Social Media and Social Good

ILOILO, PHILIPPINES - Unilab Ideas Positive, the only social marketing congress and competition for college students in the country today, is expanding this year from Metro Manila to the entire Philippines, tapping students from the Visayas region to join and become part of this campaign. More college students will, thus, have an opportunity to help transform their chosen communities with their social marketing ideas. And because more positive ideas will be…

Social Relationships Beyond Social Networks: Building and Expanding Networks, Not Break Them For the past couple of days, I wake up to the sound of someone typing on her keyboard. It’s my flatmate, Michele. Perhaps she’s doing what we normally do on Facebook – sending messages to our friends, commenting on a high school friend’s photo, perhaps catching up with a grade school friend through Facebook chat. Yet, there’s something…

Microsoft’s Bing Goes Social Search  Microsoft is adding a new Social Sidebar to Bing search that shows your contacts and activity on all your social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, and even Google+. The Whole New Bing: Relevant, Comprehensive and Trustworthy According to Bing’s announcement, “The new Bing introduces a brand new information architecture with a three column design that focuses on bringing you information from the web to help you take action and…

Sometimes in our lives we tend to chase the best things – best dress, best jobs and even want to associate ourselves with the best people to the point that our quest stops us from being with the right people. People who truly care for us, who would truly stay when we need them the most. Today, stop and ponder about what’s happening in your life. Stop trying to outrun…

MANILA, Philippines, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) of the Republic of the Philippines today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together to establish the first Philippine Systems & Technology R&D Laboratory to help spur economic growth. The R&D Lab is aligned with Philippines’ strategic growth initiative that calls for greater partnering between industry and government to advance…