news
Posted by Marie Casas
on August 18, 2008
Globe Labs, the innovation arm of Globe Telecom, recently launched its Globe Labs Challenge 2008 to foster its young developer community in Globe Labs and to release its new API (Application Programming Interface) for SMS and MMS.
Globe Labs Challenge - Register until Aug. 21, 2008 (Thursday)
Upon signing up to be part of the Globe Labs [...]
news
Posted by Marie Casas
on August 13, 2008
Despite the “cool factor” of Facebook and its popularly-touted extremely usable interface, Friendster is still the undeniable king of social networks in Asia, especially the Philippines. Even toddlers have Friendster profiles leaving comments for their ninong and ninangs (godparents).
With new leadership under ex-Google Managing Director for Sales and Operations for Southeast Asia Richard Kimber taking [...]
press
Posted by Press Releases
on August 12, 2008
Yahoo! Philippines is hosting a Developer’s Night this Thursday night. Check out the Yahoo! Developer Network activities for the Philippines and global. Send in your registration until today, August 12, via email to sea-ydn@yahoo-inc.com.
The Yahoo! Developer Network offers Web Services and APIs that make it easy for developers to build applications and mashups that [...]
insights
Posted by Guest Author
on July 9, 2008
In this guest post, Allan Flores of Pinoy.FM shares his experience in managing high-traffic sites. Should you pay for dedicated hosting or use Amazon AWS or other grid server solutions for your web application? Pinoy.FM, launched in February 2008, is the fastest-growing music web application for Filipinos. When you’re in the mood for good music, [...]
Because I know not all of you will want to deal with banks and I really wish someone had told me all this before, I’ve eliminated the guesswork, so head on over to the Pigmata Media blog for how to open your business bank accounts for SEC registration and for startup operations:
Bank Accounts for Startups [...]
news
Posted by Marie Casas
on June 30, 2008
Another Innovation Forum is set by Ayala TBI on July 2, 2008 (Wed) 4-6 PM at J.V. del Rosario, 4th Floor, ACCM, Benavidez St, Makati City. Registration fee is P500. For clarifications, you can reach Ayala TBI at 928 9344/9451 or email Ayala Foundation. We went to the intellectual property and 2008 VC trends. You [...]
interviews
Posted by Marie Casas
on June 29, 2008
We first featured Pinoy.FM as one of the music web applications to watch out for. Pinoy Web Startup gets the insights of Pinoy.FM founder Allan Flores, who used to work for torrentspy, Fandango, and Myspace. Aspiring tech-entrepreneurs are sure to learn a lot from their product and programming expertise so bookmark this page.
Congratulations Allan. We [...]
reviews
Posted by Marie Casas
on June 26, 2008
The wedding month is about to end. Single guys aren’t as lucky as single girls to evade the question of the not-always-meaning-well elders: ”Why are you still single?” or “So… when will you be the groom/bride?” (Read: Napag-iiwanan ka na –The train’s left the station and it’s never coming to town again.)
Your answer. “I’m single/not married/not [...]
The pasture’s greener on the other side. Sure feels that way often with ICT.
“In a keynote address at the ministerial panel on “Digital Prosperity”, Dr Robert Atkinson said that Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is supercharged capital and unlike the technological revolutions of the past, the ICT revolution’s engine will not run out of gas,” [...]
Always happy to discover Filipino-made web applications with global appeal, here are some in beta mode, in no particular order. Please try them and give constructive feedback to the developers.
PinoyLancer.com (PL) is now open for you to post your freelance projects and gigs. It is free and it is 100% made by pinoy for [...]
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