Internet

A recent BBC feature pointed out how online marketers are increasingly becoming wary of fake Facebook “likes.”

Yesterday I put up a short commentary about the Boy Bastos (literally translates to lewd boy or rude boy, depending on context) issue. I just breezed through the links, and didn’t really read in-depth. I’ve…

There’s a cabinet reshuffling over at the Blog Herald. My fellow problogger Abe Olandres has recently stepped down as Editor of the Blog Herald, and will be exchanging positions with Tony Hung, erstwhile Assistant Editor. Abe cites personal problems that prevent him from…

Earlier this afternoon, I perused a copy of the Philippine Internet Review: 10 years of internet in the Philippines (1994–2004) (thank you for the complimentary copy, Janette!). I haven’t finished up with the whole thing, but the writeups by Janette, Migs, and Danny…

The much awaited Flock web browser, based on Firefox, has released its 0.5 beta preview to the public. Got a copy myself and I’m trying it out. I’m not yet ready to use this as my primary browser because, well, it’s still buggy (according to the developers themselves)–something expected of a beta…

From the Guardian: the Internet could fall apart!

A battle has erupted over who governs the internet, with America demanding to maintain a key role

in the network it helped create and other countries demanding more

control.