Jayvee Fernandez
Jayvee Fernandez
@jayveeabuggedlife@abuggedlife.com

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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  • A Path to Business Recovery

    Tentative steps are being taken in beginning economic recovery across the world – lockdown measures are slowly starting to ease are guidelines are being put out in order to direct this recovery – many are trying to issue the easing in stages with those in the service industry such as restaurants being amongst the last…

  • Should you start a blog?

    Take this quiz to see if blogging is really for you!

  • My friend Adel

    A short tribute to my dear friend, Adel Gabot, who passed away last March 25, 2020.

  • Palm TX: The Return of the WiFi

    Author’s Note: This is a review that came out in January 2006. This was an awkward time for Palm. Its success with the m515 followed by the discontinuation of the Tungsten series and the creation of the LifeDrive line would be their slow road to perdition – not just for them but for their loyal…

  • The ‘need to know complex’

    Author’s note: This piece originally appeared as a column entry in the May 2006 issue of MPH where I was one of the founding editors at large. MPH was literally the biggest tech magazine in the local industry that focused on technology that could fit in your pocket. This piece brings me great joy, emanating…

  • I ended up with an Oppo A9 2020 Edition and have no regrets

    A quick review. But more photos. Phones. I used to review a lot of these back in the day. Then I took a hiatus after covering Mobile World Congress. That was back in 2011. Barcelona was the summit. I stopped. Fell in love with other things. Mobile phones took a backseat – not from the…

  • Impacts of Programming Language End-of-Life for API Security

    An organization’s web presence is one of the most valuable and most vulnerable parts of their network, as being able to interact with customers online is crucial to the success of the modern business. However, every piece of code that the organization exposes to the Internet is a potential entry point for attackers.

  • Craft gin goes full circle in the Philippines

    Matthew Westfall has the backstory of a leading man on a quest to make his country, the Philippines, the darling in one of the biggest industries in the world – gin. His mission is filled with irony though, given that the Philippines is already the number one country in the world in terms of gin…

  • On wine pairings, the Batmobile, and tasting a wine that Napoleon himself drank

    “In France, it’s never a complete meal unless you have two things: wine and dessert.” Inside this bottle is both.  There will always be that one dish that will change your perception of how a particular meal is prepared. With liquor, it’s always a bottle – usually a small, quirky one, that changes your entire…

  • Did Facebook replace Frame Studio for Spark AR?

    EDIT: August 2021 — Apparently there’s a new thing in FB where you can still do it but you need to do it from a PAGE and not a Profile. Oh well. ——————————————————————— Actually, no. The link is just broken. If you’re like me — someone who wants to create a custom Facebook profile photo…