Low Pressure Area (LPA) will continue until Thursday - PAGASA

Since the shallow low pressure area was formed, large areas in some part of the Philippines is now affected by low pressure area (LPA) last sighted in distance 200 kilometers east of Surigao City.

According to Samuel Duran of PAGASA forecasting center, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) is the reason why it is still rains in the southern part of Luzon, Northern Mindanao, Eastern Visayas, Kabikolan including Metro Manila.

You can see in the PAGASA sattelite image that the huge amount of clouds around the area can cause flooding.

Due to the large concentration of clouds the people will experience moderate to strong rain in Bicol and Eastern Visayas, while in other areas including Metro Manila there are some cloud formation which can cause a possible light to moderate rain.

The said Low Pressure Area (LPA) may continue until Thursday.

NOKIA Lumia 610 now features Wi-Fi Hotspot

The incredible feature in the upcoming Nokia Lumia 610 has been sighted and that is the ability to use the phone as a Wi-Fi Hotspot. Amazing isn't it?

This feature is really great but not a new now that it is added on the cart for the specification of Nokia Lumia 610. This is a great feature for a smartphone now that it is a demand for many internet users today.

In fact, the Wi-Fi Hotspot feature is already a functionality in the Windows Phone Mango on its update. You can check the specification for Windows Phone Mango with its Wi-Fi Hotspot.

But the reason the Wi-Fi Hotspot feature is interesting on the Nokia Lumia 610 is because it is the only Lumia phone as of now that can boast of this feature

Neither the Nokia Lumia 800 nor the Nokia Lumia 710 having it on-board, but of course the Nokia Lumia 610 with this feature is more expensive than other Lumia phones.

It makes us wonder why Nokia would want to keep this feature on its cheaper device and away from those who paid more money for its more expensive handsets.

Shallow Low Pressure Area (SLPA) near Mindanao

MARCH 17, 2012 - PAGASA constantly monitored the spotted Shallow Low Pressure Area (SLPA) approaching our country.

According to the report of PAGASA, the spotted Shallow Low Pressure Area (SLPA) based on satellite and surface data at about 810 kilometers East Southeast of General Santos City (5.0 ° N, 133.0 ° E).

Although their is a small possibility that it will be a storm, it is still a possible effect to those living in the Eastern part of Mindanao in the next few days.

It also said in the report that it has the ability to save more clouds and air because it still in the midst of the sea.

It is estimated that the cloudy firmament in large part of our nation will continue until the next two to three days.

Windows Phone Tango is now 7.5 Refresh!

Finally, the Windows Phone (WP) Tango is named. It will be officially named as 7.5 Refresh.

According Stefania Duico, the lead of Windows Phone Italy, the Windows Phone Tango update will be officially called 7.5 Refresh.

As you probably know, currently WP Mango is called just 7.5 and now the WP Tango was 7.5 Refresh.

Adding the Refresh moniker and not changing the OS version actually makes sense. Though WP Tango or WP 7.5 Refresh is just another configuration of the WP Mango which is called the WP 7.5 the feature is that they lowered the Windows Phone specs and this is their major role and that so less-capable devices could run it (without multi-tasking, live tiles, etc.).

The update will become available for every WP-based smartphone out there later this year. The next major release is Apollo a.k.a. Windows Phone 8. It will probably launch in Q3 this year.

NOKIA 808 PureView - Specifications

NOKIA brought us another generation of camera phones as they bring the NOKIA 808 PureView. The main feature of this gorgeous phone is that it has a 41 MP (38MP effective) camera which can optimize a lot in taking photos.

Also known as NOKIA 808 PureView RM-807 the specifications:


GENERAL:
-2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G Network: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
-Announced: 2012, February
-Status:          Coming soon. Exp. release 2012, May

BODY:
-Dimensions: 123.9 x 60.2 x 13.9 mm, 95.5 cc
-Weight:      169 g

DISPLAY:
-Type :               AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
-Size:          360 x 640 pixels, 4.0 inches (~184 ppi pixel density)
-Multitouch: Yes
-Protection :       Corning Gorilla Glass
                        Nokia ClearBlack display

SOUND:
-Alert types: Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
-Loudspeaker: Yes
-3.5mm jack: Yes

MEMORY:
-Card slot:        microSD, up to 32 GB
-Internal:     16 GB storage, 1 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM

DATA:
-GPRS:     Class 33
-EDGE:       Class 33
-Speed:        HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
-WLAN:       Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, UPnP technology
-Bluetooth:     Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
-NFC:         Yes
-USB:          Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support

CAMERA:
-Primary:        41 MP (38 MP effective, 7152 x 5368 pixels), Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Xenon flash
-Features:  1/1.2'' sensor size, ND filter, up to 3x loseless digital zoom, geo-tagging, face detection
-Video:        Yes, 1080p@30fps, loseless digital zoom, LED light
-Secondary: Yes, VGA; VGA@30fps video recording

FEATURES:
-OS:           Nokia Belle OS
-CPU :               1.3 GHz ARM 11
-Sensors:        Accelerometer, proximity, compass
-Messaging: SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
-Browser:         HTML5, Adobe Flash Lite
-Radio:          Stereo FM radio with RDS; FM transmitter
-GPS:           Yes, with A-GPS support
-Java:                Yes, MIDP 2.1
-Colors:      Black, White, Red
                 - SNS integration
                       - Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
                       - HDMI port
                       - MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
                       - MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
                       - Voice command/dial
                       - Document viewer
                       - Video/photo editor
                       - Predictive text input
BATTERY:
-Standard battery, Li-Ion 1400 mAh (BV-4D)
-Stand-by: Up to 465 h (2G) / Up to 540 h (3G)
-Talk time: Up to 11 h (2G) / Up to 6 h 50 min (3G)

Though NOKIA 808 PureView won an award for this feature, they warned the users that photos may size over 10MB each.

Second Hottest Temperature was Recorded - PAGASA

 On the next days, still expect the hot weather across parts of the Philippines this weekend.

According to PAGASA, expect the hot and humid weather that will strike in Northern Luzon due to the existing high pressure area.

Some part of the Visayas will suffer from the good weather due to no visible clouds.

But the good weather does not affected in some part of Mindanao. It will experience scattered rain in parts of Mindanao due to existing easterlies.

There is no unexpected bad weather coming in the Philippines but rather expect the intense heat of the sun now that we enter the summer season.

The record of PAGASA, it reach to 34.2 degrees Celsius of the temperature in Metro Manila yesterday afternoon which is considered to be the second hottest temperature recorded this year.

Samsung Galaxy Beam with built-in Projector - Announce!

FEBRUARY 2012 - For all Samsung Phone lovers out there, get excite now that the MWC 2012 is just about to start and Samsung has already announced a new phone.


At first of what we believe is a long list of phones to come for Samsung. Samsung Galaxy Beam, who has a built-in projector will surely hit the crowd.


The projector uses a 15 lumens lamp that is capable of projecting a 50-inch wide high-definition image, although Samsung does not mention the actual resolution but we could expect more from these.


Other specifications of the Galaxy Beam is that it has a 4-inch WVGA (800 x 480) display, a 1GHz dual-core processor, 5 megapixel rear camera, 1.3 megapixel front camera, 720p video recording, 8GB internal memory with microSD card slot, 2,000mAh battery and Android 2.3 Gingerbread.


The Samsung Galaxy Beam is sexy with its design but its very own built-in projector is the best feature of this phone.

Panagbenga Festival 2012

February 26, 2012 - Even some celebrities will come and watch the grand float parade of the Panagbenga Festival in Baguio City.

Because of this, this gives the audience a dominating crowd and rise up the atmosphere especially when they saw each of their favorite artists.

Riding in a single float, the real life couple Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera was happy to wave at their crowd were Vice Ganda, Kuya Kim, Anne Curtis, Jhong Hilario and Teddy Corpuz are there.

The people can now go to Athletic Bowl where the best floats will be diplayed for the public to take pictures.

But this night, Session Road is closed for Session Road in Bloom.

TAIWAN - Hit by 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake

February 26, 2012 - Taiwan earthquake caused intense fear for the residents of Kaohsiung, the second-largest city of Taiwan for the 6.0-magnitude felt earthquake before noon today.

Based on a local report, several residents ran out into their buildings for their safety.

Meanwhile, they temporarily disabled the service of high-speed railway and their are reports that some buildings have farctured.

The epicenter of the earthquake is reported four kilometers depth with the distance pf 57 kilometers in the eastern part of the city.

The said earthquake was felt around 10: 34 this morning.

From the U.S. Geological Survey, they recorded the strength of earthquake as magnitude 5.9.

Kaohsiung has estimated more than three million population and the earthquake made these people terrified.

Remember that in 1999, over 2400 people were killed after an earthquake happened to the city for about 7.6-magnitude.

EDSA Revolution - People Power Revolution - February 25

 

 

The People Power Revolution or also known as the EDSA Revolution and the Philippine Revolution of 1986 was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines that occurred in 1983-86.

These series shows how Filipino people are united against regime violence and electoral fraud of the government just for freedom.

This long time demonstration of the Filipino was became successful as former President Ferdinand Marcos was departed and lead the Philippines for the restoration of its democracy.

This is also called the Yellow Revolution as many yellow ribbons are present in these days. Former President Cory Aquino and his husband former Senator Benigno Aquino help and encourage the Filipino to free their country and claim its freedom and democracy.

On February 25, 2011 the Philippines celebrated the 25th anniversary of the People Power Revolution.

Kailangan ko ang tulong ninyo - P-NOY

Today, President Aquino urged the Filipino people to participate in the continuation of established patterns against the EDSA People Power Revolution.

The President made ​​the statement in conjunction with the ceremonial turn-over of 21,000 housing for soldiers in Trece Martirez, Cavite that is part of the commemoration of the anniversary of EDSA People Power.

The President said that although many of the established patterns change, the fight is not yet done according to those events around the environment nowadays.

According to the President, the help of the whole Filipino people is needed in order for those scam people to stop in staying and leeching in our government.

In such programs, President Aquino proudly mentioned that his administration made ​​such arrangements especially among the soldiers.

He also strengthened their ability and arranged the transaction system and use of military funds.

From the past three administrations, P33 billion are jsut used for the AFP Modernization Program while in just over 17 months on the spot, under President Aquino's administration, P28 billion were already used.

All said programs was part of the enthusiastic campaign to obliterate the "kawawang cowboy image" of the soldiers.

At the same time, via video conference the President also made some communication and interaction in Cagayan de Oro City particularly the victims of Typhoon Sendong.

There will also be an EDSA celebration in part of Mindanao where it's initiated by EDSA People Power Commissioner Ogie Alcasid.

"Kailangan ko ang tulong ninyo para tapusin ang labang ito," said President Aquino.

PAGASA - Low Pressure Area (LPA) at Mindanao

PAGASA warned the residents of eastern and southern Mindanao for the incoming rains carried by the detected Low Pressure Area (LPA) near their land.

The Low Pressure Area (LPA) was last seen based on satellite records and surface data at a distance of 230 kilometers at East South East of Hinatuan City (7.8 ° N, 128.5 ° E).

According to Pagasa, the residents must expect for a moderate to heavy rainfall that could deliver flashfloods and landslides.

However, the said Low Pressure Area (LPA) might not become a typhoon.

Meanwhile, almost all parts of our country will have a cloudy weather that might cause a little rainfall until tomorrow.

WHITNEY HOUSTON - Dies at 48

LOS ANGELES - The famous international singer Whitney Houston dies today at the age of 48-years old.


This was confirmed by her representative Kristen Foster, but the cause of death of the singer and where did she died is still a question to everyone though it is still in invistigation.


But based on some sources, they say she died at Beverly Hilton Hotel.


In May 2011, we can remember that the international singer seeks help and aid about its problems with drugs and alcohol.


According to its spokesman, the international singer is in an out-patient rehab program for drug and alcohol treatment.


Houston deliberately make herself in the program to support her recovery process.


In 2004, the international singer also entered a rehab and in 2005 Whitney Houston undergo treatment for her condition again.


Among the honors of Houston that she clinched at the time of his record-breaking career were two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards and 22 American Music Awards.


Whitney Elizabeth Houston born on August 9, 1963 and now dies February 12, 2012 (dated here in the Philippines).


Some of her great songs are "I Will Always Love You," "I Wanna Dance with Somebody," "I Have Nothing," "Greatest Love of All," "Where Do Broken Hearst Go," "Did not we almost Have It All " and a lot more.

3G products out of German stores - Apple

Apple has been forced to remove some of its 3G products from the German online stores. This includes the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4 and the 3G version of the iPad 2.

The products are only being pulled from Apple's online store in Germany and the brick and mortar stores will still have them in stock. This is because Motorola only sued the German subsidiary of Apple, which is only in charge of handling the online side of the sales.

FOSS Patent's Florian Mueller says this is due to the injunction won in Manheimm by Motorola against Apple related to the FRAND patent. Coincidentally, Motorola won another permanent injunction against Apple related to iCloud in Germany on the same day but that is a completely different case and not related to these products being pulled from the stores.

Apple, meanwhile can still challenge this decision and get it suspended so that it can appeal in a higher court.
Meanwhile, Apple has won a temporary suspension, which means it can go back to selling the previously pulled products on its online store for now. We are not sure what their next step will be but will keep you informed.