Why’d Sun Sell – A Telco Love Story (& Gokongwei’s bid for Power… Literally)
Once upon a time, PLDT married SMART and they had a baby called Red Mobile. Globe, PLDT’s rival, married Islacom and had an offspring named Touch Mobile. Then, a beautiful new 1-Million Post-paid-subscriber-base-in-2010-Telco named SUN came along. … Sun Cellular, the mobile brand of the country’s third-largest mobile phone network operator Digitel Mobile Philippines Inc.,...
Read MoreWillie’s Jan-Jan & How To Make Money Off Kids
Willie’s gyrating ‘Jan-jan’ caught the eye of critics and of DSWD. It’s a wrong reason to get viral but what the heck – it works (for Willie, at least). Willie is simply entertainer who pays to gets kids to dance. If you think about it, he’s got the perfect formula: Get some poor money-craving kid (and family) to show a ‘talent’ on live TV. Pay...
Read MoreWifi Addicts Sniffing Nets (like weed) in Baguio
According to the March 2011 Net Index speed reports, the average download speed in the Philippines is 2.29 MBPs. The fastest Internet download speeds can be found in South Korea (33.64 Mbps). In Baguio City, the Internet speeds run an average download speed of 1.69 Mbps. Uploads average around 0.53 Mbps. This matters little, however, to internet-addicts vacationing in Baguio. What matters is...
Read MoreFrugalPanda (‘Groupon’-site-aggregator): What happens when a Hacker doesn’t sleep
P105 for 15 Cellos Donuts – This was the sweet deal my sister caught this off a groupon-coupon-like site on the net. Cellos donuts usually go P30 per piece. Just last month my officemates went to the Splash Island Resort after buying some coupons for a day pass. This was from another Pinoy Groupon-wannabe. Can’t help noticing these group-buying Groupon-like sites sprouting like...
Read MoreManny Pacquiao’s Tweet & Online Reputation Management
Pacquiao suddenly learned how being-popular online can be quite problematic. From: http://twitpic.com/4bui6a/full Instant account delete. I recall in SEO/SEM, we had what’s called “Online Reputation Management” – which basically is just Public Relations. You’d manage all the negative links on Google/Yahoo/MSN that you find and make sure that these are...
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