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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

WD Celebrates 10th Anniversary of My Passport Drives with New Design and Limited Anniversary Edition

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To commemorate the 10th anniversary of its My Passport line of portable hard drives, WD, a Western Digital company, is introducing a sleek new design of the world’s most popular and award-winning line of My Passport portable hard drives.

The My Passport Ultra - Metal Edition and My Passport Ultra - Anniversary Edition represent the culmination of a decade of refinement for WD’s enduring portable drive line. From their beautiful, spin finish exteriors to advancements in capacities, security and size reduction, My Passport Ultra - Metal Edition and My Passport Ultra - Anniversary Edition dawn a new generation of reliable and portable WD storage solutions.

My Passport Ultra – Metal Edition and Anniversary Edition incorporates a unique and innovative radial spin-design aluminum enclosure to withstand the everyday knocks experienced by today’s mobile consumer. In addition, the drive offers hardware encryption and password protection to prevent unauthorized use of the drive in the event it is lost or stolen.

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Logitech, a leading innovator of gaming peripherals, has introduced the fastest gaming mouse ever made, the Logitech G402 Hyperion Fury Ultra-Fast FPS Gaming Mouse. The Hyperion Fury features Logitech’s exclusive Fusion Engine sensor technology that can reliably track over 500 inches per second (IPS) and Logitech’s exclusive Delta Zero sensor technology for unrivaled accuracy.

“We took on the challenge of creating the world’s fastest mouse in service of FPS gamers, and after three years of intensive R&D we are proud to launch a mouse that only Logitech could develop,” said Ehtisham Rabbani, general manager of the Logitech gaming business. “The Logitech G402 Hyperion Fury is the fastest gaming mouse, bar none, and the best mouse for high-speed FPS gameplay. Its lightweight design, combined with the precision and capability of the Fusion Engine, lets you make fast, furious swipes and dominate the battlefield, proving once again that Science Wins!”

The Fusion Engine in Hyperion Fury, created by Logitech engineers, solves a problem many FPS players have: their mouse can’t track as fast as they can move. By combining state-of-the-art optical sensor technology with an accelerometer and gyroscope, the Fusion Engine provides unmatched tracking speed.

“Hyperion Fury is now the go-to in my hardware arsenal,” said Braxton “Swag” Pierce, a Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) champion for iBUYPOWER. “It’s the mouse I have been waiting for.”

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Yahoo is focused on making the world's daily habits inspiring and entertaining. By creating highly personalized experiences for our users, they keep us connected to what matters most of us, across devices and around the world. In turn, Yahoo creates value for advertisers by connecting them with the audiences that build their businesses.

Yahoo today announced that users all over the world can browse over 10 billion Flickr photos on the new iPad app. The new Flickr App for iPad makes it easy and enjoyable to access, organize, and share your snapshots from any device.

The app will deliver a better experience with iOS 8 so that you can best capture, improve, and explore your images. Catch your favorite moments with our powerful camera, then bring them to life on your screen with high resolution images - we’re talking up to three million pixels per photo!

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The owner, a woman, lives in a house all by herself including her dog which acts as her body guard. The reason as to why the robber chose to rob her house in particular had something to do with the fact that she was a female. Because she was a female and lived alone, the robber thought that it would be easier to break in the house and subdue the victim if ever he was caught.

Although not mentioned in the story, the line ‘Her clothes were forcefully ripped off and barely covered her torso.’ Indicated that the thief may have done something sinister and sexually-immoral to the woman but stopped when the woman was struggling too much so he just decided to kill the woman quickly and take what he came for.

In fact, it has been proven in studies that women are mostly the targets of criminals especially when it involves robbery, breaking-and-entering, and rape. This is because women are physically weaker than men so they are easy to overpower. The robber in the story had been watching the woman’s house for a while to calculate whether it’ll be an easy target or not.

Below is our short story for the day.

Singapore Airlines Offers Exceptional Value for Business Class Seats to Singapore, Maldives and Europe

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Singapore Airlines, the world’s most awarded airline, is offering the world’s best business class experience to travelers at an exceptional all-in rate starting from USD 900. The all-in fares include business class roundtrip airfare, taxes and surcharges except Philippine travel tax, as well as access to the SilverKris Lounge. The promotion is valid for purchase until 31 October 2014, while travel period is until 31 December 2014. Customers can choose from nine destinations including Singapore, Maldives, London, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Milan, Moscow, Paris and Rome.

For only USD 900 all-in, customers can travel to the Lion City to enjoy Singapore’s stunning city scenes and modern landscapes. Customers flying to the Maldives can also take delight in the island-nation’s pristine beaches for only USD 2,000 all-in. Flights to London are also available for only USD 3,500 all-in for travelers looking into visiting the diverse and exciting European city. Other European destinations are also available for only USD 3,800 all-in, allowing travelers to visit cities such as Barcelona, Frankfurt, Milan, Moscow, Paris or Rome.

Customers flying Singapore Airlines’ Business Class are treated an indulgent variety of in-flight amenities, which include contemporary seats providing passengers a more spacious and comfortable environment. Passengers can also enjoy a unique epicurean experience with meals specially crafted by the world’s most sought-after culinary masters from Singapore Airlines’ International Culinary Panel, and may utilize the airlines’ pioneering Book the Cook service, which enables travelers to pre-order gourmet dishes to be served during the flight.

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Missed the Smooth Lee Adventure? You can still get the chance to win a trip to Hongkong and Macau for four days and other exciting prizes as Schick Philippines extends its Smooth Lee Promo until November 30, 2014.

The #SMOOTHLEEADVENTURE promo invites participants to create their own Schick television commercial using the Smooth Lee Adventure mobile application.

Participants joining the promo will be asked to download the “Smooth Lee Adventure” mobile application in IOS Apple and Android. Those downloading and playing with the app can now star in their own Schick TV commercial.

“We wanted the consumers to experience Schick Exacta 2’s refreshing, liberating, and stress-free shaving as Exacta 2 offers one-push cleaning button that helps remove hair easily. Exacta 2 likewise aims to precisely target hair in hard to reach areas leaving a smooth shave.

This kind of experience is what we want to make our Smooth Lee participants feel,” Claire Guevarra, Schick Senior Brand Manager said.

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WD, world leader in storage solutions for the connected life, today introduced My Book Duo, the newest member of its award-winning line of desktop storage solutions for home and office. Utilizing two drives, hardware-level RAID and USB 3.0, My Book Duo delivers massive capacity and file transfer speeds not available on single-drive solutions. Available in 4 TB[1], 6 TB, 8 TB and 12 TB capacities, My Book Duo also comes with software that creates secure local, cloud and system-level backups for complete data protection.

“From creative pros and expert consumers to everyday content creators – people with large amounts of data will find My Book Duo the fast and reliable way to offload content from their computers, organize it in a single location and protect it with backups, passwords and encryption,” said Jim Welsh, executive vice president of content solutions and worldwide sales at WD. “My Book Duo offers super-fast transfer speeds, massive capacity and integrated WD Red drives to provide the ultimate desktop storage solution for all your digital libraries.”

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The most awaited teambuilding event among junior marketers will come forth this month!

Are you all set to feel the thrill and be challenged as you unleash the inner Katniss Everdeen or Peeta Mellark in you?

The Philippine Junior Marketing Association is certainly delighted to present the annual Governors’ Leadership Training Summit (GOLTS) entitled, “TURBULENCE: Building a Leader’s Success Amid Challenges!”

This will be held on October 24 to 26, 2014 at Camp Benjamin, Alfonso, Cavite.

Volunteer as one of our tributes for an intense three-day and two-night leadership training igniting your sense of teamwork, passion and humility all the while building new and lasting friendships among participants from across the country.

WD Expands NAS Storage Offerings with 6 TB, 5 Platter Hard Drive Featuring Industry-Leading Areal Density

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WD, world leader in storage solutions, today announced the expansion of its award-winning WD Red line of SATA hard drives for home and small office NAS (network attached storage) systems with the release of a 5 TB and first-to-market 6 TB capacity for NAS-specific storage and the introduction of WD Red Pro hard drives that address the medium to large business NAS market. Compatibility-tested with top NAS system manufacturers and optimized for power and performance, WD Red 3.5-inch hard drives are now shipping in 1 TB to 6 TB capacities; and the new WD Red Pro 3.5-inch hard drives are available in 2 TB to 4 TB capacities.

“With the expansion and evolution of the WD Red family, WD once again is providing its loyal customers with increased capacity up to 6 TB; improved bay count support with up to 8 bays; increased product breadth with WD Red Pro; and more features with the latest generation of NASware technology,” said Matt Rutledge, senior vice president and general manager, WD Storage Technology. “WD continues to listen to its customers and bring exciting innovation to the category they helped to create.”

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PATAS-UPLB Calls for a Mob at the "This Is How We Do" Mob Dance

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The Philippine Atheists and Agnostics Society UPLB (PATAS-UPLB) in partnership with Wyre Underground of UPLB and the UP Community Broadcasters’ Society, presents THIS IS HOW WE DO: A Mob Dance for Social Equality and Camaraderie. The event will be held on 30 October 2014 (Thursday), 5:00 PM at the Carabao Park, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna.

This is How We Do is a promotional event of PATAS-UPLB that invites people to join the cause of promoting camaraderie and social equality, not just for non-believers, but for all the members of the society as a whole regardless of the group or groups they belong into.

Furthermore, the event also aims to significantly diminish, if not eradicate, the prevalence of the common misconceptions and stigma of the community towards non-believers—the primary aim of PATAS.

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October 18 episode of e-Blog Mo Na Yan! was an eye-opener for most of us in Vigattin Radio of Radyo Inquirer as we welcomed our guests from the Muslim community who was there to talk about their event at one of the hotels in Makati.

Since it is an invite-only gathering due to limited resources of the group, we won't mention anymore when and where except the fact that is it today, Sunday October 19, 2014.

The discussion revealed a lot about our brothers and how many of us are blinded by the false common knowledge that made the word Muslim sound like a rebellious or terrorist group. Many would equate our Muslim brothers as main perpetrators of crimes and wars against Christians, but many of us in the studio begged to question that perception.

I shared that one time when we were toured around Manila and passed by the Muslim community where the Golden Mosque is located as well as the Quiapo church, I told them the noticeable difference between the two religions and their manner of praying to their Gods. I also mentioned how the tourist guide and the vendors there would warn us against snatchers and pickpockets that would usually be committed by non-Muslims.

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Thank you to Jeoff Solas of DPop and Janette Toral of Digital Filipino for the opportunity to become one of the speakers at the recently concluded Professional Blogging Summit last October 18, 2014 held at the A. Venue Mall Vibe Live events place located at the 2nd floor of the said mall in Makati Avenue of Makati city.

Your friendly neighborhood pambansang blogger, Ross Del Rosario, and fellow bloggers Azrael Colladila, Jay-L Aquino, Seph Cham, and Sai Montes joined Jeoff and Janette in giving talks related to blogging. Azrael, Jay-L and I were asked to talk about how we started our blogs, and how we managed our networks plus how we dealt with the issues and controversies. Seph Cham talked about his fashion turned lifestyle blogging that later made him as endorser or ambassador of many brands, and Sai Montes shared how she used her blog to sell and earn in an online business. Of course, the two organizers (Jeoff and Janette) also shared valuable inputs that will surely benefit everyone who decides to enter into blogging.

Being among the three bloggers who talked about topics related to maintaining a professional bloggers and social media specialists network was already an accomplishment since the other two have been in the blogging industry for several years already. I on the other hand started Wazzup Pilipinas only last March 2013, but is very grateful for the many recognitions and partnerships it has already achieved.

I appreciate the opportunity to reminisce the past when I first decided to blog and network with fellow bloggers, partners, supporters, clients, and of course our readers, plus the eventual developments that took place as I managed my Wazzup Pilipinas network.

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The ManilART 14 is until today October 19, 2014 at the SMX Convention Center, SM Aura, Taguig. If you appreciate art, you should not miss this event. The event showcases contemporary art of the highest quality that represents a wide range of talent, insight, as well as whimsy.

Your friendly neighborhood pambansang blogger was invited by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts on opening invite-only gala night last October 15, 2014. Exhibit dates started October 16 until 19. This is a simultaneous launch of the Endangered Visions International Art Exhibition. Endangered Visions presented fresh and arresting original works from 40 foreign and local surrealist artists.

Endangered Visions features artwork that seeks to counterbalance an art world driven by a rapacious market with something more contemplative, subtle, and challenging. This is the first show of its kind in the Philippines, curated by internationally recognized Cabanatuan-based artist Gromyko Semper. See the works of Salvador Dali protege, Louis Markoya, visionary artist Otto Rapp, contemporary symbolist Danny Malbeouf, Maura Holden, Gromyko Semper, Marcel Antonio, and Mideo Cruz, among others.

The 6th edition of ManilART, with 28 of the best galleries in the Philippines, plus works from Europe and Southeast Asia, is presented by the Bonafide Art Galleries Organization (BAGO) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

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With Hera's experiences with her father and husband, women, even today, are still striving to achieve gender equality. Men are traditionally superior to women. This is an old saying that is still true nowadays. Currently, women wants to be recognized not just as a housewife but as an individual who could also do what men could do.

Traditionally, men are the only one who should be handling weapons such as guns. But to show her invulnerability, she showed everybody that women are also made to hold weapons especially when they are in great danger. They should posses strength and bravery, too.

Generally, men are superior to women. This is one thinking that was changed in the story. Hera proved that women should be equally superior to men. There are things that we all know were only done by men but are now also done by women. Violence against women should be stopped. Women shouldn't be treated as slaves, prisoners, or possessions.

Government groups focusing on women's rights are very essential to each community to give attention to those women who are experiencing the same as what Hera does. They need to feel loved and cared by people around them. Or else, just like Hera, they would also experience depression and other illnesses. They are not only physically ill, but also mentally, emotionally, and psychologically.

We hope you will enjoy our short story for the day.