WD simplifies TV recording !

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New My Passport AV-TV Hard Drives Plug-and-play with Recordable TVs for High-Quality Capture and Viewing of Hundreds of Hours of Entertainment

A world leader in storage solutions for the connected life, Western Digital company ( WD ) today introduced My Passport^® AV-TV, a high-performance, compact media drive designed to simplify storage and playback of hundreds of hours of TV entertainment by connecting the My Passport AV-TV to TV’s with a USB recording feature.

The My Passport AV-TV offers plug-and-play simplicity for easy integration and is available in 500 GB and 1 TB capacities. My Passport AV-TV is engineered for AV applications with high-speed error recovery and continuous streaming command support, providing accurate recording and smooth video playback of recorded content. Additionally, My Passport AV-TV uses less power and stays cool - even in a hot entertainment center full of electronic devices.

The drive’s super-fast USB 3.0 connection works with recordable TVs to facilitate storage on devices with multiple HD streams for users who connect their My Passport AV-TV to a dual-tuner television. This allows customers to store recordings from two different channels at the same time, or watch a previously recorded show while simultaneously recording a live show.

Sleek and ultra-compact, My Passport AV-TV fits neatly in or near any entertainment center. The drive can be mounted on the back of the TV with the included, standardized TV bracket, placed upright using the included tabletop stand, or positioned horizontally, to maximize airflow and minimize heat from other electronics near the drive.

“TV lovers want to enjoy their shows at a time convenient to them,” said Jim Welsh, WD executive vice president, Branded Products and Worldwide Sales. “Timeshifting, plus the popularity of global events and international sporting events, is increasing consumer demand for recordable TVs and optimized drives. Our customers want a fast and reliable solution. The high-performance My Passport AV-TV - specifically-designed for this application - is the result of their requests.”

Compatibility and Availability

For the latest list of compatible recordable TV sets and AV devices, visit www.wd.com/mypassportavtv. My Passport AV-TV will be available at select retailers and will be distributed by EA Global Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. and Iontech, Inc. Pricing for the My Passport AV-TV 500GB model #: WDBHDK5000ABK, is PhP 4,090 and the My Passport AV-TV 1TB model #: WDBHDK0010BBK, is PhP 4,990.

Globe Telecom’s Project Wonderful yields wonderful and remarkable results

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Enjoy the wonderful world of Globe Telecom’s Project Wonderful! 

Globe introduce the collaboration of Globe with the online music giant Spotify, hosted by FM radio Magic 89.9 Andi Manzano and Jessica Mendoza.

Globe's Project Wonderful yields remarkable results as it paves the way for robust growth in the first quarter of 2014.

Opening strong for the first quarter of 2014 with a 9% growth in service revenues and core net income, Globe Telecom continues to sustain growth on the back of programs that bring to life its commitment to its customers, businesses, employees and the nation – collectively known as Project Wonderful. 

With Project Wonderful’s three (3) main pillars:

- Nation Building
- Culture-building
- Brand-building

Globe Telecom, the leading telecommunications company is embarking to help its stakeholders create a wonderful world, driving strong revenue performance with solid contributions across all business segments.

Sustaining momentum for the second quarter of the year, new and relevant offers are bringing to life the Brand-building pillar. With another ground-breaking collaboration with the world’s biggest music platform Spotify, Globe launched its consumable mobile internet data plan GoSURF available to prepaid, postpaid, and Tattoo prepaid on-the-go customers with free access to Spotify. 

Globe Prepaid has also introduced its first stand-alone voice and mobile surfing combo GoUNLI20, offering unlimited calls to Globe/TM customers, 15MB of data, and 20 texts to all networks for just P20 a day. As the most affordable and easy-to-use prepaid voice and mobile data combo, subscribers can keep in touch through calls and browse through different social networking sites in one promo without the need for prefix dialing. It also provides value for money as the only prepaid promo that offers unlimited calls with free all-day surfing. 

Globe also beefed up its Samsung Galaxy S5 portfolio with the availability of the device in blue and gold colors, giving subscribers more options when availing of the latest Galaxy smartphone. Customers can get the Galaxy S5 for as low as P1,699 monthly at Globe mySUPERPLAN, complete with 5 gigabyte (GB) of GoSurf consumable data plan monthly, free calls and texts to all networks and free 6-month subscription to Spotify Premium for access to over 30 million songs.

For Android users who want to get the latest Samsung Galaxy S every year, they can avail of Galaxy Forever Plan 1599, Plan 1999 or Plan 2499. This comes with the new GoSurf data plan, unlimited calls and texts, free calls and texts to all networks, and additional monthly consumable for other services.

Broadband brand Tattoo has likewise seized more opportunities for growth in its Home and On-The-Go segments. Tattoo Home now offers Fiber-Fast home broadband connections ranging from 10 Mbps to up to 150 mbps available through Tattoo Platinum. Tattoo Platinum comes with priority servicing and perks and privileges. Recently, Tattoo Platinum has started offering its plans that come bundled with the latest generation Apple TV.

Tattoo On-The-Go conversely has seen the potential in the tremendous tablet market growth with the launch of their new prepaid and postpaid tablet bundles. At the forefront of providing the best devices and offers, Tattoo is now making it easier for customers to acquire their tablets with a wide range of models from entry-level tablets to the popular brands like Samsung. Postpaid tablet bundles are now made more affordable for as low as P599 a month even more free browsing hours with no upfront cash out for the tablet. Prepaid bundles give customers value for their money as tablets already come with a mobile Wi-Fi device that can power up to 10 devices making customers save as much as P2000 when they buy both devices separately.

Meanwhile, Globe Business segments also introduced various offers catering to their respective markets. The Enterprise Group highlighted its Business Flex and Business Plus, which empowers large organizations to create and customize postpaid plans around the services which they need. Globe myBusiness highlighted solutions built for small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs), specifically their CCTV (closed-circuit TV) product as well as Globe Charge, the innovative mobile point-of-sales device harnessing the synergy of a smartphone and a card reader dongle. The IT-Enabled Services Group or IG announced its partnership with Google to offer Google Apps for Business, a set of cloud-based communication and collaboration tools designed to help increase work productivity of both large companies and SMEs, from anywhere on any device.

Globe also expanded its presence overseas, particularly in Europe, with the recent establishment of its office in Spain and the newest member of the Globe group of companies, Globetel International European Espana S.L., which will handle the offering of various telecommunications services such as voice, SMS, load top-up and mobile data in the said country.

For its disaster-relief and response efforts under the Nation-building pillar, Globe focused on rebuilding homes, schools, and livelihoods in targeted provinces strongly hit by Typhoon Yolanda as Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (PARR)-appointed development sponsor in Aklan. Taking off from the successful rebuilding efforts of brands such as Tattoo together with Gawad Kalinga, Globe Prepaid awarded Autoload Max businesses to families in Ormoc, endorsed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). 

Focusing on the core dynamic between their consumers and employees, the company’s Culture-building pillar is leading a new culture-building scheme dubbed as Project DNA, which spearheads the enabling of a service-oriented, customer-centric workforce and empowering them to Deliver the Next Act – a mindset concentrated in providing a genuine, more caring, and wonderful customer experience.

2nd BABY & FAMILY EXPO PHILIPPINES 2014 : Life Schooling and Parenting Advice by Gladys Reyes and Thammie Sy

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Here's the Philippine's biggest Baby, Children, Pregnancy and Family event of the year! 

The 2nd BABY & FAMILY EXPO PHILIPPINES 2014 happening on August 01-03, 2014 at the World Trade Center Manila. Watchout for life schooling and parenting advices by Gladys Reyes and Thammie Sy.

“The most important thing you should do is be there whenever your children need you the most,” shared Gladys Reyes on what she learned as a mom.

At the Baby & Family Expo Philippines, organized by Mediacom Solutions, Inc., MTRCB board member, celebrity, entrepreneur and hands-on mom Gladys Reyes told the expo attendees that as soon as a woman enters the phase of motherhood, she’ll learn what unconditional love truly means. Reyes, a mother of three, said that there may come a time when one will feel guilty about not being home for hours to closely monitor the kids. But she emphasized that parents need not to choose between being a career person and a parent.

The key is very simple: Give your kids the quality time they need. “It’s not about how long the hours are, it’s rather the quality you give to that allotted time,” she said.

With the advent of social networking, a parent’s attention can also be easily diverted. You may be physically present, but your attention is elsewhere, which makes it just the same when you’re not around.

ThammieSy, a proud mom who runs a famous mommy blog, promotes home schooling and good parenting. Instead of home schooling though, she prefers to call it “life schooling” because from the moment the child is born until he grows up, it is the mom’s duty to educate him about life. She also talked about the importance of setting goals.

According to her, it is important to guide your children to the path of being good and responsible citizens. It is also crucial to ask yourself the “Why?”. Answering this will give you purpose and will give you a strong foundation to reach your goals. Sy also advised, “Instead of them entering our world, let’s enter theirs” she said. Every kid has their own personality and learning styles. So it is vital for every parent to respect their kid’s learning styles and let them grow with a strong sense of self. 

With the right knowledge and trustworthy people to back you up, parenting will be much more rewarding than what you ever imagined. 

To learn more about parenting and life schooling, register at www.babyexpo.ph

To get FREE access to the 2nd BABY & FAMILY EXPO PHILIPPINES 2014 happening on August 01-03, 2014 at the World Trade Center Manila, where expecting parents, parents and family members can learn the latest trends on pregnancy, babies, children and parenting, as well as explore innovative pregnancy, babies, children, parenting and family products and services from over 300 local and international exhibitors that would make Filipino families' lives easier,

For current updates, go to www.facebook.com/babyexpoph, Twitter:@BabyExpoPh, Instagram: @BabyAndFamilyExpoPH. 

For booth booking and sponsorship opportunities, call +63.2.509.4792, +63.927.742.3338 or email at info@babyexpo.ph

Al Gatmaitan's "In Pursuit of a Dream" on May 23

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AL GATMAITAN, one of the country’s topnotch tenors will take his summer studies at the New York University Steinhardt School for Music and Performing Arts Professions this coming June. 

But before he takes a bite of the Big Apple, catch AL GATMAITAN: IN PURSUIT OF A DREAM – a special fund raising concert presented by The Philippine Opera Company and Grupo Reposo, in collaboration with LRI Design Plaza. With Karl Estudillo, collaborative pianist, directed by Will Fredo. 

The concert is on May 23, 2014 (7:30 p.m.), at LRI Design Plaza located at 210 Nicanor Garcia St., Brgy. Bel Air II, Makati. 

Special guest artists include: Soprano Gabri Panlilio, Mezzo Soprano Clarissa Ocampo, Soprano and stage actress Tricia Amper-Jimenez, Film, Tv and stage actress Liza Dino, Singer and songwriter Aiza Seguerra, and World renowned concert pianist Raul Sunico.

Ticket price is Php 1,000.00. 

For inquiries, please call telephone numbers 8229609, 0917-8072223 and 0917-5224183.

Ballet Philippine’s launches “The Sapphire Season” on May 21

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Enjoy the wonderful world of theater ! 

THEATER NEWS 2014: BALLET PHILIPPINES SET TO LAUNCH 45TH ANNIVERSARY – THE SAPPHIRE SEASON ON MAY 21

BP’s Sapphire Season: 10 Things You Should Be Excited About!

1. Opening our season is the award winning choreography of Agnes Locsin, LA REVOLUCION FILIPINA, with a libretto by Dennis Marasigan and set to the music of Maestro Ryan Cayabyab. This “powerful and poignant” production will give you another reason to be honored to be born of the Filipino race.

2. Guest Artists from the American Ballet Theater (ABT) essay the roles of Giselle and Albrecht in our Fundraising Gala of GISELLE. Watch out for ABT Soloist Stella Abrera and Principal Dancer James Whiteside as they dance with Ballet Philippines. Did we mention that Ms. Stella Abrera is a Filipina?! More Philippine pride!

3. THE BLUE MOON GALA and THE HOMECOMING GALA: two “once in a blue moon” gatherings of BP’s dance community celebrating its 45 years.

4. Ballet Philippines will go on a US Tour on October 2014 – Get ready, West Coast!

5. Alice Reyes’ CINDERELLA will bring merriment to families – especially to children – as this happy production’s comeback will surely bring fun to the Yuletide season!

6. Ballet + superheroes + the music of Eraserheads back when they were in UP all in one production = MANHID: THE FILIPINO SUPERHERO MUSICAL, which will bring the season to a rocking close. This production features Tanghalang Pilipino was created by Auraeus Solito and choreographed by Artistic Director Paul Alexander Morales and Resident Choreographer Alden Lugnasin

7. Three schools of Ballet Philippines officially opened in the beginning of the season – CCP Dance School (for its 45th Summer Dance Workshop), Ballet Philippines Dance School in SM Aura and Studio 1 near Folk Arts Theater. More space, more opportunity for young dance talents!

8. Ballet Philippines goes to USA International Ballet Competition and Varna International Ballet Competition. Support our dancers who DREAM BIG!

9. MANanayaw, a documentary on the male dancers of Ballet Philippines, will be part of Cine Totoo: the First Philippine International Documentary Film Festival!

10. Ballet Philippines now offers FLEXIBLE SUBSCRIPTION where you can choose 4-series, 3-series, and 2 -series. Subscribers can get to choose the productions they want this early, choose seats before they are posted publicly, and save up to 25 percent!

Join us and without your enthusiastic support, where would we be?
THANK YOU FOR A GLORIOUS 45th YEAR!