I spent a day in Argao recently and was pleasantly surprised to find several dependable and free Wi-Fi hotspots. I was surprised because in Cebu City, free Wi-Fi access isn’t as widespread as they say it is in places such as Davao City.
Many shops, at least the last time I went warbiking or going [...]
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Munisipyo Wi-Fi
February 25th, 2008 · 15 Comments
Tags: Free services · Government · Highlights · Internet · cebu news · productivity
DocSyncer updates service: You can now choose which folders to synchronize
December 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment
DocSyncer, a service that synchronizes Microsoft Office documents in your computer with your Google Docs account, has just updated its application to allow you to choose which folders should be synchronized.
When I first tested it (read the previous post), it immediately synchronized all compatible files in the desktop and the My Documents folder. It offered [...]
Tags: Free services · Internet · productivity
Synchronize Microsoft Office documents with Google Docs using DocSyncer
December 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments
I finally got an invitation to try out DocSyncer, a service that allows you to automatically synchronize Microsoft Office files in your PC—documents, presentations, and spreadsheets—with your Google Docs account.
DOCSYNCER. The service synchronizes your Microsoft Office documents with your Google Docs account. It’s still being tested and far from being a dependable day-to-day application. [...]
Tags: Free services · Highlights · Internet · productivity
Smart TextMail and mobile alerts on tasks, website availability
November 26th, 2007 · 50 Comments
One of my longest mobile experiment drew to a close early this month with my rediscovery of Smart’s TextMail.
For more than a year, I’ve been trying one service after another in an effort to get my e-mails sent as text messages to my mobile phone. The answer, you might say, is simple: buy a [...]
Tags: Free services · Highlights · Mobile · WebTech · planner · productivity
Smart unveils USB modem for mobile Internet access anywhere
November 24th, 2007 · 15 Comments
SMART Broadband, Inc. (SBI) has unveiled a USB modem that will allow users to access the Internet with speeds ranging from 384 kbps to 768 kbps anywhere where there is a Smart signal.
The device will be offered under SBI’s “Smart BRO Plan 799.” Under the plan, which costs P799 a month, subscribers have 60 [...]
Tags: Mobile · productivity
Goodbye activeCollab, hello ProjectPier
September 29th, 2007 · 12 Comments
The project management application I use extensively for some of my tasks has turned its back on the open source beginnings that attracted me and, I’m sure, many others to it during its initial versions.
ActiveCollab is a clone of the popular Basecamp project management application. The main difference is that while Basecamp is a hosted [...]
Tags: Free services · Highlights · Open source · WebTech · free software · productivity

