Overwhelmed by information overload about the upcoming elections? These apps will help streamline the influx of news and reports from various sources to help you get ready for electionday on May 13.
Sandwich frontman Raymund Marasigan is a busy man. Apart from being the lead vocalist of Sandwich, he also plays bass synth for Pedicab, bass guitar for Gaijin and drums for Cambio and Barrio Radyo. There’s also the occasional reunion concert with Eraserheads. The guys had just finished touring the United States last year.
These cute (and sappy) apps will help celebrate your awesome twosome in time for Valentine’s Day.
Developed by Russian company Yota Devices which dealt mostly with modems and routers, the YotaPhone is a unique and novel concept that we hope will come to fruition. This Android-powered smartphone is as thin as most smartphones but comes with two displays-an HD resolution display plus an e-ink one on the back. It’s like having a built-in e-reader with your colored smartphone. And while it was originally intended to slow down battery depletion (e-ink only consumes battery when it is refreshed), we love how the phone could be a Kindle and a phone in one (the Kindle Fire’s eye-straining backlit display doesn’t count).
We seem headed on a collision course with Christmas, given the speed and frenzy of its arrival this year. If you’re one of those über organized people who do their holiday shopping in August and are done by September, we both hate and envy you.
Enraged netizens call it “e-Martial Law,” while so-called “hactivists” have resorted to taking down government websites to register their protest.
d out as an expansive social network and quickly became a favorite among Philippine users for its ease of use in uploading content and its effective privacy controls. In those early days, Multiply quickly rapped subscribers who tried to use the network to sell stuff.
Photographer Chase Jarvis published a book in 2009 titled “The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You,” a bound collection of snapshots and moments taken with his iPhone. His photos prove that indeed, the best camera is one that’s easily accessible and able to capture the fleeting fancies and random moments that may have disappeared by the time the picture is computer-edited, cropped and framed.
The credit card’s ubiquity is undeniable. It’s the preferred method of payment for online merchants and a lightweight and safer alternative to carrying wads of cash while abroad.
When was the last time you ate at a restaurant without pausing to take a photo of your food first? Quick, check your Twitter feed or Facebook photo albums: how many of those photographs are of memorable meals or great restaurants? If the answer is “a lot,” you’re not alone.
The Internet is truly a machine of convenience that has made our lives easier. What used to require face to face interaction, such as job hunting, can now be done with a few clicks of a button and a few taps on the keyboard. With so many social networking sites on the Net, more and more companies are relying on these sites to spread the word of a job opening rather than pay for a listing.
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