The Aitenshi Project

In order to promote Globe Telecom’s new USSD number, *143#, Globe gives their subscribers to browse Facebook using their mobile phones for free. Take note that this offer is on a subscription basis and is not automatically enabled. Subscription is valid until March 14, 2012 only. When subscribed, the user can use their mobile phone browser and simply go to http://m.facebook.com. Take note that browsers like Opera Mini which proxies the page using their own servers won’t work with this promo. Subscribing is easy, there’s even no text format to follow, simply dial *143# on your Globe handset. Since this … Continue reading → http://bit.ly/AsiZQ0

I was asked to do a review of a tablet to be used by a certain office, so I got my hands on a demo unit of a Firefly Mobile Inspire. Unboxing Upon receiving the unit, I immediately inspected what the box has to say for the unit. Nothing much is given, since this is a demo unit, but there seems to be an array of icons which represent some of its features such us HD Movie, Web Browsing, Music Player, Wi-Fi capable, Game and HDMI. Not very informative, but at least it gave me a glimpse of what this … Continue reading → http://bit.ly/wCaFX7

(Updated, see below) Zoom has finally announced another product from their long line of Guitar Multi-effects pedal, the new Zoom G5. The specs: Simultaneous use of up to nine effects Real tube booster for amp overdrive Four large LCD displays with intuitive amp and stompbox interface 3D Z-pedal for multi-dimensional parameter control Over 120 versatile effects including 20 amp models Looper function with 60-second phrase recording/overdubbing Integrated drum machine and auto-chromatic tuner Balanced XLR output for DI use USB audio interface for DAW recording Edit&Share software available through free download Includes Steinberg Cubase LE recording software Personally, I find the … Continue reading → http://bit.ly/AgXd1D

As I was strolling the mall a couple of weeks ago, I noticed a small phone from a Cherry Mobile kiosk. It looked like a cellphone split into two, length-wise. It reminded me of a phone from Samsung years ago, though I don’t know what model it was (Update: some people told me that it was Samsung SCH-U470, though I’m not really sure). The CM phone was a cute one, small indeed, hence the name Cherry Mobile Cutie. It really was a cutie phone about the size of a pocket MP3 player. I was about to ask the attendant on … Continue reading → http://bit.ly/wch4Yv

Though the title may seem a bit generic and too plain for an article, I’ll be focusing on listing the cheapest Android phones in the Philippine market as of this writing and try to sort them subjectively from not so decent to very decent. And take note, I won’t tackle on the generic China phones that we always see on sidewalk bazaars. Sure they’re cheap, but they’re on a class of their own. 10: Cherry Mobile Candy (₱3,699) Android Froyo 2.2 2.8″ Resistive Touch Screen Dual Sim/Dual Standby MediaTek 416Mhz Processor ROM: 256mb / RAM: 128mb Dual Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800 Wi-Fi … Continue reading → http://bit.ly/tUSpRg

A new girl will soon be conquering the YouTube bandwidth! Watch out for the début of this promising new guitarist, MIYU, all cute on the outside, rocking hard on the inside. Unlike musicians of her generation, she’s not Taylor Swift nor Miley Cyrus whose knowledge of music spans 5 chords. And yes, you won’t see any of those annoying screaming fan girls around her. As I was browsing YouTube a couple of weeks ago searching for Takayoshi Ohmura videos, I accidentally stumbled one of her videos doing cover songs, mainly from Western artists. After the tedious process of verifying the … Continue reading → http://bit.ly/rN82mG

I was working on a project yesterday when I encountered the need to have DIVs change into text editors upon double-click. It was fairly easy since I was using CKEditor as a rich-text editor and there was an example on the CKEditor website on how to do that. The DIV to be replaced by CKEditor looks like this: While the script on the demo page looks like this: I have to say that the code works well. But the project that I’m doing uses jQuery, so I had to convert the above script to utilize it. Please take note that … Continue reading → http://bit.ly/qAhb0G

Developers rejoice! Google has now released the API for Google+!! For the uninitiated, in the simplest term possible, “Google+ is the answer of Google to Facebook.” For years now, developers have developed applications, tools and everything you can think of that utilizes the APIs of the top social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. And upon the entry of Google+, developers are craving to incorporate the power and innovation of this new service from Google into their applications. Probably the most requested feature that users, especially marketers, are craving for is to automatically post to Google+ via an API … Continue reading → http://bit.ly/rnNzmH

Last month, I was searching for Google Adsense alternatives to complement my Adsense earnings and decided to try Chitika. The feature that convinced me to try it is that it pays publishers via PayPal, which Google doesn’t, plus the minimum PayPal payout is $10, which in my opinion is the deal-maker for Chitika. Google’s minimum payout is $100 via check or Western Union, and for small businesses and personal blogs which rarely get decent page views per day, would take years before I can get my first payout. Signing up for Chitika was a breeze, although you have to wait before … Continue reading → http://bit.ly/qaPigj