FM station 107.5, bid goodbye in their last broadcast a few days ago. According to founder Atom Henares the station will come back on soon but in a completely new format. NU 107 has been on the airwaves for 23 years already here in the Philippines. The Twitterverse has already [...]
Power Mac Center definitely made a huge impact when they came up with a unique marketing campaign for the new iPod Touch units. Instead of the traditional roll-out, Power Mac Center got Urbandub to perform their songs live in Power Mac Center branches using the iPod Touch units instead of their instruments! Urbandub Performs First [...]
When the iPad came out, I wrote a lengthy article saying that it wasn’t really something that the Filipino professional needs. I also said in the same article that despite every single cell in my brain telling me that I don’t need it, my Apple fanaticism will probably get the better of me… and it [...]
Boxing icon and living legend Manny Pacquiao belted out in Filipino karaoke fashion the song “Imagine” at the US talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live. Pacquiao sang the John Lenon classic with comedian Will Ferrell. The video was just uploaded on Jimmy Kimmel’s official Youtube channel and it’s really only a matter of time before it [...]
Senator Manny Villar filed two resolutions which aimed to protect Filipino internet users against swindlers, scammers, a predators. In resolution 243, Senator Villar urged the Senate to review and strengthen the Electronic Commerce Act of 2000. He also said that new laws might be needed to protect Filipinos who were on social networking sites like [...]
Today is the day Filipinos go to cemeteries to visit their loved ones who passed away. This can be a very emotional day so we wanted to lighten up the mood a bit when you guys get home and check out New Media Philippines! Here are three awesome videos which we found online that we [...]
The Philippines is officially the 6th biggest user base of Facebook in the world. Facebakers report that the Philippines now has over 17.9M registered users. The report goes further and says that 17.9% of the total population of the country is now on Facebook (that’s a significant big number). We’re actually just 1.6M short of [...]
Hundreds of kids wearing costumes! I went to Podium this afternoon to meet up with my aunt and sister and I was really surprised to see the place crawling with kids. Apparently they have an annual Halloween event to draw foot traffic. I love the Podium because it’s never maxed out in terms of capacity [...]
The iPad Otterbox Defender is definitely one of the most secure and protective cases ever made for Apple’s tablet. I have to agree with ZDNET that the Otterbox Defender feels like putting the iPad in Batman’s suit. Why do I say this? Well, the Otterbox Defender is three layers of protection including a polycarbonate cover [...]
David Foster brought several artists to perform in a concert here in the Philippines. Obviously one of the talents was the Filipina international singing sensation, Charice. According to several reports, Charice got several standing ovations but the most talked about part of the concert was when she sang Celine Dion’s “All By Myself” and hit [...]
We shouldn’t belittle anymore the importance for social media education for employees. A member of the Communications Team of the Office of the President said something that she shouldn’t have said on Twitter and this caused a firestorm of protests online and in various print publications. In an article published on the ABS-CBN News website, [...]
Over the last month I watched two videos showcasing the power of community, consumer empowerment, and marketing. The first is Apple’s “Back to the Mac” event where Steve Jobs announced iLife ’11, the new MacBook Air, and other Mac improvements. The second is Blizzard’s opening keynote featuring Creative VP Chris Metzen giving one of the [...]
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