A UK-headquartered telecommunications company Vodafone, is rumored to have plans in operating a business in the Philippines. The report follows apparently after Vodafone social media accounts popped up in various channels including Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Vodafone remains mum regarding its existence in the country; in fact, the said social media accounts still haven’t had any update just yet.

Windows 8 developer preview has been sitting for a while now since Microsoft gave us more sneak peek of its features during the company’s “Build” event last year. This time however, it appears that the Redmond-based software giant will make its next version of Windows available for download to end-users on February 29th, a leap day. According to several reports, Microsoft will release Windows 8 Consumer Preview (or Windows 8…

The fourth and next installment of the Bourne film series, The Bourne Legacy, is scheduled for release in US theaters comes August 3, 2012. Almost a month since the filming began last January 11th here in the Philippines, the first trailer is now officially available for public viewing. The film stars Jeremy Renner, Edward Norton, and Rachel Weisz, and is directed by the series’ own screenwriter Tony Gilroy. Matt Damon…

2012 is definitely my year as I’m going to be a married man, but while we’re busy prepping for the big day at the later part of this quarter – I’m thinking of another presents that I can give to my, um, fiancée comes Valentine’s Day. Mobile internet connection essentially complements on how we do our job these days and Smart’s new offering could be one of the perfect gift…

Finally, Android users will now experience the power of the Chrome browser as Google has already made it available for download in Android Market. Dubbed as Chrome for Android Beta, the browser is still on its first beta stage, hence the name – yet it’s promised to offer a faster mobile web browsing performance than the native browser app on Android.  Features of Chrome for Android Beta include: – Browse…

It’s nearly 6 months since the first time we’ve heard about Symbian Belle – the latest version of the Symbian OS. But with the new features it brings, I guess it’s worth the wait. Or is it? Well, Nokia has already been rolling out Symbian Belle update to supported handsets across the globe. Here in the Philippines, Symbian Belle update is already available for compatible devices that include Nokia N8,…

Microsoft has announced just recently that the Windows Phone Marketplace is already open for business to new markets including the Philippines. Also included in the updated list where the Windows Phone Marketplace is available are Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Peru. It’s not a secret that Microsoft’s mobile OS is facing stiff competition with Android and iOS even here in the Philippines, in fact – the low number of activated Windows…

I finally unboxed this media player from Noontec that has been on the shelf for a couple of weeks ago. Noontec called this as MovieDock A6 II NAS Media Station — basically a type of high-definition audio and video player that you can also hook into a local network as a full NAS (Network Attached Storage), hence the name. I’m honestly new to Noontec’s line of media players (I also…

Nokia’s first Windows Phone, the Lumia 800, was announced 3 months ago yet it still hasn’t made its way to the Philippine soil officially. Well, CTB actually got a word from a valued source at Nokia Philippines that it will land in the country sometime in Q2 this year – which I’m thinking could be a bit late given the fact that the next Mobile World Congress is just around…