Just recently, I talked about the hostage taking in Quirino Grandstand hit Twitter. I was personally surprised that just few hours ago, 6 out of the 10 trending topics on Twitter are related to the Philippines. Some are not even aware of the incident, but because of the social media – it created buzzes all over the web particularly on Twitter, Facebook, and Plurk. Some online friends ask for the…

A new beta release of Windows Live Essentials 2011, also known as Wave 4, is already available for download. The first beta version was released last June with Windows Live Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Live Mail, Writer, Messenger, and Live Sync. You may check the Windows Live Wave 4 preview below. Some of the new features of the Beta 2 (or Beta Refresh) build include Facebook Chat integration in Messenger,…

I was waiting for the launching of this newest promo from Smart Communications to find out what really the promo is all about. Finally, it’s here. Just another All-Txt promo, dubbed as AllTxt Combo Plus, which allows Smart subscribers nationwide to send and receive Facebook, Twitter, and Friendster updates even if you’re not online. All-Txt Combo Plus is a bundled offering where in SMS, MMS, Voice calls and texts to…

Vonage is one of the VOIP service providers offering competitive plans for its customers. With Vonage, you can make and receive phone calls with your high-speed Internet and your regular touchtone phone. That means it’s utilizing the Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP, rather than phone company wires. Vonage and your computer have nothing to do with each other, except that they have to share your internet connection. It doesn’t…

Google announced recently that it has acquired Slide, a social technology company that develops social apps. A source said that Google paid $228 million for Slide. For Google, the web is about people, and we’re working to develop open, transparent and interesting (and fun!) ways to allow our users to take full advantage of how technology can bring them closer to friends and family and provide useful information just for…

There’s another phishing attack on Facebook that tricks users into giving their logon details. As usual, the attack starts as if someone posted something on your wall like the screenshot below. It has a link to a video (not real) called Worldwide Scandal with a running time of 4 minutes and 20 seconds. It says: I am shocked!!! I’m NEVER going to the beach AGAIN since I found this out….

iSkysoft’s free FLV Converter for Windows with license key can still be downloaded until September 1st, that means you still have more than a month to get your copy of the software. The iPhone Video Converter for Mac and Windows software giveaway from the same company had officially ended last Monday, but as promised there’s another one – a DVD to iPhone Converter giveaway. Yes. The $29 software will be…

The Facebook movie entitled “The Social Network” is set to be on theaters October 1st, 2010. You can read my previous article published last year when the story was leaked in the internet. The first teaser was released early this month and another trailer was released few days ago. The Social Network will feature Jesse Eisenberg who will be playing the role of Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Watch this! Quite…

On the past few days, rumors have been spreading on Facebook about a new virus called “Knob Face”, but fortunately – Graham Cluley at Sophos was able to break down the truth about such worm. The Facebook Knob Face Virus is a perfect HOAX, which appears to be a spelling error of the family of malware called Koobface. One example of wall updates you would notice in Facebook reads: “Virus…

As some of you have noticed, I didn’t post any weekly update for week 26th. That was because it was my birthday last July 7th and I’ve been quite busy on that special week. For those who greeted me through SMS, Facebook and Twitter – many thanks! Even if I’ve done lots of things last week (particularly at work), I was still able to publish some of the hottest tech…