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Video messaging has arrived on Philippine shores with the first video SMS service offered by SMART Communications.
SMART launched a “Video Avatar” service in December 2007. The service couples video messages with either a live video or an animated avatar.
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Do I sense raised eyebrows and smiles?
A vitamin-enriched beer has just been developed by Filipino inventor Virgilio Malang, who was looking to add nutrition to the popular alcohol drink.
“All clear beers have no vitamins. It just contains alcohol, which is converted to sugar which gives you a big tummy, called the beer belly. […]
This is Sinag, the Philippines’ first solar powered vehicle.
Sinag, which is Tagalog for sunshine, is 100% pinoy. It was designed and engineered by De La Salle University students and faculty.
Already, the car is making an international debut.
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What do you get when you combine thousands of far-flung barrios, inadequate health facilities and the Filipino’s propensity for text messaging?
The National Telehealth Center (NTHC), that’s what.
The University of the Philippines has put text messaging to good use by extending medical expertise to patients who would otherwise not have access to it. Established just two […]
Multiply and ABS-CBN have partnered to bring ads and mobile services to Filipinos who use the social networking site.
Why Multiply? According to TechCrunch:
* Based on Alexa, Multiply is the 5th largest site in the Philippines, with more than 2 million unique monthly visitors.
* 39% of the Multiply’s traffic comes from the Philippines.
ABS-CBN is no lightweight, […]
Soon, digital television will be coming to a TV near you.
ABS-CBN’s test broadcast of its digital television (DTTV) have been met with more-than-expected reception. Literally. Test audiences loved the resolution so much because “it was like watching an original DVD – it was so clear in terms of picture and color” as one homeowner attested.
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Here is another example of Filipino ingenuity… or is it craftiness?
A certain Filipino codenamed “Dubeditions” apparently has unlocked the iPhone, thus making it work on local Philippine networks like Globe Telecom.
According to an Inquirer article, Dubeditions posted on the Philippine Macintosh Users Group (PhilMUG)’s forum that he had cloned the iPhone’s subscriber identity module (SIM).
Another […]
Ernesto Codina gained success and recognition working among the best of NASA’s engineers. Among the projects he worked on before he retired in 2001 was a jet pack that astronauts use during space walks. Codina has now decided to return to the Philippines to help the government develop in the field of aeronautics. Last Saturday, […]
The Filipino startup company Xackup has already launched an application gives users online backup and recovery services for iTunes. Now, the firm is working on another software that will “practically allow you to listen to your iTunes on your iPhone.”
The remote access application, called Headphones, is like a mobile antenna for iTunes, allowing users to […]
Antonio Samson, who writes the column “Fence Sitter” at Business World, launched a new book through an online press conference with his publisher Ramon Sunico. The book “At a Glance, More on Manila’s Corporate Jungle” is a collection of Samson’s essays and social observations as a former bank and telecommunications executive.
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