NBA Conference Finals on ABS-CBN Sports+Action

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The National Basketball Association (NBA),  the conference finals continue via the special telecast of the Eastern Conference Finals on ABS-CBN with Game 2 on Wednesday (May 21), as well as the live telecast of the Western Conference Finals on ABS-CBN Sports+Action continuing with Game 2 on Thursday (May 22).

Game two of the Eastern Conference Finals pits the two-time NBA Champion Miami Heat led by four-time Most Valuable Player (MVP) Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh against the number one seed of the Eastern Conference, the Indiana Pacers led by Paul George and Roy Hibbert. The Heat are back in Eastern Conference Finals looking to continue their drive for a “three-peat” as champions in the NBA.

Standing in their way are the Pacers who are coming off erratic performances during the first two rounds of the playoffs but have come together to take Game 1 of the series at home. Have the Pacers finally shrugged off their issues and return to their formidable form or will the Heat bounce back to show their championship pedigree? Find out via the continuing special telecast of the Eastern Conference Finals on ABS-CBN. Game 2 will air Wednesday (May 21) followed by Game 3 on Sunday (May 25) and Game 4 on Tuesday (May 27). All games will air at 9:15 AM.

Meanwhile, battling for the Western Conference championship and the other spot on the NBA Finals are the San Antonio Spurs led by future Hall of Famer Tim Duncan and the Oklahoma City (OKC) Thunder led by the dynamic duo of reigning MVP Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. The last two finalists from the Western Conference duke it out for a shot at redemption as both lost in their most recent trip to the Finals. Last year’s Western Conference champion, the Spurs, were a few seconds and a rebound away from their fifth championship and will rely on their no-nonsense and cohesive style of play to get back to the finals. They took Game 1 of the series convincingly behind a balanced effort and by controlling the paint.

Their counterpart, OKC, is one of the most fast-paced teams in the league look to outgun the Spurs with sharpshooting from Durant and the high-flying acts of Westbrook. Which style will come out on top? Catch Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals live on ABS-CBN Sports+Action on Thursday (May 22), followed by Game 3 on Monday (May 26) and Game 4 on Wednesday (May 28). All games will air at 9 AM.

BREAKING NEWS!!! ONE DIRECTION LIVE IN MANILA !

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1D Family, the long wait is over!

For the very first time in the Philippines, the international pop sensation will make teenage dreams come true with the ONE DIRECTION ON THE ROAD AGAIN TOUR 2015 at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds on March 21, 2015. 

Get ready to sing to your heart’s content and swoon over the world’s biggest band, One Direction, as they gear up for an epic stadium tour in Australia and Asia including the Philippines in 2015!

The English-Irish boy band has been crooning chart-topping hits to rapturous fans in sold-out concerts from all over the world. Last year, One Direction released their record-breaking third album, Midnight Memories, which saw them named as the IFPI’s Global Artist of 2013 for becoming the best-selling musical act in the world. They even made music history in America, as they became the first ever band to have their first three albums debut at No.1 in the US Billboard Chart.

Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik are set to visit a multitude of cities and countries for the first time, including a leg of the tour in South Africa and the UAE. They have just completed the first leg of their massive, sold-out Where We Are stadium tour, where the boys garnered an overwhelmingly enthusiastic reception from their fans in South America. The UK and Ireland leg kicks off at Dublin’s Croke Park on the May 23, before moving to Europe and the USA throughout the rest of 2014.

Don’t miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a part of the country’s biggest music event for 2015! Be sure to head on over to a special Launch Event at the Mall of Asia Arena on May 23, 2014 from 8 AM onwards to be one of the first to purchase tickets at these prices: 

VIP/Hot Ticket Package – P17,000

Diamond- P14,000; Titanium- P7,000

Gold - P3,500

Silver - P2,000

General Admission – P1,000

Additional E-Plus Tap to Pay and SM Ticket charges apply.

Watch out for the launch of the VIP/Hot Ticket Package which includes the ticket, a 1D wristwatch with pouch, a laminate card, and lanyard. 

Ticket buyers will also get a commemorative E-Plus Tap to Pay card exclusive to this concert and an option to personalize their tickets to this event!

For those who cannot attend the Launch event, tickets start selling at 2 PM in all SM Ticket outlets on the same day. Please call SM Tickets at 470-2222 or log on to www.smtickets.com

ONE DIRECTION ON THE ROAD AGAIN TOUR 2015 at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds is brought to you by the country’s top promoters MMILIVE, Ovation Productions, Futuretainment and other notable partners as they come together to bring you this much awaited event! 

For sponsorship opportunities, please call (02) 846-1933 and (02) 571-8568. 

For more information, visit mmilive.com and ovationproductionsmanila.com.

One Direction’s new album “Midnight Memories” is available in major record stores nationwide! Also available for download on iTunes and Spinnr!

Be updated with your favorite local and international artists! 

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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