Viber for Blackberry 10

BLACKBERRY 10 USERS CAN NOW USE VIBER WITH REDESIGNED look FOR IPHONE

For a blackberry loyalist like me, news like this couldn't get any better! Viber, (www.viber.com) is known to be as the leading mobile communications platform that offers free messaging and HD-quality phone calls. Yesterday as major companies in the US announced its first quarter earnings, Viber announced the release of their redesigned iPhone app that is suited for iOS 7.  Viber also announced a new mobile app for BlackBerry 10.

“Viber has been redesigned from the start for simplicity and ease of use. For our iPhone release we took our cue from the clean, flat look of iOS 7, we wanted Viber to feel like a completely seamless part of the device,” said Talmon Marco, CEO of Viber. “Our BlackBerry 10 app is a beautiful twist on our design delivering the most up to date experience for our users.”

Both the iPhone and BlackBerry apps have been enhanced with powerful new features that expand the functionality of the platform. Importantly, Viber 4.2 for iPhone allows users to send multiple photos and videos at the same time and create a block list of unwanted numbers or contacts.

Additional iPhone updates include:

• Send longer video messages
• Show status when a user “is typing on" Android Tablet, Linux, Mac, PC or Windows 8 
• Bug fixes 

Top amongst the BlackBerry 10 features are Viber Out and the Viber Sticker Market, which provide users with ways to use the platform, communicate with their friends, and have fun in the process.

In addition, the version features a host of classic features that BlackBerry 10 users have been waiting for:

-          Text with your friends in one-on-one and group conversations

-          Make free calls with HD sound quality 

-          Share photos, videos, voice messages, locations, stickers and emoticons

-          Push notifications guarantee that you never miss a message or call, even when Viber is off

-          Support for the Viber Desktop application on Windows and Mac 

-          Translated into 34 languages

About Viber:

Viber is a pioneering mobile messaging, voice and video service. Viber lets everyone in the world connect. Freely. Users can send free text messages, fun stickers, photos, videos and doodles, share locations anywhere in the world, make free HD-quality calls and communicate with Push-To-Talk. With Viber Out, users can make low-cost calls to any phone number around the world. Viber is available for iPhone®, Android™ phones and tablets, Windows Phone, BlackBerry®, Blackberry® 10, Windows®, Windows 8®, Mac, Linux, Symbian, Nokia S40 and Bada devices over 3G/4G or WiFi connections. With over 300 million users in 193 countries, Viber is constantly innovating by introducing new platforms and adding fun new features. Viber is a Rakuten Group company.

See more at:

https://www.facebook.com/viber

https://twitter.com/viber

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#WranglerSunChaser

Following my post about 'Wrangler Lets You Travel For Free To Any Country In The World', a winner has been announced for week 1 challenge 'Smell Nature' theme, Instagram User @rhainepineda. She will receive P8000 worth of Wrangler vouchers and will be eligible to win a 5-day trip to any destination of her choice. This was her winning entry below.

So if you think you can do better than that, then join the trend! Wrangler Philippines will be challenging adventurers every week to conquer new territory and share those experiences on Instagram with the use of #WranglerSunChaser #Philippines hashtags.

This week's theme is Blue. The shade of adventure, blue skies, blue seas and a pair of blue jeans.This week, battle the heat of the midday sun to reach the highest point you see. Sweat with no regret. This will be from April 21 to April 27, 2014.

Details of this campaign will be seen on www.WranglerSunChaser.com and on Facebook (facebook.com/WranglerPH) and Instagram (instagram.com/WranglerPH)

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Adam Levine, Kiera Knightley and Mark Ruffalo

The Voice US Coach and World's Hottest Man Adam Levine stars on BEGIN AGAIN

BEGIN AGAIN stars Kiera Knightley and Mark Ruffalo with debut performance of Maroon 5 lead vocalist Adam Levine has been selected to close the 13th Tribeca Film Festival on April 26, 2014.

Begin Again is a soul-stirring comedy about what happens when lost souls meet and make beautiful music together.

Gretta (Keira Knightley) and her long-time boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) are college sweethearts and songwriting partners who decamp for New York when he lands a deal with a major label. But the trappings of his new-found fame soon tempt Dave to stray, and a reeling, lovelorn Gretta is left on her own. Her world takes a turn for the better when Dan (Mark Ruffalo), a disgraced record-label exec, stumbles upon her performing on an East Village stage and is immediately captivated by her raw talent. From this chance encounter emerges an enchanting portrait of a mutually transformative collaboration, set to the soundtrack of a summer in New York City.

“Begin Again is a true New York story about the magical opportunities that can be found under this great city’s bright lights. That said, I can’t think of a better place to have its U.S. premiere than the Tribeca Film Festival,” said John Carney.

“We close our festival with Tribeca alum John Carney’s BEGIN AGAIN. This beautiful music-infused New York story encompasses the spirit of Tribeca where music, film and performance play such a key part of this year’s program,” stated Jane Rosenthal, CEO and co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival in a press statement . “To be able to work with our neighbor and dear friend Harvey Weinstein and The Weinstein Company to bring this film to U.S. audiences for the first time is a bonus for our entire community.”

The Tribeca Film Festival which runs from April 16 to 27, 2014 this year, aims to help filmmakers reach the broadest possible audience, enabling the international film community and general public to experience the power of cinema and promote New York City as a major filmmaking center. It is well known for being a diverse international film festival that supports emerging and established directors.

Founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff, the Tribeca Film Festival has screened more than 1,500 films from more than 80 countries since its first edition in 2002.

For more information about the Tribeca Film Festival website at www.tribecafilm.com.

BEGIN AGAIN opens in cinemas on July 2, 2014 and will be distributed by Solar Entertainment Corporation.

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X-Men Days of Future Past

Here is the latest trailer of X-Men Days of Future Past

'The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The beloved characters from the original "X-Men" film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from "First Class," in an epic battle that must change the past - to save our future.' from X-Men Movies Youtube Account.

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Rocco Nacino

For some reason, I couldn’t stop smiling editing this video interview with Rocco Nacino. I never thought it could be this smooth and conversational considering it was our first encounter.

Prior to the interview, I kinda hated him. He was so effective on his last soap #AkinParinAngBukas that I thought he was the same person as the one he portrayed. Arrogant and Boastful. But I was very wrong. Rocco is actually one of the sweetest and nicest celebrities I have ever met. He talks with sense and charm.

It took me 3 years to realize why he was so loved by GMA and by many.  Other than being a good actor, there’s still more about him. A confessed mama’s boy who already started changing the way he lives, from a bad boy to a more focus and determined person.

Rocco can effortlessly turn anyone’s bad mood into a happy one. His smile is more than enough to make the people around him love and like him.

The interview took place at Microtel Hotel in Gensan a couple of weeks ago. Forgive me that it took a while before I am able to post this exclusive 30 minute video interview. I was so busy with many clients that I couldn’t squeeze it in. Rocco was so game with all the questions I threw at him. His honesty was so commendable that he wouldn’t care sharing his thoughts and all the good things happening in his life even if they weren’t really for public consumption. Haha! I will have to edit out some, as a respect and for his protection.

Rocco is Enrico Raphael Nacino in real life. He is a Registered Nurse even prior to joining GMA7’s Startruck. He recently celebrated his 27^th birthday with the students of Makati High School and gave the school’s library an Internet and Wifi.

Rocco’s most remarkable performance was ‘Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa ‘ that gave him a Breakthrough Performance by An Actor Award and New Movie Actor Award from the Golden Screen Awards and PMPC Star Awards for Movies respectively.

Fall in love more with Rocco Nacino on this 30 Minute Exclusive Video Interview! Please feel free to share it and comment below!

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Wrangler

Wrangler Lets You Travel For Free To Any Country In The World

Anyone would love to travel for free. Those who can afford are so lucky that they get to see the other wonders of the world. But to those who can't, worry no more! Wrangler Philippines is here to let you travel for free even to the farthest part of the earth.

Wrangler Philippines will be challenging adventurers every week to conquer new territory and share those experiences on Instagram with the use of #WranglerSunChaser hashtag.

‘Wrangler Sun Chaser Challenge’ is a month long event that aims to bring out the outgoing spirit of participants. The search is going to become an ultimate adventure, living across 9 countries in the Asia Pacific region from April 14 – May 11.

Each task is closely linked to Wrangler’s core product propositions:

The Denim Spa – Pampers any girl on the go.

7 Icons Heritage – Built for the rider, makes every piece of Wrangler attire it is today.

Wrangler products come with COOLMAX® technology to keep anyone wearing it fresh even under the hot stifling summer sun.

The best part of this event is for winners to get a reward of P8,000 cash vouchers and a 5-day trip to a destination of their choice. Be it Paris, London, or New York name it and they’ll give it to you.

Details of this campaign will be seen on www.WranglerSunChaser.com and on Facebook (facebook.com/WranglerPH) and Instagram (instagram.com/WranglerPH)

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About Wrangler

Wrangler’s denim heritage goes back to 1904 when Charlie Hudson founded the Hudson Overall Company in North Carolina, US. Wrangler remains one of the world’s best-loved denim brands. Following its 1947 rebranding as Wrangler, the company has continued to deliver outstanding first-in-category innovations as well as its unrivalled denim heritage. Wrangler is part of the VF Corporation, the world’s largest apparel company.

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Atom Araullo

Atom Araullo takes off his pants to show a surviving tip in the water!

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Best Hotel in Gensan

Best Hotel in Gensan 

Here is the list of Best Hotels in Gensan together with the list of The Most Affordable Hotels in Gensan and Cheap Hotels in Gensan :

Reviews, Prices, Promotions and Details to follow!

1. San Marco Hotel
2. Green Leaf Hotel
3. Microtel Hotel
4. Sun City Suites
5. Roadhouse Hotel

So there you go! The list of Best Hotels in Gensan together with the list of The Most Affordable Hotels in Gensan and Cheap Hotels in Gensan .

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Best Restaurant in Gensan

If you are looking for the Best Restaurant in Gensan that offers the most Delicious Baby Back Ribs and Tuna Dishes, Then go to Ranchero Grill and Seafood Restaurant at SM Gensan. Here is their latest offer! For only P550, A barbeque platter good for 4-6 people!

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CCTV in Gensan

CCTV in Gensan

Wireless Link Technologies (WLT) is a well-known, respected and cost-effective systems integrators in the field of security, surveillance and information technology as it added CCTV / I.P. Surveillance Cameras, alarms, access controls, phone system and RFID to its vast electronics products.

Wireless Link Technologies, Inc. (WLT) was incorporated last June 2009 by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). It officially opened its shop at 540 Gonzalo Puyat Street corner Florentino Torres Street, Sta . Cruz, Manila on July 1, 2009. Two years later, it expanded by putting up an office located at Rm. 823, Manufacturers Building, Plaza Sta. Cruz, Manila.

The company’s technical team is composed of electronics and communications engineers, computer technicians and CCNA certified personnel.

WLT started selling wireless devices and equipments in the 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz bands. And to this date, it has become one of the leading nationwide distributor of outdoor WiFi antennas & accessories, Customer Premises Equipments (CPE) and WiFi routers / access points.

At present, WLT has become a well-known, respected and cost-effective systems integrators in the field of security, surveillance and information technology as it added CCTV / I.P. Surveillance Cameras, alarms, access controls, phone system and RFID to its vast electronics products.

Wireless Link aims to:

• To secure life of people and to be one of the biggest distributors of Electronics Solutions in the country.
• To help Filipinos improve their way of living by bringing new technologies to the Philippines at an affordable price.

Wireless Link Technologies, Inc. continues to strive hard to become the country’s No. 1 and leading distributor in the wireless communications and security & surveillance industry. And truly, it keeps its vision of providing and making new technologies convenient and affordable to every Filipino.

For your CCTV and other Wireless Needs, You may visit our Gensan Office at:

Door No. 2 De Paseo Bldg., Aparente St., cor. Blk. 2, City Heights, General Santos City PH 9500 or call us at 09178877391 or 083-5543805.

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Tune Hotels

TUNE HOTELS IS SOUTH EAST ASIA’s MOST IMPROVED BRAND!

Also, Top 5 most widely used hotel brands by business hotel guests

KUALA LUMPUR,  7 April 2014 – In yet another global achievement, international value hotel brand Tune Hotels has been recognised as the ‘Most Improved Brand’ as measured in the most recent BDRC Hotel Guest Survey for South East Asia.

The Hotel Guest Survey Programme, managed by UK-based independent research consultancy BDRC Continental, is widely acknowledged as the definitive measure of hotel brand performance worldwide.

Conducted annually in 35 countries, the surveys are based on nationally representative samples of business and leisure hotel guests domiciled in each market. The surveys track all major international and domestic hotel brands.

“The ‘Most Improved Brand’ award, derived from the survey data, is based on a composite measure of performance, which includes survey metrics such as unaided brand awareness, prompted brand recognition, usage in the last 12 months and Top 2 choice hotel brand,” explained Matthew Costin, Managing Director  of BDRC Continental.

“In this year’s survey of travellers in South East Asia, Tune Hotels made significant gains and is now among the top 5 most widely used brands by business hotel guests,” he added.

Mark Lankester, Group CEO of Tune Hotels said: “This is a very significant award for Tune Hotels. To be recognised as the ‘Most Improved Brand’ for South East Asia means a lot to us. This is where we started and is our natural playground, and we will continue with our commitment to grow in the region.”

“To learn that Tune Hotels is among the top 5 most widely used brands by business travellers gives my team and I a great deal of satisfaction. We’ve worked hard to evangelise that great quality value-for-money hotels in central locations play a strong role in assisting business owners and their teams to grow their businesses, better control the cost of doing business and actually seek out and become cross regional entities,” added Lankester.

“This award crystallises what a hotel platform can achieve for both business and leisure guests across the existing 42 cities and destinations across Asia-Pacific especially in South East Asia, as well as the United Kingdom, and at the same time keep our guests happy,” he said.

Tune Hotels provides international-class high-quality accommodation at central locations and focuses on key essentials but minus the generally underused facilities found in other hotels such as swimming pools, ballrooms and convention halls. By doing away with these costly and high-maintenance facilities, Tune Hotels is able to keep costs low and pass on savings to its guests.

There are currently 42 Tune Hotels available for booking across Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, England, Scotland, Australia, India and Japan.

Tune Hotels is part of Tune Group, a lifestyle business conglomerate co-founded by Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, who are the Group CEO and Executive Chairman respectively of Asia’s largest low cost carrier AirAsia.

For real-time updates and promotion alerts, guests can stay connected with Tune Hotels via Facebook atwww.facebook.com/tunehotels and on Twitter via www.twitter.com/tunehotels. 

For booking and further information, visit www.tunehotels.com.

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Gloc-9

Gloc-9’s Myx Music Awards bodes well for mainstream Pinoy music

Press Release from Universal Records

Gloc-9 won four major awards in the Myx Music Awards 2014 (MMA2014), the most for any artist who was nominated.

But what is more important about this win, is not so much the fact that Gloc-9 won in four out of six categories that he was nominated in, nor that he won four times more than any other artist.

It is that Gloc-9 won it for a song like “Magda.”

The idea of Magdalena is not new. The legend that is Freddie Aguilar introduced us to “Magdalena” in the early 1980’s, a folk song about the plight of a girl who was misunderstood because of the work she was forced into doing. In the Aguilar song, Magdalena is seen as “sawimpalad,” living a wretched life, where her story is one of choicelessness.

Gloc-9’s “Magda” does not point a finger at this woman’s life. The songwriter tells this story with compassion and understanding. Spoken from the perspective of her childhood sweetheart Ernesto, the story is allowed its romance, as it is allowed its heartbreak and undoing. Because Ernesto speaks of Magda, we are given the chance to see Magda as a spit of a girl, as someone who left her childhood behind. In the present she is a woman who is trapped in the cage of her own doing.

The song does not judge Magda, as it does make her human. She is treated as solitary and independent, she is allowed her own individuality, her own voice.

This is Gloc-9 at his most creative, where his decision to use another character to speak about Magda allows for a distance, a non-judgmental stance about her character. It is this creativity that was awarded by the MMA this year. But more importantly what they were honoring was this rapper-songwriter-artist’s decision to tell a story we would rather not hear, of a woman we would rather be blind to.

And this is really the value of Gloc-9’s quadruple wins in this year’s MMAs. He won for the song “Magda” in the context of mainstream original Pilipino music that makes hits out of repetitive lovesongs and novelty. He won for “Magda” at a time when the originality and relevance of original Pilipino pop music is being questioned.

Each MYX Music Award is composed of 60% audience votes and 40% artist or peer votes. And on a year when Gloc-9 wins big for a song like “Magda,” we are being told how the audience and the members of the industry as well, are in fact ready for difficult stories and complex songs.

Winning those four MMAs for “Magda,” as such, is not just a measure of Gloc-9 as artist. It is a measure of what the audience of local music is ready for. One hopes original Pinoy mainstream music heeds this call for creativity and relevance.

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The Last Wish

THE LAST WISH' IS NOW AVAILABLE IN BOOKSTORES

Press Release from Starmometer.com

The romantic pop novel from Lifebooks--”The Last Wish” by Tsina Cajayon--is now available in bookstores nationwide. From the author of “My Chinito Boss” comes another romantic novel that will touch your heart and make you cry.

Teaser:
When Franco De Guzman found out that he has a rare heart problem na posibleng ikamatay niya nang kahit anong oras ay agad siyang nabahala sa dalawang bagay: Una, mawawalan ng isang guwapong lalaki sa mundo at pangalawa ay hindi pa siya nakakahingi ng tawad kay Georgina Escudero sa mga kasalanan niya noong high school sila. Nang makita niya si Georgina ay nagbago ang lahat. Ang puso niyang may expiration date ay tila gusto pang humingi ng extra life para lamang makasama ito ng matagal. Ang puso niyang hindi naman marunong umibig ay tila gustong kumuha ng crash course para lang matutunan niya kung paano siya mamahalin ni Georgina kahit alam niyang ikakasal na ito kay James. Paano niya sasabihin kay Georgina na huwag na si James at siya na lang? Will there be a chance that he’ll be her Last Wish?

Published by Lifebooks, “The Last Wish” is now available in all branches of National Bookstore, Powerbooks, and Pandayan Bookshop nationwide. Coming soon in Fully Booked and Precious Pages Bookshop.

PRODUCT DETAILS

Title: The Last Wish
Author: Tsina Cajayon
Size: 4.5″ x 7″
No. of Pages: 172
Binding: Paperback
ISBN-10: 971-0453-64-5
ISBN-13: 978-971-0453-64-1
SRP: P145.00

For more pop novels and inspiring books, follow Lifebooks Facebook (www.facebook.com/LifebooksPH), Twitter (www.twitter.com/LifebooksPH) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/LifebooksPH).

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Jessie J

 JESSIE J to Visit Manila, Sets To Perform at the Smart Araneta Coliseum

After numerous number one singles and a debut album that headed straight for the top, selling millions worldwide, show-stopping performances in front of a global audience of billions at the Olympics and extraordinary acts for charity that hit the headlines, London-born songstress Jessie J shakes up Manila in “Jessie J Live in Manila on July 14, 2014 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum presented by Midas Promotions in cooperation with Futuretainment, Inc.

The 26-year-old pop star burst onto the scene in 2011 with the explosive single, “Do It Like A Dude” in a feisty performance with a video so strong there was certainly no ignoring this talented new singer-songwriter, surfing between tough RnB and rap. That was followed by “Price Tag”, the anti-materialistic anthem of its year, and an album that sold in its millions going platinum several times over. But that was just the beginning of a journey that would see Jessie become the first British woman in history to take six top ten singles from one album and never mind that it was her first outing.

To add to those achievements are some pretty impressive statistics: coming up for 15 million sales, a Brit, the BBC Sound of 2011 award, two number one singles in the UK, number ones in no fewer than 19 countries, a number six hit in the US with “Domino”. There are many more. We could go on. And that’s not to mention her part in The Voice UK, the highly-rated BBC1 Saturday night prime-time show where she has mentored hopefuls alongside legends like Sir Tom Jones and will.i.am.

The former Voice UK coach also released her second studio album Alive in September and shaved off her trademark bob for Comic Relief, donating the hair to be woven into wigs for children who had lost their hair during cancer treatment. “I wrote my first album when I was 18. This is definitely more mature,” she said of her new record on which she wrote and worked on with the likes of Rodney Jerkins, Claude Kelly and Stargate. 

Witness as Jessie J delivers an evening of hits, dance tunes, trendsetter ways and show-stopping vocals which alters from jump-up and rave anthems made for nightclubs to soft ballad highlights including Domino, Laserlight, Thunder, Excuse My Rude, Do It Like A Dude, Wild, Who You Are, Price Tag, and It's My Party. 

Tickets will go on sale on April 8, 2014 at 9:00am at www.ticketnet.com.ph and Ticketnet outlets. For inquiries, call 911-5555.

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