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 Tribute to Fabio
It really seemed like the contest was rigged for Old Spice Guy to pull a fast one over Fabio. Be that as it may, I congratulate Fabio for his amazing sportsmanship in the ‘Mano a Mano en El Bano’ contest. This post is a tribute to Fabio and in fact I was able to pull…
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SMART Communications launches Volume Based Data Plans and Starter Dongle
EDIT: To check balance for ALWAYS ON Promo, send GOLD BAL for SMART Gold and BAL for Prepaid. Send to 2200. SMART has been releasing new Internet surfing packages. If you own a smartphone that hooks up to data, there’s a brand new package that’s been made more affordable for mobile phone browsing. I used…
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The Biggest Underwater Photo Exhibit in the Philippines
I’ve been up since last night helping install the biggest underwater photo exhibit in the country thus far. Tomorrow, we’re flying in some of the best underwater photographers in the world — the likes of Michael Aw and Lynn Funkhouser who have both shot for the BBC and National Geographic — to judge the first…
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Spot the celebs!
SMART x HTC from Styles Entertainment Group on Vimeo. Summary of the SMART + HTC Partnership party and the launch of the HTC ChaCha Facebook phone. This event trended on Twitter worldwide.
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Installing OS X Lion
Just installed. Done with a 375 KB/s connection. Let’s go!
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RIM BlackBerry Playbook Video Review (25 minutes)
UPDATE: Official BlackBerry Playbook PH pricing: 16GB at P23,990 32GB at P28,990 64GB at P33,990 The Playbook will be available August 6 2011 via retail and telcos. I host a weekly tech show called ‘The Geeks’ every Wednesday from 2-4PM, live over the Internet. We archive copies for future viewing. If you’re interested, catch us…
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SCUBA Test: Samsung PL120 and SH100 WiFi Camera with Seashell Housing
Above: Jan in his complete pro UW setup The Philippines is an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands. The irony is that a lot of the action happens in the city Manila. In its odd state, you would think that for a country that is surrounded by water, we would have at our disposal a…
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Our Samsung Corby II Winner is…
Hi all, apologies for this rather late announcement. Been out and about. In any case, congratulations to Ceejay Aranilla for winning the Samsung Corby II phone in my contest last week! You will receive an email from Samsung’s PR agency. The contest had a whopping 2,700++ entries!
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The #SMARTHTC Event was trending worldwide on Twitter
I can’t remember — was it 8 glasses of Grey Goose on Sprite? Basta. As far as I can remember everything was a blur. SMART and HTC were giving out ChaCha and Sensation smartphones like there was a huge surplus and the event was trending worldwide on Twitter for a couple of hours. That event…
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‘Sharkwater’ is the best shark documentary I’ve seen. Spare an hour and a half to watch it here.
Stunning underwater video from a guy who loves the oceans. And sharks. ‎’Sharkwater’ is one of the best documentaries I’ve seen that talks about why sharks are not the predators we’re made to believe. The fear of sharks is one of the most successful media hypes that has gone viral in the past 50 years…