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Smart Infinity launches Samsung Galaxy S5 Promo starting at PLAN 3500

From April 11 to May 11, new SMART Infinity subscribers can avail of the new Samsung Galaxy S5 for free starting at ASPIRE PLAN 3500. As you go higher however, SMART sweetens the deal! At Prestige PLAN 5000, you get the Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 together with the Galaxy S5 + 5k worth of gift certificates. Now, on PREMIUM PLAN 8000, you get the Galaxy Gear 2, Galaxy S5 with a 32″ Samsung TV OR 15k worth of gift certificates.

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Wicked the Musical: There’s no place like home!

Given the past few weeks’ worth of news spreading throughout social media one of the more welcome ones would be scenes of friends posting photos of themselves over the backdrop of Wicked. Whether it be photos of the huge signboards with pen marks at the CCP lobby, the mechanical smoke-spewing dragon atop the stage, or the standing ovation for the cast after every show, it’s safe to say that Wicked is definitely a hit.

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Finally! WICKED in Manila this January 22 2014

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How could you possible include a geeky tech angle to WICKED finally showing in Manila this 2014? Well, when everyone else was tweeting and Instagram-ing, the first thing I did was to edit the WICKED (Musical) Wikipedia entry to add Manila, Philippines and the CCP to the list of international shows:

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Under the hood: Digressions with the iPad mini (w/ LTE)

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Ah, the executive class. There’s nothing like a technopreneur toting an iPad mini as he strides down confidently to a business meeting. With the sophisticated wallpaper (that’s my crinoid squat lobster and it helps break the ice sometimes) masking the reveal of the huge bag of digital tricks, the iPad mini is ace for bringing just about anywhere.

What could I possibly have under the hood? My creds deck? A ton of other presentations? QuickOffice documents? Well. There’s that. But 80% of my iPad mini has ….

[brace yourselves]

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SMART Infinity launches My iMAX Privilege Cards for Infinity subs

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Earlier this month, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were interviewed on the future of movies, showing a multi-tiered pricing structure for your regulars vs your blockbuster hits. That would mean, for instance that your ‘White Chicks’ would be priced at a lower rate compared to say, ‘Superman.’ In fact, more affordable rates for movies succeeds the growing number of streaming movie rentals online which goes to show that the future is indeed a same day release on the web versus a 30 to 60 day window into the Blu-ray or iTunes / Netflix equivalent.