Live your best life with Xiaomi 12 series: Get yours now at this flagship phone’s open sale

Living your best life means having the right tools to help you embrace all your passions. And getting one just got easier at the ongoing #Xiaomi12Series open sale. Shop now at Lazada, Shopee, or at any authorized Xiaomi store nationwide. 

Designed to masterfully capture perfect moments  

The Xiaomi 12’s camera possesses a ProFocus feature that allows it to learn and track the algorithm of a moving subject allowing for a  clear capture. Moreover, the Great Portrait Mode and Ultra Night Video make it a snap to capture spectacular images even  in low-light conditions, as it automatically brightens the scene and details in the photo or video. These features make the Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12 Pro among the best camera phones in the market today. 

The QUAD speaker with SOUND BY Harman Kardon gives crisp and clean sound, while the WQHD+ dynamic 120HZ AMOLED display delivers spectacularly clear colors and visuals, providing an incomparable entertainment experience.

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Social Media Apps that share money

Why share your digital content for free when you can earn from them with every time you post, and each time a follower hits the like button, or rates it, or supports you by watching the ads clipped to it. You don’t even have to be a largely-followed celebrity. You just need a striking original content, enough to gain attention and support.

Back in the day, advertising inserts are targeted to audience’s online behavior. With the introduction of the click-per-post schemes, content creators are given a portion of the allotted profit from every ad budget, once the target viewers are encouraged by their own interests to click.

TSU: The Social That Pays

Now, whether a viewer is targeted or not, regardless of their processed internet activities; they are now compelled by their own accord to click the ads and even finish the whole 45-seconders without even skipping. That seems to be the appeal of TSU, which prides itself as “Social that Pays.”

TSU was actually founded in 2013 and headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. Tsū was oddly comparable to Facebook in terms of their integral features and user interface. The unique proposition of Tsu, however, is its exceptional ability to share ad revenue among its users. The original compensation structure “was to keep 10 percent of the total ad revenue for itself, while half the remainder went to users and the other half to the network that brought the content creator to the platform. It was re-launched in September 2019, after a brief decline and complaints by other social networking platforms as “spam.” Having experienced such major setback, TSU incorporated a virtually “spam-free” protection guarantees.

Subscribers can earn from “supported contents” from other subscribers and “dividends” from every ad revenue. A usual heavy user can earn at least a dollar a week. We have tried TSU (account: archiemarx) and in a span of 2 weeks, we earned about 50 cents. The key seems to engage your followers to #support you by asking them for a mutual cooperation. We are not very particularly certain if such activity is platform-supported, but given its purpose and nature – there isn’t oddly any discord or technicality to speak of at the moment.

When it comes to social media networking gratification, it almost seems instant as followers have always been energetic to “support” every post on the timeline feeds – because each click and share may almost always guarantee a returned favor. This is why TSU harbors a sentiment among subscribers as “tsufamily.”

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Online Live Stream Gives Performers Ayuda in the Time of Pandemic

This pandemic has proven very challenging to live entertainment artists, including musicians and stage comedians. Their usual incomes have been reduced to virtually zero and economic survival has been a great cause of anxieties and depression. It is a good thing that live streaming platforms have given them a space and a new home to exhibit their performances on a much different plane. They’ve also made them much closer to their fans and supporters.

One of the best and most accessible live stream platforms is Kumu. It’s a social media mobile application that allows performers to share their contents live and interactive. And the most important part is the open-access opportunity for them to earn as much as what they could in their actual in-person gigs. Except now, they don’t need to leave their homes anymore and shell out for their usual spendable, like paying for PAs, transportation, meals, and costumes.

When a fan or an impressed audience to the live stream show gives them virtual gifts – a performer can rack up at least 2,000 to 5,000 “diamonds “on a single user. When a performer earns at least 50,000 diamonds, they can exchange it for at least 2,500 pesos. One live stream artist can have a minimum low of 25 audiences per minute, and they can have a peak audience of at least 50-100 and on “special occasions” one can impress from 1000 to 10,000 audiences/users.  Singer Kris Lawrence during his recent birthday show gained 3.4 million diamonds; which meant he earned at least 170,000 pesos on one night. This is on top of what he earned from previous live streams.   Even his close friend/co-performer JayR averages to 100,000 to 300,000 diamonds on a drop. A short ordinary fan-supported live show can still augment their idol’s digital income enough to buy a week’s worth of groceries.  This month’s Top Earner is Mark Michael Garcia, a Tawag ng Tanghalan finalist who earned a cumulative amount of 18.5 million diamonds (roughly 900,000 pesos – if – KUMU actually converts that to the actual purchase amount. We actually would like to account that we had no first-hand knowledge of the conversion rates given to earners, except of course, merely referencing the 2000 diamonds to 100 pesos rate).

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No more game downtime with Vivo V19 Neo’s large-capacity 4500mAh Li-Po battery

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In quarantine season people have become even more dependent on electronic devices especially smartphones to keep them connected with loved ones and conveniently pursue and enjoy their lifestyles.

With different activities — messaging on various platforms, posting on social media, surfing the internet, buying from online stores, listening to music, watching movies and videos, and playing online games — keeping people busy, it is really disappointing to get a low battery warning, or the handset going “dead”.

Thankfully, the latest V19 Neo is powered by a 4500mAh lithium-polymer (Li-Po) battery, one of the largest capacities in its price range, to keep Vivo’s flagship mid-range smartphone running in optimum performance, longer.

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Essential Apps for those living in the Metro in the time of Covid-19

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Update: 3/25/2020

A community quarantine was implemented in Manila on March 12, shortly after this article was posted. This was upgraded to an enhanced community quarantine for the entire Luzon on March 16. With that in place, only businesses that offer food/medicine remain open. Apps that offer essential services like AIDE, Metromart, Foodpanda and Grab remain active at this time. There are also Facebook pages offering delivery services and riders/shoppers for hire.

3/10/2020 – As the number of Filipinos that are infected or under investigation for COVID-19 increases, the WHO has asked people worldwide to stay home and limit going out. This makes sense especially in densely populated areas like Metro Manila where catching the virus can happen literally anywhere.

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CIMB Bank Announces 500,000th Customer, expands strategic partnership with GCash

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CIMB Bank Philippines (CIMB Bank PH) announced that it has garnered 500,000 customers, approximately six months after opening its doors for business in the Philippines. The milestone was reached anchored on a strong proposition of co-creation and partnership between CIMB Bank and GCash.

The all-digital, mobile-first CIMB Bank PH, was launched in early 2019 with a goal of bringing a unique and differentiated banking proposition to Filipinos. Anchored on a DNA of strong strategic partnerships and solving customer pain points digitally, CIMB Bank PH had forged a partnership with GCash, to allow GCash’s customers direct, paperless and seamless access to savings account services, a product termed GSave. GCash is an epayments platform owned by Mynt, the revolutionary fintech startup of Globe Telecom, Ayala Corporation and Ant Financial, an affiliate of Jack Ma’s Alibaba Group.

Tengku Dato’ Sri Zafrul Aziz, Group CEO, CIMB Group, who was in Manila to celebrate this milestone said, “CIMB Bank PH is surely the fastest growing bank in ASEAN, a wonderful achievement, and a strong testament of things that can be achieved in the regime of digital-only banks. We are motivated by this and will continue to innovate for our customers. Well done to the teams.”

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Swosh – the new laundry service app that you have got to have

Living in the Metro isn’t always easy. Moreso for urban professionals who live independently. You have your work and life balance to juggle along with responsibilities, bills, chores, and the undying traffic that always gets in the way, eating up our precious time.

Good thing, we live at a time when app-based services actually help make our lives easier. Heck, they have become integral for us to even have a life where we can still enjoy and not worry about our endless to-do lists.

When in Manila, I have to have the following apps: GRAB/Angkas for transport, Honestbee/foodpanda for food and grocery deliveries, Eatigo/Zomato for discounts, GMovies to avoid the pesky movie queue, Grindr for entertainment (I kid, I kid), and recently, Swosh for laundry/dry clean services!

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SMART announces the November 17 release of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus

For those who couldn’t wait for the release of the Apple X here in the Philippines or at least not want to spend for the premium price tag of Apple’s anniversary phones, you will be able to pre-order the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus beginning Friday, November 10, 2017 at the Smart Online Store (store.smart.com.ph) and Smart Stores nationwide. The phones will be available starting November 17th.

With the incoming holidays, it is almost a bad idea to spend all of your bonus on a new gadget. SMART understands this and so they make it really easy for anyone who is in dire need of an upgrade or even those who were always held back from getting an iPhone because of the price to get an iPhone 8 and iPhone 8Plus! With SMART postpaid, you can charge to your monthly bill the total plan inclusive of the device cost. This means NO CASHOUT and NO NEED FOR A CREDIT CARD! Just pay for your selected plan (1499, 1999, 2499, 2999) plus the device in 24 monthly installments added to your bill.

On top of this, you get the nation’s fastest LTE connection per Open Signal, more data allocation and your selected free app that’s interchangeable monthly, and a one-month gadget shield for butterfingers out there to cover for any accidental damage and even theft.

Stay online while traveling abroad via Smart Travel Wifi

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Anyone who travels would tell you that the most important thing to secure before any trip is a reliable data connection. Apart from being able to connect with friends and family via your social media accounts, it is imperative that you have ready access to maps, translator apps, or even just to image search that item that you are having a hard time describing to a local due to language barriers. Once, I had to show a waitress in Hong Kong an image of Coke as I thought she did not understand me when I was ordering because she kept saying “Cora, Cora”. Turns out that what she meant was Cola after we agreed on the google image that I showed her.

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SMART powers the country’s biggest Esports event – Manila Masters 2017

Filipino gamers and fans are set to level up their gaming experience like never before as Smart powers Manila Masters, the country’s biggest international Esports tournament, dishing out awesome treats and experiences for subscribers.

Spearheaded by Mineski Events Team and backed by ESL Gaming, the premier gaming event will gather eight of the best DOTA 2 teams from around the world to battle it out for the lion’s share of the USD250,000 prize pool at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on May 26 to 28, 2017. The celebrated squads include EG, OG, Newbee, Team Secret, Invictus Gaming, Team NP, Faceless, and the Philippines’ very own representative, Clutchers. 

Win tickets, exciting prizes

Aside from the tournament, Manila Masters 2017 will gather some of the best shoutcasters from all over the world, and feature side activities such as a meet-and-greet with the participating teams, a cosplay competition, and exciting games. Smart users can get a chance to be part of the awesome spectacle and score Manila Masters tickets by following Smart’s official accounts on Facebook and Twitter (@LiveSmart).

Moreover, gamers and fans headed to Manila Masters 2017 can get a chance to take home exciting prizes at the DOTA 2-themed Smart base, where cosplayers will bring to life popular DOTA 2 heroes and showcase life-size items from the game.

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Get a SMART MASTERCARD when you download a Paymaya App

We live at a time when owning a debit/credit card is a must. Whether you are a professional who does not have the time to queue up at a neighborhood Bayadcenter just to pay bills, a student learning how to budget his allowance and pay for his own Spotify and iFlix subscriptions, or just about anyone who wants to avoid the armageddon of shoppers at a mall sale or the holiday rush – having the option to just conveniently do transactions online is an absolute necessity. 

One major hindrance in getting a bank-issued card for a regular Juan used to be the strict ID requirements and the KYC process. SMART in partnership with PAYMAYA eliminates this process and makes it easy for anyone with a smartphone to have a virtual debit card. All you need to do is download Paymaya via App Store or Google Play, register by providing your SMART, SUN or TNT number and voila, you have a SMART-Paymaya Debit Mastercard. You can load this up simply by transferring funds from your BDO or Unionbank accounts, through hundreds of SMART Padala centers, SM and Robinsons Malls, 711, and MiniStop branches nationwide. 

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Manage your SMART prepaid and postpaid account on the improved My Smart App

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It is very important these days to have a fast and reliable mobile service. Just as important is being able to easily keep track of your usage so you don’t run out of juice when you need it the most. With SMART, I can be at any Starbucks in the Metro working while watching the latest episodes of Mr. Robot on iFlix or I can be traveling to Baguio hunting Pokemons and I still get the same stable mobile data connection. I can track via My Smart app how much data I have left, check my balance, sign-up to promos and add-ons, and even top-up my credit making sure that I get through all my planned activities with no interruptions.

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