Shopee Recognizes Three Women Entrepreneurs Making a Difference in E-Commerce

This International Women’s Day, Shopee features three female sellers challenging stereotypes and carving their paths to success.

Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, celebrates International Women’s Day by recognizing three female entrepreneurs who continue to challenge boundaries, pursue their dreams, and carve their paths to success. 

This year’s theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) is #ChooseToChallenge, and it mirrors Shopee’s belief that women sellers can carve their paths to success in e-commerce. Shopee supports sellers through initiatives such as E-TAAS ang Pilipinong MSMEs Integrated Digital Marketing Training Program in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). 

Fiber 101: Why it’s the reliable and practical way to have good internet connection in urban areas

One of the many challenges facing property owners, customers and most families is how they can have better internet connectivity in their  offices or homes. What is more perplexing is how to do this  right in the middle of an urban area where installing a cell tower can be a major challenge.

Globe has the best solution for this concern: fiber connection inside the home.

Fiber is a technology that offers high speed connection, with speeds that reach up to 940 Megabits per second (Mbps) with low latency or lag time. It uses light to transmit and receive data signals as against the electrical signal that digital subscriber line (DSL) technology uses.  

GOMO changes the game in connectivity

Brings no-expiry and unlimited data deals for an awesome connectivity experience    

Staying connected has been pretty high on our list of priorities nowadays. Most of us have shifted a lot of our work and play online. We now pay our bills, do shopping, and work from home, among many other activities. Given our current situation, we saw the power of connectivity to navigate the next normal. And we continuously see the growing dependence of Filipinos on this.

This is what GOMO, the latest fully digital brand in the country, is all about. Changing the game in connectivity, GOMO aims to provide simplicity and innovation to Filipinos with its three game-changers—a Fully Digital Experience, No Expiry Data, and ‘Mo Creds. In a nutshell, GOMO is making the whole telco experience brutally simple.

Catch NBA All-Star 2021 with your NBA League Pass from PLDT Home Fibr

As the 2020-21 NBA season continues to excite hardcore basketball fans, PLDT Home Fibr enhances the entertainment experience at home with NBA League Pass, the league’s premium live game subscription service, which delivers the most comprehensive live and on-demand access to NBA games and content in high-definition.

PLDT Home Fibr customers can subscribe to NBA League Pass by selecting from monthly and 3-Game Choice packages at Php 485 and Php 85, respectively, and charging the fees directly through their existing PLDT Home account.

With NBA League Pass, fans can watch the most awaited events of the season, including NBA All-Star 2021, which will be held on Sunday, March 7 ET (Monday, March 8 PHT) at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, home of the Atlanta Hawks, where the league’s annual global celebration of the game will take place on one night for the first time. The rosters for the NBA All-Star Game will be determined through the NBA All-Star Draft, where the two team captains – Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James and Brooklyn Nets’ Kevin Durant – will select from the pool of players voted as starters and reserves in each conference and make their picks without regard to conference affiliation.

Shopee Rolls Out Co-Streaming Feature to Level Up Interaction for Filipino Shoppers on Shopee Live

Shopee Live streamers highlight key features, customer engagement strategies, and preparations for the 3.3 - 4.4 Mega Shopping Sale, Shopee’s first mega sale of the year   

With more people turning to online platforms for their needs, brands and sellers are turning to entertainment features such as live streams to give consumers an engaging and fun shopping experience. Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, provides shoppers a more interactive online buying experience through the new co-streaming feature on Shopee Live, which allows live stream hosts to co-stream with one of their viewers for a more interactive experience. 

Anne-Marie x KSI x Digital Farm Animals Release Their New Track 'Don't Play'

Anne-Marie x KSI x Digital Farm Animals have teamed-up for their uplifting, joint new track, ‘Don’t Play’, which is out now via Asylum/Atlantic. The track is available across all DSPs and you can watch the accompanying official video below

Underpinned by a fluid garage beat, the heart-on-sleeve track is bridged with Anne-Marie’s world-class vocals, KSI’s effortless flow and Digital Farm Animals’ production, the fruits of which make for hook-laden remedy to beat the January blues.

Tied to a theme of mixed martial arts (an apt narrative, given Anne-Marie is 3 x world Shotokan karate champion), the official video – directed by ROSCOE and starring all artists – embodies the power of ‘the underdog’, showing how anyone can overcome adversity when they put their mind to it.

"Monster Hunter" Opens in PH Cinemas This March

Big action and big monsters are meant to be seen in the BIG SCREEN.   This month, moviegoers will get the full cinematic experience again as Columbia Pictures’ new fantasy action thriller Monster Hunter, opens in Philippine cinemas March 2021!  

Film fans are advised to refer to the websites and social pages of their favorite cinemas for more details regarding the film’s playdate and screening times.

(Trailer with message from Milla Jovovich: https://youtu.be/0q-_Gopcw5s.)

TNT teams up with TV5 to promote Pinoy pride in search for the country's biggest Pop Boyband

Mobile services brand TNT has teamed up with TV5 in promoting Pinoy pride with Popinoy, a nationwide reality talent show in search for the country's biggest Pop Boyband.

Popinoy is the first nationwide reality talent show that will follow the journey of aspiring Filipino boy band members as they vie for a spot to be the next Pinoy Pop Idols.

Big local celebrities are set to join as judges and hosts for the all-new reality show, which has been created by top-notch producers and content creators in the industry— including Archangel Media's President and CEO, director Mike Tuviera.

Up for grabs are a P1.25 million cash prize, a talent and imaging contract with APT Entertainment, and a TNT endorsement contract.

Over 200,000 online viewers tuned in as Ben&Ben, Smart light up Manila skies in special drone show

Last February 28, more than 200,000 online viewers were glued to Ben&Ben's and Smart’s official Facebook accounts to witness 100 aerial drones dominate the skies of Metro Manila in a rare musical display made possible by Smart and Ben & Ben.

A one-of-a-kind musical display called “The Inevitable Drone Show” held at the Burnham Green in Rizal Park, Manila, Smart and award-winning folk pop OPM band Ben&Ben collaborated for an unexpected visual treat. This online event also capped the weekend when Smart released the sequel to Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin’s latest TVC.   

Ben&Ben’s “Inevitable,” which is also the theme song of the latest campaign starring Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin, inspired Smart subscribers who were able to watch the spectacle online. 

Insight Music gambles on teacher-composer Jayson Dedal, releases his debut single

Of the billions of dreams cast into the void every day, few make it with the certainty—and confidence—that gifted singer-songwriter Jayson Dedal felt when he did. 

The 28-year-old Dedal, who is a real-life MAPEH teacher in a public school in Quezon City, recently signed up with maverick record label Insight Music, which has just produced and released his debut single “Bilyon-Bilyong Panalangin”. 

“Bilyon-Bilyong Panalangin” marks Jayson Dedal’s first break as a recording artist under Insight Music, making his first professional affiliation an exceptionally propitious one. 

The song also served as one of the official movie soundtracks of the label’s movie production and marketing arm Insight 360 Films’ “Miss Q&A: Para Sa Maganda Lang Ba Ang Love Life?” starring Kakai Bautista and Zoren Legaspi and directed by Lemuel Lorca. The first is expected to be released this summer.