Tag: social media

Jam Sebastian’s cancer battle: What happens when social media stars ail?

March 3, 2015 Kate Natividad 34 Comments

It’s sad seeing the ravages of cancer unfolding before your very eyes. That is what we’ve been getting a bit of lately as social media star Jamvhille “Jam” Sebastian shares his battle with Stage 4 lung cancer via his Facebook page with his millions of followers. Sebastian along with girlfriend Paolinne Michelle Liggayu form the…

Civics, Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle

Kris Aquino on an UNFOLLOW rampage versus #PNoy critics!

February 3, 2015February 3, 2015 Kate Natividad 24 Comments

So now we know why PNoy’s social media fans behave the way they do. When they see or read something on the Net they disagree with, they unfollow or even “block” the person who published or re-shared/retweeted it. That is what Kris Aquino did as well after she felt “offended” by “friends” who she found…

Glitz and Glamour, Politics

The Dangers of Social Networking

January 20, 2015 Grimwald 5 Comments

It’s common knowledge by now that Filipinos are one of the top users of social networking. Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, you name it, there will probably never be less than a few million Filipinos using it. When once, people simply traded messages on email, people today display pictures, play music, show videos, notify people of their…

Lifestyle, Media, Society, Tech Talk

Should parents be bragging about their kids’ academic achievements on Facebook?

January 13, 2015 Kate Natividad 37 Comments

Ok, so I’m one of those sheeple whose first activity after getting out of bed in the morning is to check their social media timelines. That shameful admission out of the way, I’ll get to the point of this piece. Today, I discovered just now, is obviously the day after the announcement of the results…

Culture, Education, Lifestyle, Society

Cyber-attack on Sony Pictures changes the Internet business landscape

December 23, 2014December 23, 2014 benign0 4 Comments

‘C’ is for “cyber”. Is World War C starting? It could be. A possible cyber-attack against North Korea may be in progress but the nature of the attack and who might be behind it remain shrouded in mystery at the moment. Various network infrastructure monitors have detected intermittent Internet access outages in North Korea over…

Crime, Government, Lifestyle, Society, Tech Talk

Why DILG Secretary Mar Roxas deserves to be ridiculed

December 12, 2014December 12, 2014 benign0 13 Comments

You gotta laugh when you read about people coming to the defense of Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas. There is enough reason to take Roxas’s numerous laughable publicity stunts with a grain of salt at best. An executive riding a motorbike without a helmet to do work he should be delegating…

Civics, Culture, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Life for DILG Sec Mar Roxas is one big series of PR disasters

December 11, 2014 Ilda 14 Comments

Advancement in technology and the advent of social media has made the dissemination of information so much faster nowadays. Anyone who has access to a computer and a WiFI connection can receive instant information from the Net about what’s happening locally and globally. This has proven to be a double-edged sword for some high-profile personalities…

Civics, Government, Media, Politics

Only a massively-popular celebrity can stop a Binay presidency now!

December 1, 2014 benign0 8 Comments

Jejomar Binay ‘should’ not be a presidential candidate in the Philippines. But of course. This, however, is the Philippines. And, yes, Binay is a presidential candidate. Not just a presidential candidate, but the leading candidate. Bizarre as that may seem, that is the reality in the Philippines. The country is a democracy, and vocally “proud”…

Government, Media, Politics, Society