Tonyo Cruz
Tonyo Cruz is a blogger and social media practitioner based in Manila. He wears many hats online and offline. He is a former reporter for Philippine English-language newspaper Malaya (Free), and served as press officer for a number of cause-oriented groups and partylist Members of Congress. He studied sociology at the University of the Philippines at Los Banos. He is a graduate of the Manila Science High School. Follow him on Twitter: @tonyocruz.
Winners of the Philippine Blog Awards 2011
The Philippines’ best blogs received peer recognition at the national awarding ceremonies of the annual Philippine Blog Awards on Dec. 3 at the RCBC Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium in Makati City. Here is…
Philippines: A Twitter cop-out higher education agency
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) of the Philippines appears to be the proudest “village idiot” in the so-called social networking capital of the world. No problem with being the “village idiot” and…
Philippines: Elected government officials go tweeting
A growing number of elected officials in the Philippines have signed up on Twitter, joining netizens in this fast-paced social networking platform. In a noteworthy study, blogger Tine Sabillo compiled Twitter usernames and…
Philippines: Hackers attack website of agency in charge of police
The website of the Philippines’ Department of Interior and Local Government got “pwned” by hackers on Tuesday, joining a long list of government websites falling prey to hackers. Ironically, the DILG supervises the…
Brazil, Indonesia, Philippines lead world in Facebook user growth
Facebook statistics service Socialbakers reports that Brazil, Indonesia and the Philippines registered the highest number of new sign-ups for the month of May. The Socialbakers report said that Brazil registered 11.37 percent growth,…
Digital media in the Philippines
A number of Singapore Management University students interviewed me recently via Skype for their research project on social media in the Philippines, and I am very happy to share the fruits of their…
After SIM cards and laptops, what would PH gov’t want to register next?
Some time back, the government revived proposals to impose mandatory registration of all SIM cards. Of late, the National Bureau of Investigation surprised the public with its odd proposal to register all laptop…
Jobs unveils iPad 2: New Apple tablet out March 11
In a surprise move, Steve Jobs himself took to the stage Wednesday to unveil Apple’s new iPad 2 tablet, which starts shipping March 11 in the United States and March 25 in 26…
Filipino techie takes over as Asia editor at The Next Web
For the past few years, Filipinos are proving themselves to be a power to reckoned with in and across social media and the internet. International blogging networks and a number of regional and global…
Philippines: SIM card listing as anti-crime tool, too good to be true
Defeated senatorial candidate Ruffy Biazon has again proposed the registration of Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) cards in the Philippines, in an apparent response to their use as triggers in improvised explosive devices which…
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May 19, 2012
The_barracuda — HINDI CHINI BHAI BHAI ! WEIRD!
May 18, 2012
uni maven —
Interesting
information shared on apple iphone market with next generation Apple iphone's. Thanks
May 18, 2012
tormentor17 — when will this tablet be available here?
May 18, 2012
Benjamin Joffe — For more about Facebook in Asia:
http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/17/facebooks-prospects-in-asia/
May 16, 2012
HtcOneXer — 2 Things that did not bother me..
1. No Micro SD Slot - (32gb pus 25gb free dropbox is plenty)2....
