Month: August 2013

Asus PH offers free checkup for laptops and tablets

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In line with the recent floods brought by typhoon Maring and habagat, ASUS Philippines is offering free diagnostic to their customers in Luzon whose laptop and/or tablet was damaged during the torrential rain.

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ASUS users can take advantage of the company’s month-long initiative starting on September 1, and is valid for both in-warranty and out-of-warranty devices. In addition, a consumer that owns an ASUS product that’s still under warranty also gets a 20% discount on spare parts and no additional fee for labor.

Here’s the list of outlets where you can bring your device to be checked/serviced and its respective addresses:

ASUSWORLD Virramall – 4/F Viramall Plaza, Greenhills, San Juan
ASUSWORLD Gilmore – 3/F, Unit M, Gilmore Commercial Plaza, 10 Gilmore Ave., corner Chino Roces Ave, Makati City
Tekzone Computer Sales and Services Inc. (Makati) – 7185 Export Ave., corner Chino Roces Ave., Makati City
Tekzone Computer Sales and Services Inc. (Cainta) – RF 1, Warehouse Nido, Barangay Halang, Marcos Highway Cainta, Rizal.
ASUSWORLD Megamall – Cyberzone, 4/F Building B, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City
Servimax Gilmore – Unit G Gilmore Commercial Plaza, 10 Gilmore Ave., New Manila, Makati City
Digi-Care (Main Office) – MSI-ECS Phils. Inc. Topy IV Building Bagumbayan, Libis Quezon City
Digi-Care (Taguig) – G/F Shop #10 PHILPLANS Corporate Center, 1012 North Triangle Ave., along Kalayaan Ave., Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

Don’t forget to bring the official receipt of the device so the repair centers can verify its warranty. If you’ve lost/forgot to bring it, the center will base the start date of the warranty on the product’s manufacturing date.

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Luneta, one more time lest we forget

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AUGUST 26 was memorable because it was the day when hundreds of thousands of Filipinos, many of them “unorganized,” spilled out into the streets to express their derision over the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), otherwise known as the pork barrel.

The activity was sparked in part by reports that some P10 billion in pork barrel funds had been channeled into the pockets of middlemen and legislators through the use of ghost nongovernment organizations.

With the very high-profile surrender of Janet Lim-Napoles to President Benigno S. Aquino III himself, the issues appear to have changed, and the mood appears to have shifted. Now, social media is a-buzz with how government would or should prosecute those guilty of squirreling away public funds to very private pockets. And so the question: Regardless of who is hauled off to court, will the pork remain?

Lest the public forgets, the issue may not just be how the pork barrel is misused; rather, it is, more importantly, about the continuing politics of patronage, and how those whose main function should be legislation have also taken on the task of appropriation. It is the politics of give-and-take, the politics of wheeling and dealing, and a system of perpetuated dependence.

When the President announced he was abolishing the pork barrel, what he really meant was that he was merely reworking the mechanism of pork. And so, despite the anger at the Luneta, the Presidential ‘abolition,’ and that high-profile ‘surrender,’ pork still remains as pork, allowing the smartest and the craftiest among us to bring home the bacon while the rest are grateful to have been left with the scraps.

 

Nokia “Bandit” poses for a photo, shows off 6-inch screen

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Along with the online gossips about a Windows RT-powered tablet, Nokia is also rumored to be working on a 6-inch Windows Phone handset which currently goes by the moniker Bandit.

lumia 1520

The Nokia Lumia 1520, Bandit’s official product name according to @EVLeaks, is also believed to sport a 1080p resolution to go along with its massive display. If it materializes, then the “Bandit” will not only be the biggest WP8 handset to date, but also the first to break the 720p barrier.

Other details like its inner workings (processor, RAM, etc.) remain scarce as of the time of writing. However, given that it is scheduled to make its debut in latter part of September, you can bet that we’ll hear more about Nokia latest brainchild in the next coming weeks.

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DATA A DAY: Of foundations and legislators

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LEGISLATORS, by their very name, are supposed to make laws. But as the pork barrel issue proves, legislators are also into many other things, such as identifying projects, hobnobbing with contractors and middlemen, and putting up foundations.

In fact, the recently release report on pork barrel expenditures by the Commission on Audit shows that several foundations who have legislators as incorporators and had implemented pork barrel projects, are guilty of unliquidated expenses, questionable transactions, and unconfirmed deliveries.

In today’s Data a Day:

Which lawmakers are incorporators of foundations that were the subject of adverse findings after the COA looked into their implementation of pork barrel projects?

For the answer to that juicy question, just peek into the PCIJ’s MoneyPolitics Online site, or click here.

 

Lenovo P780 has arrived, packs a 4000mAh battery

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Lenovo PH has just announced the arrival of the IdeaPhone P780 in our country, and as you would expect from their previous P7xx offering, this new Android smartphone also packs a monstrous battery pack. 4000mAh to be exact.

With its ample power source, Lenovo claims that the P780 can last up to a day and a half of continuous voice calls on a single full charge. Talk about longevity, eh?

lenovo p780 specs

The P780 also has a pretty decent specs sheet to go along with its gargantuan battery pack. This includes a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM and a 5-inch IPS LCD with 720p resolution. It’s also equipped with an 8MP shooter on the back, as well as a 1.2MP on the front.

Lenovo’s new handset runs on Android 4.2 right from the get go which occupies a good portion of its modest 4GB internal storage. Luckily, the phone has a micro-SD card slot should you feel the need to expand the memory.

The Lenovo IdeaPhone P780 can be had for Php13,999. For more information, you can check out Lenovo Philippine’s Facebook page on the source link below.

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