As continuing journey to enable the Filipino digital lifestyle, Globe partners with WhatsApp !

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Globe partners with WhatsApp, offers free access with a prepaid promo or postpaid plan subscription

In another revolutionary move to sustain its leadership in the mobile data business, Globe Telecom has forged a partnership with WhatsApp to allow customers to enjoy free access to the mobile messaging app with a prepaid promo or postpaid plan subscription.

Available to prepaid and postpaid customers, free WhatsApp enables users to enjoy real-time messaging and voice calling without data charges on any Globe prepaid promo or myLifestyle Plan subscription starting April 30, 2015. 

Prepaid customers registered to any of their favorite text, call or surf promos such as GoSakto, GoUnli25, GoUnli20, and GoSurf as well as postpaid customers on myLifestyle Plan can avail of free access to WhatsApp. With free WhatsApp, Globe customers can exchange text and video messages, create messaging groups, and send each other unlimited images without having to pay any extra amount on top of their current prepaid promos or monthly service fees (MSF).

Simultaneous to the launch of the partnership, WhatsApp also recently introduced its WhatsApp Calling feature that allows users to make and accept calls, decline or respond to calls with a message, use a speakerphone and mute the microphone feature. 

“At Globe, we are proud to be partnering with global companies to give our customers the best digital experiences on their devices. WhatsApp is a leading global messaging company, and we are very excited to announce our partnership with them, which coincides with the global introduction of the new WhatsApp calling feature,” says Dan Horan, Senior Advisor for Consumer Business Group at Globe.

“As part of our continuing journey to enable the Filipino digital lifestyle, we have collaborated with WhatsApp to let our customers enjoy free access to one of the world’s leading messaging apps with a prepaid promo registration or postpaid plan subscription. With WhatsApp, users can enjoy free calls, texts and photo sharing with other WhatsApp users anywhere in the world without worrying about their data charges or the need to look for Wi-Fi spots. Just register to your favorite prepaid promo or get a myLifestyle Plan and avail of free WhatsApp only from Globe,” says Issa Cabreira, Globe Senior Vice President for Consumer Mobile Marketing.

“With the new WhatsApp Calling feature, our 800 million users can easily call their friends all over the world,” said Brian Acton, Co-Founder of WhatsApp. “We’re excited to be partnering with Globe to enrich everyday communications for Filipinos in the Philippines and abroad.” 

WhatsApp is a cross-platform, real-time mobile messaging application that allows millions of people around the world to stay connected with their friends and family. To access free WhatsApp, customers can just download the app and use it free of data charges instantly.

Aside from free WhatsApp, prepaid and postpaid customers can also enjoy free access to Facebook by subscribing to their favorite Globe promos. 

In 2014, Globe led the industry in mobile data business with revenues and data traffic growing faster than competition, on the back of its partnerships with global players and better network experience to provide compelling content that enrich the Filipino digital lifestyle. 

Mobile browsing and other data revenues reached P14.3 billion in 2014, up 23% from P11.6 billion in the previous year, giving Globe a clear edge over competition with 64% revenue market share. 

The Globe network also carried significantly higher data traffic at 87,000 terabytes of data, increasing 270% from the previous year because of a significant surge in mobile browsing activity and higher smartphone adoption among its customers. With its network modernization, Globe has greater capacity for data traffic that translates to better experience for its customers.

Enjoy SAKURA Season at Tokyo Bubble Tea

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Shopping. Malling. Relaxing. Refreshing. Everytime we give time to activities especially, winter, summer or spring. One of the most beautiful sights in the world is the blooming of cherry blossom trees in Japan when spring comes. It’s such a gorgeous sight that even the Japanese themselves cannot get enough of. For hundreds of years, they have been celebrating Hanami which is when they have picnics under the cherry blossom trees to look at flowers.

Every year, people from all over the world fly to Japan just so they can experience Hanami and see the cherry blossoms themselves, but not everyone can just drop everything, pack their bags, and jet off to the land of the rising sun!

Sakura season here in the Philippines, with Japanese cherries or sakura make up a tree with cherry blossoms.
This is why we at TOKYO BUBBLE TEA have decided to bring the SAKURA SEASON to you!

Spring often makes people think of blooming flowers and cool weather. Feel the spring vibe when you take a sip of our SAKURA JCC MILK TEAS!

Sakura Strawberry Milk Tea

Tokyo Bubble Tea JCC

Try the Sakura Royal Milk Tea, Sakura Strawberry Milk Tea, and Sakura Taro Milk Tea! These bubbly beverages will surely quench your thirst as they feature a Sakura spin on the typical Tokyo Bubble Tea JCC!

I had Sakura Strawberry Milk Tea, very refreshing, it comes with bubbles, pearls in brown sugar syrup. Light and not so sweet, super right...but something new in it. 

SAKURA BENTO TRAYS

For all the grumbling tummies, get ready for the SAKURA BENTO TRAYS.

Have Hanami at our stores by chowing down on the Sakura Soy Ginger Fish, Sakura Chicken Katsu, and Sakura Ebi Furai with Hamburg. Each tray comes with a main course, miso soup, fried rice, 

Sakura salad and Sakura maki that were made especially for the season!

Sakura Ebi Furai with Hamburg.

What’s great about the Sakura JCC Milk Teas and Sakura Bento Trays is how well they go together!

The awesome customers who will mix and match these trays and drinks will get to pick a prize from our special Sakura tree which is overflowing with exclusive Tokyo Bubble Tea merchandise including super cute plush toys and snazzy tees featuring our three favorite Bubblets, Sakura, Midori, and Ichiban! 

You can also get some awesome vouchers which you can use to satisfy your rumbling bellies at Tokyo Bubble Tea!

Our Sakura Season menu will be available for a limited time starting April 15, 2015!

TOKYO BUBBLE TEA SM MEGAMALL

LG/F SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City
Tel: 638-7479
Operating Hours: Sun-Thurs, 10AM-9PM | Fri-Sat, 10AM-10PM

Thrilla in Manila II: Experience the Fight of the Century LIVE at the Big Dome

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40 years after the historical Ali-Frazier boxing match held at the iconic Smart Araneta Coliseum, the Thrilla in Manila fever is back, as the world stops to witness another mega-fight.

Experience the epic Pacquiao-Mayweather bout at the Big Dome on May 3 at 9 AM via live feed, provided by official media partner TV5, through its approximately 30-foot giant screens!

Watch it in bigger-than-life action via the Cube – the specially-built high resolution giant screens that guarantee image clarity from all angles of the coliseum, making it impossible to miss every single blow from clashing titans of the ring.

The paying audience is definitely in for a humongous treat as it promises to give them the actual thrill of watching from the ringside of MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas!

Expect another scorching show from The People's Champ with NO COMMERCIAL BREAKS through the country's mecca of sports and entertainment – the historic Araneta Coliseum, home to the most exciting sporting events for more than 50 years.

Buy your tickets early and for every purchase, get a free ticket to the 2015 Commissioner's Cup Finals of Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Promo runs from April 15 to April 22.

Tickets for the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight are now for sale. For inquiries and ticket purchases, log on to www.ticketnet.com.ph or call 911-5555.

For more information, visit www.aranetacenter.net and www.facebook.com/aranetacenter for more information.

EPSON joins 'Portraits of Love” advocacy event in support for children with Cancer

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Digital imaging leader Epson Philippines recently joined a group of volunteers with their continuing support for the ‘Portraits of Love’ advocacy to once again bring smiles to the faces of children afflicted with cancer.

Organized by renowned photographer Pilar Tuason and in cooperation with the Kythe Foundation, ‘Portraits of Love’ is a recurring initiative designed to give children with cancer a magical day full of laughter and love. The most recent event was held at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center.

“It’s always a joy to be a part of such a worthy endeavour. We are thankful to be here,” said Epson Philippines Corporation’s Head of Marcom & PR, Donna V. Ferro. 

“It’s a small offering – a print out of the portraits of the children with their parents. And yet, witnessing how the faces of the children light up when we give their photos to them is a profound experience. We’re happy to be part of the team that made their day even a little bit brighter,” Ferro added.

The Kythe Foundation is a non-profit, non-stock organization aimed toward improving the quality of life among hospitalized children with cancer and other chronic illnesses. The Foundation has provided psychosocial support to over 8,000 children with cancer and other chronic illnesses and their families since 1992.

Bounty Fresh joins Asia Digital Marketing Expo 2015 on July 26, 2015 at SMX Aura, Taguig, Philippines

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Bounty Fresh supports Asia Digital Marketing Expo 2015. 

According to Ms. Joan Clarice N. Caccam, Assistant Brand Manager of Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. (BAVI), Bounty Fresh Chicken is a brand under the Bounty Fresh Group of Companies (BFGC), a privately owned company operating in the Philippines. BAVI and its sister company, Bounty Fresh Food Inc. supplies live chicken, dressed chicken, and various processed chicken products nationwide. Bounty Fresh Chicken was awarded "Asia's Best" in 2009 Asian Livestock Industry Award in Malaysia and is the most-liked chicken brand in the Philippines. It has over a million likes in one of the leading social media platforms, Facebook. 

This year the brand has launched its new online campaign, #DiskarteNaMayArte. This campaign aims to celebrate the Bounty Fresh Moms out there who always find creative and resourceful ways to make homemaking extra special for their loved ones.

Joan Clarice N. Caccam, Assistant Brand Manager, Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc and Engr. Grace Bondad Nicolas, CEO, TAG Media & Public Relations

Bounty Fresh supports Asia Digital Marketing Expo 2015 because it acknowledges the powerful role of digital media in reaching and interacting with its customers and brand lovers. At Asia Digital Marketing Expo 2015, different top executives will join together to share the future of Online Marketing in the Philippines and in Asia Pacific region with the following points:

• The digital economy of the Philippines
• Positioning the Philippines as a gateway from East to West and West to East
• Is the Philippines ready to be a cashless society?
• Disrupting tradition and embracing innovation
• Technology and Entrepreneurship driving inclusive growth
• Micro - multinationals E-commerce connecting SMEs to ASEAN and beyond

Partial list of speakers are as follows:

•    Constantin Roberts - Managing Director, Zalora Philippines
•    Earl Valencia- Head Corporate Development/Innovations, Smart Communications
•    Kristian Melquiades- General Manager, Viber Philippines
•    Donald Felbaum- Managing Director, Optel
•    Richard Upton- President, John Robert Powers Asia
•    Donald Lim- Chief Digital Officer, ABS CBN
•    Janette Toral- E Commerce Advocate, Digital Club Filipino
•    Robert Yupangco- President, Yupangco Group of Companies
•    Chinkee Tan- Best Selling Author, Motivational Speaker, Radio Host and Wealth & Wellness Coach
•    Rebecca Bustamante Mills- CEO, Chalre Associates & President, Asia CEO Awards
•    Mikel Yaw- CEO, Elabram Systems Group
•    Carlos Celdran- Brand Ambassador, Tour Guide
•    Maria Camille Montejo- CEO, NWSteel Technologies & Tree Top Adventure Inc.
•    Pocholo Gonzales- CEO, Creative Voices Productions
•    Tanya Llana- Marketing & Sales Director, Victoria Court
•    James Jimenez- Director, Commission On Elections
•    Lloyd Luna- CEO, Lloyd Luna Corporation
•    Jonathan Luzuriaga- President, Philippine Software Industry Association
•    Lewis Hong- Web Consultant, Xyxon Singapore
•    Kim Bernardo Lokin- Managing Editor, Business Class Magazine

For more information, you may visit www.asiadigitalmarketing.ph. For partnership and sponsorship, you may contact TAG Media & PR at 09166299381 or at grace@asiadigitalmarketing.ph