This is all very new to me. When I read Twilight, I couldn’t put it down. I ended up reading 500 pages in one DAY. Part of me really liked it, and part of me really….hates it haha. I can’t help but make fun of it and love it at the same time. It’s sick….it’s twisted. Fortunately, I’m not the only one. There are plenty others out there..and they read the entire saga. Where as I, have enough restraint and sanity to stop at the first book. I have access to the rest of the saga, but I have enough dignity to stop myself.
I don’t even know how to explain it. Prior to this post I had enough self restraint from blogging about my love hate relationship to it….but then I watched the movie. I’m sick…I need help. I won’t say more because I raved like a maniac to everyone I know and told them to read the book. Now I can’t WAIT for them to finish so that I can poke fun of it to the MAX and laugh my ass off……damn…
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Open Season on Google Webmaster Central
Google Webmaster Tools provide webmasters with an easy way to make their sites more accessible to the Google spiders. They show how Google views your site and in turn will help your site be more visible in the result pages of Google Search. To learn more, check out Google Webmaster Central.
ABS CBN buys into Multiply
In a surprise move, TV giant ABS-CBN has announced yesterday that it has bought a minority stake into social networking site, Multiply.
The purchase was for 5% of Multiply which costs $5 million or close to Php250 million.
A year ago this month, ABS-CBN first went into an advertising deal with Multiply. It looks like that deal got a lot of traction and the media giant saw great potential.
ABS-CBN will continue to monetize the social networking site thru traditional CPM-based advertising and offering mobile service. They’ve even added a clause that will enable ABS-CBN to buy as much as 10% of Multiply. I think they’d be able to recover that investment in less than 5 years.
The purchase was for 5% of Multiply which costs $5 million or close to Php250 million.
A year ago this month, ABS-CBN first went into an advertising deal with Multiply. It looks like that deal got a lot of traction and the media giant saw great potential.
ABS-CBN will continue to monetize the social networking site thru traditional CPM-based advertising and offering mobile service. They’ve even added a clause that will enable ABS-CBN to buy as much as 10% of Multiply. I think they’d be able to recover that investment in less than 5 years.
1 Trillion Unique URLs
In 2005, Yahoo! revealed that they have about 20 billion pages. Then Google also announced weeks later that they have 3 times bigger than any other search engine, referring to Yahoo’s earlier claim. That makes it 60 billions indexed pages.
Only 3 years later, that’s now, Google has actually increased that more than 16 times to 1 trillion. The problem though is that I think this type o approach might bump into problems in scaling one day. How many more data centers and hundreds of thousands of server will Google spend on to keep the index growing and make searching still lightning fast?
Only 3 years later, that’s now, Google has actually increased that more than 16 times to 1 trillion. The problem though is that I think this type o approach might bump into problems in scaling one day. How many more data centers and hundreds of thousands of server will Google spend on to keep the index growing and make searching still lightning fast?
Globe launches AppZone website
Globe launched a new site that offers subscribers a collection of software downloads for their mobile phones or PCs called the AppZone. AppZone will be home to mobile and digital technologies that can help subscribers maximize their mobile experience with Globe.
AppZone will provide Globe users with a wide variety of software that fall into these categories: Business/Finance; Utilities; Education and Reference; Enhancements; Personal Productivity; Multimedia/Graphics; Medical; Enterprise; Travel; Entertainment; and Internet.
AppZone will also be a venue for Globe’s community of developers in Globe Labs to market their applications to subscribers. The developer community benefits from this as they gain valuable insight and suggestions from actual users that they can use to further develop and improve their applications.
The portfolio of software and applications in AppZone is designed to complement the existing value-added services that Globe is offering. It will also enhance the mobile and broadband experience of Globe subscribers.
Subscribers can find a number of useful applications in the market. AppZone can be accessed at appzone.globe.com.ph or through myGlobe.com.ph.
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AppZone will provide Globe users with a wide variety of software that fall into these categories: Business/Finance; Utilities; Education and Reference; Enhancements; Personal Productivity; Multimedia/Graphics; Medical; Enterprise; Travel; Entertainment; and Internet.
AppZone will also be a venue for Globe’s community of developers in Globe Labs to market their applications to subscribers. The developer community benefits from this as they gain valuable insight and suggestions from actual users that they can use to further develop and improve their applications.
The portfolio of software and applications in AppZone is designed to complement the existing value-added services that Globe is offering. It will also enhance the mobile and broadband experience of Globe subscribers.
Subscribers can find a number of useful applications in the market. AppZone can be accessed at appzone.globe.com.ph or through myGlobe.com.ph.
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iPhone 3G Finally Unlocked
It didn’t take them quite long to finally find a way to do it. The iPhone Dev-Team has announced that they were finally able to unlock the iPhone 3G. The team is now preparing the unlocking module into a user-friendly application and is slated to go public on New Year’s Eve.
Some things to remember once the iPhone 3G unlock application becomes available on the 30th:
The unlock method will be application to iPhone 3G with 2.11.07 basedband or earlier. To find out what your iPhone 3G’s baseband is go to Settings -> General -> About -> Modem Firmware.
Your iPhone 3G must be jailbroken prior to unlocking
The unlock application will run on both Mac and PC via Cydia
What does this mean for us Pinoy iPhone users? Well, if you got your iPhone 3G from Globe’s Prepaid option, you would definitely want to have your iPhone 3G unlock to make the Smart Sim workable. This might help reduced your monthly data charges. I’ve known some friends who practically stopped using their iPhone as a mobile device since their Globe charges shoot up since the day they started using the iPhone 3G. I myself stopped using my iPhone through 3G connections.
But for those who got their iPhone’s through Globe’s various data plans, unlocking the iPhone may not be a good idea. Well at least until the 24-months lock-in period required by Globe.
Some things to remember once the iPhone 3G unlock application becomes available on the 30th:
The unlock method will be application to iPhone 3G with 2.11.07 basedband or earlier. To find out what your iPhone 3G’s baseband is go to Settings -> General -> About -> Modem Firmware.
Your iPhone 3G must be jailbroken prior to unlocking
The unlock application will run on both Mac and PC via Cydia
What does this mean for us Pinoy iPhone users? Well, if you got your iPhone 3G from Globe’s Prepaid option, you would definitely want to have your iPhone 3G unlock to make the Smart Sim workable. This might help reduced your monthly data charges. I’ve known some friends who practically stopped using their iPhone as a mobile device since their Globe charges shoot up since the day they started using the iPhone 3G. I myself stopped using my iPhone through 3G connections.
But for those who got their iPhone’s through Globe’s various data plans, unlocking the iPhone may not be a good idea. Well at least until the 24-months lock-in period required by Globe.
Filipino bags 2nd place on Guitar Hero WCG Asian Championship
Luis Benesa landed 2nd place in the Guitar Hero competition at the recent World Cyber Games (WCG) Asian Championship held in Suntec City, Singapore over the weekend.
The 18-year old Benesa bested other players from China, Vietnam and Korea, to fight for the championship against New Zealand.
The 18-year old Benesa bested other players from China, Vietnam and Korea, to fight for the championship against New Zealand.
The Philippine contingent to the WCG Asian Championship also included veteran Need for Speed (NFS) player Israel Magante, who landed fourth overall. Chester Reyes competed in FIFA, Philip Ortiz played in Virtual Fighter 5 and Team Mineski represented for DOTA.
A total of 14 countries was represented in the WCG Asian Championship, which is the run up to the WCG Grand Finals in Cologne, Germany this November 2008. The World Cyber Games was recently recognized by Guinness World Records for the World’s Largest Video Game Competition with over 1.5 million competitors worldwide.
A total of 14 countries was represented in the WCG Asian Championship, which is the run up to the WCG Grand Finals in Cologne, Germany this November 2008. The World Cyber Games was recently recognized by Guinness World Records for the World’s Largest Video Game Competition with over 1.5 million competitors worldwide.
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