Cyberbaguioboy

During her State of the Nation address, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo puts more emphasis on the role of information and communications technology in the country’s progress for the past few years.
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Read the rest of her State of the Nation Address here.

His name is Joel Christopher Remadan. He’s Filipino and he made his millions in the US as an Internet marketing guru. Now he’s back in the country to help his fellow citizens become enterpreneurs. In my brief interview with him in Manila, he surprised, entertained, and moved me with his stories of success. I’ve [...]

This is an interesting job, don’t you think? I met Brian Ligsay during the second blogging summit in Diliman, Quezon City. I was already thinking of featuring him. Then by coincidence, I saw his name in the credits of Terra Wars: NY Invasion, a PC game developed by Filipino firm Ladyluck Digital Media Inc. I [...]

There are real explorers like Christopher Columbus and there are Google Earth explorers. Both are motivated to unravel the mystery that is Earth.
For those who are not familiar with this nifty software, it allows you to fly in and out of certain geographical locations on Earth. Using satellite photos (not in real-time though), Google Earth [...]

Yes, it wants to be THE portal for the Philippines, its executives in Southeast Asia said. How they intend to do that is still not clear except they will target the overseas Filipino workers, the Yahoo! Messenger users, and NBA fanatics
Yahoo! also announced that Yahoo! Messenger will be embedded in the next set [...]

Gone book hunting in one of the local bookstores and I found this book interesting (haven’t read it yet, though).
A snippet review from Fully Booked: “Throughout human history. certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm, six of them have had a surprisingly pervasive influence [...]

Thank God, I can still keep my job. According to this report from Cnet News, quoting Reuters, bloggers (at least in the US of A) are blogging mainly as a hobby than a vocation (like we do as journalist). Or perhaps the serious writers are not convinced of the powers of blogs. Or perhaps they’re [...]

I discovered this online community of soccers fans interesting. Google (yes, Google guys) and Nike (with the famous swosh) have joined forces and quietly launched this online community called Joga.
A teaser on the website says, “Welcome to Joga - the community for football players dedicated to keeping the game beautiful. Joga is a place [...]

Joel Christopher Remadan, author and successful mailing list builder, is visiting the Philippines, INQ7.net Technology reports.
Popularly known as Joel Christopher, the Tabango, Leyte-born expert in Internet market hopes to help Filipinos understand Internet marketing.
He was co-author “Mining online gold with an offline shovel: How to build a massive online mailing List by mastering offline promotion.”
I [...]

D3 Systems Inc., local developer of YehBah*, signed a deal with a Singaporean firm recently, INQ7.net Technology reports. D3 developed YehBah*, a mobile instant messaging software that can be downloaded from the Internet.
Meanwhile, German software company SAP says Philippine companies are too busy “keeping the lights on.” The company says local firms are slow to [...]