About Francis Tan

He is the Online/Digital Editor for Gadgets Magazine. He loves Star Wars, Mechas, Boardgames, Video Games, and all sorts of geekery. If you want to get in touch, you can follow him on Twitter @francistan or send him an Email at ftan@gadgetsmagazine.com.ph.

Small business owner? There’s an affordable BlackBerry Service for you!

mdaemon-torchAlt-N Technologies announced today the availability of MDaemon Messaging Server, BlackBerry Edition, an affordable Windows-based email and messaging server, targeted specifically to small to mid-sized enterprises. The new server software is a new edition of the popular low-cost Windows-based MDaemon email and messaging server. It features wireless synchronization, security, IT policy management and has control features [...]

Kicks for Geeks: Internet inspired Nike Dunks

nike-sneakers-googleFirst, there were the Twitter and the Facebook Adidas Superstars Originals by designer Gerry Mckay and boy did it make our mouths water. This time,  it’s Nike’s turn with these geek-friendly, customized Dunks inspired by Firefox, Twitter and Google. These cool, customized sneakers designed by David Reese will definitely appeal to both sneakerheads and geeks. Love them too? [...]

Freelancer.com launches outsourcing platform in the Philippines

freelancerFreelancer.com, the world’s largest outsourcing marketplace that connects over 2.2 million professionals from around the globe, opens a regional site in the Philippines to bring affordable outsourcing to the country. In this day and age, almost any job can now be outsourced online. Through the freelancer.com website, employers can hire freelancers to do work in areas such [...]

Apple stops selling MacBook Pros… waiting for the refresh?

mbpAs spotted by 9to5 Mac, Apple has halted selling MacBook Pros, possibly due to the expected lineup refresh that is likely to happen this week. The screenshot shows that the MacBooks won’t ship until 3 to 5 business days, which may be in time for the big announcement. Additionally, we reported earlier about the speculated [...]

Firefox 5 Sneak Peek

imgresEven before Firefox 4′s arrival, the Mozilla UI team has already been giddy working on Firefox 5, which is due to be released later this year. Here is a quick sneak peek of some of the new features: Site-specific Browser This mockup from Conceivably Tech illustrates a very interesting feature that introduces site-specific browsing to Firefox, giving dedicated [...]

Scrapbook: A BlackBerry Playbook app to create photo montages with ease.

BlackBerry-PlayBookCheck out this fantastic video demonstration of the new BlackBerry PlayBook ‘Scrapbook’ application, currently being shown at MWC 2011. This app allows users to create fun and exciting scrapbook-style montages. The video shows how photos and captions can be created and manipulated with ease, by using up to four fingers on the touchscreen simultaneously.   [...]

Profile pictures are cool, but you know what’s cooler? Profile videos.

image001FlipYourProfile, is a new Facebook app cum browser plugin that allows you to replace your profile photo with a video. Sounds awesome, right? It’s actually Cisco’s and DDB Singapore’s promotional campaign for Flip video cameras. There are two steps you would have to follow if you want a video profile. First, have the plugin installed. [...]

Sony Ericsson unveils 3 new Xperia Smartphones

sony_ericsson_launching_new_xperia_phones_at_mwc_2011Sony Ericsson has today unveiled three new Android smartphones, introducing the new Xperia Neo, the Xperia Pro and the Xperia Play. Xperia Play The Xperia Play, dubbed as the PlayStation Phone, will launch in March. It has a 4-inch FWVGA display with a 480 x 854 resolution, 5.1 megapixel camera, 8GB microSD memory card, with 400MB [...] Related Posts with Thumbnails