Last September, just after typhoon Ketsana (locally known as "Ondoy") razed the Philippines, veteran IT chronicler Jim Ayson wrote in his blog that Facebook has become the most popular site in the Philippines.
Although Ayson commented in his blog that the surge of Read more »
Tags: Site, Philippines, Blogger, Sulit.com.ph, Web Site, Advertisement, Social Networking, Nokia Corp., Microsoft Corp., blog
There's another strong storm coming to the Philippines this weekend, but I won't go into this topic again just like what I've been doing in the last three weeks. I'm hoping, however, that this approaching typhoon won't create as much havoc as the two previous storms did.
Instead, I..... Read more »
Tags: Philippines, general manager, Oracle Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., information technology, managing director, director, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., exec
As a super typhoon prepares to lash the Philippines this week--the third time in a month--I ask for the indulgence of those who regularly check out this blog as I write about a topic related to the recent floods once again.
One issue that has received considerable attention in the media..... Read more »
Tags: Philippines, Globe Telecom Inc., Motorola Inc., Car, Internet Cafe, Litonjua, Yahoo! Inc., financial, computer, Microsoft Corp.
The sun's out here in Metro Manila, but the northern part of the Philippines is currently pounded by "stationary" typhoon Pepeng (also internationally known as Parma), bringing unprecedented flooding similar to what happened in the city about two weeks back.
As everyday life in Metro Manila springs back to normal, it's..... Read more »
Tags: Philippines, Calamity, Radar, San Mateo, mobile communication, Car, Internet, information technology, Pacific, computer
As I write this blog post, a large swathe of Metro Manila is still submerged in flood waters. In other areas of the metropolis, power lines and Internet connections are still down.
I have lived the early part of my life in the province where typhoons are extraordinarily strong and..... Read more »
Tags: Flood, Philippines, Millimeter, INTERNET CONNECTION, Movie, Hurricane Katrina, powerline, Car, Ondoy, YouTube Inc.
Dominant carrier PLDT, as well as its high-profile chief executive Manny V. Pangilinan, have been in the news lately because of an allegation from a senator that former Pres. Joseph Estrada forced local tycoon Alfonso Yuchengco to sell his shares, so Pangilinan's group can take over the telco giant in..... Read more »
Tags: Broadband Over Power Line, San Miguel Corp., Radar, American Power Conversion Corp., Pangilinan, broadband, power company, PLDT, financial, CEO
The pitiful battle between pension firm GSIS and tech giant IBM is nothing short of tragic. But, it's something that could have been easily averted if only the two camps exerted more patience and effort in resolving the issue.
However, I will say early on who I think is on..... Read more »
Tags: Philippines, SAP AG, IBM DB2, business software company, OEM, GSIS, Questronix, Advertisement, Software, information technology
The week is not over yet but it seems I've already exceeded my quota of interviews with IT executives. Most of them are mobile officials who came over to the country to attend the recently concluded IMMAP (Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines) conference.
I picked up a number..... Read more »
Tags: Globe Telecom Inc., mobile advertising, Cruz, Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., managing director, Madrid, mobile, cell phone, exec
It was on a plane trip back home from Singapore that I was able to grab a copy of a magazine (I can’t remember if it was Newsweek or The Economist) which featured a guy named Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize laureate for economics in 2001.
In the magazine article, Stiglitz,..... Read more »
Tags: Philippines, Deregulation, Globe Telecom Inc., Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., Newsweek, mobile phone company, telecommunications, president, mobile, cell phone
Like most people I know, I had no idea what a click farm was. So when someone from the BBC sent an e-mail to me a few days ago inquiring about the existence of a click farm in the Philippines, the first thing I did was to look up for..... Read more »
Tags: Farm, Philippines, Web Site, Google AdSense, Third World, third world worker, Africa, Gang Master, Advertisement, British Broadcasting Corp.
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