It seems that a Google Page Rank Update is underway that started yesterday in the afternoon. Verified further by checking Technorati and finding some bloggers noticing that a 3rd Google PR update for 2007 is ongoing.
Well in a few more days we can actually conclude if it is a full fledged PR [...]

Ka Edong Soriano mentioned that he remitted me money from Canada. This is what happened when I received it through G-Cash.

The first thing was that I didn’t get a notice when it was sent. I guess this is alright if you are expecting a remittance, or if you regularly check your balance. But a casual [...]

Andrew de la Serna of Alleba Directory, DOTA Strategy and SigShare Fame has come up with an ingenious way of sticking a metric to the Philippine Blogosphere. That is with his latest creation, Ratified.

(1st of 3 parts) I was in Canada and heard from my cousin that Smart Padala and G-Cash remittance services were available at a nearby convenience store. She showed me flyers of both services bearing the seal of what [...]

A story ran by the BBC News reports that Microsoft will be offering an unbelievable low price of $3 for a Microsoft pack to developing countries:
The Microsoft initiative was launched by Bill Gates in Beijing under the banner of its Unlimited Potential scheme, a program aimed at bridging the digital divide.
The scheme aims to bring [...]

Strolling down a local mall, I found out that the Apple TV is already available in the Philippines for about 17K.
I was not really interested in buying one at this time and I think the Philippine market is likewise not ready for this one yet. And here are my reasons:
1. You have to buy an [...]

I got this from Roberto “Obet” Verzola, one of the pioneers in the early days of the Philippine Internet. He was operating an email service back in the early 90’s. Today, he built a system for verifying election results.

We talked about the emerging new ways for candidates to connect to the younger voters. Some candidates have websites of their own. They are even using Friendster. (I wonder if there are Twitter candidates already - “Going back to Manila for a campaign sortie.. wait, chopper going down!” )
But sometimes, use of the internet [...]

It’s the season for nostalgia. Marc’s post on the Philippine Internet’s birthday got me reminiscing.
Back in 1999, The Web Philippines Magazine ran a survey and published a list of the Internet’s 10 Most Influential Filipinos (The Web is no longer around - does anyone remember when there were a whole bunch of Internet magazines?) The [...]

VeriSign, the company tasked to oversee the .com and .net domains by ICANN, announced that they will increase the price of registration and renewal of these domains come October 15, 2007.