Manny Pacquiao and technology

29Jun08

Congatulations to the PacMan! Manny Pacquiao, currently the no. 1 boxer in the world to have achieved capturing four world titles in four different weight division. The only Filipino and Asian to do it! Aside from basketball and  billiards, boxing is one of the popular sport in the Philippines  — we both excel in the latter two! Growing [...]

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Tags: boxing, digital tv, manny pacquiao, mobile tv, pacquiao, pay-per-view, people's champion, satellite broadcast, smart tv, sms, social network, wbc lightweight

Looking for Your Next Funding, Technical Assistance or In-Kind

29Aug07

Posted by: “karina alburo” karinamalburo@ yahoo.com   karinamalburo
Dear All,
We are pleased to offer to NGOs, socio-civic organizations, schools and universities, research organizations and think tank consulting firms, foundations, government institutions, and international organizations our Revised Edition of the resource directory called Directory of International Funding Organizations, Nonprofit Organizations, NGOs, Corporate Donors, and Relief Agencies”.
It [...]

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Tags: danilo pineda, funding, ngo, tritium

Product Testing

06Dec06

Product testing is quality assurance in the context of research and development.  This measure is conducted to determine the acceptability, safety and efficacy of products.  It is imperative, but unfortunately, the most tedious and expensive part of the whole research and development process.  But then again, it is important.
Then why is it very important?  To start with, [...]

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Ent-rice-preneurship

22Nov06

I have this wild idea of putting up a central supply of cooked rice in every major food-courts in the metro.  Aside from the regular P12-per-cup-sized plain rice, here I could initially offer customers different varieties:
1. Pusô or hanging rice (cooked rice wrapped in heart-shaped coconut leaves) – Bisdaks certainly crave for this.
2. Rice-all-you-can for carbo-loaders, with choices of [...]

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Developing Creativity Part 3

17Nov06

As mentioned in the previous posts, creativity can be developed and there is a process that governs this.  Mentioned earlier, there are four phases to this – knowledge accumulation, incubation, “eureka” and the implementation/monitoring part.  On a personal note, knowledge accumulation (KA) is the most important of the four, thereby, the focus of this third [...]

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Be a good neighbour!

15Nov06

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) takes on several definitions but fundamentally, it refers to business decision-making that is based on ethical values, compliance with legal standards, and solicitude for human dignity, communities, the environment, and other stakeholders of business (Source: Jose Mario B Maximiano, CSR Integration into Core Business: among Selected Firms in the Philippines).  CSR [...]

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PC for $100, Monitor Not Included! Gawang pinoy – by Raffy Mananghaya

09Nov06

I’m not sure if you have read about the notebook that was developed from MIT Lab for $100. It was not designed to be commercialized rather to aid the less fortunate communities in giving affordable access to technology and information. More specifically for the countries in the African continent.
Here comes a PC for $100, about [...]

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Hi, I’m a Mac.

31Oct06

The Mac and PC war is escalating. Where before the personal computer dominated the business world, and Macs are delegated to the more artistic side of computing, now that line is blurry as both technologies are crossing over to the side of the other.
 PC users win by the number of users, but as Mac people [...]

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Developing Creativity Part 2

13Oct06

Ok, so now we all know that creativity can be developed.  It is not that everyone is lucky to have a good DNA combination for you to be born with creativity, but at least, just like physical beauty, it can be developed.  Surely, nowadays, you see a lot of things impossible being made possible.
Sharing a [...]

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Developing Creativity

12Oct06

 
Different creative ideas are the essential ingredients in innovations, especially in an R&D setting.  Thus, it is imperative to scan the environment for different opportunities that will answer the needs and wants or provide technological solutions to present and future market problems.  For creativity to occur, chaos is needed, but a chaos that is structured [...]

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