Archive for June, 2009

June 19th, 2009

Google-Globe Developer Workshop Update

To those attending the Google-Globe Developer Workshop tomorrow (June 20, 2009), the event will be held at one of the conference rooms found at the West wing of the Tech Portal building of the UP-Ayala Technohub. The Tech Portal building is the horseshoe-shaped building where the shops and cafes ...

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June 16th, 2009

Experimental Nokia Phone Recharges Wirelessly

Imagine a phone that does the job of recharging itself. The geniuses at Finnish company Nokia in Cambridge, UK invented a new charging system that harnesses the infinite amount of radio waves that surrounds us, and converts the electromagnetic radiation into electricity to power a cellular phone battery. ...

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June 15th, 2009

RP’s First Android-Powered Mobile Phone to be Available Under SMART

HTC Country Manager Mark Sergio officially announced today that the HTC Magic™, the first Android-powered mobile phone in the Philippines, will be available exclusively through Smart Gold, the postpaid brand of leading wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (SMART). SMART and HTC Corporation will be launching HTC Magic™ very soon. ...

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June 15th, 2009

Daily Top 10 Posts Version 0.7 and Wordcamp Philippines

The Daily Top 10 Posts Wordpress plugin has been updated and fully tested on Wordpress 2.8. It's not a major update, but I included a feature that many have been clamoring for -- the ability to exclude certain posts or pages from tracking. You will need to edit the file ...

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June 11th, 2009

First Ever Filipino Google Doodle Unveiled on Independence Day

To commemorate the country’s 111th anniversary of its declaration of independence, Google announced that it has created the first-ever Google doodle for the Philippines. The unique doodle can be viewed on Google’s Philippine website, www.google.com.ph. A Google doodle is a "decoration" Google makes to its logo every so often. Doodles are ...

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June 11th, 2009

See You at the Google Developer Workshop!

Google and Globe Telecom are sponsoring a developer workshop on June 20, 2009 at the Ayala Technohub in Quezon City. Google Developer Advocate Patrick Chanezon, whom you might remember from last year's Manila Devfest, is coming back to go in-depth into Google's and Globe's API's, as well as be ...

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