Philippines Freelancers Blog September Archive

Google Maps introduces Place Pages

10/01/09 03:50

Google Maps has always been helpful to me when it comes to locating new places that I haven't gone to before. All that I have to do is to visit the Google Maps website, enter the name of the place I am not familiar about, and look for it in the site's interactive maps.

Read more: Google Maps introduces Place Pages [click]

Google celebrates 11th birthday

Tropical typhoon Ondoy was kind enough to spare our home from the floodwaters that submerged the homes of a lot of my friends and batchmates, but it was not kind enough to kill that something that I need the most during times like this--Internet connectivity. And since HSDPA and 3G signals weren't able to reach the Smart Bro dongle that I had gotten for free, I had no choice but to drop by once again in the mall to connect to the Internet, unless I want connection speeds of 30 kbps at the maximum, which I obviously don't.

Read more: Google celebrates 11th birthday [click]

How to be a Millionaire Through e-Commerce

The wonder of the Internet as a market for freelancers is that it provides unlimited opportunities. The Web provides the savvy freelancer the world as his/her market, instead of the neighborhood market that brick-and-mortar stores could only have. No wonder a lot of people are shifting to this kind of job and earning way more than the wages they received during employment.

Read more: How to be a Millionaire Through e-Commerce [click]

Setting Up Internet Connection Using a Wired and Wi-Fi Router

Most households nowadays owns a laptop or two, and still keep their old desktops working. If you are no IT person, you will settle with setting up a wired internet connection for all since most desktops which were made years ago do not have their own wi-fi cards installed.

Read more: Setting Up Internet Connection Using a Wired and Wi-Fi Router [click]

Free UAAP and NCAA Dongles from Smart Bro

Last September 19, some friends and I dropped by the Mega Tent in Ortigas to attend the BFree Day, an event organized by Smart Bro, the leading mobile broadband carrier. What made us suddenly attend the event (we learned about it only a day before) was that Smart Bro had decided to give away limited edition NCAA and UAAP dongles for FREE to all students of NCAA and UAAP member-schools. Of course we grabbed the opportunity to get something valuable for free. Hehe.

Read more: Free UAAP and NCAA Dongles from Smart Bro [click]