We’ve just unveiled a new Yahoo! Philippines Newsroom Page on Facebook.
Get the latest updates from the Yahoo! Philippines newsroom. You may also follow yphnewsroom on Yahoo! Meme and @yphnewsroom on Twitter.
Check out our page on Facebook and become a fan.
Tags: facebook, meme, twitter, Yahoo Meme, yahoo philippines, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Philippines News, Yahoo! Southeast Asia
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Check out the pretty useful Sideline Twitter application from Yahoo!
Sideline allows you to search and monitor the public timeline of Twitter. It’s an Adobe Air desktop app, built with the Yahoo! User Interface Library.
Disclaimer: I’m a Yahoo! Philippines employee. Still, I can assure you that Sideline is a pretty neat tool.
Tags: Adobe, Adobe Air, Sideline, twitter
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Today was my first day at Yahoo! Philippines. When I got home, my daughter Sam decorated my office laptop with Yahoo! stickers, which were part of the swag I got.
Tags: laptop, twitter, Yahoo!
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Here’s an excerpt from my latest CNET Asia blog post.
Back in October, I blogged about Filipino couple Michael Paul and Jennifer, who were hoping to reach the finals of the Ultimate Thailand Explorers competition, in which contestants would use blogs and social networks to chronicle their adventures in Thailand.
I’m happy to share that they made it to the finals, vying with four other couples for the top prize. They’re now asking for the help of fellow Filipino Internet users to check out their blog, vote for them, and help spread the word.
Read the full story.
Tags: facebook, Internet-savvy travelers, Jennifer Caspe, Jennifer Caspe-Cocuaco, Michael Paul and Jennifer, social media, tourism, Travel, twitter, youtube
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Check out my latest CNET Asia blog post.
Here’s an excerpt.
The editorial Let’s Abolish ‘Citizen Journalists’ on The Digital Journalist caught my attention, thanks to a tweet from @gangbadoy retweeting the link from @glossmania.
While I don’t agree with the article entirely, it does raise good points on the need to vet stories posted and spread through social networks, and the kind of dedication and courage it takes for journalists to actually cover news events.
Read the full story.
Tags: bloggers, blogging, citizen journalists, Gang Badoy, journalism, mainstream media, The Digital Journalist, traditional media, twitter, Twitter Inc.
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