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Team “Wait Know More” rules Startup Weekend Cebu (Press Release) (0)

5/16/12 •

WAITING in queues when paying bills, groceries, medicines, etc. will soon be a hassle of the past as Team “Wait Know More” came up with a solution – a web application with SMS integration — that would help reduce people’s long waiting times in the shops and won the inaugural Startup Weekend Cebu (SWC) on [...]

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Startup Weekend Cebu opens Friday (Press Release) (0)

5/09/12 •

IT’S all systems go for the much-awaited first-ever Startup Weekend Cebu on May 11-13 at the Conference Room of the University of the Philippines – Cebu (UPC) along Gorordoave.in Lahug, this city. Startup Weekend Cebu organizers, led by TechTalks.ph, have partnered with innovative organizations — Globe Telecom, incubator Kickstart Ventures Inc.,Philippine Development Foundation (PhilDev), Developers [...]

Sun Cellular: A Bad Customer Service Experience (0)

5/01/12 •

I’ve been a Sun Cellular Subscriber for about 5 years now, referred several friends to go for Sun Cellular because of the products and services being offered to the Filipino Community are pretty good. I have never had a bad and terrible kind of experience before, until very recently. So what happened? About couple of [...]

PLDT MyDSL’s Great Payday Sale offers all out savings nationwide (0)

4/25/12 •

It’s a scorching start to the summer as the country’s most preferred broadband draws together unbeatable deals for its biggest Internet sale ever! PLDT knows that there’s no time like the present to get those strong connections cultivated at home. So with 10,000 new PLDT myDSL lines in Cebu City, Mandaue City, Lapu-Lapu City, Talisay [...]

Time 100 Most Influential People In The World 2012 (0)

4/20/12 •

TIME has recently released the 100 Most Influential People In The World 2012. They are considered as the people who inspire us, entertain us, challenge us and change our world. Below is the complete list for the Time 100 Most Influential People In The World 2012 Jeremy Lin Christian Marclay Viola Davis Salman Khan Tim [...]

In Hot Pursuit of the Perfect Shot: How travel photographers travel light with the Intel Ultrabook (0)

4/15/12 •

There’s always a certain allure to seeing the world through a camera lens. There’s just something about being able to capture a fleeting occurrence as it comes and goes – an ecstatic crowd singing along to a new band’s song on their first concert performance, the flash of neon lights as it hits lovers embracing [...]

8.6 Magnitude Earthquake hits Indonesia (Wednesday April 11, 2012) (0)

4/11/12 •

Indian ocean tsunami warning has been issued after an 8.6 Earthquake hit Indonesia today April 11, 2012 and an aftershock of 8.2. It was originally reported to have been an 8.9 magnitude, and then it was downgraded to 8.7, and then to the current level. The epicenter of the quake was some 430 kilometers (267 [...]

2012-2013 RA 7687 and Merit DOST Scholars Announce (6)

4/09/12 •

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through the Science Education Institute (SEI) announces the names of the scholarship qualifiers for SY 2012-2013. A total of 3,400 high school students passed the 2012 DOST Scholarship examinations held last November 20, 2011. 3,000 national qualifiers for RA 7687 and 400 for the DOST-SEI Merit Program. The [...]

Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Season 4 Photos and Replay (0)

4/09/12 •

The Fourth Season of Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) Teen Edition began last Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012. Auditions for this season were held in the months of February and March 2012 during the run simultaneously with Pinoy Big Brother: Unlimited, starting with auditions at the SM Mall of Asia and other key cities in the [...]