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Yesterday, April 25, Google announced its Google Drive service. Google Drive is Google’s new service which lets users store documents, files, and folders for up to 5 GB. You can create, share, and manage those files, sync across your device, and access it on the go with the mobile app. Curious on how it compares with other storage services, I went to their site and signed up. Want to try…

The emergence of the Philippines as one of the world’s social media capitals —with one out of every three Filipinos on Facebook— has led to the widespread acceptance of social media as a key source of news and current information. Earlier this year, social media came to the fore as the main channels of information concerning the magnitude 6.7 earthquake that hit Negros Island. And late last year, social media…

Dell’s highly anticipated, award-winning XPS 13 Ultrabook – widely acclaimed for its superb craftsmanship, thoughtful design and durability – is now available in the Philippines. Alvin Patrick Go, product manager of Dell Philippines said, “The uncompromising XPS 13 offers professionals the power to connect, collaborate and innovate with unique features and services – like Dell ProSupport and Trusted Platform Module – that satisfy the needs of enterprise IT departments.” CNET,…

In the recently concluded HP Privileged Awards entitled “Meet the Godfathers”, MSI-ECS, the leading IT distributor in the Philippines, once again outperformed its competitors when it swept 3 major awards namely IPG Distributor of the Year, Top Distributor with the Highest Growth Award and IPG IWS System Sales Distributor. These awards were based on 2011 performance. The event, attended by HP distributors and partners, was held last March 22, 2012…

Google introduced today its Account Activity feature for all its users. By opting in to the service, Google will send you a link to a password-protected report with insights into your use of Google services. In a blog post today, Google product manager Andreas Tuerk, says: “Knowing more about your own account activity also can help you take steps to protect your Google Account. For example, if you notice sign-ins…

Roughly six hour ago, Google sent me an email saying that Google Wage (a misspell of Google Wave) would no longer exist on April 30, 2012. This is likely just a typo, but it also shows that even the world’s largest technology companies are as capable as the rest of us in making mistakes in their customer communications. To be fair to Google, we must keep in mind that V and…

From a small back building workshop in Berlin, a brilliant inventor named Werner von Siemens spearheaded a revolution of innovation which gave birth to a technological giant that is now known as SIEMENS. Since its conception in 1847, SIEMENS has taken the world by storm. It has constructed much of the modern world′s infrastructures such as the world′s first electric railway and the first telegraph line linking Britain and India….

Store as much data as you want, without ever running out of space! A new cloud storage startup named Bitcasa is now on beta and offers infinite storage to its users. In fact, you can store all your music, photos, home movies, and documents and still having space for more. As of this writing, the beta is by invite only—either by registering through their site or by being invited by…

By Julian Persaud, Managing Director, Southeast Asia These days, we’re all looking at economic statistics for signs of how the year is going to be in Asia. On Jan. 18, the World Bank predicted the world would grow by 2.5% in 2012, having predicted as recently in June that it would grow 3.6%. “No country and no region will escape the consequences of a serious downturn,” it explained. That seems…