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Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellite Internet now available in the Philippines

February 22, 2023
Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellite Internet now available in the Philippines

It’s official, Elon Musk’s Starlink ISP is now available in the Philppines. The announcement was made by Starlink’s official twitter account.

The monthly fees for the service is only ₱2,700.00 but the hardware, the Starlink Kit will cost ₱29,320, a bit pricey for hardware will include a self-orienting Starlink phased array antenna, WiFi router, cables and base. It promises to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband internet and a download speeds up to 200 Mbs.

In an archipelago like the Philippines, a space-based internet provider is the most ideal, since you do not need to invest in any cell sites and cables. It’s still unknow how’s the performance of Starlink in the Philippines and since it’s summer in the country, those who ordered it will be able to get a good connection.

Carousell to layoff 10% of it’s global staff

December 5, 2022
Carousell to layoff 10% of it’s global staff

Singapore-based Carousell just announced that it will layoff 10% of its staff or around 110 employees. The company made the announcement to all its staff via email and an official blogpost on their website. The company operates in 10 markets; Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

Quek Siu Rui, Carousell’s Co-founder and CEO said in the post “I am deeply sorry for this outcome, and I take responsibility for the decisions that have led us here. Parting with teammates, whom we are grateful to for joining us on this mission, is a very difficult decision. We will be sure to treat everyone impacted with compassion and to lend as much support as we can to them.”

The company’s goal for the “impacted” employees is to help them in their job search by allowing them to keep their office laptop and continue their LinkedIn Learning membership until June 30, 2023; provide at least 3 months of compensation and, extend medical benefits and insurance coverage for employees and their dependents up to June 30, 2023, subject to approval by local insurers and medical service providers.

Carousell was founded in 2012, backed by Sequoia Capital India, Naver, 500 Global and Rakuten Capital, has raised a total of $372.6 million and acquired another of companies including OLX Philippines, after receiving an investment from Naspers.

TV Patrol is now available worldwide on Youtube, Facebook, http://news.abs-cbn.com and ABS-CBN News app

November 10, 2020
TV Patrol is now available worldwide on Youtube, Facebook, http://news.abs-cbn.com and ABS-CBN News app
Image: @ABS-CBN News

ABS-CBN has lifted the geo-block of TV Patrol and can now be access worldwide.

Here are the direct links for the news program;

Source: Extradot

YouTube, iWant and iflix to reduce video quality during Enchanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) – NTC

March 29, 2020
YouTube, iWant and iflix to reduce video quality during Enchanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) – NTC

In a press release by National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), YouTube, iWant & Iflix will limit the video streaming quality in order to ease data congestion due to work-from-home setup by employers and the increase in demands during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ).

Google already announced that they will set the default settings to SD Quality, while iFlix has initially set a cap in its streaming service. No content can be streamed at 4k resolution. iWant on the other hand said that it has reduced the streaming bitrate by 33% which started last March 27th.

You can read full text of NTC’s press release below;

Source: KabayanTech

Google launches COVID-19 website

March 22, 2020
Google launches COVID-19 website

Google has officially launch the controversial COVID-19 website.

The site (https://www.google.com/covid19/) is a United States-focused website that contains information about the virus, guidance, testing and other information that will help in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, highly contagious virus at as of this posting has affected 185 countries, 267,013 of confirmed case and more than 11,000 of confirmed deaths.

The site became a hot pic when President Donald Trump said a site where people could check symptoms, arrange a test, and get test results was coming from Google, but was actually referring to a much more limited site from Google sister company Verily.