Wazzup Pilipinas News and Events

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

PLDT SME Nation and Samsung Partnership To Bring Innovative Business Experiences to SMEs

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Two technology companies recently partnered to deliver innovative business solutions for the country’s expanding small-and-medium enterprises (SME) market.

The country’s leading telecom service provider PLDT, through its business arm SME Nation, signed a strategic partnership with prominent electronics brand - Samsung. This partnership aims to further empower entrepreneurs today with business-enhancing bundles comprised of cutting-edge broadband and cloud services with the latest IT equipment and smart devices.

SMEs nationwide are assured of reliable high-speed connectivity, trusted cloud-based solutions partnered with high-tech gadgets such as tablets, notebooks and Smart Wi-Fi LED TVs which can help them be more productive and efficient.

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Everyone experienced an evening of beauty and glamour when Reckitt Benckiser Philippines honored the first ever My Veet Girl last May 28, 6 p.m., at Prive Luxury Club, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City.

My Veet Girl is a contest searching for the Filipina who embodies Veet’s essence — beauty and confidence. From among all the hopefuls, nine finalists have been chosen to compete for the title.

“We want to celebrate the beauty of Filipino women so we came up with this search. We also want all women to experience what beauty feels like; beauty that comes from having silky smooth, hair-free skin,” said Veet Brand Manager, Angelo Dapilan.

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I salute Pinoy products because I am a proud to promote Filipino made products that came from the creative minds and entrepreneurial spirit of Filipinos. Whether in or out of the Philippines, the Pinoy really makes an outstanding mark.

I most admire those businessmen who would try to compete with big brands in a world where branding and recognition is highly invested upon. We would see a lot of marketing efforts that would shell out a large financing in order to promote a brand.

It is such an inspiration knowing that locals would try to make a name out from a market that's already filled up with so many choices.

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I never knew this will be another memorable experience for me as I rubbed shoulders with Solenn Heussaff as one of my team mates during a cook fest challenge sponsored by Sun Broadband.

This is in line with their promotions of their WiFi stick that was designed to be used primamrily for vehicles as it comes with an adaptor for car charging.

What was amazing aside from the technological innovation from Sun, it was a huge surprise learning that Solenn was so knowledgeable in cooking, plus friendly and accommodating. She was also a team leader as she participated well in the team effort to be able to come up with dishes based only from the available ingredients given to us.

Details of the remarkable experience below.

Wazzup Pilipinas is the Proud Media Partner of the Department of Tourism

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Wazzup Pilipinas bloggers with Miss Christel Arguelles and Miss Leah Marie Sy of the DOT Tourism Promotions Board located at the Legaspi Towers 300 at Roxas Boulevard, Manila.

Continuous discussions towards the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between DOT and Wazzup Pilipinas will be happening.

Wazzup Pilipinas bloggers are now the Proud Media Partners of DOT. I encourage everyone to please sign up on our database so that I can submit your names to DOT immediately.

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Epson, the world’s top projector maker for 12 years in a row*, has updated its EB-“G5000” series of high brightness projectors with new “G6000” models that are even brighter than the previous generation, feature sport cinema technology from Epson’s market leading home theatres, and with some models in the range being among the world’s first projectors to feature the long awaited HDBaseT interface.

Designed for use in large or bright venues, the Epson G6000 series projectors have brightness ratings of 5200 to 7000 lumens, and are able to produce clear, bright projections with equally high color brightness thanks to their 3LCD technology.

They are also the first projectors in this range to feature Epson’s renowned home theatre projection technologies that greatly improve contrast, resolution, and video motion, and enable them to produce the best movie quality in their class.

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Epson, the world’s top projector maker for 12 years in a row*, has introduced the new EB-4000 series of projectors to give the company the widest range of bright projectors rated 4000 lumens and above.

Featuring brightness ratings between 4000 to 5200 lumens, the new EB-4000 series models fill the gap between the Epson EB-1900 series (4200 to 5000 lumens) and higher end EB-G6000 series (5200 to 7000 lumens and with interchangeable lenses). With the EB-4000 series, Epson now has a total of 17 installation projector models that have a high brightness rating of 4000 lumens and above. These include the new models of the EB-4000 series, the EB-G6000 series and the range topping EB-Z series. With such a wide range of high brightness projectors, customers who need them for larger rooms or halls can choose the projector model with the perfect combination of brightness, features and price for their requirements.

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Epson Philippines Corporation (EPC) announced that the company successfully capped its Fiscal Year 2012 by achieving leading value shares in Inkjet and Serial Impact Dot Matrix (SIDM) product categories.

CATEGORY	FY2011 Value Share	FY2012 Value Share	REMARKS
IJP (Inkjet Printers)	26.8% #2 – Epson	34.4% #1 – Epson	- Based on IDC Asia/Pacific Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker, 2013Q1
SIDM (Serial Impact Dot Matrix)	81.7% #1 – Epson	90.3% #1 – Epson	- Based on IDC Asia/Pacific Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker, 2013Q1

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), Epson dominated the market for inkjet printers in the year 2012 with a commanding 34.4% value share. This figure represents an increase in Epson inkjet printers (IJP) value share from 26.8% to 34.4% from the preceding year.

Value Share corresponds to the total customer purchases in currency. IDC is the standard source for market and value share information in the Philippines and in most countries.

The growth originated mostly from the sales of the new Epson L-Series printers – the first and only genuine ink tank system printers in the country.

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The Philippines is a recipient of the New Frontiers Award 2013 at this year’s Arabian Travel Market (ATM), the Middle East’s premier travel and tourism exhibition.

The New Frontiers Award started to be a main feature of the ATM six years ago, given to destinations that have surmounted great adversity to rebound its tourism industries. The award also gives tribute to the resilience of local communities to rebuild their lives, as well as bring attention to the crisis management and risk reduction practices of local authorities. It is the only citation extended during the event.

The Philippines was shortlisted, together with New York State (Hurricane Sandy) and Pakistan (2012 floods), among an original list of 10 nominees for outstanding contribution to tourism development in the face of overwhelming adversity.

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In a city as dynamic as Manila - ever-changing, ever-moving, ever-growing - one question has become the battle-cry of the battle-worn: WHAT'S UP? What's going on now? What's new? What ELSE is there to do?

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