Good news to all iOS and Android users! As Blackberry messaging system BBM will be available to iOS and Android. BBM includes multi-person chats, as well as the ability to share photos and voice notes,and engage in BBM Groups, which allows BBM customers to create groups of up to 30 people. According to Andrew Bocking, Executive Vice President, Software Product ... Read More »
Sony Mobile Communications unleashed the new Xperia ZR featuring the highest level of water-resistance for capturing photos and Full HD videos underwater. This Android smartphone offers leading technology and content with a 4.6” HD Reality display, 13 megapixel fast capture camera, Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ S4 Pro quad-core 1.5 GHz processor, and 4G LTE. “The Xperia ZR pushes the boundaries on where ... Read More »
Globe Telecom’s profit for the first quarter expanded 13% from a year earlier and surged 105% from the previous quarter to PHP3.1 billion, driven mainly by its mobile business on steady subscriber growth amid stronger demand for mobile data services. With a core net profit of PHP2.7 billion in the first quarter of last year. Globe’s core net profit more ... Read More »
Samsung Electronics officially announced a new entry-level smartphone: Samsung Galaxy Core. It runs on Google Android system, and the said device is meant to deliver appealing processing capabilities to its users, courtesy of a dual-core CPU packed inside, Samsung notes. The said mobile phone has a 1.2GHz dual-core processor inside, paired with 1GB of RAM, while featuring a 4.3-inch display, ... Read More »
YouTube is set to launch a pay-walled subscription service later this week. According to some reports that the online video site will charge users a single-channel subscription fee of around £1.28 a month, with as many as 50 YouTube channels available. And they will offer a new outlet of revenue for YouTube and will enable the channel’s operators to produce ... Read More »
Microsoft recently announced that they already completed the email transition to Outlook.com. According to the tech giant, moving 300 million active accounts and counting to Outlook.com was a real challenge, as the company had to preserve more than 150 million gigabytes of data, including emails, calendar, contacts, folders and personal preferences. For Hotmail users, they can still use their email ... Read More »
There are some reports that Google hired Noah Falstein as their new Chief Game Designer at Android Play Studio. Falstein has been a designer and producer in the gaming industry since 1980 when he started working for Milton Bradley making games for the Atari. He has worked at LucasArts, 3DO, and Dreamworks Interactive, and in 1996, started his own freelance ... Read More »
Are you ready for more of Super Junior’s Siwon? Filipino K-POP fans will be delighted to see Siwon’s familiar face gracing their TV screens starting this May as LINE, the world’s hottest mobile messenger, is unveiling its new TV commercial starring Siwon of Super Junior. Siwon is the lead singer of the wildly popular Korean boy band that had already ... Read More »
The use of social networking sites has overtaken the use of the traditional postcards when travelling abroad according to the recent survey conducted by leading global travel search site, www.Skyscanner.com.ph. Filipino tourists and travellers now use social networking sites to share photos and their adventures with their friends and family back home. Eighty one per cent of the 1,000 Filipino ... Read More »
Recently, Smart Communication unveiled their LTE for prepaid. This is the first of its kind in our country, as prepaid users can now enjoy an internet speed of up to 42Mbps. You can enjoy surfing the Net like, same with the postpaid subscribers. Smart has more than 800 LTE coverage areas in the country. For those who want to try ... Read More »
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