Feb 19, 2013

Recognizing the fact that subscribers have unique usage needs, Globe Telecom is giving its prepaid users the freedom to create custom calling, texting, and surfing promos with GoSakto. With GoSakto, you can create a combination that’s suited for your needs. Do you prefer calling over texting? Not a problem. Just create a promo with unlimited calls with...

Feb 18, 2013

More than a decade  and a half ago, when mobile phone service was just starting to pick up traction in the Philippines, the craze wasn’t about having the latest mobile phone model. Rather, it was about getting vanity numbers. Vanity numbers were very expensive back then. I know someone who paid five thousand pesos for her vanity number. Some people...

Oct 4, 2012

Free WiFi is ubiquitous in Davao City. Shopping malls, coffee shops, offices, some hotels, airport lounges, and even restaurants offer free WiFi access to its clients. But nothing in life is free, or so they say. What’s the catch, you ask.  Answer:  Free public WiFi is sometimes slow and unreliable. If you’re trying to beat a deadline and rely on...

Oct 4, 2012

After pioneering the use of state-of-the-art Near Field Communications (NFC) technology for mobile phone-based payments in the Philippines, Smart Communications Inc. (SMART) is now moving to expand the use of NFC technology in major industries like retail, food, and transportation through a partnership with Oberthur Technologies. SMART first introduced the...

Sep 20, 2012

It looks like competition in the mobile space is heating up in the Philippines. The competition, however, isn’t between mobile giants Apple and Samsung. Nor is it about patents. The local war in the mobile scene is between Pangilinan-owned SMART Communications and Ayala-owned Globe Telecom and is about which mobile network is superior. Yesterday, Globe...

Aug 24, 2012

The next iPhone, if the rumour mill is to be believed, will be available in stores starting Friday, September 21 across the United States and a select few countries. While the design and hardware of the next iPhone remains to be the subject of conjecture, iOS 6, the software that powers it has all been revealed by Apple back in June at its Worldwide Developer...