Bryan Veloso

Category: Geekery

  • Wow! SoftLayer is now an IBM Company!

    Wow! SoftLayer is now an IBM Company!

    I was surprised after visiting the homepage of SoftLayer.com, that they are now an IBM Company. I’m pretty late about this news, but it’s better late than never eh? I just want to share it with you guys, even though I’m a month late in sharing this awesome news.

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    I’ve been following the milestones of SoftLayer since my favorite hosting company ThePlanet.com was redirected to SoftLayer. I didn’t know at first that they were merged, I just found out after searching about it, why it was gone and was redirected to SoftLayer.com.
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  • BBMAX599 no longer works with Q10, Z10, and other BlackBerry 10 devices

    BBMAX599 no longer works with Q10, Z10, and other BlackBerry 10 devices

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    This is a very very sad news for all Globe Prepaid BlackBerry users out there who are using BBMAX599 to avail the unlimited data plan for almost half the price (compared to SUPERSURF999). BBMAX599 no longer works with Q10, Z10, and other BlackBerry 10 devices. You now need to avail SUPERSURF999 to fully use your Blackberry OS 10 device. If you registered your device using BBMAX599 to 8888, then you just wasted 599 pesos. Too bad… this is really really disappointing.
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  • Why You Need To Pay Attention To Usability In Design

    Why You Need To Pay Attention To Usability In Design

    For anyone who has monitored changes and trends in web design, it feels like the ground has shifted more in the last few years than in the entire lifespan of the web. Social media is now engrained in web marketing, as is video and quality content, and website owners are now facing increasing barriers to garner attention for their site. Infinite scrolling and single page designs are springing up all over the place, and it is not too hard to imagine the day when traditional brochure-type websites are completely obsolete (if not already).

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    Alongside the appearance of your site, usability is becoming increasingly important. Websites that think about the user experience have a better chance of success and conversion than those that don’t. But how feasible is it to make your website more usable, and what specific advantages are there for those that design in this way?
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  • The Continued Rise In Cloud-Based Software

    The Continued Rise In Cloud-Based Software

    Cloud-based software has risen considerably over the last decade, to the point where nearly every business relies on cloud-based services to run parts of their operations. One of the earliest movers in the cloud space was Salesforce.com, which aimed to unseat the likes of SAP and Oracle in the CRM market. Today, Salesforce.com has revenues of around $3 billion, 10,000 employees around the world, and a range of products beyond CRM.

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    The rise in the cloud has made software less expensive and more available to everyone. Before, there would be considerable one-off expenses to integrating and deploying a new piece of enterprise software, not to mention all the risk that comes with making the wrong decision. Today, most of the fixed costs are removed, and businesses typically pay a monthly fee depending on their usage. Not only does this make the one-off costs lower, it makes software available to everyone that was previously only available to the biggest of businesses.
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  • Professional Data Recovery in the Philippines that really recovers your data

    A few months ago, my hard drive crashed. It’s a WD Elements 1TB portable hard disk. I didn’t do anything, I just copied some files, then suddenly it just died of old age. It cannot copy any files at all. I have very important—you know, priceless sentimental value—data inside that drive and I don’t have a backup. Because I’m a little bit of a “techy” myself, I attempted to recover the data in my HDD using various data recovery software.
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  • Norton 360 Offers Support for Several Browsers and Applications

    Norton 360 Offers Support for Several Browsers and Applications

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    Norton 360 is available to use on a wide array of systems. It provides support for a number of programs and applications and offers protection for numerous aspects of Internet and computer activity. In its newest incarnation, it is among the most praised security products on the market, offering features and benefits that other programs simply cannot. Norton 360, one of several security software programs offered by Symantec, is available for Windows operating systems, for versions XP, Vista, 7, and 8, which has just recently been introduced.
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  • Just bought a laser printer for my home office today!

    Just bought a laser printer for my home office today!

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    After being skeptical for a mere 6 months (yeah, really) of whether to buy an HP, Epson, or Konica Minolta printer, I finally decided to buy the last printer I mentioned. I read tons and tons of reviews online about this Laser Printer by Konica, and I was convinced that this all-in-one printer is the right one for my printing needs.
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  • Innovative Apps That Your Smartphone Needs

    Innovative Apps That Your Smartphone Needs

    smartphonesHave you grown tired of using your expensive smartphone to shoot birds at pigs? Truthfully, it’s probably pretty impossible to get tired of Angry Birds, but that isn’t the point. The point is that there are tons of awesome apps out there that are relatively unknown to the average smartphone user. These apps make life easier, downtime more enjoyable, and help to streamline various aspects of your day.

    If you’ve had your smartphone for a while, you likely don’t download as many apps as you used to. You should start downloading apps again, because everyday more and more amazing apps from developers like Simplikate are released. Check out these incredible and creative apps that you’ve probably never heard of, but that you should download today.
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