Apple no longer focused on ‘green’ products for now

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Apple no longer focused on ‘green’ products for now

Apparently, the new MacBook Pro featuring the new high-resolution “retina” display has signalled the end of Apple’s commitment to “green” products. The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple will be pulling out products erstwhile rated as environmentally-friendly by the Green Electronics Council using their Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT). EPEAT criteria requires products to…

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Environment, Tech Talk

Understanding the BS in being a ‘breakout nation’

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Understanding the BS in being a ‘breakout nation’

In its most recent rah-rah story about how the government of President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III has so far been the heroic beacon of progress as was “promised” during the campaign, “social news network” site Rappler.com has quoted Ruchir Sharma, head of Emerging Market Equities and Global Macro at Morgan Stanley Investment Management who,…

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Development, Economy, Government, Media, Money Talks

Carlos Celdran tells China to kiss Filipino ass over Spratlys and Scarborough row

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Carlos Celdran tells China to kiss Filipino ass over Spratlys and Scarborough row

A friend of mine shared the following graphic apparently making the rounds on Facebook. It was posted on the Carlos Celdran page along with the caption “Love this map. Northwest Philippines. Haha. Kiss our 98 million asses, China. #China — with John Joey Ramos, Jason Alinsunurin, Jojo Garcia Dula, Michael Judd Rico and Emil Yap.”…

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MMDA is living on a prayer instead of thinking about solving EDSA’s traffic problems

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MMDA is living on a prayer instead of thinking about solving EDSA’s traffic problems

It seems Filipino public servants are incapable of thinking outside the square when it comes to addressing the problems that plague the nation. Most of them rely on prayer to solve issues rather than apply science and technology — an approach that could actually yield permanent solutions. Take the case of the Chairman for Metro…

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Civics, Culture, Development, Government, Religion, Society

Why is Rappler CEO Maria Ressa’s Twitter account ‘protected’?

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Why is Rappler CEO Maria Ressa’s Twitter account ‘protected’?

Look whose Twitter account is set at “Protected”. Ms Maria Ressa who is CEO of “social news network” Rappler.com has set her Twitter profile so that “Only confirmed followers have access to [her] Tweets and complete profile,” and so one needs to “Click the ‘Follow’ button to send a follow request.” Ressa is a self-described…

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MMDA EDSA blessing: Did the holy water evaporate before it hit the pavement?

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MMDA EDSA blessing: Did the holy water evaporate before it hit the pavement?

I see these poignant prayers on Twitter every now and then. “God willing it won’t be traffic [sic] on Edsa today”. I’m pretty sure such prayers are uttered at least once per 1.3 person per day by the average EDSA motorist. That translates to hundreds of thousands of such prayer said each year in beseeching…

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Culture, Government, Religion, Society

Teenagers and sexting: should we be alarmed?

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Teenagers and sexting: should we be alarmed?

According to a study published in the July issue of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 28 percent of surveyed adolescents in the United States have engaged in ‘sexting’. Sexting is the practice of taking suggestive pictures of one’s self and sending it digitally — usually by mobile phone multi-media messaging services (MMS) — to another party’s…

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