Can Filipinos build their own rockets?
It’s not a question of ability. The Philippines produces a staggering figure in terms of brain power for engineering, science, IT, and mathematics. It’s really a question of why: why …
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We need to find a peacetime use for social media
Like most technologies that permeate society today, social media, as it turns out, originally came of age as a weapon. Though it was originally pitched as a peachy digital hangout …
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Filipino Twitter Titas shriek “The sky is falling!!” on prospect of Chinese telcos entering Philippine market
Self-described feminist and “accidental writer” Beth Angsioco in a tweet recently posed this question to the Titas of the Philippine Twitterverse… Will you subscribe to a Chinese telco? Throwing this …
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Maria Ressa’s obsession with Facebook is like that of a jilted lover over her ex
Rappler CEO Maria Ressa just can’t stop once she gets started about Facebook. Indeed, she got started on Facebook way back when she threw a massive embrace around the gargantuan …
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Not a Crackdown, Only Enforcement..
So the Land Transportation Office (LTO) is caught off guard regarding the repercussions of the enforcement of rules for modified vehicles. They do not have any implementing guidelines whatsoever. The LTO …
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Article on self-important Rappler anti-fake-news “soldiers” published by @NYTimesWorld
You gotta hand it to the circlejerk relationship Rappler manages to cling on to with the New York Times. This recent article, Soldiers in Facebook’s War on Fake News Are …
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Upgrades, anyone?
As I type this on my old T420 laptop, annoyed about how its performance has greatly diminished with age, I have my iPhone 6s plugged into it charging for the …
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How I Learned To Cope With The Death of The iPod Nano
I have always been a iPod Nano fanatic. Which already makes me a rare breed. The problem with being a rare breed is by definition you are under …
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