Archive for July, 2006
Monday, July 31st, 2006
G-Pass made it's debut last Friday at the MRT stations from Cubao to Ayala. I tried it out myself. I'd say it's pleasantly better than I was expecting.
Here's some additional info that people should know about ...
What is G-Pass?
An alternative way to enter the MRT using a chip instead of ...
Posted in m-Commerce | 41 Comments »
Friday, July 28th, 2006
In September 2005, I found out that LBC withdrew their G-Cash partnership with Globe.
Here’s another G-Cash fallout: 2Go, the courier delivery service of Aboitiz, no longer conducts G-Cash transactions.
Once upon a time, 2Go offered Cash-out services (convert G-Cash to Cash).
I spoke to 2Go staff at Megamall and they said the ...
Posted in m-Commerce | 2 Comments »
Thursday, July 27th, 2006
(Follow-up to m-Commerce in the Philippines: The way to go)
Yesterday, I proposed a way to make G-Cash as ubiquitous as AutoloadMax. Basically, Globe just needs to apply the same distribution principle of AutoloadMax on G-Cash. Then, there'll be 800,000 points of cash-in/cash-out throughout the country.
Why hasn’t this solution been implemented? My ...
Posted in m-Commerce | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006
I spoke to an American development finance consultant last April - Mark Pickens from The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP). In that conversation, I told him that until now, there is still no viable and compelling business model for G-Cash and Smart Money merchants. That is one reason ...
Posted in m-Commerce | 11 Comments »
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
Globe (and its partner merchants) usually charges P10 or 1% of amount for each conversion from cash to G-Cash (referred to as “cash-in”).
I always thought this service charge didn’t make sense and it’s always been my position that this cash-in service charge should be scrapped.
An advertisement came out ...
Posted in m-Commerce | 4 Comments »
Monday, July 24th, 2006
Finally, some indication of how the MRT will enable commuters to use their cellphones to enter the MRT stations.
The MRT ticketing system is up for a technology upgrade that will allow commuters to reload their MRT tickets using their cellphone. So says an article in the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) ...
Posted in m-Commerce | 7 Comments »
Monday, July 24th, 2006
After a long hiatus from contributing to Pinoy.Tech.Blog, I muster a fun article about WikiMapia.
Go, quick! start labelling!
ka edong
Posted in Blogging | No Comments »
Friday, July 21st, 2006
A trend I observed a couple of months ago. WiFi hotspots in gasoline station convenience stores.
There's a WiFi hotspot at the Petron gas station EDSA cor Pasay Road in Makati. The WiFi hotspot is branded ConneX and the poster says it's free free free. Same goes for Petron EDSA at ...
Posted in Wireless | 3 Comments »
Thursday, July 20th, 2006
Heard about this over the radio tonight:
Learn more about 3G, Wi-Max, RFID, Wi-Fi, VPN, VoIP, HSDPA, Wireless LAN, Broadband, Internet, Wireless Enterprise,
Wireless Home and Entertainment, Appliance and Gadgets.
The world is going wireless and an ever increasing number of people everywhere are reaping the rewards of communicating in a world without ...
Posted in Wireless | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006
I registered on Text Link Ads many months ago. But I didn't find out the details. So it was a bit late when I activated my ad code. And, a few days later, I have my first text-link-ad: Digium!
Kewl! Keep 'em coming, TLA!
ka edong
Posted in Blogging, VoIP | 5 Comments »
Monday, July 17th, 2006
I found an interesting story in the recent Sunday Inquirer Magazine.
It was about Ester Timbancaya-Elphick who aims to preserve her native tongue: Cuyonon (language spoken in Cuyo, Palawan).
You see, I’m a self-proclaimed adopted-Cuyonin (refers to a person from Cuyo, Palawan). And I’m wondering how I can help Ester with her ...
Posted in etc. | 10 Comments »
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
On the Living Asia Channel last night, there was a feature story about a high school in a remote island in Bohol that has a Solar Powered Internet Cafe. How kewl is that?
First Solar powered Internet Café in the Philippines
Talisay, Cabilao Island, Loon, Bohol
Solar power is used to store electricity ...
Posted in ICT4D | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
Around a month ago, I received a “security device” from my credit card company, HSBC. It’s a small keychain with a single button. When the button is pressed, the keychain will display a 6-digit number. The “security device” generates a unique 6-digit code to be used each time I log-on ...
Posted in Nets, Webs, Infostructure | 15 Comments »
Monday, July 10th, 2006
I have some updates in my long dormant blog, eOFW.
I listed some remittance services.
And I changed the theme. Yun lang ...
ka edong
edong-OFW
Posted in Blogging, ICT4D | No Comments »
Friday, July 7th, 2006
The flyer says “Introducing, another first from Smart.”
I know this is just a re-packaged app, something that we’ve seen in another form in the past. But I just couldn’t put my finger on what this service used to be.
Smart Voice Txt is a service of Smart that allows a ...
Posted in Mobile | 3 Comments »
Thursday, July 6th, 2006
I had an urgent text message to send. But my cellphone battery died.
How do I text without a cellphone?
Use Chikka.com (online javalite version of Chikka is nifty if you don't want install the program).
Use GoogleTalk.
Maki-suyo. Ask a stranger if you could send an urgent text from her cellphone. ...
Posted in Mobile | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, July 5th, 2006
Last week, I got a thank you note from a website owner. I wrote about sendmeload.com and he got a couple of hits and purchases through this referral link.
My (un-solicited) reward: cellphone load, of course.
Some of the perks of blogging.
What perks have you got from blogging?
ka edong
Posted in Blogging | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, July 4th, 2006
My brother sent me some Google links the other day. One was Google Spreadsheets and one was Google Word (or Google document or similar) ... Google Notebook.
We played around with Google spreadsheet. Quite nifty as a real-time collaborative tool. While we were both online, my brother and I got ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams, Nets, Webs, Infostructure | No Comments »
Sunday, July 2nd, 2006
Why do I blog?
I blog to remember.
I blog so that I can forget – to process my thoughts and feelings and to just release them into the net – to let go.
I blog to inform.
I blog to express my self.
I blog to earn some passive income. ...
Posted in Blogging, Edong's Dreams | 1 Comment »
