Confirmed: Nexus 4 now selling for just Php14,9990 @ Widget City

by jhay on May 17, 2013

Following the announcement that the Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition has become part of the Nexus line as the Galaxy S4 Nexus for sporting a vanilla or raw version of Android Jellybean, local online gadget store Widget City has slashed down the price of the Google Nexus 4. Though the main listing page still shows [...]

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HP Slate 7 – Now available

by jhay on April 28, 2013

True to their promise, PC giant Hewlett-Packard has finally made available their latest attempt at getting a slice of the lucrative tablet market – the HP Slate 7. First announced in February, the 7-inch tablet sports an ARM A9 Dual Core chip running at 1.6Ghz and has Beats Audio to boot. This is HP’s first [...]

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How to remove the yellow snow screen on YouTube videos in Chrome

by jhay on March 29, 2013

I can’t recall exactly when it started, but about 3 weeks ago, I noticed that whenever I watched a video on YouTube it would be littered with yellow snowy pixels all over. The annoying snowy pixels were present only in Chrome but not when I used Firefox. This was the first time I encountered such [...]

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Catching up on Mission Impossible

by jhay on March 11, 2013

A few days ago, my wife and I saw again Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol on HBO. She was so hooked into it, she wanted to watch the earlier three films. While watching Ghost Protocol, she asked me why wasn’t I fond of the Mission Impossible franchise? In all honesty, I told her that for [...]

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My mobile phone history

by jhay on February 22, 2013

Call it an internet meme or not, this little exercise is a lot of fun to do mainly because you get to go down memory lane again and look back at all the previous mobile phones you have owned or used in the past. It may reveal how old you are, but it will show [...]

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Getting your hands dirty in a geeky way

February 9, 2013

I spent most of the day migrating my WordPress-powered blogs from my current web host to a new one. Migrating from one web host to another is not something new to me. I’ve been with so many different web hosts I’ve developed my own routine of doing it in about an hour or two with [...]

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On the proposed taxation of online shopping

December 31, 2012

There’s a recent uproar online about the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s announcement that it plans to collect taxes from online retailers soon. For those who are unfamiliar with the issue, a few background info: The increasing reach of the Internet has sustained the spread of online businesses particularly retail trade. Online sellers or retailers are [...]

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iPhone 5 hype loses steam, Android raves on

December 29, 2012

It sounds biased, I know, but ever since the Christmas shopping season kicked in, all the hype I’ve heard about the iPhone 5 is it’s coming to the Philippines soon. Go online and you’d read more talk about comparisons between different Android phones both from the lesser known brands to the global leaders, but less [...]

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What are your must-have Android Apps?

December 28, 2012

Thanks to the HTC One V, I’m now back to being an authentic Android fan boy. Even before I got the new phone, I was already thinking of the first set of apps that must definitely go into it. These apps enable me to get things done with my Android phone, from managing my email, [...]

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Did you save your Multiply.com content?

December 3, 2012

Before I took the weekend break, I spent a couple of days browsing through my Multiply.com account. The last time I logged in and spent more than 5 minutes on the site was about 5 years ago when I was still very active in campus politics of my alma mater. Back then, the university IT [...]

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Japan invades Google Play, delayed Nexus 4 and still buggy Chrome for Android

November 30, 2012

First off, for my friends who can’t reach me via BlackBerry Messenger wonder no more as I officially announce that I am no longer a BlackBerry phone user. It was fun and all but I’ve decided that it’s time to say goodbye to BlackBerry and return to using an Android phone. More on this in [...]

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Geek’d up Scrabble and Pain-based Game

November 21, 2012

Never was fond of the game scrabble but those who are fans of it and geeky-ing up almost anything would be fascinated by the most hi-tech scrabble game ever. How hi-tech? It’s scrabble chips embedded with radio transmitters enabling organizers to broadcast the game online, in real-time. Engadget has the story: In preparation for the [...]

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Sony VAIO Tap 20 – Would you carry around a 20-inch tablet?

October 15, 2012

With Windows 8 set to be released this October 26th, a whole new generation of touch-capable PCs are slowly making their way on store shelves touting to be running on the new OS from Microsoft. The trend is not only to be touch-capable, but to come in a tablet form factor. From this, you’d expect [...]

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Support Senate Bill 3300: Crowdsourcing Act of 2012

October 14, 2012

As an anti-thesis to the draconian Cybercrime Act of 2012 which is currently suspended thanks to the temporary restraining order put in place by the Supreme Court last week, netizens are being asked to support or at least contribute to the polishing of Senate Bill 3300 or Crowdsourcing Act of 2012 as filed by Senator [...]

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Statement of the new group Bloggers and Netizens for Democracy (BAND) on the TRO vs. Cybercrime Law

October 9, 2012

TRO vs. #cybercrimelaw, an initial victory for freedoms, democracy Bloggers and netizens who sued the government over the Cybercrime Law today rejoiced over the Supreme Court’s reported issuance of a temporary restraining order against its implementation. “If confirmed, this is a victory for citizens vigilant about their freedoms and about democracy online and offline,” said [...]

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