Visayan Pop Music Festival 2013

Last May 18, the 1st Visayan Pop Music Festival (VisPop) had its Finals Night held at Benedicto College Artists Hall.

Avida Towers Riala

Much has been happening all over the province of Cebu that made huge marks of progress and development. Its plate of opportunity is full yet it continues to crave for more. 

Another number is added to the long list of rising establishments that'll surely beautify not only the place but also the lives of its people.

HP Helps Channel Partners Expand Revenue Opportunities with ‘Think Big’ Initiative

Hewlett-Packard (HP) recently announced a new channel initiative that will stimulate growth and expand revenue opportunities for channel partners in Asia Pacific and Japan. The new ‘Think Big’ Initiative is a joint investment program that provides qualified distributors with access to HP training, demonstration centers, sales and marketing support to pursue growth markets and win more business across storage, servers and networking.

 

To meet enterprise and SMB customer demands, channel partners need new ways to deliver solutions that help modernize infrastructures, tackle growing data and embrace emerging computing models such as cloud. The Think Big initiative allows partners to provide the support their customers need to optimize their technology infrastructures for greater business flexibility, with HP’s backing.

 

A More Beautiful Flawless Cebu Ready To Serve

The country's leading clinic for face,m body and aesthetic services just ,marked another milestone as Flawless unveils its new look to residents of the Queen City of the South.

 

Five years after it debuted, Flawless Cebu, underwent a major make over to sport the chain's modern and style-forward look. All these in the name of improving the experience and quality of service it offers to Cebuanos.

Globe Network Transformation is Half Complete

Globe Telecom announced that its network transformation program is halfway completed, with nationwide cellsite change-out set to finish by first quarter of 2013.

 Providing key updates on its network transformation program, Globe Telecom President and CEO Ernest Cu described the company’s massive modernization effort as “different” in many ways from a traditional transformation that other networks go through. 

“Others mask modernization with simply a business-as-usual change-out of old equipment. At Globe, our transformation is very different because it is indeed building a brand new network covering core elements, transmission, and access equipment,” he confirmed. 

Shell Launches New Generation of Performance Fuels in Cebu

Shell launches its latest generation of premium performance fuels namely Shell V-Power Nitro+ Gasoline, Shell V-Power Nitro+ Racing and Shell V-Power Nitro + Diesel.  The new premium performance fuels, which will directly replace the Shell V-Power fuels and Shell Super Premium at no extra cost,is now available in all Shell stations in Cebu. 

New Shell V-Power Nitro+ fuels are formulated to help improve engine performance and deliver more power and responsiveness compared to Shell Standard fuels. The fuels are designed to start acting instantly in your engine.

The Persimmon Studios

Now, the convenience of urban village living can easily be yours! The Persimmon, the first urban lifestyle community at the heart of Cebu, once again welcomes its future Vecinos to a refreshing, professionally furnished units as it introduces The Persimmon Studios.

Experience a hassle-free move in and find leisure in a fully functional commercial area just right down where you live.

3rd Generation Intel Core Processors Bring Exciting New Experiences and Fun to the PC

Cebu City, Philippines, June 29, 2012 – Intel Philippines marketing manager Randy Kanapi yesterday introduced the quad-core 3rd generation Intel Core processor family, which delivers dramatic visual and performance computing gains for gamers, media enthusiasts and mainstream users alike, during a keynote address at the Intel Ivy Bridge launch in Cebu. Available now in powerful, high-end desktop, laptop and sleek all-in-one (AIO) designs, the new processors are the first chips in the world made using Intel’s 22-nanometer (nm) 3-D tri-Gate transistor technology.

With as much as 20 percent microprocessor performance improvements and new technologies to speed the flow of data to and from the chips, the new processors further extend Intel’s overall performance leadership. All the things people love to do on their PCs — from creating and editing videos and photos, surfing the Web, watching HD movies or playing mainstream games — are now quicker, crisper and more life-like.

Small-town Locals to Build “Courts of Inspiration” around Visayas & Mindanao

Quick, name one Filipino adult who has never set foot on a basketball court in his entire life. Impossible, isn’t it? 

For a game that favors relatively tall people, it’s rather impressive how basketball has permeated Filipino culture. To this day, it is the nation’s most popular sport. Here, the passion is so great that you’d see people play it while wearing slippers, sandals, or sometimes, even barefoot. But nothing reinstates this fact better than the presence of basketball hoops everywhere—on the sides of buildings, in front of sari-sari stores, even in the middle of the street.

Globe and Blackberry Brings Nicki Minaj To Manila

Mark your calendars and be part of the biggest concert party this year as Globe Telecom, the leader in postpaid, and Research In Motion (RIM), the company behind BlackBerry®, mount another first by bringing international rapper and songwriter Nicki Minaj to Manila for a ‘one night-only’ concert at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on July 11, 2012, the only Southeast Asian leg of her Pink Friday Tour.

Get up close and live with the global music icon that is Nicki Minaj who has captivated millions of fans across the globe with her hit song ‘Super Bass' for free when you purchase a new BlackBerry® Curve™ 9220 or BlackBerry® Curve™ 9320 smartphone from Globe with a Globe My Super Plan, a portfolio of the most flexible and customizable postpaid plans that allow customers to design their postpaid service plan based on their choice of consumable monthly amounts, freebies, and add-ons.

HP VirtualSystem Simplifies and Speeds Virtualization Deployment

Virtualization technology has been widely adopted to consolidate servers, gain flexibility and optimize return on investment. However, virtualized environments can be difficult to plan, deploy and operate due to the proliferation of management tools, uncertain performance characteristics and unaddressed security concerns. In fact, 76 percent of IT decision makers consider reducing virtualization complexity their No. 1 priority.

To address these challenges and simplify the path to cloud computing, the new HP VirtualSystem portfolio enables clients to achieve rapid deployment, maximum performance and advanced management of their virtualized environments.

Celebrate Christmas the Blu Way

Celebrate the festive season with an unforgettable holiday at Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu. Reserve a room or two for a relaxing Christmas Eve with family or dine at the hotel's restaurant, Feria for a delightful filling.

With Christmas and the New Year just around the corner, it's time to unwind and reward ourselves the tokens we deserve for doing well throughout 2011. Radisson Blu has a lot in store for you. Check what fits you below.

HP: Converged Storage Leadership with New Storage Federation Technology

Hewlett-Packard Company (HP)expanded its Converged Storage portfolio with HP Peer Motion, new federated storage softwaqre which enables clients to transparently move application workloads between disk systems in virtualized and cloud computing environments.

HP also introduced new HP 10000 3PAR Storage Systems with powerful features for the delivery of enterprise IT within public and private clouds, called IT-as-a-Service. These features include multitenancy for workload consolidation, expanded thin technologies for efficient capacity utilization and autonomic load rebalancing to drive enterprise agility.

Solinea: City Resort Living

Ayala Land Incorporated officially launched their latest development in Cebu Province. Its name is Solinea.

Solinea seeks to introduce a living concept that brings together Cebu's natural inherent charm and AyalaLand's unparalleled standards in terms of delivering quality development to the market.

1832 The Musicale

You are invited to travel into the past. Prepare to cry, laugh and fright because you'll be witnessing obsession, adventure, redemption, romance, and freedom.

The Cre8tive Thespians Club, Inc. together with The Abellana National School Campus Ministry Choir, brought by Audioman Enterprises, Palanas Farm and Resort, Kamiseta, Craft Square Center, and Abraham's Children Montessori proudly present 1832 The Musicale.

TV5 Announces Launch-date of Regional Newscast, Introduces Cebuano News Anchor

The Kapatid Network continues to expand nationwide with the soft launches of its local shows and opening of local stations.

TV5 EVP and COO Roberto "Bobby" Barreiro officially announced the launch-date of their first ever Cebuano program last June 25, 2011 at Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu named "Aksyon Bisaya".

TV5 Visits Cebu City

June 25, 2011 was a blast for the Kapatid Network night-entertainment show, "Wil Time Big Time". As a part of their "Sugod mga Kapatid" caravan, all their hosts, crews, dancers and sets flew all the way from Manila to the Queen City of the South. Cebu is the first stop of their nationwide campaign.

A massive 120,000 Cebuanos trooped to the South Road Properties nearby Basak, Mambaling that have been waiting early morning to watch the top-rating show live at 5:00pm.

Celebrity guests surprised the audience with stunning performances on stage: Niña Jose, Wendy Valdez, Blakdyak and Andrew E. to name a few.

What the crowd awaited the most in the show was, of course, the main host, Mr. Willie Ravillame who caused the audience to shout with all their might when he first showed-up on stage.

Willie handed-over money to many of the old women in the audience. Moreover, his show gave away loads of gift packs care of its sponsors.
 
Cebuano singers were the players of the show's banner segment "Wil Time Big Time". Although nobody won the jackpot prize of P1M cash, a van and a house and lot, the players did not go home empty-handed as Willie personally gave them Php10,00.00 each for their talent show-off.

The airing of "Wil Time Big Time" live in Cebu wrapped up the Cebu campaign of the Kapatid Network. Next off, they will be in your city so keep your eyes on TV5!

Coalition for Better Education

Coalition for Better Education (CBE) aims to create empowered communities of learning. It is composed of students, parents, academes, government, non-government organizations and many others. CBE currently has 36 institutional partners and 243 individual members.

Fun Facts: Sandy Bridge

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The 2nd Generation Intel Core processor family represents the biggest advance in computing performance and capabilities over any other previous generation. Below are some facts about the chip.

• If a processor were a country and its transistor count was a country's population, a 2nd Generation Intel Core processor would be the third most popular country in the world (995 million+) just behind China and India.
• There are close to one billion transistors inside a 2nd Generation Intel Core processor. If a car were to have one billion parts - compared to the 30,000 they currently have - it would take them most productive car manufacturer 114 years to assemble car.
• A 2nd Generation Intel Core processor contains more transistors (540 million) than the number of registered cars in the European Union, the U.S. and the Asia Pacific region combined.

• If every home in the U.S. had 30 light switches it would take the new chips about one nanosecond to turn all 3.57 billion light switches in the housing units in the U.S.
• A 32nm transistor found in the new chips can switch on and off more than 300 billion times in one second. It would take you 4,000 years to flick a light switch off the many times.
• If you equate the power consumption of a laptop based on the 2nd Generation Intel Core processors to electric clothing dryer, drying one load of clothes for 60 minutes is equivalent to running a laptop for 147 hours or 6 days and 2.4 hour. If you compare the processor to an electric oven, baking a pizza for 45 minutes at 350 degrees F is equivalent to running 67 laptops for 50 hours.
• The Intel Core processor is printed on very pure silicon, which is refined from common beach sand. So the sand you once stepped on at the beach may be powering your notebook today.

• If you were to take the performance boost enabled by Intel Turbo Boost to graphics-intensive applications and apply it to a Boeing 767 airplane, the plane could travel 50 percent faster. This means a flight that usually lasts one hour would take only 40 minutes.
• If you were to take the performance boost from the 2nd Generation Intel Core processor over the previous Intel Core Processor and apply it to a Boeing 767 airplane, the plane could travel two times faster. This means a flight that usually lasts two hours would take only 60 minutes.
• If you applied new Intel Turbo Boost Technology to your daily activities, you could accomplish more in less time, giving you up to four hours back of you day, time that was previously spent waiting for your technology.

• Integrating processing cores, memory controller and graphics systems on the same 32nm die joins a list of other disruptive technology "marriages" such as"-Cell Phones + Wireless Internet Access-Cloud Computing  Always-On Devices-Blogs + Google Ads-MP3 + NapsterYoutube + Flip Cams-Internet + TV

• Compared to previous generations, content creation is up to 42 percent faster and gaming up to 50 percent faster with the 2nd Generation Intel Core processors.
• The 2nd Generation Intel Core processor family is viewed by analysts as one of Intel's most important product cycles ever.

BUY 2nd Generation Intel Core porcessors now.

  

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Globe Telecom Improves Mobile Network Quality

Globe improves mobile network quality

Makes significant investment on quality and capacity upgrade

Globe Telecom announced that it is investing US$500-million in the Philippines this year. A significant portion of this investment will be allocated to improve the quality and capacity of its mobile network infrastructure throughout the country.

 

            Network quality will be a top priority for Globe this year. As part of its network transformation program, the company is making one of its biggest network investments in quality and capacity to date, where the significant amount will be used for capacity build up, network modernization, and optimization. These upgrades in the network systems are expected to provide better subscriber experience in call, text, and data services for its 2G, 3G and 4G customers.

In line with this major investment, Globe earlier announced a major expansion of its current 4G footprint with the country’s first commercial rollout of 4G mobile technology. At its initial phase, Globe utilized the global standard HSPA+ or Evolved High-Speed Packet Access for its 4G mobile network. Complementing the company’s existing 4G WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) network, HSPA+ is a 4G wireless, mobile, high speed broadband technology that allows for peak theoretical download speeds of up to 21 Mbps with upgradeability for 84Mbps. Under the Globe HSPA+ network, subscribers are expected to enjoy browsing at a typical speed of 4-6 Mbps with even faster peak speeds.

“Our customers are looking for better network quality, and this is what we are giving them. We are making a substantial investment in our network to improve the quality of our services to our subscribers. Certainly, the network on which our services are delivered play a pivotal role in achieving superior customer experience. By continuously enhancing our network facilities and operations, our subscribers will enjoy better quality and greater reliability for calls, text messaging, and data services,” said Ernest Cu, President and CEO of Globe Telecom.

Cu added, “This year, we are making significant investments in upgrading and expanding our networks. One tangible result of which is the commercial rollout of 4G for mobile, making us the first Philippine operator with a 4G mobile network in the country.”

The 4G HSPA+ roll out expands the foray of Globe into new and up-to-date network technologies to provide its subscribers with high-speed broadband access with the added convenience of full mobility. Other technologies in the 4G category include Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) and Long Term Evolution (LTE).