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Breaking: Android Paid Apps now available in the Philippines via Mastercard and VISA
Exciting. This news is so exciting, I decided to post the full press release. Thanks to Aileen Apolo, Ms. Google Earth Philippines for sending this over. If you own an Android phone, this is all the more reason to keep it. I can finally buy the full license of ROBO DEFENSE!!!! TL;DR: Paid Android apps…
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Topshop uses Microsoft Kinect as virtual fitting room
No it isn’t Topshop Philippines. This is in Russia. But the concept of an augmented reality fitting room should not be too hard to implement because one half of the concept is already there — the Kinect hardware! All you need to do is find someone to write the software. Because of the long lines…
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SMART’s Postpaid Android Lineup
This is the current listing of SMART’s Android lineup for postpaid plans. If you’re interested, there’s also a Get Androidified booth this weekend at the Powerplant Mall. Also, they have a summer promo for the Galaxy Tab. Click on the image to enlarge. Free at Plan 500 HUAWEI Ideos Free at Plan 1200 Samsung Galaxy…
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Angry Birds runs on Chrome — Ultimate Office Time Waster!
http://chrome.angrybirds.com Simply put, it’s great marketing for Google Chrome. But on a completely different level it is also showing you what HTML5 can do. In case you’ve been under a rock for the past few months, HTML5 is the really the “new way” of doing things on your browser without the need to code in…
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Nokia E6 in the wild running on Symbian Anna
Had lunch with Nikka Abes of Nokia Philippines and she showed me a prototype Nokia E6. Imagine the best selling E72 with a touch screen integrated into its system and refurbished with stainless steel and glass: voila, Nokia E6! This phone is due in the second quarter of 2011 with no pricing as of late.…
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Inn at the Crossroads: My new favorite food blog
Quails drowned in butter “This evening they had supped on oxtail soup, summer greens tossed with pecans, grapes, red fennel, and crumbled cheese, hot crab pie, spiced squash, and quails drowned in butter. Lord Janos allowed that he had never eaten half so well.†(II: 91) Photo c/o Inn at the Crossroads I have a…
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Difference between HSPA+ and LTE
So over on Plurk I was trying to explain the difference between HSPA+ and LTE. There is a lot of confusion. Without naming who carries what, here’s a simple way of looking at it: HSPA+ is built on existing 3G technology. LTE is built on an entirely new network. Your iPhone 4 will work on…
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“I changed my number. Please update your phonebooks.”
It happens with some regularity where we have a friend who changes his or her mobile phone number and sends a big text blast to everyone on the list informing them to change this bit of information. More often than not, I forget to update and the past two days I’ve SMS-ed two friends who…
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Unboxing the Nokia E7 smartphone … and wow! Nice box!
The E7, you could say is the “E” successor to the N97. What this means is that they took the first iteration N97, which many people loved and converted it into a business phone. Wow. No wonder it costs PHP32,000. The box is something you wouldn’t want to throw away. Pop it open and it’s…
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Enjoy our Tubbataha 2011 Video
Hi! This is a short, 3 minute video summarizing our 6 day, 15-dive trip to Tubbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea. Mantas, eagle rays, turtles, schooling jacks and barracudas and a visit to the ranger station. video by Chie Clemente edited by Jayvee Fernandez music “Summer” by “Ike as in Dwight”
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