Jayvee Fernandez is a tech enthusiast, Digital Manager, and Technology Editor for The Philippine STAR.
He is also an EAN certified SCUBA Diver and underwater photographer based in Metro Manila, Philippines. His photos and videos have appeared in various international and local publications including Random House Germany, Discovery Channel Canada, and CNN.
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iPhoto ’09 recognizes faces from the beyond the grave
The new iLife ’09 suite brings a bag of surprises for the Mac user. Take for instance the tuning fork built into Garage Band ’09. Other apps have their own amazing features – iPhoto ’09 has the new face recognition technology built in allowing you to tag faces and sync them to Facebook. Well it…
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Garage Band ’09 has world’s largest tuning fork
Hello Mac user. Have you upgraded to iLife ’09 yet? Amidst the great reception of iPhoto ’09 and the woes for iWeb ’09 I must say that the biggest improvements to the suite are really with Garage Band ’09. If you play guitar for instance, the new version comes with a built in tuning fork!…
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Audible Recommendation: A Short History of Nearly Everything
During the holidays I had wanted to pick up a copy of Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers on Audible after a tease read from Fully Booked, High Street. I swear, I can go all out with bookstores, having finished books while waiting for people. As it turned out, a good friend from high school read my mind…
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Believe it or not: BEER Ice Cream from Elfav (!!!)
At 3% alcohol, the P60.00 per scoop ice cream is the only one of its kind that comes with a warning label: 18 years and above only. I wrote about Elfav a couple of days ago, being happy that we finally have a decent malt shop in the south. Elfav is short for El Favorito,…
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Every mobile warrior’s dream: 3M Micro Professional Projector at P24,000
EDIT: There is a discussion on my PLURK page where Fritz discusses the LED quality and lifespan. Check it out! Though it looks like a cellphone, it certainly isn’t one. The 3M Micro Professional Projector (MPro 110) is by far the smallest handheld LED projector I’ve ever encountered, even smaller than Toshiba’s FF1 Ultralight, which…
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Windows 7 demo over Starbucks
Yeah. Even if I knew, from the back of my mind that Windows 7 will NOT install under CrossOver (CrossOver installs apps, not OS’s!), it was still worth a try. I guess I must do this the hard way. This afternoon, a rediscovered friend by the name of Johnny Benitez gave me a short run…
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Gazelle Canlas with Boy Dilim Speed Talking
Happy Tuesday everyone! This is another speed talking video series. Thanks to Abby for sending the link in the comments section!
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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic as a touch screen device
Hi folks. You probably read my first hands on with the Nokia 5800 last year. My first impressions still are basically the same, now that I finally have the unit with me and I’d like to supplemement that review with this post. I’ve been pondering how to go about reviewing this phone and opted out…