Fitbit Charge 5 Review Philippines: Sophisticated Fitness Tracker

Review Verdict: The Fitbit Charge 5 is one of the more expensive fitness trackers in the Philippines, but it comes with a comprehensive set of features that should satisfy the most demanding fitness enthusiast.  Pros Comprehensive fitness tracking features Reliable strap design and build Bright AMOLED display Cons ECG monitor, Fitbit Pay not yet available […]

Facebook Rebrands To Meta: What It Means For You

Facebook has officially changed its name to Meta, to fit with Zuckerberg’s idea for his company’s future. All this talk of the Metaverse and El Zuck’s grandiose plan to integrate a vision of the internet that’s present in Snow Crash and Ready Player One (both incidentally, being post-apocalyptic novels) don’t necessarily explain what Facebook rebrand […]

Facebook Rebrands Itself As Meta

From now on, Facebook is one of many subsidiaries under Meta, which is the official rebranding of the social media giant as revealed by founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In his founder’s letter, Zuckerberg explains that the rebranding from Facebook to Meta is part of focusing on the metaverse. “The defining quality of the metaverse […]

Facebook to Possibly Change Its Name to Reflect Metaverse Vision

There’s no stopping Facebook Inc. in their plan to build the metaverse—a virtual reality version of the internet. The Verge leaked Facebook’s plan to change its name next week, so as to make the metaverse reflect on its brand. According to The Verge, CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about the Facebook name change at […]

Telegram Adds Support for Group Video Calls

To keep up with the competition in the field of messaging apps, Telegram announced a major update that introduces several new features–the big one being group video calls. A feature that was promised last year, Telegram finally fulfilled that by making group video calls possible through its app. For its initial rollout, only the first […]

GoDaddy Empowers MSMEs in the Philippines with E-Store Feature

Aside from being a platform for helping people create their own websites easily, GoDaddy is expanding its offerings in the Philippines by introducing an E-Store feature. The introduction of this new feature will help MSMEs easily set up their own e-Commerce shop so that they can jumpstart their online business–no coding experience necessary. “GoDaddy’s E-Store […]

DITO Subscribers to Receive Calls and Texts to Other Networks Soon

As DITO kicks off its commercial operation with a coverage that spans select areas in Visayas and Mindanao, along with a compelling welcome offer that includes unlimited data, the new telco is still working on expanding its coverage. In its latest expansion efforts, DITO disclosed in its FAQ that they are currently working on interconnectivity with […]

Here’s an Easy Way to Add Google Services to Your Huawei Device

Want to install Google Play on your Huawei Phone? There is a way. And while we are still don’t know if the Biden administration will reverse the ban on Google services being installed on Huawei phones, there is a way to install them on Huawei phones and other devices. Some are easy, some are very […]

Facebook Messenger Experiences Massive Outage

UPDATE: as of 10:00PM, Facebook Messenger is slowly going back to service   You are not the only one: Facebook Messenger is facing problems, where the majority of users could not send or receive messages. According to Downdetector, the problem started at around 6:00PM, with the common problem being the inability to receive messages or […]

Here’s Your First Look at the Nokia 8000 4G

Aside from Nokia-branded smartphones, HMD Global is also busy bringing back some of Nokia’s iconic phones in a modern iteration. For this year, HMD Global launched a modern version of the 5310 XpressMusic. For next year, HMD Global is bringing back Nokia’s 8000-series premium feature phones with the Nokia 8000 4G. While fans may be […]

You’re Not the Only One: GMail, Google Drive Facing Outages Worldwide

(UPDATED) Having problems with your Google Mail or Google Drive? You are not the only one: Google’s Status Page reports that they are investigating issues with Google Mail. Based on what we have seen in social media, the issue involves the difficulty of adding attachments to email messages—which explains why Google Drive is also on […]

Facebook to Integrate Messenger with Instagram Direct

With Facebook working on seamlessly integrating apps like Instagram into its ecosystem, the social media giant is updating Instagram to integrate Instagram Direct with Messenger. The said update transforms Instagram Direct to have a similar UI with Messenger: colored chat bubbles, swipe to reply, emoji reactions, and more. The big update here is that it […]