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Posted by Marie Casas
on May 5, 2008

Startup Camp and Sun Startup Essentials

Who happens to be in San Francisco today? Sun is hosting Startup Camp on May 4-5, 2008.

Straight from Sue of Heavy Bag Media for Sun Microsystems:

Startup Camp in San Francisco… allow startups to participate in an un-conference networking event to hear from some web 2.0 authorities, meet other startups and apply to Sun’s Startup [...]


insights

Posted by Marie Casas
on April 17, 2008

User experience is paramount in designing web applications

User experience and your web application — is it really part of your mission and vision? Mark Hurst of Good Experience recognizes companies that “do it right” through the 2008 Copernican Awards — i.e. who takes care of the customer?
Popular web applications have made it to the final round, including Facebook, Fresh Direct, kayak, and [...]




reviews

Posted by Marie Casas
on April 10, 2008

Mobile Meets Meebo in Chikka 2.0

Chikka 2.0 Web Messenger
Chikka has reinvented its Messenger application and it looks like the mobile applications giant is riding the 2.0 wave. The Chikka application meshes the offerings of competing one-stop instant messaging websites Wablet, Meebo, and e-Buddy with its mobile prowess. Let’s dive into the Chikka 2.0 experience and get an insider’s view from [...]


reviews

Posted by Marie Casas
on April 9, 2008

Online Bookkeeping Solution for the Philippines

Last March, a private company started developing an online bookkeeping solution to do away with painful BIR forms. The site uses extensive Javascript and PHP. This is 100% online and covers the whole bookkeeping process. That means everything from recording cash in, cash out, paying bills, salaries, and printing BIR-compliant invoices. Still in testing [...]




news

Posted by Marie Casas
on April 9, 2008

Google App Engine takes off

Google just issued a preview release of Google App Engine. Limited to the first 10,000 developers (sorry, waiting list), Google App Engine radically shortens the time from coding your web application to deployment.
Google App Engine was designed to be easy to use, easy to scale, and free to get started. It addresses some of [...]




news

Posted by Kannika Pena
on April 3, 2008

Highlights on the first day of Morph Code

Last Saturday, March 29, aspiring Pinoy techneprenuers gathered at the Institute of Social Order building in Ateneo de Manila University to participate in the first day of Morph Code, a Software as Service (SaaS) workshop and business idea competition, initiated by Morph Labs, a Cebu-based Philippine software company.
The first day of the bootcamp [...]




news

Posted by Marie Casas
on April 2, 2008

Sulit Pay Merchant Account for the Philippines

Sulit Buy and Sell Classifieds released yesterday its revolutionary online payment system. The Sulit Pay Debit Card merges the benefits of Paypal, G-cash/Smart Money, merchant accounts, and traditional banking with just one login.
Incredible features are as follows:

Fully integrated to all major banks and a number of rural banks nationwide
Pay and withdraw using your ATM [...]




news

Posted by Marie Casas
on April 1, 2008

Great news from the company behind Pinoy Web Startup

Pigmata Media, the company behind Pinoy Web Startup, just completed its first round of funding. Pigmata isn’t disclosing exact details just yet but a new office and a new web application are in the works.
More details at the Pigmata blog.




press

Posted by Press Releases
on March 31, 2008

AO Capital Closes US$ 1.5 M Pre-IPO Round for Morph Labs

(Manila, Philippines, March 31, 2008) — AO Capital Partners Ltd. (AO Capital) today announced the close of a US$ 1.5 million pre-IPO investment in Morph Labs, the leading enabler of Software as a Service (SaaS) that leverages virtual infrastructure and open source technologies based in Cebu City,Philippines. As lead investor, AO Capital has brought [...]




news

Posted by Marie Casas
on March 26, 2008

3 more days till Morph Code

Good ideas will be given life on March 29 at the Morph Code event organized by Morph Labs (sponsored by Ayala Foundation, PESO, INQ.net and Team Asia).
Teams, aspiring techpreneurs have been given an extension to rally up their pitches since our first announcement.

Block your calendars now.
Venue: The Institute of Social Order - Ateneo de Manila [...]