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Google Adsense Updates

Google Adsense emailed its publishers with a ton of cool improvements to its service. Most notably: AdSense for search results on your site Search results are now served on your site via IFRAME. This means your visitors don't have to veer away from your page e

How not to be Tech-Savvy

I ran into an amusing article published in the Inquirer a while ago called "Tech-savvy movers and shakers" written by Gabriel Mercado. It tells us how some entrepreneurs are utilizing Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook for their business operations. Chees

What's in a Name?

Forget the Capulets and Montagues, the Hatfields and the McCoys. It's all about Diddy versus Diddy. Sean "Diddy" Combs was sued by another Diddy in the UK for "causing confusion" and unfair competition. Music producer Richard "Diddy" Dearlove wants Combs to st

Who is this Guy Kidding?

Just like my post less than two months ago about the whole Paul Bowers fiasco, here comes another similar incident involving Gail Dela Cruz , a Filipino web designer whose web template was stolen by a creep named Al Sembrano. Here's a summary. Sembrano hires D

Wablet and Filipinos Crunched

Wablet’s going to rock web IM , according to Marshall Kirkpatrick, after he road-tests Wablet. His review was nothing short of an endorsement which makes me feel good because it is for the most part a product of Filipino innovation. Yet if you course through

Wablet Looks Cool!

Is Mike Abundo Wablet's official spin doctor? If so, he's doing a great job at it. Techcrunch's Marshall Kirkpatrick should be demo-ing it anytime now. Jeez, I hope I can get a chance to test it. Here's a screenshot of the client login window: And here's how t

Windows Live Writer

With Windows Live Writer recently recently, it's only natural that I should try it on my blog.  Does it work?  If you see this, most probably.

Meebo, Wablet, Friendster MoBS

So I was just talking about the mysterious Filipino Web 2.0 undertaking Wablet and how it will give Meebo a run for its money (well, not really). Now comes Friendster MoBS , another web-based instant messaging platform that bears a frightening resemblance to M

PayPal for the Philippines

J. Angelo Racoma's PayPal initiative now has a website . I still strongly share J. Angelo's sentiments that having PayPal here in the Philippines will spur growth in the web development and technology sector of the Philippines. We've got the talent, but no dec

Google does a MySpace

Google won over MySpace with a hefty $900 million revenue-sharing deal that will allow the search engine to provide its search and advertising services to the latter's 70 million-plus users. That also means MySpace dumping its current ad provider Yahoo! who al

Wablet, Anyone?

Techcrunch recently profiled Wablet , a Filipino Web 2.0 startup offering IM services similar to that of Meebo . Mike Abundo of the Mike Abundo Effect , claims that Wablet "will blow away Meebo". What's strange though is how its developers are wrapping this pr

11-ft. Japanese Robot Suit For Sale

From TechEBlog via Zipped : Called the 'Land Walker', this behemoth stands 11 feet tall, weighs 1 ton and sports two air guns. It was created by Masaaki Nagumo of Sakakibara Kikai Co. , an environment machinery manufacturer in Shinto, Japan. Fascinated by his