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Would you buy Friendster? - Dec 7, 2009

Blogs Is it true or am I just hearing things? I just came from a meeting comprising businessmen and one of the topics is the news that social networking site Friendster is ... Read story »

How Time Flies--Facebook now outranks Friendster in the Philippines - Dec 15, 2009

Blogs I wrote an article last August about how strong the Friendster phenomenon was in the Philippines and how, after years of being on top, it was still the most visited social ... Read story »

Should Facebook setup office in Southeast Asia? - Sep 21, 2009

Blogs Although this geek is currently in San Francisco for the Intel Developer Forum, I decided to share some quick thoughts in response to Bernard Leong's blog post on why and how ... Read story »

A little sexy (and sexist) social networking - Nov 13, 2009

Blogs I just conducted another social-networking experiment over the past couple of days. I became both male and female... online! Bear with me a little as I share my experiences, peddling my ... Read story »

Friendster still in top form in the Philippines - Aug 4, 2009

Blogs First of all, let me begin with this disclaimer: This is not PR for Friendster. Lol. I am, however, going to share with you some of the news and insights we've ... Read story »

Happy New Year! Or new things to check out in the Pinoy Webosphere 2010 - Jan 8, 2010

Blogs Now that the Philippines is officially a Facebook country, let's look at what else has changed in the Pinoy Web landscape. Localized search: Yehey! First, Yehey.com has finally gone back to ... Read story »

Keeping the Internet safe for Filipino kids - Dec 14, 2009

Blogs I just got a press release today that said after the First Internet Café National Summit was held last October 21, 2009, moves are already being made by the GDAP (Game ... Read story »

Browse Friendster on your mobile all day for just 20 Philippine pesos - Jun 30, 2009

Blogs With over 13 million monthly unique visitors in the Philippines, Friendster remains the top social network in the country. Facebook may have made a lot of headway in the Philippines, overtaking ... Read story »

Facebook overtakes Multiply in the Philippines - Jun 21, 2009

Blogs In a recent upsurge, Facebook has now overtaken Multiply in the overall Alexa traffic rankings by country. I say, blame the Restaurant City and Farm Town addicts. But seriously speaking, this ... Read story »

Alice in Facebook Land - Mar 4, 2010

Blogs I have a confession to make: It took me a long time before I signed up for Facebook. In this day and age, when everyone has a Facebook page, I wasn't ... Read story »

Filipinos really are crazy... Internet crazy - Jul 14, 2008

Blogs First off, let me just say, the past few weeks have been quite, shall we say, illuminating! In case you missed the announcement of my move, the past few weeks have ... Read story »

Solar Eclipse has Pinoys on Social Networks Come Alive - Jul 22, 2009

Blogs Well, you can now certainly use this as an example of 'spread like wildfire'. Lol.In less than a few minutes, almost the entire Pinoy social networking scene was abuzz at the ... Read story »

Ad congress wrapup--Lola Techie wins at Araw Awards - Nov 23, 2009

Blogs Congrats to the guys at BBDO Guerrero for its Lola Techie campaign which won Best of Use of Mixed Media at the recently concluded Araw Awards 2009 held at the 21st ... Read story »

How social-networking media saved our lives - Nov 3, 2009

Blogs It has been more than a month since Ondoy (international name: Ketsana). Parts of Metro Manila--including our own subdivision--were submerged in 8ft high of floodwaters and more. In Karangalan Village, our ... Read story »

Google Philippines Top Searches for 2008 - Dec 16, 2008

Blogs Google recently released their top searches for 2008 called Google Zeitgeist (the spirit of the times). Of course, the list consists of search patterns, trends, and surprises based on the searches ... Read story »

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