As most of you probably know by now Instagram and Twitter broke up. Instagram photos will no longer appear directly on your Twitter feed as pictures. Twitter, on the other hand, launched a new update today which lets you use. . .
Journalists from various networks affirmed the value of social media to their work during the Social Good Summit. Ces Drilon, Howie Severino, Josh Michael, and JV Rufino cited different examples during their individual 10-minute presentations. It was interesting to hear. . .
There’s a big difference in launching digital products and understanding the core value of how social media works. After listening to MMDA’s Traffic Discipline Director Yves Gonzalez during the Social Good Summit, I’m happy to report that they are good. . .
Manny V. Pangilinan (MVP) delivered a 20-minute keynote speech at the recently concluded 6th IMMAP Summit held at the Power Plant cinema in Rockwell Center. His speech, entitled “Why my heart is in digital”, was one of the major highlights. . .
The Internet and mobile technology played a key role in the relief and rescue operations during the massive flooding in the Philippines. The one that stood out the most though was the “organized” effort on Twitter. Using the hashtags #reliefPH. . .
With all the replies and updates @MMDA is giving out on Twitter, it was only a matter of time before they hit the daily limit of posts and get stuck in “Twitter Jail”. However, thanks to the efforts of Sarah. . .
The Internet continues to play a critical role in information dissemination here in the Philippines as massive flooding hit the country. The floods came as a surprise since it wasn’t brought in by a powerhouse named typhoon like “Ondoy” or. . .
If there’s one thing you can learn from all the memes it’s that a lot of netizens are very creative, disruptive, and irreverent. They have an eye for anything they can twist and transform, which is the reason why the. . .
The massive popularity of Twitter and Facebook in the Philippines paved the way for new business and marketing models. Initially social media was under the category of Earned Media (save for Facebook Ads), wherein you didn’t spend money to get. . .
Every year or so a certain aspect or metric of digital marketing becomes the “standard” of measurement for a lot of digital marketers. First it was click through rates, then it became Facebook “Likes”, and now apparently a lot of. . .
As expected Twitter was set on fire last March 7 when Apple announced the new iPad. The new tablet from Apple packs Retina Display, Personal Hotspot capabilities, LTE/HSPA+ compatibility, quad-core graphics, better camera with 1080p video recording, and more. These. . .
So… Bench will donate 1 million pesos to a charity if their endorser, Dingdong Dantes, gets 1 million followers on Twitter. In all honesty I don’t think Dingdong needs a promo to reach 1M given his popularity. All he has. . .
Congressman Winston Castelo filed House Bill 5316, also known as the Anti-Planking Act of 2011, that will ban planking in the Philippines. He goes on to say that “The Filipino psyche of our young children in school is under attack. . .
One of the things I love about my job is the innovation and creativity with the medium. There’s so much you can do to push the limits and that’s something that we tried to do with our new campaign “Nasaan. . .
If you’re using Google Chrome as your browser and you’re already on Google+ then this might be interesting news for you. Crossrider developed and released Google Chrome applications which will let you view and update your Facebook and Twitter accounts. . .
I did some math using the ComScore data on Facebook penetration to come up with the estimate on the number of Twitter and LinkedIn users in the Philippines. If the total universe of Filipino internet users is 24,946,241 all we. . .
As of this writing Manny Pacquiao is dishing out all the punches in his fight against Shane Mosley. I haven’t even seen Mosley do a decent offensive yet! It looks like Pacman is well on his way to securing another. . .
Twitter 101: Getting Twitter on your Mobile Devices This article is part of New Media PH’s Social Media Marketing 101 Series. We will be having several entries in the next few days that talks about the basics of social networking. . .
Twitter 101: Setting up an Account This article is part of New Media PH’s Social Media Marketing 101 Series. We will be having several entries in the next few days that talks about the basics of social networking sites for. . .
Justin Bieber’s concert is scheduled for May 10, 2011 at the Mall of Asia concert grounds. From what I’ve heard organizers are expecting 50,000 Filipinos to watch the concert. In fact most of the tickets are already sold out! Anyway,. . .
