Author: Team Orange

Traveling to the exquisite cities of Thailand has always been a dream for many travellers. With the country’s rich tourism, travelers can find almost anything and everything – cultural and historical sites, white sand beaches, unique festivals and delightful cuisine, among others. As Singapore Airlines continues its year-long celebration of its 50th Anniversary in the Philippines, the Airline is offeringall-in special round trip Economy Class fares to Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Phuket from just USD250 per passenger,valid for a minimum of two passengers travelling together on the same itinerary. Solo travelers also get an all-in exceptional deal from just USD280.…

Academy Award-nominee for his portrayal of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in “The Social Network,” Jesse Eisenberg plays one of the most fascinating anti-heroes in cinema Lex Luthor, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ new action-adventure “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” Eisenberg infuses the character with a very sinister humor, one that arises from an illogical obsession with Superman. “Lex Luthor has always been one of the great DC villains. And one of the most epic stories in the canon was when Batman and Superman squared off against each other,” offers producer Charles Roven. “As we sought an expansion of the universe…

Following the successful mark and positive reception of the game-changing ZenFone Zoom early this year, ASUS Philippines is now all set to officially launch today, March 21, the epic online game “Zoom to Wanda”, which makes use of the ZenFone Zoom’s unmatched 3x optical zoom feature as the game’s inspiration. “Zoom to Wanda” is an intriguing interactive hunt that invites participants to travel and explore the world in full detail as they play an investigative journalist in search of a mysterious character named “Wanda” a fictional blogger. Participants will have to search for various clues by zooming in on distant objects…

HOOQ, Asia’s first and largest premium video streaming service, marks its first anniversary in the country this March and is very proud to be the number one paid video OTT service in the Philippines with over 100,000 paying subscribers. In addition, HOOQ was also recently named Best Mobile App in the Media, Film, TV or Video category at the GSMA’s Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards 2016 in Barcelona. The start-up venture of Singtel, Warner Bros. Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television launched first in the Philippines, before its expansion to Thailand and India. With over 35,000 hours of Hollywood, regional and Filipino…

As the Philippines’ top weekend variety show, “ASAP”, celebrated #ASAPKapamilyaDay last Sunday to honor the Filipino family, ABS-CBN Corporation and The Filipino Channel (TFC) also launched two video campaigns that invite Filipinos everywhere to take charge of their families’ future by actively participating in the Philippine Presidential Elections 2016. ABS-CBN unveiled its new star-studded station ID with the theme of “IpanaloAngPamilyang Pilipino” (Make the Filipino Family Win) while TFC debuted #Vote4ASelfieWorthyPH – its first global video campaign that was shot and edited entirely using smartphones. In partnership with ABS-CBN Integrated News and Current Affairs, TFC also launched its Overseas Filipino…

They said miracles only happen to those who believe. What if it happened to you? This Holy Week, Karen Davila discovers a woodcarving shop built by miracle in Paete, Laguna on “My Puhunan” this Tuesday (March 22) on ABS-CBN. The veteran broadcast journalist’s travels take her to the woodcarving capital of the country where various religious statues are made. She meets Diana Cagandahan, an owner of a statue-making shop that only started with a dream from an image of the Mother of the Eucharist and Grace that she owned. The statue, according to Diana, brought them luck, especially in establishing…

You may be running a marathon this year, or planning to do so, but before running a 26.2 mile race, make sure that you’re prepared physically, mentally and emotionally. Aside from making you fit and healthy and boosting your stamina, marathon running is also a great opportunity to meet other running enthusiasts like you. “Running a 26.2 mile race is a fulfilling achievement, especially for runners. However, runners should take precautions before and during their runs such as getting proper training, eating protein and carbohydrates-rich foods before the race, and familiarizing themselves with the race course. If they ignore these…

Smart Communications has strengthened its leadership in the postpaid segment in 2015, buoyed by a surge in demand for relevant content and app-based services that enabled subscribers to fully experience the mobile digital lifestyle. Groundbreaking partnerships forged last year with iflix and Fox International Channels for entertainment content, as well as with innovative tech companies like Uber, Zalora, foodpanda, and AirBNB has made Smart’s offerings more appealing to subscribers. PLDT’s wireless unit Smart Communications bolstered its position in the postpaid segment with revenues up 9 percent to P23.7 billion in 2015, accounting for a fourth of total cellular revenues. The…

Four more Touristars survive “The Bump-Off” round last weekend and are moving on to Gate 3 in ABS-CBN’s original singing competition for 100% non-Filipinos who love OPM music, “I Love OPM.” Touristars Jeena Dimaandal (USA), Dio Smith (Pakistan), Daniel Herrington (USA) and all-male trio DBD are the latest to reserve seats and proceed to Gate 3 of the competition while sending their well wishes to Touristars Jerome McCuin (USA), Jonathan Wagner (France), In Seon Jung (South Korea) and Nelson Leausa (Samoa). Interracial trio DBD dictated the pace of the competition and proved too smooth with their rendition of Neocolours “Tuloy…

Let’s get one thing straight; megapixels aren’t the be all and end all of smartphone cameras. Sensors, aperture size, lens quality, camera speed, and features are just some factors that lend itself to the quality of a shot quite like how DSLRs work. Thankfully, smartphone photography is quickly catching up to professional photography. From 2MP cameras just a few years ago, today’s smartphones have more advanced cameras with up to 16MP. Of course, not all smartphones are made equal case in point, Samsung’s latest flagship devices, the Galaxy S7 edge and S7, which basically work as ready alternatives to the…

When the late legendary comedy box-office director Wenn Deramas, together with colleague Perci Intalan, watched the romantic comedy, Love Is Blind, in the Philippines, they joined the merry chorus of guffaws from the theatergoers who were in stitches from all the comic madness going on in the film. Deramas quipped, “Entertaining at nakakaaliw si Kiray. (Kiray is entertaining and funny).” Kiray Celis or just Kiray is the brilliant 20-year-old, 4-foot-9 former child actress whose star-turning portrayal of Fe, a down-on-her-luck-in-love hotel intern who’ll do anything for love in the movie, could throw a whirling dervish out of whirl because the…