Archive for February, 2008
February 26th, 2008
Expect a Yahoo! office in Manila by the second quarter of this year, says newly appointed general manager Jojo Anonuevo (of Mobius fame). Claiming to capture 85% of the 22 million-strong Filipino Internet population, Yahoo! is bent on dominating the online advertising market in the country, which it says ...
February 21st, 2008
Can't access PRC, Inquirer.net and other blogs posting nursing board exam results?
Here's another site you can start crashing: PRC Nursing Board Exam Results for December 2007
Good luck! :D
February 18th, 2008
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I'd like to let you guys in on my experiences of running a very large community site such as Dota Strategy. To be honest, it's a stressful yet fun experience. Managing a site like this requires a ton of patience, perseverance and yes, a bit of money too. ...
February 12th, 2008
I'm thinking about adding Alexa data as another factor in the Ratified.org rankings. It would seem to be a weird move on my part, after labeling Alexa as downright inaccurate and useless. What do you guys think? I might be playing around with the API's of Bloglines ...
February 9th, 2008
I'm going way off-topic on this one. My friend Janette tagged me on what issues are most important to me in the 2010 Presidential elections. Constantly watching the coverage of the US Presidential nominations has certainly opened my eyes to what types of things people look for in ...
February 7th, 2008
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The Optical Media Board (OMB) slapped CD-R King with a P1.5 million penalty for failing to produce permits for some of its optical media disc importations.
CD-R King is a registered company allowed by the OMB to import blank, rewritable optical discs. Valenzuela (of OMB) said that the OMB is also ...
February 6th, 2008
I conducted a quick survey called "Globe, Smart or Sun?" a week ago and got a nice number of responses from my techie/blogger friends. Here's what I found:
February 5th, 2008
Let's try to hypothesize a scenario wherein Google tries to outbid Microsoft for online portal Yahoo! I think Yahoo! would take Google's offer in a heartbeat, knowing that they are more culturally similar and both, in their own seemingly quirky ways, are pushing the limits of innovation on the ...
February 2nd, 2008
There's buzz floating around that Google is going to build a data center in Malaysia. In a discussion I'm following on Slashdot, some commenters are posting why or why not they should consider the Philippines.
Here's what they have to say (and comments thrown in by me):
THE YESSES:
1. Filipinos speak ...
