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  • Globe’s OneNumber stopped working, so I decided to close my account

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    On Monday, I would be deactivating my Globe Postpaid account. This is not easy as I’ve been happy with their service. However, for a month now, I cannot seem to subscribe to OneNumber – their eSIM service which will allow me to have cellular data on my Apple Watch. This service used to work until…

  • Manage your Toodledo tasks using 2Do

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    Toodledo has an official iPhone app being sold for $2.99. It was perfectly fine for my basic need of editing tasks offline. Soon, however, I craved for something pretty, and luckily, 2Do was available at the App Store.

  • “Ring once” on the iPhone

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    I got to give credit to Nokia for the “ring once” feature on their phones. It is a handy feature which spares me from frantically rummaging thru my bag just to silence an endlessly ringing cellphone. The iPhone, however, does not have such a feature. iPhones loop ringtones endlessly & embarrassingly. The workaround I downloaded…

  • The shrinking road to cross platform computing

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    They say that once you start using a Mac, you will never go back to Windows again. And I was a big enough of an idiot to believe it. So I prepared myself in the eventuality that I would become a fan boy, and converted all my data to work seamlessly with Apple’s OS X.…

  • Updating the firmware of the Nokia N96

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    I finally solved the incessant hanging & mysterious rebooting of my Nokia N96 — by updating the firmware. I knew it was something I should have done the moment I got this phone. Goes to show what my real priorities are (i.e., finding a theme). To update the firmware: 1. Go to Menu > Tools…

  • What you (probably) didn’t know about the iPhone

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    You’ve heard about the cons of using an iPhone — no video recording, no cut and paste, short battery life, yada yada. And like you, I also thought, “Hey, I could live with that.” After all, the fundamental thing is that I will have my calendar and productivity apps — to have my “mac in…

  • Voice recording ala Nokia

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    Voice recorders are indispensable tools in storing quick ideas, thoughts, todos, or even in reminding yourself where you parked your car. But in these times of I-need-to-carry-another-gadget-like-I-need-a-hole-in-the-head, we need to utilize the gadgets we already have, particularly those which we usually never leave home without: our mobile phones. I am pretty lucky to be a…

  • Uzzap mo me? Smart Communications releases mobile instant messenger

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    Uzzap is Smart Communications’ answer to Globe’s now defunct IM Evrywhr. It is an instant messenger that you can run on your mobile phone. Smart, however, was wise enough to include that one feature which will guarantee at least a couple of days traffic overload: Yahoo Messenger. Yes, ladies & gentlemen, it can hook up…

  • SMS Spamming 101 – What telcos should know about SMS spam

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    I read SMS spam. It doesn’t abhor me like email spam. Plus it gives me a chance to read something during those waiting times. That boring introduction is meant to bring a point across: It takes a lot to make me sick of SMS spam. But then again, I underestimated the power of the Philippine…

  • 4th GSM mobile operator in the Philippines?

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    We have Smart Communications, Globe Telecom, and Sun Cellular. Yesterday, a little mosquito told me that a 4th GSM mobile operator is going to be rolled out in a few months here in the Philippines. Clue: It starts with the letter “C.” No, that doesn’t stand for Chette. Although it will the greatest thing on…