Globe Telecom, in partnership with Aegis People Support and Tech Mahindra, announced on Wednesday its new hotline dedicated for Visayan-speaking customers. This new hotline provides customer services for mobile, landline, and broadband products — basically, using the local Visayan language Cebuano, making Globe Telecom the first company in the Philippine telecommunications industry to offer trilingual customer hotline service (in addition to English and Tagalog). The new service uses Globe’s dedicated…

We got breaking news, again! Prominent Cebuanos are expected to queue for their iPhone 4S as Globe Telecom will also launch the handset in Cebu on Friday, 9AM at Radisson Blu Hotel. CTB was told that there will be a spot-selling for those who didn’t pre-order the iPhone 4S and spot-selling will be open to public in the afternoon. Earlier today, we reported about Globe’s official pricing for iPhone 4S…

NetSuite, the world’s leading provider of “real” cloud-based ERP solutions and the fastest growing vendor of Financial Management Systems in the past 3 years according to Gartner, announced on Tuesday during its Annual Media Presscon in Makati City the key developments of the company’s operation here in the Philippines. First up is the new educational program called SuiteAcademy that is “designed to bring cloud-based business management solutions” to universities worldwide….

Phew! We are all set. And by saying that, it means we really are all excited to kick off this year’s biggest blogging event in the region. Yes, I’m talking about the 2nd Visayas Blogging Summit which will be held in the Queen City of the southern part of the Philippines, and of course that’s none other CTB’s home town, Cebu City. Very exciting, really, that an aspiring blogger shouldn’t…

Intel Philippines introduced recently its 2nd-Generation Core-i Series of Processors codenamed Sandy Bridge. Held at Marriott Hotel in Cebu City last April 12th, the event showcased several laptop lineups and desktop motherboards from different OEMs, all powered by Sandy Bridge. First unveiled during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas back in January 3, the Sandy Bridge is the successor to the Nehalem micro-architecture based on 32nm silicon process. Core…

Had a fun last Friday night at the Formo in Banilad Town Center as HP once again brings its Twice as Many Prints Promo. It was actually an informal media event full of amusement, but the highlight was about the ongoing promo (which is now on its 4th year), offering consumers a chance to win exciting prizes. Up for grabs for 6 lucky winners are 2 grand prize packages of…

Aboitiz Power unveiled Saturday at the Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort and Spa, the first Filipino-made Facebook game with an environmental advocacy. Alter Space is a social networking game which aims to bring awareness on how people can lower carbon footprint and help preserve the Earth’s resources. Aboitiz Power, one of the major players in the Philippine power industry, also had a chance to introduce its own brand of clean and renewable…

It’s a week more to go yet the people of the Philippines “Queen City of the South”, together with the guests from several parts of the world already feel the excitement of what’s going to be another big event in the city. Main events of Sinulog 2011 will kick-off this Sunday, but as early as that – the city is showcasing cultural events and mall shows including those of consumer…

Cebu Tech Blogger was invited yesterday by Globe Telecom to witness the opening of its flagship store in the city. Globe Telecom, a leading Telco in the country, launched its largest flagship concept store at Ayala Center here in Cebu. The Globe Concept Store The store located at the Active Zone of the mall showcases not just as a customer service center, like the one located at SM City Cyberzone,…

I was invited to witness the signing of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) between several institutions here in Cebu and the inventor of VEDU, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to make it. Luckily, my contact sent some photos after the event held last Tuesday, November 23rd, together with the press release. I’m sure this is the first time you’ve heard about VEDU. Well, it’s actually a web-based interactive virtual education…