Category: TechNews

Youtube went online with the first video posted on April 23, 2005. It received $11.5 million technology startup funding from Sequoia Capital in November of the same year then acquired by Google for $1.65 billion in October of 2006. The site is the home of millions of videos of different themes with millions of viewers. Its domain, youtube.com currently ranked number 3 worldwide just behind Google and Facebook. This is completely a bad news. But why would Youtube announce to shutdown on the midnight of April first? After eight long years of success stories, like ordinary individuals rising to fame ... Read more

I have been always reluctant to apply for a postpaid plan because I am not consuming too much monthly load for calls, texts, and internet. I already have a performing HTC Explorer which I can connect to my office’s or to my neighbor’s WiFi network. I can also subscribe to unlimited services (call, text, or data) whenever I want to. Also, It is prepaid so I don’t have to worry for monthly obligations. So what made me decide to take that UnliData Plan offer? There are two factors, actually. First, I am a blogger so I have to constantly stay ... Read more

WeChat is a complete cross-platform mobile communications app. It is complete because aside from its messaging and voice and video calling capabilities, it is enhanced with value-added features like Moments, Look Around, Shake, Broadcast Message, and Drift Bottle. And another good thing about WeChat, which reached 300 million+ downloads, is that it’s free and ad-free. WeChat Features and Social screens [marker]Moments[/marker] is a photo sharing feature in which you have the option to make your photos available for everybody’s eyes, to selected few, or make those entirely private. It has a cool Instagram-like photo editor featuring LOMO, Glossy, Wheat, Polaroid, ... Read more

I finally got my Ipaky YJ-10 portable charger which I bought from Metrodeal for only PhP1199.00. The package comes with a 5600 mAh power bank with LED indicators and LED torch, one USB charging cable, and connectors for iOS devices; Samsung, HTC, Blackberry, and Nokia phones; music players; PSP; cameras; and other digital devices that utilize micro and mini USB connectors. The 5600 mAh capacity can fully charge my Galaxy SIII mini 3 times. It is also equivalent to charging of iPod touch five times, or Samsung Galaxy SIII two times, or iPhone 5 four times. So bad that there is ... Read more

You can get your Nokia Lumia series smartphones at the country’s leading appliance store, Abenson for 0% Installment. Major credit cards are accepted and you can pay as low as PhP500 per month. Abenson, the Philippines’ largest appliance chain, partners with Nokia, the smartphone maker that won the Engadget and Gizmodo Awards’ Mobile Phone of the Year in 2012 (Readers’ Choice), to give every Filipino a unique Windows® mobile experience. You are also entitled to exclusive freebies. Lumia 920, Nokia’s flagship smartphone, is 2012’s Mobile Phone of the Year chosen by the readers of Engadget and Gizmodo. It is powered ... Read more

Sony marketed it as smart, sleek, and durable but for me, it is an understatement. This 5-inch smartphone is jam-packed with features and is engineered to its finest to cater the most lustful tech users. With the 1080 x 1920 display of 16 million colors and the super clear 441 ppi pixel density, you can say that you have more than enough for your HD and 3D game addiction. This jewel is also bundled with 13.1 megapixel rear camera with autofocus, touch focus, image and video stabilizer, HDR, geo-tagging, and sweep panorama making it one of the most advanced mobile ... Read more

Wireless electrical power transfer or induction is not a new technology and there had been several devices in the past that used such technique. Wireless charging or technically known as inductive charging uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy (which in this case is electricity) between two objects. The electricity is sent through inductive coupling (usually wires wind into coils) to an electrical device, which then can use that electricity to charge the batteries or power the device. Nokia Lumia 920 on JBL PowerUp Wireless Charging Speaker Wireless charging basically needs a wireless charging plate that is connected to a power source and a device with ... Read more

Receiving a pay of 13,000 to 14,000 a month for a 3 hours a day and 5 days a week of work is really enticing. I received an email a day ago from writers@platehead.com offering internet marketing assistants, virtual assistants, and web content writers/copywriters jobs with such rate. For an offer that is so good to be true, we have to check for fraud possibility. I tried to verify from the website regarding the email but what I saw in their homepage is the same copy of the email I got stating that it was an email scam. If you ... Read more

The once rumoured futuristic oceanographic marine vessel that will conquer world’s oceans has completed its industrial design phase and construction is set to commence this October. The brainchild of French architect Jacques Rougerie, the SeaOrbiter – part submarine, part research ship, would also be the world’s first vertical ship to stand at 58 meters. The ship will serve as a scientific, mobile laboratory that aims to study the world’s most abundant habitat, the oceans and will soon sail in 2013. The concept of SeaOrbiter has been discussed for 12 years and Rougerie’s inspirations in designing the vessel are ocean explorer ... Read more