Looks like the startup scene in the Philippines is about to get a real jump start that’s been waiting for, as Philippine-based seed venture fund Kickstart and Silicon Valley based incubator Plug and Play Tech Center announced their partnership. Read More…

All of us love those 99 Pesos Stores, where every items are on sale for just Php 99.00 (Pesos) and that same concept is what co-founder Glenn Santos and Fitz Villafuerte are using when they founded micro-job site – 199jobs.

199Jobs is a micro-freelancer sites where freelancers are basically basically asked “What service or job can you offer for Php 199.00 (or about $5)?” you can post or advertise any service that you can offer from Advertising, SEO to Photo Editing, Research, Tech Support and Writing & Translation. Read More…

We often hear the term “Filipino Time” and more often than not it is always linked to the habit of being tardy than being on time. It looks like that’s about to change (and sure hope so) because President Benigno Aquino III just signed Republic Act 10535 a.k.a The Philippine Standard Time (PST) Act of 2013 into law last May 15, 2013, that aims to promote the good habit of being punctual. Read More…

In a media event that was stream live at xbox.com, Microsoft finally announced what most of us assume the Xbox 720 but instead the software giant is calling their next-gen gaming console – Xbox One. The name appears to telling us what the goal of the gaming console and what it wants to be – which is to become an all-in-one entertainment system.

Microsoft said that Xbox One will allow you to instantly and simultaneous access to Movies, Live TV, Music, Surf the web and Play games. Read More…

It looks like the Tumblr acquisition was just a start, since Yahoo clearly intended their New York Press Conference to unveil the changes and improvement that Yahoo did with Flickr. This is the first time that Yahoo has made major changes to Flickr since it was purchased for $35 million last March 2005.

In a nutshell, Yahoo revamped the flickr and not just facelift but also improve some of the things that’s making the site tick, more space to store your photos, new mobile app and a redesigned UI. Read More…

All this news needs is a statement from Yahoo and Tumblr to make it official and it seems that’s what Yahoo did in a press conference that was held in New York. Read More…

Breaking: The Yahoo board has approved a deal to pay $1.1 billion in cash for the blogging site Tumblr. wsj.com

— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) May 19, 2013

Wall Street Journal is reporting that Yahoo’s board of directors has agreed to acquire the 6 year old social blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash. The news of an acquisition was first reported by AllThingsD and have been pick-up by top leading tech blog and news site. Read More…

Here’s something to look forward to, at the Google I/O 2013, the search giant announced that you can now send money to your friends using Gmail, after Google integrates Google Wallet with it’s email service. Read More…

BlackBerry recently announced that the company will release a stand alone BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for iOS and Android users. This was announced by the company during their BlackBerry Live Conference 2013 in Florida.

BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for iOS and Android can be installed on devices that are running iOS 6.0 or higher, and Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or higher. Read More…

Here’s a good news for early Windows 8 Adopters, since Microsoft just announced that Windows 8.1 codename “Blue” will be a free update to all Windows 8 for consumers via the Windows Store. This was announced by Microsoft at the JP Morgan Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in Boston. Read More…