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Catch The Geeks every Wednesday from 2PM to 4PM at Flippish.com

For the past three months I’ve been the host of a new tech show over the Internet. The Geeks is essentially me and my co hosts going on for two hours, trying to make technology fun and easy to understand for everyone.

We aired Mobile World Congress 2011 live over the Internet
We were the first local show to debut the Samsung Series 9 laptop.
We were the first local show to demo the ASUS Transformer eee Pad.
We brought you the best local analysis of E3 2011.
We demoed the ACER Iconia laptop.
We did a show off of Android devices that were not yet available in the market.

Tomorrow we’re doing a tablet stand off. The BlackBerry Playbook vs the iPad 2 vs the ASUS Transformer. It’s really a battle between all the tablet operating systems sans the HP Touchpad which isn’t here yet.

The live stream opens every Wednesday from 2PM to 4 PM at Flippish.com/vjlive

Join me and my co hosts Chrina Cuna and Sheena Dian every Wednesday if you have nothing better to do on a lazy Wednesday afternoon.

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Manny Pacquiao and the HP TouchPad with WebOS

“HAHA!! Millions of hits!”

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Let’s give away a Samsung Corby II

Yay! Big raffle time. We’re giving away a Samsung Corby II smartphone. It isn’t a Samsung Galaxy S II, but it’s still a damn good phone.

Contest Rules:

1. Leave a comment to enter the raffle. The comment should be an answer to this: Complete the following: “True love is ___________.”
2. You can leave as many answers as you like.
2. Please leave a valid email address so that I can get back to you if you win.
3. This contest is open till Friday, July 1 2011 11:59 PM.
4. This contest is open nationwide. If you live outside Metro Manila and win, you will need to pick up the prize / have someone get it for you with proper authorization.
5. We’re using a web randomizer to choose.
6. If you already won a Samsung Corby II in a previous blog contest being run at this time, you can’t win anymore =)
7. If for some reason there are contentions / issues with the contest, I reserve the right to take appropriate actions. All decisions are final.

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HTC ChaCha: The Facebook phone you’ve been waiting for! (Part II)

This is the second part of a two part series. Part I can be found here.

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Kick Ass Department of Tourism Ad


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Apparently this is not a fake campaign. It’s blooming with awesomeness and controversy, I wasn’t too sure if it was indeed material from the DOT. But it is. This is a part of a series launched by the DOT and SMART and will be all over the place soon. To fully appreciate this ad, you need to see the fine print at the bottom:

** This value driven campaign promotes the Philippines to its own people, many of whom opt to travel abroad unaware of their country’s beauty. “Tara na” means let’s go.

As to whether I only need to pay PHP 4,050.00 for a round trip ticket, that I am not sure. But I guess that’s not the point, is it?

I also highly doubt its meant to belittle Thailand. For generations, Thailand has fast become a major backpacking route for Europeans as it is part of the banana pancake trail. This trail is a rite of passage for Europeans. How can we possibly compete with a backpacking tradition?

Maybe it’s time to start new traditions.

What a brazen ad. What a HUGE improvement from the previous failed campaigns. This one doesn’t speak softly. And it may even carry a big stick.

Net of it all, it’s brilliant. It’s viral. It’s controversial. I love it.