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Thursday, February 18, 2016

New Western Digital Prosumer NAS Storage Gives Creative Pros the Power to Multi-Task and Easily Share Files

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Western Digital Corporation, a world leader in connected storage solutions, today updated its prosumer solutions with My Cloud EX2 Ultra, a high-performance, two-bay network attached storage (NAS) system. The My Cloud EX2 Ultra NAS is designed from the ground up for creative professionals and prosumers that need to automatically sync content across computers, easily share files and folders and enjoy multiple backup options so they can create their own personalized digital library with ease.

“We know our My Cloud users, especially creative professionals, need comprehensive solutions as digital storage needs continue to soar as well as the need for ongoing streaming capability,” said Jim Welsh, executive vice president, WD Branded Products. “With the My Cloud EX2 Ultra, creative professionals are able to combine high performance with multi-tasking optimization and data protection to create a NAS system that simplifies their workflow and provides peace-of-mind.”

My Cloud EX2 Ultra has been upgraded with a powerful 1.3 GHz dual-core processor enabling users to get ultra-fast transfer rates for high performance and smooth video streaming. Users also have access to 1 GB of DDR3 memory, allowing them to multitask with ease and leverage applications for HD media streaming, surveillance and much more. Several data management and security features allow users to select a preferred method for managing and protecting their movies, photos, music and digital files. Drive management options include RAID 0, RAID 1; JBOD and spanning modes, while data protection options include NAS to NAS, USB, cloud or LAN/WAN backup. The My Cloud EX2 Ultra NAS comes preconfigured in RAID 1 mode to help protect data right from the start and is easily configurable into other data protection modes.

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Home Credit Philippines, a global consumer finance company, brings an exciting new offer for those seeking to buy OPPO’s latest smartphone, the OPPO F1. Through installments provided by Home Credit, customers may purchase an OPPO F1 at 0% interest rate and even without a credit card starting from February 19, 2016, until March 31, 2016.

The OPPO F1, which retails at P11,990, was recently launched by global electronics and technology service provider OPPO with the support of Home Credit Philippines and OPPO’s first local ambassador, Sarah Geronimo.

In partnership with OPPO, Home Credit makes shopping for the OPPO F1 affordable and convenient. To apply for a loan, a customer needs to present at least two IDs and an initial cash payment. The loan is approved in less than 30 minutes, and the customer may leave the shop with the purchased good in less than an hour. The payment term is 6 months, with a monthly payment of as low as ₱1,299, based on 35 percent initial cash payment.

The OPPO F1 features a premium metal body with velvety metallic feel; a 5-inch 2.5D-arc-edge screen protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 4; and a 13-megapixel camera. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 octa-core processor with 3GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage, which you can extend up to 128GB. But an even more important advantage of the phone is its 8-megapixel front camera, which allows for taking amazing beautified selfies.

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Aquabest the country's premier water station franchise is reaching out to its local community by opening a soup kitchen for indigent people.

Every Friday afternoon the company operates a soup kitchen dispensing hot meals to the poor at its head office along Quezon Avenue. Since it started operating this February, the soup kitchen regularly serves dozens of underprivileged people.

The soup kitchen is part of the company's efforts to give back to society and is a reflection of the Christian values that underpin the company's operations. "As a company we have to strive to make a positive influence in our community. And our efforts here however small can help our underprivileged brethren that other people still care about them" says Carson Tan the company's President and CEO.