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[20 Apr 2007 | No Comment | ]

Can Google become the next ad broker for television, radio and print in the US and eventually in the Philippines? At the same time, would it be able to threaten AGBNielsen in the field of viewer metrics? Give it five years and if the Kapamilya-Kapuso network wars were still present, then the delusional fans would be saying bad words to Google Metrics or Google Adwords Offline or whatever its going to be called.
Google turned targeted online ads into a $10.6 billion business, and it has been pushing into offline advertising …

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[19 Apr 2007 | 11 Comments | ]

It’s hard to find information about PLDT Landline Plus — a landline over cellular network combo — but I found about Globelines Speak n Surf and Bayantel SPAN. And Digitel MANGO.
Globelines Speak n Surf
For P700 or P800 a month you get a wireless landline and wireless internet connection! Neat!
Bayantel SPAN
This service runs on CDMA standard at P750 a month with unlimited calls and TXT messages with the SPAN network. A neat way to launch their mobile service. Nagsimula muna sa landline. Available in Metro Manila and selected provinces. My guess …

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[15 Apr 2007 | 33 Comments | ]

No installation needed. Just sign up, and pay P499 (that’s a cute P500) for monthly dues and less than P200 for the monthly handset installment payments.
It’s still a cellular phone because it takes advantage of SMART/PLDT cell sites. But the phone won’t fit inside your pocket since it looks like a regular home phone minus the wires. You also have the landline area codes like 074 for Baguio / Benguet / Mountain Province instead of the 0918- / 0919- / 0920- / etc prefixes.
That means cheaper calls. I’m thinking I …

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[1 Apr 2007 | One Comment | ]

Google starts testing its shipping business by introducing Google Paper. Your GMail copy via snail mail. Later, Google will be offering to ship the goods you ordered via Google Checkout. Sigh, I still want my Google Gulp. But all you get are ads at the back of your paper mail or the full color photos (on photo paper). No free drink on a bottle with a brim that can analyze your saliva and tell you what kind of person you are with matching AdSense.

Sad part: Service is offered in …

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[25 Mar 2007 | One Comment | ]

Bloggers even want a plug-in maker shot (a bloody joke, lad).
You now have WordFeed FeedWordpress (here), Elliot Back’s Autoblog (here) and WP o’ Matic (here). Whether you call them blog syndication plugins, atom/rss aggregators or scrapers or whatever, they can handle the job easily for free and you magnet automatic rabid feedback from the bloggers who own the feeds, too!
I tried FeedWordpress just to see how it works and viola! a hate mail arrives. I didn’t even know my test blog address but somehow, Technorati was quick.
I mean, people …

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[24 Mar 2007 | No Comment | ]

The Gapminder is a glimpse of how Google’s version of Powerpoint would look like. It’s going to be much better if you are looking into the Spreadsheets + Presently (if that’s how it’s going to be named) angle. Imagine that as of now you can gather info from the web and plug it in to Spreadsheets. From there, you can transform this data into visual form. This is where Gapminder comes in. I’d be guessing Google Maps would also be part of the picture.

Ang galeng! More at Google Blog here.

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[24 Mar 2007 | No Comment | ]

Now that YouTube is Google, the rest would have to make their own. The rest will be focusing on copyright protection and revenue sharing. Something like the old way of doing business.
The new venture, which doesn’t have a name yet, will also allow users to download movies and TV shows to own and play back whenever they want. At first, however, the focus will be on showing video streams of hit shows – with ads – such as NBC’s “Heroes” and Fox’s “24.” Fox is owned by News Corp.
The online …

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[18 Feb 2007 | No Comment | ]

Visit OscarTorrents:
To all intellectual property landlords: we are aware that OscarTorrents might annoy you — but contain your righteous indignation for a while, and think: we’re only linking to torrents that already exist. Face it: your membrane has burst, and it wasn’t us who burst it. Your precious bodily fluids are escaping.
You haven’t beaten us, so why not join us? Think of a new business model that doesn’t involve overpriced pieces of plastic and skanky cinemas hawking cheap carbohydrates while relying on $6/hr projectionists who can’t keep a film in …

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[8 Oct 2006 | No Comment | ]

Mga bago kong laruan. Ang saya. Mayomi para maayos salisalibod na isip at Gliffy para sa mga diagrams, floor plans, mga ganun.

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[4 Oct 2006 | No Comment | ]

Nokia’s Wibree is a smaller and 10 times more energy efficient answer to Bluetooth.
Wibree won’t interfere with Bluetooth-based wireless networks