Philippines, iPhone 5 First Asian Stopover

Considering the Philippines market economy today by its purchasing power, Apple is considering the country be one of their starting point in Asia to have the much awaited iPhone 5. It is expected that by next week the said phone will be available in the United States. In an interview with the chief wireless advisor of Smart Communication Inc, Orlando Vea, he said in the Asian Carriers’ Conference (ACC), that Apple is looking for possibility that it may enter country first ahead of any in Asia. “Hopefully we are the first in Asia,” Vea said. He explained that the Philippines' high consumption of social media such as Facebook and Twitter make it a "digital literate country" that is well positioned to become an initial market for the iPhone...

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Discounted Lenovo Mobile Phones

Lenovo Philippines has just announced in their Facebook page that they will be having a 5 days special discounted prices on their units. Beginning on July 18 up to 22, some of their selected models will undergo a slash price in their TriNoma branch. So what are waiting for? Let us visit their store on the said date...

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Plastic Waste Turns Into Fuel

The long wait is over, a Filipino inventor in the person of Jayme Navarro has just found the solution of one the world's worst problem with regards to plastic. Converting plastic materials into diesel, kerosene and gasoline. The said invention had an approved patent. It will not only the Filipino community will benefit but also the whole world....

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Nokia Pureview 808: Beating the Odds

 It seems that Nokia is now again ready to join the bandwagon of producing quality phones that will capture the world market and wake-up from a profound sleep.  A powerful smartphone model has just uncovered today, the Nokia Pureview 808. Packed with superior features like the 41-megapixel sensor Carl Zeiss lens combined with PureView imaging technology and Full HD video. Good enough to beat iPhone 4S and the Samsung Galaxy S III which only have 8-megapixel camera. This phone is design for photo enthusiasts. Capturing image even the smallest detail of an object. You can even zoom the camera up to 4x. A great alternative to bulk DSLR camera. Another thing that can be consider as a state of the art phone, is the 4-inch AMOLED...

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Nokia Asha Phones to uncover follow-up models

Following the released of their trademark line "Asha" phones 300, 303, and 200, Nokia will again unveil three (3) latest models hoping to regain the top status which were snatched by high-end mobile phone manufacturers like Blackberry, Apple and Samsung. These smartphones will be name as Nokia Asha 305, 306, and 311 respectively. All they come with 3-inches touch screen but will have different capabilities and features. Asha 311: 3.0” scratch resistant, capacitive glass screen  Polarised display filters for better usability in direct sunlight  WLAN  3.2 MP camera  1GHz processor  Music Player, FM Radio and Internet Radio  Plug and Play, easy PC connection and file transfer  HSPA connectivity  Nokia...

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Bringing Back the Heirloom Rice

Tinawon variety Heirloom rice maybe forgotten. Just like our forefathers, it was been kept from the past and today's generation might don't even know about how they looks like, their name, their history of how they fed the past generations. Who might even know about Makonting, Balatinao, Kadiling, Paskaren, Mayoc, Potaw, Kalias, Knchot, Bongkitan, Dayong, Gal-ong, Lamadya, Kabal, Sing-itan, Lasbakan, Saba, Saboli, Makanining, Talangkay, Kumbisyon, Salili, Kwalti-an, Balasyaw, Ipugao, Palgay, Lalay, Babantinya and others? On how these sturdy rice varieties dwell in the summit of rice terraces in Cordillera. Their time may have gone now. And high-breed variety replaced their name. From the seat of the 8th Wonder of the World, the preservation...

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The Road to Organic Farming

Filipinos are getting conscious about their health. The rise of different incurable diseases among humans maybe the one problem why our farmers are shifting from the "known technology" and getting back to organic farming. Using organic farming, farmers will lessen the use of chemical-based pesticides in their plants. It will also diminish the cost of capital expenditures and turn these budgets into profit. - - - - - - - - - - - Kalinga drafts 5-year organic agriculture roadmap By Larry T. Lopez TABUK, Kalinga, Feb. 24 (PIA) – Kalinga agriculture authorities and stakeholders have organized a three-day workshop to draft the province’s five-year agriculture roadmap for 2012 to 2016. Rice Program Coordinator Joe Casibang of the Office of...

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