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Apple’s playing catch-up, and that’s good!
by Abe Olandes - September 17, 2017 - 4:00pm
This year is the 10th anniversary of the iPhone and Apple made some not-so-surprising moves by introducing two new iPhones.
Samsung introduces new QLED TVs
by Abe Olandes - February 20, 2017 - 12:00am
Samsung unveiled a new line-up of TVs here in Singapore during the Samsung Forum 2017 attended by members of the media from SEA and Oceania.
9 reasons why the Mate 9 has the goods
by Abe Olandes - January 30, 2017 - 12:00am
The latest flagship from Huawei comes in the form of a super-sized Mate 9. Here are nine reasons why we think the Huawei Mate 9 is a great all-around phone:
What to expect at this year’s Mobile World Congress
by Abe Olandes - January 23, 2017 - 12:00am
Every year, around the end of February, a huge tech exhibition happens in Barcelona, Spain.
5 tech trends from CES 2017
by Abe Olandes - January 9, 2017 - 12:00am
Each year, hundreds of thousands of journalists, bloggers and media people flock to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
The biggest tech stories of 2016
by Abe Olandes - January 2, 2017 - 12:00am
San Miguel and Telstra’s partnership a no-go. The first quarter of the year was supposed to be exciting with the imminent partnership between San Miguel Corporation and Australian-based Telstra. The two are...
5 tech predictions for 2017
by Abe Olandes - December 26, 2016 - 12:00am
The Philippines is not always the first in terms of tech but that does not need we’re not going to see any improvements or suprises for next year.
5 things to remember for online shopping this Christmas
by Abe Olandes - December 12, 2016 - 12:00am
This year, most of my gift shopping for Christmas are ordered online. It’s more convenient, faster and gives me wider selection of items. It saves me time from driving around the metro, beating the traffic...
Philippines still lags behind in LTE connectivity
by Abe Olandes - November 28, 2016 - 12:00am
The most recent survey reported by OpenSignal points to the Philippines close to the bottom of the rankings among 78 countries.
Xiaomi Mi Mix: The super-sized superphone
by Abe Olandes - November 21, 2016 - 12:00am
A new smarpthone is announced almost every couple of weeks or so and they’re mostly run-of-the-mill. With advances in mobile technology, there’s not really much to expect these days.
5 things missing on the new Apple Macbook Pro
by Abe Olandes - November 7, 2016 - 12:00am
Until last week, Apple had not released an upgrade to the Macbook Pro for about a year an a half.
Too close to call: The Asus Zenphone 3 and LG V20
by Abe Olandes - October 30, 2016 - 11:54pm
The LG V20 and Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe phones were released in the Philippines last week. Both are among the top contenders in the phablet category, especially now that the Galaxy Note7 is out of the picture.
Tips to help conserve battery life of your smartphone
by Abe Olandes - October 24, 2016 - 12:00am
One the biggest concerns among smarpthone users today is the issue of battery life.
This could be the last time we’ll see a Galaxy Note
by Abe Olandes - October 17, 2016 - 12:00am
It is estimated that Samsung could lose as much as $17 billion because of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 tragedy. Samsung still has a lot of spare cash in the bank.
Philippine Internet is improving but still the slowest in the world
by Abe Olandes - October 10, 2016 - 12:00am
The latest State of the Internet Report by Akamai got us by surprise. Every quarter, the cloud service provider and content delivery network publishes a report on the state of the internet globally.
What the iPhone 7 should have been
by Abe Olandes - October 3, 2016 - 12:00am
In the past two weeks that I’ve been using the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus, I am more convinced that Apple is slowly losing its grip of its dominance in the smartphone market.
Philippine Internet is fast: We just cannot afford it
by Abe Olandes - September 26, 2016 - 12:00am
It has always been the standard feedback by any subscriber that Internet in the Philippines is slow.
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