by Fleire Castro on February 18, 2012
The state of the Philippine E-commerce has been a very interesting topic for me. The internet has been a very viable place to sell products and service. With entrepreneurs and brands turning to online marketing to promote offerings, it has become a very competitive medium as well. As a social media manager selling my offerings [...]
by Fleire Castro on February 8, 2012
This morning, I read an email from Techtalks.ph founder, Ms. Tins announcing that PicLyf.com is one of the grand winners of the ON3 Startup Pitching Competition 2011. “Among other benefits, Eric won a 3-month stay at Plug&Play’s business incubator in Palo Alto/Silicon Valley, California. While at PnP, he will get support from PnP’s in-house and industry contacts such [...]
by Fleire Castro on February 2, 2012
For many aspiring and young businessmen, the prospects of entering Chinese markets is lucrative and exciting, and at the same time intimidating and risky. China wants business coming in around the world, but even at this point in time language and cultural barriers remain in the way. Startup owners know that the decision to enter [...]
by Fleire Castro on January 31, 2012
The Philippine Senate has approved, on third and final reading, the Senate Bill 2796, or the so-called Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (CPACT). Edit: Reader Jommie has left a note – This is only the Senate version of the bill. The House has yet to pass its version, it would still have to be taken [...]
by Fleire Castro on January 19, 2012
A local tech community in Cebu, TechTalks.ph, officially announced its plans for a Startup Weekend Cebu. Startup Weekend Cebu is set for June 1-3, 2012 (tentative date) with its venue at UP Cebu INIT (tentative venue). The event is open for developers, designers, marketers, product managers, business and startup enthusiasts. The participants will be immersed [...]
by Fleire Castro on December 17, 2011
TO DONATE TO THE VICTIMS OF SENDONG IN ILIGAN, PLEASE VISIT THIS PAGE FOR DETAILS: One For Iligan Iliganons from other parts of the world stay transfixed on social media as prime source of information as Iligan City lose others means of communication due to floods. Typhoon Sendong has hit Iligan City last night causing [...]
by Fleire Castro on December 1, 2011
The misinformation in using Facebook to promote and campaign for votes can get individuals into trouble. Take for example this incident of “Facebook Like” assignment of a grade school computer teacher. She was criticized for requiring a Facebook account and generating likes in an assignment for Grade 3 students. It became the hot topic in [...]
by Fleire Castro on November 18, 2011
Living in a digital age where information is of abundance can be quite a challenge. A challenge because every time we turn on our laptops or smartphones, we are faced with chances to sin. To sin is to deliberately violate a religious or moral law, to put it. Maslow and his hierarchy of needs already informed you [...]