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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TOSHIBA Year End Sale! December 4-5 2008
[Click photo to enlarge] With the launch of their first concept store in SM Mega Mall earlier last month, Toshiba is also wrapping up 2008 with their YEAR END SALE, with up to 60% markdown on brand new units! Note that the sale is not going to be in the concept store, but in the…
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One skin care product all men should consider using
[Off topic] Happy weekend! There are such rare occasions when I get invited – not directly, but as a date to beauty events. Such is life, and the last “beauty event” I attended was the new Shu Uemura store launch at The Powerplant Mall in Rockwell. I didn’t care much for the make up and…
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HTC Touch HD Easter Egg: Weather Animation
Just came from the launch of HTC’s new Touch line of smartphones. The most interesting part of the evening wasn’t part of the official program – we were shown some of the embedded Easter Eggs for the HTC Touch HD. With the 3.8 inch screen, you slightly tap the upper left and right sides of…
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Contest: 10 TICKETS for Trance Alliance with DJ Fleming and Digital Blonde
The year was 1999 and barely out of high school, I heard of an events group called “Big Fish.” I admit I was a late bloomer in the clubbing scene and have steered away from big room events in favor of the usual dinner plus movie night outs. Add the Ozone Disco Inferno incident back…
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Predictably Irrational: Perceived value with “bottomless” “unlimited” and “cheap”
I’m halfway through Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely and I must say that this is my new marketing bible for observing the seemingly irrational behavior of consumers when certain buzz word concepts like “free,” “value added,” “extra” and “unlimited” are brought into the marketing copy. It’s a beautiful book — and if you’re the type…
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Congratulations Moleskine winners!
Wow, what a run! We had 122 entries for the Moleskine contest we did last week and today we announce our two winners! For the first prize, we are giving away a Moleskine notebook courtesy of Jasper Ong of Avalon.PH. Many thanks to Jasper for sponsoring this contest. Our winners had to answer the question,…
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G1 Android Review and Photos
Pardon me for the ugly photos. We were in low light and I didn’t have a decent camera to take photos. Then again, the blurry shots give some sort of “OMG you really held one!” aura. Heh. So Art “no rice” Samaniego (inside joke, folks! 🙂 ) calls this the “Ugly Betty” of the mobile…
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The LOLest copywriting since…
I found this in Rustan’s Gateway Mall while waiting for the Gary V 25th anniversary concert. This product is so funny on many levels, I can’t decide which part of the copy to laugh at first!! It’s either they got a really brilliant copywriter or it’s the worst copywriting since YC Bikini Briefs (for the…
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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Review in the Philippines
UPDATE 3: I have a review up of the new Nokia N97 — following the successful touch screen experience of the 5800. UPDATE 2: More hands on with me playing with the phone. I talk about the touch screen in particular. UPDATE: From Nikka Abes of Nokia Philippines: The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone is selling…