Will social media as we know it thrive in a corporate setting?

Posted on By benign0 7 Comments on Will social media as we know it thrive in a corporate setting?

If you can’t take on social networking giant Facebook on its home court, bring the battle to your own field. Microsoft seems set to leverage its still undisputed hold on systems that run big corporate networks to capture business-oriented social networking. Bill Gates’s IT behemoth has recently acquired “enterprise social networking” startup Yammer for USD1.2…

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Lifestyle, Tech Talk

The longer you stay the more mired in the swamp you get

Posted on By Gogs 11 Comments on The longer you stay the more mired in the swamp you get

Much will be made soon locally about the release of the latest installment in the Bourne Franchise since it was shot in Manila and Palawan. There have been other movies shot in Palawan but because they are local movies, no one brags about them. No one trumpets them. I seem to remember a Blue Lagoon…

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Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Government, Society

President Noynoy Aquino shows he does not have empathy and compassion

Posted on By Ilda 267 Comments on President Noynoy Aquino shows he does not have empathy and compassion

They say it is easy to judge a person’s character by the way he treats animals, kids, the elderly and the sick. It’s not hard to agree with that statement since animals, kids, the elderly and sick people are the more vulnerable and weaker among us. In the same manner, it is easy to judge…

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Civics, Crime, Government, Politics

Lababo in the time of cholera

Posted on By FallenAngel 7 Comments on Lababo in the time of cholera

The province of Catanduanes was recently highlighted in the news due to the prevalence of cholera cases in that area. It seems that starting from January-June in this year 2012 they were able to record approximately 1370+ cases that occurred within the said time period. Holy crap! If you do the math, that’s on the…

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Environment, Government, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

There’s a Time and Place for Dumb Things

Posted on By Hector Gamboa 22 Comments on There’s a Time and Place for Dumb Things

A Christian, a Jew, and an atheist are standing in line to be executed during the French Revolution. The Christian goes first, and he lays down on the guillotine. Before the executioner pulls the lever the Christian shouts, “My god will save me!”. The lever is pulled, and the blade swooshes down, stopping just short…

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Government, Politics, Religion

Why is a $1bn deposit to the IMF such a big deal?

Posted on By benign0 21 Comments on Why is a $1bn deposit to the IMF such a big deal?

Over the last several days, I’ve been getting snippets of news and information lately about a USD 1 billion loan extended by the Philippines to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The first I heard of it was in a “news” article that came across as a trumpeting of how the Philippines is now a “net…

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Economy, Government, Money Talks

Why Atheism Won’t Succeed in the Philippines

Posted on By Hector Gamboa 185 Comments on Why Atheism Won’t Succeed in the Philippines

I used to embrace atheism and I used to be active in the Philippine atheist forum and community. However, during the past few years I find myself being drawn away from atheism. Did someone “save” my wretched soul and showed me the path to eternal life and salvation? No! I still believe that there is…

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Featured, Religion

The slide of Nokia and the future of Facebook

Posted on By benign0 7 Comments on The slide of Nokia and the future of Facebook

The once mighty Nokia seems to be on the brink, announcing in mid-June that it will be slashing 10,000 jobs over the next 18 months following falling sales and losses this year. This, from a company that once utterly dominated the mobile phone market and was convinced that touchscreen phones “won’t replace traditional phones” (with…

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