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WordPress security alert: vulnerability in multiple plugins; time to update
InfiniteWP allows you to manage multiple WordPress sites without having to log into each one of them. It simplifies and centralizes upgrading of plugins and themes and backing up of files and databases. If you run multiple WordPress sites, you should install it.
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#DigitalNomad
WHILE testing Smart’s deployment of its high-speed packet access (HSPA) network in Siquijor in 2009, it occurred to me that with the connectivity, you could actually relocate there and run your business or work from its beautiful white sand beaches. Six years later, connectivity and technology have improved exponentially. Today, HSPA is being supplanted by…
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Facebook governor
AS SOON as Albay Gov. Joey Salceda wakes up in the morning, he greets his constituents on Facebook (“Good morning, Albay”) and cycles through the towns and component cities with a slew of hashtags promoting the province. After the morning greeting, Salceda shares a “tigsik,” a short poem in Bikol, written by the province’s poet…
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A different Microsoft
ABOUT two years back, someone reached out to me because of our digital tourism initiative. He introduced himself as the open source software specialist of Microsoft Philippines. I choked on my midnight coffee. Until recently, one does not find the phrase open source in the same sentence as Microsoft, unless in opposition. Among the many…
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REVIEW: Asus Zenfone 5 Lite: big-screen smartphone for the budget-conscious
BUILDING on the success of Zenfone 5, Asus recently released a cheaper version of the handset in time for end-of-the-year upgrading – the Asus Zenfone 5 Lite. The Zenfone 5 Lite has a dual core Intel Atom 1.2 Ghz processor with 1GB RAM and an 8GB internal memory that is expandable via microSD up to…