Buy Nokia Device and Win a Nokia and more! in ‘Nokia Buena’ Christmas Promotion

Getting that itch to buy a new Nokia Lumia smartphones, well this is the right time to grab one and you might WIN in their ‘Nokia Buena’ Christmas Promotion.To join the promo,  all you need to do is purchase that Nokia devices that you always wanted and each of the Lumia smartphones have corresponding points that will be your ticket to the raffle draws.Read more »

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LINE’s key to localization is deeper interaction with the Philippine market

LINE, the world’s leading mobile platform with 290 million users worldwide, is gaining particular traction in the Philippines by initiating deeper interaction with local market through various partnerships and specially tailored services.LINE has emerged as the mobile marketing platform for many local enterprises and plans to bring more localized content and meaningful engagements to Philippine users.Read more »

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Διεθνές Νομισματικό Ταμείο, η Ευρωπαϊκή Κεντρική Τράπεζα και η Ευρωπαϊκή Ενωση-επιχειρήσεις με μόνο στόχο το κέρδος

 Ο τοκογλύφος και η λύσηΟ ελληνικός λαός, αλλά και οικονομικοί παράγοντες έξω από τη χώρα, παρακολουθούν το συνεχιζόμενο παιχνίδι μεταξύ της ελληνικής κυβέρνησης από τη μία πλευρά και των εκπροσώπων του Διεθνούς Νομισματικού Ταμείου, της Ευρωπαϊκής Κεντρικής Τράπεζας και της Ευρωπαϊκής Ενωσης, που απαρτίζουν εκείνο που συνηθίσαμε να λέμε, απρόσωπα, τρόικα. Το λέμε απρόσωπα, αλλά έχει πρόσωπα, επώνυμα, γνωστά και εκπροσωπεί θεσμούς, που έχουν κανόνες και υποσχέσεις πέρα από το πάρε-δώσε μιας τραπεζιτικής σχέσης. Το πιο σημαντικό: Και οι τρεις αυτοί οργανισμοί-θεσμοί δεν είναι τίποτε άλλο από επιχειρήσεις με μόνο στόχο το κέρδος. Κι αυτό που έγραψα

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Microsoft Philippines showcase Life through Windows Glass House

Microsoft Philippines today has unveiled the Windows Glass House, a life-size installation that replicates a typical home but is reimagined with the incorporation of different Windows 8.1 devices and apps made for each member of the family.The Glass House, designed by renowned interior designers Ivy and Cynthia Almario, illustrates the ability of Microsoft technology to power Filipino families and to transform their everyday living. The Glass House showcased the newest Windows 8.1 tablets such as the Lenovo MIXX2 and Acer W4.Read more »

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Captain's Table Challenge: Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is definitely my favorite holiday because aside from seeing loved ones and giving thanks for all the wonderful things in our life, we're doing it all over a fantastic meal of comfort food perfect for the season. I spent Thanksgiving with the Baron's family and it was fun and memorable as always. And to include friends into the holiday festivities, I hosted a Friendsgiving the following evening. Overall it was a wonderful long holiday weekend.Last year around this time I participated in the 'Spice Up the Holidays' campaign with my friends at Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum. This year, I've partnered up with them once again for 'The Captain's T

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Gionee Elife E7 Smartphone with 5.5-Inch Display, 16.0MP Main Camera

Gionee announced their newest offering the Gionee Elife E7 with full-pack hardware features, for starters this smartphone is powered by the latest Qualcomm Quadcore Snapdragon 2.2Ghz processor.With its 16.0MP main camera and 8MP front camera, this smartphone is another great camera device that might replace your current digital camera and those compact dslr.Read more »

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Day 28 of a Month of Giving Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving!!Today I am thankful for good friends, family and team mates to enjoy a turkey dinner with...Judy

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To Thanksgiving or Not To Thanksgiving

GIVING THANKS WITHOUT THE FEASTWhen you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.- Tecumseh I watched my son shrug on his heavy coat and slip into his backpack, just a bit harried, almost but not quite late for the morning bus as usual, as every day. “If I make a special meal for Thanksgiving tonight, will you stay in and eat with us? Can you plan it into your schedule?” I inquired. “I don’t know,” he puffs, one foot already out the door. “I don’t know what I’m doing tonight

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Lenovo's How-to Guide on Picking out Your First Smartphone

Why does choosing a smartphone these days seem so overwhelming? That’s because you're drowning in a sea of information and devices and out of so many different products out there today - you only need to catch one fish.There are a few important things to keep in mind before diving into getting your first smartphone. These three fail-safe tips will help you swim and navigate through the mobile market and lead you to your first smartphone:Read more »

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Day 27 of a Month of Giving Thanks

Totally skipped yesterday...Today I am thankful for clear blue skies which made the end of a full 19 hrs of driving very beautiful!

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl Coffee Cake

Who's ready for the food fest of Thanksgiving tomorrow? Or are you more anxious about Black Friday shopping the day after? Whatever you are looking forward to this Thanksgiving holiday, I wish you and yours a memorable time with loved ones! I'm sure folks are over the turkey talk so today I'm sharing something sweet and perfect for the day after Thanksgiving. This Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl Coffee Cake is great for breakfast, snack or an anytime dessert. With a decadent peanut butter cake that has a chocolate streusel running through it, does it even matter when it's enjoyed?!I can't even begin to tell you how glad I am to have a short week of work

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Celebrate the Yuletide season with treats from Philips

Christmas is one of the most anticipated and joyful times of the year. It’s also one of the busiest—our schedules can get easily packed, from Christmas parties to last minute shopping sprees. But Christmas doesn’t have to be stressful—plan your Christmas list ahead so you can sit back and relax as you enjoy this year’s Yuletide season.Read more »

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Synology Introduces RackStation RS814

Synology introduced RackStation RS814, a scalable 1U 4-bay rackmount NAS server designed to be a powerful and full-featured network attached storage solution, with scalability up to 32TB with Synology RX410.“The RS814 is designed to meet ever-increasing business requirements while keeping its price competitive,” said Nicole Lin, Product Manager at Synology Inc.Read more »

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Zuppa toscana con farro or Tuscan Spelt Soup

Una zuppa veloce (non necessita alcun ammollo per i legumi presenti), colorata e calda calda, perfetta per questa stagione, che aspettate a prepararla?A quick soup (you don't have to soak the legumes) that is hot and colorful - perfect for this time of year. What are you waiting for?Gli ingredienti necessari per quattro persone sono 250g tra piselli spezzati, orzo perlato, lenticchie verdi, fagioli all'occhio, soia verde, fave spezzate, farro perlato e lenticchie rosse decorticate (tutte contenute nella Zuppa toscana con farro Nuova Terra), olio extravergine d'oliva, 1,6 litri di brodo vegetale, peperoncino secco e prezzemolo fresco.Lavate gli

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Τι υποστήριξε ο Άδωνις και ποια είναι η αλήθεια για την Ευρώπη

 Τα μεγάλα ψέματα για τα γενόσημα! Τι υποστήριξε ο Άδωνις και ποια είναι η αλήθεια για την ΕυρώπηΜε τη γνωστή τακτική του “διαρρέω λανθασμένες πληροφορίες και ποιος θα τις ελέγξει” φαίνεται ότι επιχειρεί να ασκήσει φαρμακευτική πολιτική το υπουργείο Υγείας. Τι είπε για τα γενόσημα ο Άδωνις και τι ισχύει πραγματικά στην  Ευρώπη Της Δήμητρας Ευθυμιάδου 28-8-2013 Για χάρη της τρόικας αλλά και για να μειωθεί η φαρμακευτική δαπάνη, τι εφηύρε ο Άδωνις Γεωργιάδης; Φυσικά την επιβάρυνση για τις τσέπες των Ελλήνων ασθενών. Σε πρόσφατες δηλώσεις του είχε φροντίσει να δηλώσει εμφατικά ότι η Σουηδία έχει ποσοστό 75% στη χρήση γενοσήμων ενώ η Ε

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The Pigeons of Mesquer

A VERY SPECIAL STORYKill no more pigeons than you can eat. – Benjamin Franklin I am thrilled to have my story The Man Who Spoke to Pigeons: Rémy Anézo and Les Pigeons de Mesquer published on Modern Farmer. You can find the piece online here…Interviewing Matthieu Anézo at Les Pigeons de MesquerThis is an article that is dear to my heart about a man with whom I am connected in two ways, through his lovely niece Mathilde, a friend of mine, and my own son Clem. Here is my story of how the interview and the article came about: Rémy Anezo is what the French call un homme comblé, a contented, satisfied man. He is surrounded by what he loves the mo

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Microsoft unleashes major wave of Enterprise Cloud Solutions in Philippines

Microsoft Philippines today announced a wave of new enterprise products and services to enable companies seize the opportunities of cloud computing and overcome today’s top IT challenges. Complementing Office 365 and other services, these new offerings deliver on Microsoft’s enterprise cloud strategy. In his blog “The Enterprise Cloud Takes Centerstage”, Satya Nadella, Cloud and Enterprise executive vice president, said, “As enterprises move to the cloud they are going to bet on vendors that have best in-class software as a service applications, operate a global public cloud that supports a broad ecosystem of third party services, and deliver multi-cl

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Apple Pie with Walnut Crumb Topping

We're coming down to the final days before Thanksgiving... have you started prepping yet? This year, we're spending it with The Baron's extended family and I'll be in charge of desserts. So since I had so much fun making pies in a couple pie classes I've taught, I'm going to do a few pies to bring to the table. Specifically, an apple lattice pie, blueberry crumb pie, and ginger peach pie... recipes to be featured here on the site soon! But I will share this Apple Pie with Walnut Crumb Topping. I had students make this in one of my pie classes and it was a hit! Fresh apples are seasoned with sugar and cinnamon, then topped with a walnut and brown sugar

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SingTel and Fortinet Partner to Provide Secured Broadband Services to Businesses

Fortinet a world leader in high performance network security, announced that it has partnered with SingTel, a leading ICT service provider in Asia Pacific, to immediately roll out secured broadband services to enterprises across Singapore.  Running on Fortinet's high performance FortiGate network security platforms and FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer centralised management and reporting appliances, the SingTel Business Fibre Broadband Security Suite intercepts security threats and eliminates them in the cloud before they reach a company's IT network.Read more »

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Day 25 of a Month of Giving Thanks

Today is a tough one but I have to say I am thankful for a vet who was willing to get down on the ground and cry with me while I was doing one of the hardee things in life.  And for a little girl who's kindness of heart always astounds and amazes me...R.I.P. Simba

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Kahlúa Cocoa Chip Cookies

  Baking is especially fun during these fall months with the holidays around the corner. If you're looking for something fun to bake up, why not incorporate some spirits into your treats this year? These Kahlúa Cocoa Chip Cookies combine the best of hot cocoa with a touch of Kahlúa for something special. Hot cocoa, Kahlúa and even tiny marshmallow bits make this cookie fun and festive for the season... Everyone loves a hot cup of cocoa with marshmallows. This cookie takes that same idea and transforms it into cookie form. Kahlúa is great for baking and in this recipe, I used it in place of the vanilla extract. It adds to the color of t

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