Tech Talk

The aftermath of tropical storm Ondoy has seen many Filipinos homeless and hungry, and the number of death reaching more than a hundred… and still counting. Still, the resilient Filipino isn’t losing hope, and continue to rise, harnessing the power of technology to send help to the victims of Ondoy.

Online social media like Twitter and Facebook have become major sounding board of Filipinos asking for help, to send rescuers to where help is most needed and to give status updates of different people and places affected by the storm.

After the storm, the internet has become a channel too in helping the victims of Ondoy. TXTPower has a Paypal account exclusively for accepting donations for the victims.

Anywhere you are in the world, if you have a Paypal account, you can send your donations through TXTPower’s Paypal and they will forward all the money to the Philippine National Red Cross.

Donations can also be sent via SmartMoney at 5577-5144-1866-7103 or GCash at 0917-9751092.

You can also visit Red Cross and send your donations directly to them.

Other websites and blogs have also joined the campaign to raise awareness and help for the victims of tropical storm Ondoy.

I was really saving up to buy us a new television set, and perhaps a bigger one, so we could enjoy watching our favorite TV shows more. But after reading the news from CNN, I decided that I’ll just defer my plan for next year.

Because 3-D TV sets will be coming out next year, so I guess that if I should buy a new TV I better wait for the new 3-D TVs to come out.

According to the CNN websites, Sony and Panasonic will be releasing home 3-D television systems in 2010, while Mitsubishi and JVC are reported to be also working on similar products.
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Internet giant Google has just launched its new news service – the Fast Flip online news reader. The new online news service allows users to consume news more quickly. It is called Fast Flip because it simulates the readers flick through magazines and newspapers.

Fast Flip will feature stories from major media outlets, like BBC, The New York Times, The Washington post and other news providers to which Google has teamed up with. Google Fast Flip at the TechCrunch50 technology conference in San Francisco.
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I was doing fine with the ‘current‘ version of Wordpress. Really I do, and I don’t have any plan of upgrading to the latest version. I’ve even discussed this with my friend Jan last Sunday who said he already updated his blog to the latest version of WP, and said it was just easy. Jan, like me, is a self-confessed non-techie too.

So what made me change my mind and finally upgrade my Wordpress version? There were warning signs all over the place! It’s like a fire alarm that won’t stop, and every corner you turn, there’s another alarm ringing.
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