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Elementary, my dear PC
After trying out Elementary OS for a day, I decided to make it my main home desktop operating system. Elementary OS is an Ubuntu Linux-based distro that has a beautiful and simple interface and a nice selection of default apps. It also seems to respond well to modest hardware. If you’re a first-time Linux user,…
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WeChat, Line, KakaoTalk battle for users; no clear winners yet in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the battleground for a bruising competition among a set of cute mobile phone applications: chat apps. Up north, the battle has largely been won in their home markets, with Line taking Japan, WeChat in China and KakaoTalk in South Korea. In SouthEast Asia, however, there is no clear winner yet, said Junde…
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Waze app: how to use your phone to outsmart Cebu traffic
“IN 200 meters,” the Waze app on the phone said, “turn right.” We were headed to Marco Polo Plaza Cebu and were near the Banilad flyover on our way to the IT Park when Waze, the driving application I was running on my phone, gave the direction to turn right. Waze had determined, by going…
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Smart network ready for LTE Advanced: Rolando Peña
DAVAO CITY-After hitting LTE Advanced download speeds in excess of 200 megabits per second (Mbps) during tests in Manila, Smart Communications Inc. held another test in Davao City last Saturday. PLDT and Smart Technology head Rolando Peña said he scheduled the test in Davao to show that the company’s network is able to deliver LTE Advanced…
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Building a business in Cebu: a software dev’s experience
RHETT Jones has been coming to Cebu to attend a yearly telecommunications conference for three years and found the province a good environment for business. “I noticed a lot of good things here, some anecdotal, like the taxi drivers just put the meter on and in most of Asia, it’s an argument,” he said in…