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Metro Manila Traffic Navigator – Philippines First Digitized Traffic Information System

The Metro Manila Traffic Navigator, the Philippine’s first digitized traffic information system was officially launched last Monday, August 1st. Since I’m not in the Philippines, I wasn’t able to attend the media event but someone from the TV5 Corporate PR sent me a few press materials which I’m sharing with you today. A joint project [...]

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Evolution of Computer Languages [Infographic]

In college, although my major was in Information Systems not Computer Science, my program required me to take a few computer programming classes where I learned the basics of Visual C++, Java, Javascript and PHP. I remember me and a couple of my friends in the same program also had to take a class in [...]

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The Benefits of Competition vis-a-vis Market Share in the Philippines [Infographic]

Even though I’m not based in the Philippines, I do my best to keep up-to-date with the latest news and trends in my home country especially with things concerning technology. One of the talked about topics in recent months is the planned merger or share-swap agreement between telcoms PLDT and Digitel. Many people are aware [...]

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Driving Innovation – Bosch Power Tools Asia Cordless Race 2011

I recently received an email invitation to be a web partner for an upcoming event sponsored by Bosch Philippines. The event, entitled “Driving Innovation — Bosch Power Tools Asia Cordless Race 2011” is an inter-school go-kart construction and race competition open to all students in th tertiary level happening on May 15, 2011. This event [...]

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HowTo: 5 Pieces of Essential Technology For A Minimalist Office

This is a guest post by Lloyd Burrell of Office Desk Reviews. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Do you hate clutter, or are you on a budget? Some of us love collecting objects, which then collect dust. Some of us like to spend as least time [...]

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The Real Gmail Motion

Remember one of the pranks Google pulled off during April Fool’s Day called Gmail Motion? Some folks from the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies decided to make a real, working version of Gmail Motion with the help of the Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect peripheral sensor. For those who are not familiar with [...]

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“A Day Made of Glass” [Future Tech]

Corning, a company that specializes in glass and ceramics created a video called “A Day of Glass“, which takes us to a vision of the future where high tech specialty glass is integrated into everyday technology – lcd tv, phones, stove tops, mirrors, tables, car displays and other interactive surfaces. This particular video is making [...]

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Wi-Fi Direct: Bluetooth Killer?

The Wi-Fi Alliance has recently launched a new technology called Wi-Fi Direct that will enable electronic devices and gadgets to communicate and connect to each other without the need of a network or network access point. The Wi-Fi Alliance have started certifying the first batch of gadgets with the new Wi-Fi Direct technology a couple [...]

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India Unveils $35 Tablet PC

India recently unveiled a prototype of a $35 touchscreen tablet computer which they plan to mass produce next year. The total cost? $35. The tablet pc will run on Linux, has no internal storage but can store data via memory card. It also has a built-in word processor, video conferencing capabilities, a web browser and [...]

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Connectify + Windows 7 Laptop = WiFi Hotspot

One of the wireless sharing tools that Windows 7 was supposed to have was the ability to turn any computer running Windows 7 into a WiFi hotspot. Unfortunately, Microsoft didn’t include that feature in the final release of Windows 7. Thanks to a program called Connectify, you can get that feature back and turn your [...]

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Internet Speed Test

One of the first things I did when I got Internet access in our new apartment was to do an Internet speed test or check the speed of my Internet connection. The tool/website I use to test my Internet connection speed is called Speedtest.net, a website created by SpeakEasy a company that provides bandwidth and [...]

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