Angry Birds In Space

Rovio, the game company who developed the famous Angry Birds web and mobile game, announced the next release – the Angry Birds Space. It’s the first game with an announcement from space courtesy of NASA.

Taking the gravity-free challenge in space, will there be changes in the previous releases in terms of trajectory of objects? We will know that by March 22, 2012 when it will be officially released. Looking forward to the release date.

Introducing Google Play

A new integrated hub was launched recently by Google. Introducing – Google Play.

As Cloud Computing is gaining more popularity making applications more ubiquitous with the advancement of wireless mobile devices, Google Play is on the right track. With Google Play, all your favorite music, videos, books, apps and games can now be managed on one central hub. All these can be accessed from the web and your mobile devices such as your Android phone or tablet.

With Google Play you can:

• Store up to 20,000 songs for free and buy millions of new tracks
• Download more than 450,000 Android apps and games
• Browse the world’s largest selection of eBooks
• Rent thousands of your favorite movies, including new releases and HD titles

Source: Official Google Blog

Android Market, Google Music and the Google eBookstore is now part of Google Play. I just actually updated my Android Market app to Google Play.

Ubuntu for Android Coming Soon

Prepare your Android Phone to run on Ubuntu OS….

So why bring two devices when you can have one? Sign-up for an alert for the coming release of Ubuntu for Android. Awesome.

Seminar on Skill Standards for IT Professionals (ITSS)

I was invited by the Philippine National IT Standards (PhilNITS) Foundation to attend the Seminar on Skill Standards for IT Professionals (ITSS) last January 27, 2012 which was held at Parklane International Hotel in Cebu. The aim of the seminar was to provide a better understanding about the ITSS concept and IT human resource trends in the Philippines and other countries. The event was attended by local IT engineers, HR personnel and some from the academe.

The event was a joint cooperation of Japan Overseas Development Corporation (JODC) and Philippine Software Industry Association (PSiA), in collaboration with the Information-Technology Promotion Agency (IPA) and with the full support of the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan. Read more…

Bridge Systems Engineer (PHBR-BSE) Training in Japan

Ten (10) Filipino IT Engineers (software and web developers/programmers) from different IT companies were sent to Japan last February 5, 2012 to participate the 2-week intensive Bridge Systems Engineer Training Program sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) through the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS), Japan. The Bridge Systems Engineer (Bridge SE) program was participated by the Philippines and Vietnam.

 

I was lucky enough to be part of the group. The Bridge SE Training Program in Japan, which was held at the Yokohama Kenshu Center, was actually the Phase 2 of the said program. Phase 1 was held in Cebu and Manila last October 2011 through its partnered organization, the Philippine National IT Standards (PhilNITS) Foundation. During Phase 1, we were introduced to the concept of Bridge SE and then focused in learning the Basic Japanese Language (Nihongo) for 10 days. At the end of this phase, we were given  final exam and then screened thoroughly by the AOTS in Japan for the 10 chosen IT Engineers to participate in Phase 2.

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