On its 10th year, the e-Services Global Sourcing Conference & Exhibition is set to be held on February 8 and 9, 2010 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City, Philippines.
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Saturday, February 6, 2010
10th e-Services Global Sourcing Conference & Exhibition Set
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Microsoft Blogger's Night
Microsoft Philippines preps-up the local blogging community with its upcoming Microsoft Blogger's Night.
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Friday, January 1, 2010
Digital Manila is 1 Year Old!
Thank you all for supporting Digital Manila in its first 365 days of existence. From the current mix-magazine type of blog, expect a big change at the end of the third quarter of 2010.
If 2008 significantly started the year of blogger events, 2009 witnessed a deluge! It's clearly visible with the number of posts here in Digital Manila how the blogging community have emerged and developed.
And I think, in 2010, the blogosphere will be similarly crowded, if not more.
It will be a big change where Digital Manila will transform to having it's own specific niche while a number of affiliate blogs will be born at the same time to catch the other niches to be left by Digital Manila. All of them will belong to one umbrella of united network of blogs.
Think Digital Manila in a wider scope - all this in 10-10-10 (October 10, 2010).
Manila, get ready!
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
PEBA 2009 Results
The 2nd Pinoy Expats-OFW Blog Awards (PEBA) was held at the Philam Life Theater along UN Avenue in Manila last Dec 27, 2009. The program exceeded 2 hours but the wait was all worth it for the Top 10 Best Blog awardees.
The 2009 Top 10 Pinoy Expats/OFW Blog Awards are:
There were also special awards given namely:
Congratulations to all the winners and recognized blogs of Pinoy Expats-OFW Blog Awards!
Monday, December 28, 2009
Metro Manila Film Festival 2009 Results
The Ang Panday movie got the major awards from the recent 35th Metro Manila Film Festival - Philippines 2009 awarding ceremonies. This include the Best Picture and Best Actor awards.
Actor and senator Bong Revilla received the Best Actor award for Ang Panday earlier tonight. Moreover, veteran actress Sharon Cuneta bagged the Best Actress award for Mano Po 6 which also got a special recognition award. It also received the Best Director award (Joel Lamangan).
Star Cinema's "I Love you , Goodbye," got the 2nd Best Overall Picture followed by "Ang Darling Kong Aswang." World champion boxer Manny Pacquiao's movie "Wapakman" ended at the bottom of MMFF's list in term's of ticket sales.
The Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards went to Phillip Salvador for Panday and Zsa Zsa Padilla & Heart Evangelista for Mano Po 6, respectively.
Other MMFF movies include "Shake, Rattle, and Roll XI" and "Nobody, Nobody, But Juan." Philippine movie goers have until the first week of Januray 2010 to catch the rest of the Metro Manila Film Festival movies in movie theaters nationwide.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Paramore Live In Manila
Paramore will have a concert here in Manila. SM Mall of Asia's open grounds will be filled with Paramore fans come March 9, 2010.
You can purchase your tickets in Little Asia restaurant branches:
You may also contact 0917-8334223 and 0922-8334223 for tickets. Look for Charlemagne Lim.Ticket Rates (free standing):
VIP (limited): SMS contact above
Gold: P 3,950.00
Silver: P 1,550.00
Bronze: P 550.00*Photos sourced from Dani.
Touted to be next year's biggest, the Paramore concert is something to be anticipated by music lovers.
Canon Photo Marathon Winners, UP Oblation Run Set, Eclipse Poster Out
The Canon PhotoMarathon winners has just been announced a few weeks after the event in Tagaytay.
The winners are:
Check more about it here.
UP Oblation Run
The UP Oblation Run is in season again! Those who await for it every year or for those who are just curious, it's on December 15, 2009 (Tuesday). Get fit and ready your brawns for the crowd at Palma Hall (AS Walk) in University of the Philippines (UP Diliman).
We are not sure yet which issue/cause they would be carrying this year. It's most probably a toss up between the Maguindanao Massacre or the current state of Martial Law in the same location.
Eclipse Poster is Out
After the Twilight sequel blockbuster New Moon, another Twilight saga is on the horizon.
Coming June 30 of next year, Eclipse promises an interesting development between Edward and Bella - they're getting married, or are they?
The Eclipse movie poster has circulated around the internet which stirred-up further anticipation of the movie.
And this is the 3-in-1 blog of Canon Photo Marathon, UP Oblation Run, and Eclipse movie poster.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
9th World Bazaar Festival Starts Anew
This year's 9th World Bazaar Festival starts anew tomorrow as ABS-CBN and Worldbex Services International come together for the longest-running Christmas bazaar in the country.
Starting last week when the contract between the two parties was signed, it was all green lights from then on.
Tomorrow, December 4, 2009, the World Bazaar Festival transform World Trade Center into a Christmas shopping destination for the whole of Metro Manila as they fill its halls with local tiangges and ultimate holiday buys totaling about 600 booths and 20,000 square meters of shopping space. In addition, the organizers decorate the center with Christmas theme and symbols.
“In the World Bazaar Festival, we consider everyone from the organizers, exhibitors to the sponsors – to be part of one family. And it’s because we share the common goal of offering Filipino holiday shoppers with the ultimate shopping paradise,” says Joseph Ang, Founding Chairman of Worldbex Services International.
Kapamilya Values
Part of the proceeds of this year’s World Bazaar Festival will go to Kapit Bisig sa Ilog Pasig. The project which aims to rehabilitate the 17-kilometer river system.
Other World Bazaar activities include the Manila Flair Open (Bottle for Supremacy), musical shows, Christmas decor center, Children’s playland and a night market.
Kapamilya Stars
The 14-day event will also feature the Celebrity Village where shoppers can interact, meet and buy items from their favorite stars. Participating celebrities include George and Cecil’s Judy Ann Santos, Ryan Agoncillo, Gladys Reyes and Christopher Roxas, Umagang Kay Ganda’s Rica Peralejo and Donita Rose, ASAP’s G-Force Dancers and Sheryn Regis, Pinoy Dream Academy’s Cris Pastor and Miguel Mendoza, TV Patrol’s Phoemela Baranda and Gretchen Fullido, Wowowee’s Mariel Rodriguez, Pinoy Big Brother’s Nene Tamayo, Bea Saw, Ruben Gonzaga and Jason Gainza, and Banana Split’s Pokwang, among others.
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You have fourteen solid days to complete your Christmas shopping! Visit the 9th World Bazaar Festival at the World Trade Center from Dec 4 to 16, 2009!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
New Friendster Goes Green on Dec 4
The new Friendster has finally revealed its new look and user interface in advance to the online community via a soft launch last night at Greenbelt 3 in Makati City, Philippines
Friendster.com perhaps chose the Philippines for being the recognized new social networking capital of the world.
The Green Day
Rolling out mid-day of Decemeber 4, 2009 (GMT +8) worldwide, the new Friendster.com mainly takes on a green and white color theme in contrast to its closest rival's blue and white theme. The Friendster logo with a tilted regular smiley face also gets a rehash into something more flowing. The whole word 'friendster' is also now part of the official logo printed in script-like font
The new Friendster promises more games and interaction as it introduces new features around the concept of 'fun' and 'simplicity'. It also intends to focus and leverage on it's local advantage in terms of knowledge, exposure, and content.
Moreover, it is retaining one of its key features which initially brought Friendster.com in cyberspace's spotlight with it's customizable profile page. In fact, if you are not so much of a 'green' person, you can change the color scheme into blue or customize it to another color.
Friendster Wallet
Furthermore, the new Frienster.com website introduces the concept of Friendster Wallet with Friendster Coins and Friendster Chips. We'll have a separate blog entry discussing these in details. But for now, think of it as your online money with which you could purchase more advanced gaming weapons in addition to the free basic ones. You could also reload the wallet with a pre-paid reloading card.
Here are some photos of how the New Friendster looks like:
Care for some Friendster doughnuts from Krispy Kreme?
Ben Dunn, VP Philippines and Global Head of Brand Experirence, led the New Friendster layout and user interface presentation. Watch out for the release of our podcast interview with Ben Dunn as he answers the questions shot by the Pinoy Popcast group. Carlo Ople and Homer Nievera were also part of the Freindster Philippines team present.
Check out the new Friendster look as it goes green on December 4, 2009.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Samsung's 2View ST550 & ST500 Digital Cameras are Double the Fun
It's double the fun this Christmas season with Samsung's recently released 2View models.
I got the chance to visit their booth last week in SM Mall of Asia and got to take a closer look at the ST550 & ST500 models. At a handy size, it has a shouting 12.2 mega pixels.
I actually saw the Samsung 2View ST550 already last month in Singapore when fellow blogger Noemi Dado was carrying one in our Singapore trip for the Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards. She was taking photos and videos with it.
It was fun seeing yourself in the frame even if you are the one being shot. I guess it's quite unique with its 2 wide LCD panels, one in front and one at the back. It's front LCD helps you do the trick as you can easily frame and angle yourself in the photo.
The back LCD is for the photographer while the one in front is for self-shooting ideal for couples and children.
It's two-tone matt and shiny body also makes it look extra hip.
Another interesting feature is the autoshoot-smile. Upon smiling, the gadget detects your smile and automatically takes the shot without you pressing any button. That's why Noemi kept saying 'smile' even without doing anything (pressing button).
It's also ideal for taking photos of children with the Child Mode which creates fun, engaging animation that attracts children’s attention and provokes them to make special expressions. :)
Other features include gesture UI, 'Tap and Take', and Smart Auto.
Click here for more photos of the SM MOA Booth.
The Samsung 2View ST500 and ST550 is available at all photo shops nationwide retailing at Php21,990 and Php 16,990 respectively.
Aside from the price, the only difference between the two models is the screen size and resolution with ST500 having 3.0" wide LCD and 230K resolution while ST 550 has 3.5" wide LCD at 1152K resolution.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
World Pyro Olympics 2009 Cancelled
Sadly, the World Pyro Olympics 2009 has been canceled and is rescheduled for January 2010. This was after the weather did not cooperate with last weekend's fireworks display.
The two shows from Germany and China met some rainy weather at the Fort Bonifacio grounds causing it to be delayed. Albeit the show went on a little bit later, the fireworks was still spectacular. It might have been better though if there were less clouds.“Due to safety considerations in the firing site, the WPO executive committee decided to reschedule [it]...in January next year,” says Arriane Dizon, World Wide Womb for WPO Marketing Assistant.
Four more shows are supposedly scheduled for the next 4 weeks."The incessant rains...have rendered the firing area almost unfit for pyrotechnics launching which have certain standards to observe. The participating countries have thus greed to postpone the event."
Ticket holders with inquiries can call their hotlines 568-6908 and 384-0239 or check out their website (quote source) here. Stay tuned for the final schedule of the World Pyro Olympics 2009.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Digital Filipino Web Awards 2009 Winners
The award is DigitalFilipino.com’s way of encouraging and promoting quality Filipino websites. Categories range from Travel to Food, and Personal blogs to Government. Judging criteria involved design, usability and technical metrics, among others, and judged by the members of the club. This year's winners are the following:
As part of the E-Commerce Summit 2009, this year's Digital Filipino Web Awards 2009 was held at the Grand Ballroom of Hotel Intercontinental in Makati City last November 13, 2009.
They had a significant increase in the number of nominees and submissions this year. This just means that more and more people are aware of the recognition giving body Digital Filipino Club. The venue was also a great improvement.
Congratulations to all the winners and see you next year in Digital Filipino Web Awards 2009.
Efren Penaflorida is CNN Hero of the Year
"Pushcart Classroom" educator Efren Penaflorida is declared CNN Hero of the Year 2009 as he championed the children with commitment to the welfare of the young Filipino people.
Amidst difficulties, he brought education to the marginalized sectors of his country utilizing a pushcart where his teaching materials like the blackboard is situated.">Ang pagbabago kasi, magmumula yan sa atin." says Penaflorida in an interview.Hailing from the Philippine province of Cavite, Efen Penaflorida is a Cum Laude student from the Cavite State University. Now 28 years old, he and his team called Dynamic Team Company then started to reach out to the children and teach through their Pushcart Classroom program. Efren will receive $100,000 to continue their work and goodwill.
"With the recognition they receive on our stage,... they'll be able to help thousands and thousands of people. Through their efforts, lives will be changed and lives will be saved." mentions CNN's Anderson Cooper
Held from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood yesterday night (ET, US Time), the CNN Heroes of the Year honored the Top 10 CNN Heroes of 2009 including Brad Blauser, Jorge Munoz, Roy Foster, Doc Hendley, Budi Soehardi, Andrea Ivory, Derrick Tabb, Betty Makoni, and Jordan Thomas.
Efren Penaflorida CNN Heros of 2009 YouTube.com video:
In his acceptance speech, CNN Hero of the Year Efren Penaflorida says:"You are the change that you dream, as I am the change that I dream,...we are the change that this world needs to be."
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Corazon Aquino is 1st National Thank You Day Awardee
In the recent 1st National Thank You Day Awards held last Friday, Nov.20, 2009 in Mall of Asia (MOA), the late former president Corazon C. Aqunio was declared the 1st National Thank You Day Awardee.
More fondly called as Tita Cory, first female Philippine president Cory Aquino bested other nominees such as the late master rapper Francis Magalona, comedy king Dolphy, CNN Hero of the Year 2009 Efren Penaflorida, World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, and husband Ninoy Aquino himself, among others.
Viel Aquino-Dee receives the award in behalf of Pres. Corazon Aquino“The National Thank You Day Award honors individuals whose talent, leadership and vision in their respective fields not only brought recognition to our country but touched our lives and made us grateful for being Filipino,” says Carlo Licuanan, Kraft Foods-Philippines senior brand manager
All nominees must have had an impact in the lives of Filipinos in different aspects such as social, economic, or political. 50% of the judging criteria was determined by the National Thank You Day Council while the other half, by online votes since early September. View full mechanics here.
Daughter Viel Aquino-Dee received the award and plaque of recognition in behalf of their mother. She was thankful for the recognition and appreciation of the Filipino people for the legacy the former president has left behind.
Pres. Cory Aquino passed away August 01 of this year which left the public mourning for its great loss. She is most remembered for leading the restoration of democracy back in the Philippines through the 1986 EDSA People Power revolution.
In conjunction with the awards was an online photo contest organized by Kraft Foods through the site www.thankyoudayphilippines.com.
The following were the top 3 winners:
Remi Ann Sta. Cruz’s ‘My best playmate ever’ photo shows how we should not forget to thank those who are closest to us.
Pat Laroco’s ‘Smooch and Pooch’ shows us how family can mean a lot of different things, but there are always ways to show how much we appreciate them.
Jordana Queddeng’s ‘Walang Iwanan’ shows the closeness of siblings and their appreciation for each other.
*More Photos Here
The Thank You Day Awards was hosted by Mo Twister and Maxene Magallona. True Faith also entertained the crowd. Congratulations to all the winners of the online photo contest and a big Thank You to former president Corazon C. Aquino.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Join Facebook Paypal Wishlist App
Earning $100 with Facebook's Paypal Wishlist Application, the latest application craze which seemed to have started 2 days ago, is now abuzz all over the Internet. You simply go to this paypal wishlist facebook page and choose your 5 wish items!
It's that simple and you can start earning $1 for every referral who also makes the set of wishlist. Of course, for the promotion to be financially viable, they have set a maximum earning limit of $100 for every Facebooker.
Hey, $100 is not bad! It also makes a nice set of Christmas Wishlist fit for the season.
If you don't have an invite yet, click here to make your own Paypal Wishlist.
As of this writing, I have earned $3 in less than an hour after sharing it with friends like you.
So what are you waiting for? It takes only about 2 minutes and only 1 minute if you have high IQ. :) Make your Paypal Wishlist now! or Click Here!
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