All posts by Pol Pinoy

Film and TV, Media, Technology

APPLE LAUNCHES MOBILE TV CHANNELS OF THE FUTURE; ‘ADOBO ON AIR’ DEBUTS SEPTEMBER 15

Leave a comment

heroCUPERTINO, California (The Adobo Chronicles®) – Apple has just released a sneak preview of the “TV Channels of the Future” — the greatest innovation in mobile television which will be the new feature of Apple TV.

Apple is scheduled to unveil the new Apple TV, along with the iPhone 6S, on September 9.

The new Apple TV will be independent of existing television and cable channels, and no subscription will be required from customers.

The Apple TV, in partnership with Google’s Fiber Network, will make 16 channels (Channels 002 to 0017) available for free on all mobile devices, using bluetooth technology.   A special Apple TV app has to be downloaded for a one-time fee of $69.99.  The 16 channels can be viewed using either wi-fi or data plans.

The Adobo Chronicles® is honored to be among the 16 channels that will be featured on the new Apple TV. “Adobo on Air” will debut on September 15, 2015 on Apple TV’s Channel 0017.

FullSizeRender (70)

International, The Media

THAILAND SHRINE BOMBING: INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACES

Leave a comment
Screen capture: San Jose Mercury News headline
Screen capture: San Jose Mercury News headline

BANGKOK, Thailand (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Authorities have tripled to $85,000 a reward for information leading to the arrest of the main suspect in the Erawan shrine bombing that killed 20 people at one of Bangkok’s top tourist attractions.

The increased reward was announced after investigators said that very little progress was being made in locating an unidentified young man dressed in yellow shirt leaving a backpack at the scene of the carnage Monday night.

Apparently, investigators were following an erroneous lead from a very prestigious American daily newspaper, the San Jose Mercury News, which claimed through its August 19 headline that the suspect was hiding somewhere in Taiwan.

Taiwan is about 1,500 miles from Bangkok.

data=RfCSdfNZ0LFPrHSm0ublXdzhdrDFhtmHhN1u-gM,kIek7FpJZ-SLR7TE4AzbBjDd7QMVOs383J3AXba4tCrCcPpnFFCPe4JEviymX59QI4XnZ_0JdpcpwV3Gi_KaooNurfrjha_wPdt45V9-1K2eBCkvUH4W8q9oQjOYnnv_UOfkQ6jeAnoavokJaP5StSnp6xbwGg9RDeLfNYs

Business, Economy

WORLD RECORD FOR MANILA: CITY WITH MOST NUMBER OF SHOPPING MALLS

1 Comment
Uptown Place: new mega mall opening in Manila later this year
Uptown Place: new mega mall opening in Manila later this year

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – The Philippines has added a new feather to its cap by claiming yet another world record: its capital, Manila (and surrounding areas), has just been declared the city with the most number of shopping malls per capita.

Metro Manila (which is about the size of Arizona) is home to about 12 Million people.  With its 153 existing shopping malls, there’s one mall per 78,000 people.

And there’s no stopping Metro Manila from building more and bigger shopping malls.

Property leasing giant Megaworld Corporation is opening 21 more malls and commercial spaces in the next five years to more than triple its gross floor area from the current 304,000 square meters to 1.4 Million square meters by 2020.

Two of these malls will open in the last quarter of 2015.  They have a combined value of 4 Billion pesos.

So when in Manila, shop till you drop!