Author: Team Orange

Wireless services leader Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) recently introduced Big Bytes, an all-new lineup of volume-based mobile Internet and broadband packages that provide the most amount of volume data allowance available in the market today—plus FREE access YouTube, SkypeQik and SPINNR—all in one affordable package. For all their surfing needs, prepaid and postpaid Smart subscribers can now opt to subscribe to the newly launched Big Bytes data packages, such as Big Bytes 50 that includes 300MB of volume data allowance for just P50, valid for three days of mobile surfing. With volume-based packages like Big Bytes 50, subscribers only pay for…

Chart-topping, award-winning pop-rock band All Time Low revealed the second single, “Kids In The Dark,” off their upcoming album Future Hearts via Twitter Music this week. The song immediately became a worldwide trending topic, hitting #1 on Billboard’s Trending 140 chart and on the iTunes Alternative Song chart in 5 countries in Asia (Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia & Hong Kong). On March 10, the band premieres the official music video for “Kids In The Dark”. The first single off Future Hearts, “Something’s Gotta Give,” has reached over 2.4 millions view on YouTube and climbing. The track has received major international radio…

Acclaimed filmmaker Guy Ritchie brings his dynamic style to an original King Arthur epic, a sweeping fantasy action adventure starring Charlie Hunnam (FX’s “Sons of Anarchy”), for Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures. Principal photography has begun at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, UK. The bold new story introduces a streetwise young Arthur who runs the back alleys of Londonium with his gang, unaware of the life he was born for until he grasps hold of the sword Excalibur—and with it, his future. Instantly challenged by the power of Excalibur, Arthur is forced to make some hard choices. Throwing in…

Solar lamps to light up off-grid island communities will help children study better at night, says Earth Hour organizers in the Philippines. Around 15 million Filipinos lack regular access to electricity, relying instead on flammable and expensive kerosene lamps to illuminate their homes. “I must earn an additional PHP150 (USD3.5) each month to buy half-a-gallon of kerosene,” says Joys Dominguez, a 35-year old fisherman from the island community of Beton in Northern Palawan. “I have four small kids. If they tip over just one of the lamps, our wooden hut can burn down. I need safe lights for my family.”…

ABS-CBN Corporation, the country’s largest multimedia conglomerate, today announced the appointment of Carlo Katigbak as chief operating officer effective March 1, 2015. Prior to the appointment, Carlo Katigbak served as ABS-CBN’s head of Access, helping pave the company’s forays into promising technologies and ventures, as well as overseeing strategy formulation and performance of SKY Cable Corporation, ABS-CBNmobile, and the newly launched digital TV business now called ABS-CBN TVplus. Katigbak is a member of the ABS-CBN Board of Advisors. He is also actively involved in the ABS-CBN Programming Committee, and is currently the president of SKY Cable and managing director of…

Extra bright, extra-large and extraordinary best describe Samsung’s newest smartphone range, the Galaxy E series. A powerful mid-range phone that offers a superior large screen experience, the Galaxy E series comes in two variants: the Samsung Galaxy E7 and Samsung Galaxy E5. Each offering users larger-than-life features that can only come from the Samsung brand – a large and bright screen, at a surprisingly accessible price tag. Especially made for those working their way up and who need a powerful smartphone that provides them the best value for their money, the Galaxy E series offers Samsung’s superior performance at a…

Shailene Woodley starrer and Veronica Roth’s bestselling young adult book “The Divergent Series” is now on its second instalment on screens this March 18 when “Insurgent” opens in local cinemas nationwide. Shailene Woodley’s and the cast’s increased star power poises “Insurgent” to surpass its predecessor’s (“The Divergent” movie) feat at the box-office that earned a whopping $288.7 million globally. In the latest instalment, “Insurgent,” after being exposed as Divergents—people who don’t fit neatly into one of the five societal classifications or “factions”—Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) find themselves on the run from Jeanine (Kate Winslet), the power-hungry leader…

Kapamilya TV host-actress (and now book author) Alex Gonzaga will open the magical summer season of TV viewers as ABS-CBN’s newest fantasy-drama series “Inday Bote” premieres on March 16 (Monday). In the series, Alex will be paired with Matteo Guidicelli and Kean Cipriano. “The story of ‘Inday Bote’ is perfect for the whole family this summer season. In the teleserye version, viewers will get to know Inday as a person, daughter, sister, and a young woman who learns to fall in love. The youth, especially teenagers, will surely learn a lot from Inday’s determination and her belief that there is…

WWF-Philippines, which organizes Earth Hour locally, revealed its switch-off plans at a press launch led by WWF International Director General Dr. Marco Lambertini, WWF-Philippines National Ambassadors Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez, plus WWF-Philippines Climate Solutions Steward Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworksi. This year’s main switch-off shall be held at the Quezon City Memorial Circle from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM on March 28, Saturday night. “In the spirit of promoting meaningful climate solutions, we encourage Pinoy families to stay at home and observe the hour through low-carbon means – but everyone who wishes to join us at Quezon Circle will be treated to…

Aiko Melendez has proven once more her acting caliber as she recently bagged the highly-coveted Best Lead Actress in a Foreign Language Film award from the 7th International Filmmakers Festival of World Cinema in London for Direk Louie Ignacio’s Asintado (Between the Eyes). Aiko bested seven other actresses from different countries in the same category. The movie, which is an official Cinemalaya entry last year, is Aiko Melendez’s first foray into indie film. In Asintado, she plays Julia, a widowed mother of two who finds herself at the crossroads of choosing between saving her older son or risking her younger…

IBM recently announced that the software and services firm Open 4 Business Online (O4BO) has selected IBM Cloud to host more than 320 of its applications. The move to SoftLayer cloud from IBM will help O4BO reduce operational costs by 30-40 percent and scale up faster. Operating from the Philippines, the company specializes in enterprise applications in areas like enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM), which cater to small and midsize businesses. O4BO works mostly with customers who have limited internal IT skills, making these organizations highly risk averse in their technology decisions. With the majority of…