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Yahoo Celebrity Awards

June 25, 2014 by Larawan@Kape

Yahoo Celebrity Awards Receives Over 9 Million Fan Votes and Counting

Manila, [June 25, 2014] – The 4th Yahoo Celebrity Awards (formerly Yahoo OMG! Awards) is proving to be the most exciting one yet! After only three weeks of voting, over 9 million votes were notched from online votes, surpassing last year’s total number of votes!

Yahoo Celebrity Awards honors Filipino celebrities from the fields of movies, music, radio and television, who are voted into the top ranks by their fans from across the world. This is the fourth consecutive year of Yahoo Celebrity Awards, which are not only the most popular awards program in the country but also uniquely “Powered by You” – as fans have the exclusive power to vote for their favorite stars.

Kate Delos Reyes, Country Manager and Country Editor of Yahoo Philippines was ecstatic with the results and said, “We all know how much Filipino fans love our celebrities! Now is the time to show them how important they are to you. Ask your friends and family to vote to make sure your favorites win in their respective categories!”

This year’s awards is made more exciting with the addition of 10 new categories; Celebrity Couple, Celebrity Family, Male and Female Hothletes, Band of the Year, Male and Female ‘Kontrabida’, Emerging Band, Song of the Year and Social Media Star. There are 140 nominees across 28 categories.

Mike Constantino, Country Sales Director added, “After an early analysis, we can already see some celebrities dominating the votes in their respective categories. Regularly checking the voting is such an exciting exercise. We are so happy that Filipino fans are very passionate about their celebrities and turn to Yahoo as their source for celebrity news!”

Voting for nominees is open online at yahoo.com.ph/celebrityawards until July 12, 2014. Users may follow the awards on Twitter @yahooph #YahooAwards. The winners will be announced at the awards night on July 18 at the Mall of Asia Arena. Tickets are available for FREE at SM Tickets.

The Yahoo Celebrity Awards is supported by leading brands in the Philippines, including McDonald’s, KakaoTalk, PLDT HOME Bro Ultera, JAG Jeans, Emperador Light, Jack & Jill Piattos and Pond’s.

About Yahoo

Yahoo is focused on making the world’s daily habits inspiring and entertaining. By creating highly personalized experiences for our users, we keep people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the world. In turn, we create value for advertisers by connecting them with the audiences that build their businesses. Yahoo is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and has offices located throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific (APAC) and the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.net) or the Company’s blog (yahoo.tumblr.com).

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Philips Lighting Innovation

June 21, 2014 by Larawan@Kape

Leader in LED gives a glimpse of the future

Lighting innovation concepts from Philips are set to revolutionize the landscape of lighting

“Imagine a future where you can just let your kitchen lights flash colors in time to a dance tune, or where your lighting can notify you of whether or not it will rain,” said Fabia Tetteroo-Bueno, Country Manager of Philips Philippines. “Imagine if you are away from home but still be able to open the lights there with just a swipe on your cellphone.”

Philips Philippines is opening new possibilities in the future of lighting with its roster of Innovation Concepts that fuse lighting with creativity in ways that were previously considered unimaginable.

“Light is inspiration,” continues Tetteroo-Bueno during the unveiling of the company’s newest Innovation Concepts. “Whether you are resting inside your home or working at the office, light can have a dramatic effect on how we do things.”

She continued, “With our inspiration-focused Innovation Concepts, we stretch the technology further to help improve the lives of people. And we do so by adding a new dimension to lighting—creative expression.”

At the same time, the current lighting solutions from Philips also address the need for more energy-efficient lighting in the Philippines. In fact, shifting to LEDs and controls from old, inefficient lighting can result in 85 percent more savings for consumers.

“Philips is driving the switch to energy-efficient solutions, and shaping the future with exciting new light applications,” asserted Tetteroo-Bueno. “Lighting technology can now be seamlessly integrated into novel technologies that deliver in both form and function. Needless to say, it is an exciting time for the company, as it discovers more meaningful innovations that fill the need for inspirational lighting.”

In line with this, Philips introduced six innovation concepts that embody the future of lighting—Flexibility, Controllability, Alternative Energy, Connectivity, Dynamism, and Materials Integration. Tetteroo-Bueno described, “These concepts exemplify our vision for lighting in the next decade.”

Philips Lighting Innovation Concepts

Darkness dramatically affects the lives of people, often reduces their quality of work and persistence to foresee what lies ahead. Because Philips believes that lighting experience can be taken to the next level, six different Innovation Concepts have been crafted to change perspectives in terms of lighting and design symmetry. Thought it was impossible? For Philips, everything is possible.

Alternative Energy

Philips has created a breakthrough by using alternative energy through solar-powered LED lighting, providing bright expertise when used in open areas including streets, roads and soccer fields. Solar energy, one of the innovations that Philips boasts, is developed for optimum energy-saving lighting system that uses renewable and free energy. It has higher efficiency compared with conventional lighting.

Solar panels convert solar energy to electrical energy and store it in the battery, so that at night, the battery is discharged and electrical energy is released. It has easy installation and maintenance features, and is suitable for all outdoor lighting. These solar-powered LED lights are individually designed to depending on different conditions. Solar lights are ideal for application in areas with insufficient electricity.

Connectivity

Philips has developed the Philips Hue that lets the user control lighting through smartphones and Android devices. This unique lighting product has the ability to light up or off depending on the user’s preference. Philips Hue operates with an Internet service provider and can connect to the world in exciting, new ways.

Philips Hue can provide personal wireless lighting service while giving you the privilege to change the color of your home. An alarm may be set so lights come on automatically or control it using the portal. With its smart geofencing technology, lights will initially turn on the moment you enter the door.

Controllability

The Antumbra series features presence, light and temperature sensors. When the Antumbra panel detects the body’s magnetic field, the lights automatically open with a striking wall-wash lighting effect. This innovative lighting solution is perfect for high-end residential units and commercial establishments that aim to achieve seamless style and sophistication. The Antumbra series offers a unique balance of form and function.

The Antumbra Panel Series was superbly designed to revolutionize the way people interact with user interface. This solution paves the way for people to use user interface keypad or panel to control their desired lighting system. It consists of three types of panels—namely, the Antumbra Button, Antumbra Touch, and Antumbra Display—that allows the user to perform different functions.

Dynamism

When it comes to state-of-the-art lighting systems, Philips Color Kinetics is surely on top of the list. With the combination of powerful LED lights and advanced digital control technology, landmarks around the world—including the Empire State Building—are lit up to create breathtaking imagery. This is an innovation that opens the eyes of everyone, bolstering futuristic intuition and architectural aspiration.

This architectural and lifestyle lighting system uses multitudes of colors to deliver more than just simple lighting. This is ideal for architectural structures, interiors and works of art to transform spaces and incite imagination. The Philips Color Kinetics also offers saturated, controllable, light for interior and exterior architectural applications and dynamic accent lighting to change lighting perspectives and enhance designs of renowned establishments.

Flexibility

Philips has created an interactive display of lights with the use of Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), creating unparalleled level of design freedom for such a sophisticated lighting solution.Philips Living Shapes that contain OLEDs help emit light when a person or object is reflected, and appears as a mirror when apart from physical objects. This interactive mirror uses dozens of Lumiblade OLEDs to captivate audiences with beautiful, natural light.

Aside from the Living Shapes, falling under the Flexibility concept is the Living Sculpture that is concentrated fully on the design. This Philips innovation allows a spacial light construction that uses three-dimensional surfaces. This experience creates a spell-binding light installation within minutes of application to produce state-of-the-art lighting effects. This is ideal for corporate headquarters, five-star hotels, clubs, and restaurants, serving as beautifully-lit chandeliers above reception desks, dining tables and bar counters.

An unparalleled level of design is also provided by Living Sculpture. The flexibility concept paved the way for this product’s freedom to prop up sophisticated lighting solutions and create stunning light designs upon installation. The design, arrangement, setup and operation is completely on the hands of the consumer, allowing them to control light in ways unimaginable.

Materials Integration

Philips has maximized commercial spaces through sensory luminous textile panels. Multi-colored LED modules were integrated with acoustic textile panels to show dynamic content and soften sound. Because this product is engineered to sensor shapes, a very special effect that integrates diffused light and aesthetics is formed. With design freedom and fully customizable content, the luminous textile produces dream-like quality like nothing you’ve seen before.

The panels are furnished with Kvadrat Soft Cell textile that keeps fabric under constant tension within the aluminium frame. These textiles are genetically created to let consumers enjoy the stunning look of high-quality panels, meeting the requirements for abrasion, light-fastness and flammability. This concept may be installed as part of the overall make-up of the building or post-fit solution for sound absorption. This innovative solution is ideal for modern offices, hotel hallways and meeting areas to bring spaces back to life.

What happens when you integrate sustainable LED lighting with superior sound absorption? PERFECTION. With Soundlight Comfort Ceiling (SLCC), tranquillity has become the inspiration to improve comfort and performance in every commercial space. Philips has designed this concept with the awareness that the human senses are adaptive to outdoor environment, that’s why with the materials integration concept as basis for the formulation of SLCC, consumers may achieve the indoor environment where light and sound behave naturally.

This innovation creates a natural lighting atmosphere, preventing light glares that may cause eyestrain. Philips has designed this concept to attain high visual comfort to bolster people’s concentration as it was designed to reduce unwanted sounds, and limits sound propagation that causes disturbances from unnecessary noise.

About Royal Philips:

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a diversified health and well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through meaningful innovation in the areas of Healthcare, Consumer Lifestyle and Lighting. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips posted 2013 sales of EUR 23.3 billion and employs approximately 115,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries. The company is a leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as male shaving and grooming and oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter.

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Philips launch their of of kind LED Light Technology with sensor, In spite that we all know philips bring us light, then a cooling air to our bedroom or in our living room & philips also bring us something to make easier to our daily life routine like brewing our coffee, a need of a hot water, ironing our clothes, cook our rice for meal, better quality sound of music, playing our favorite movie in cd or dvd format, viewing our playing movies, and of course a bulb to light up our darkest site of view.

And now Philips latest technology focuses in light innovation to give us more and powerful light in eco friendly, long lasting and big savings to our budget too. LED light is actually a technology in the world since early 30 years ago, that has been scattered in Germany in year 2001 and one of the Main Consumable Products in Europe. Now in Asia we are adopting the proof and tested technology about LED or Light Emitting Diode.

1962 – Nick Holonyack Jr. develops the red LED, the first LED of visible light. He used GaAsP (Gallium Arsenide Phosphide) on a GaAs substrate. General Electric.
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Brief History about LED or Light Emitting Diode;

For over 30 years, LEDs have been used in various areas of application, whether for industrial systems, hi-fi equipment, car lights or advertising. LED technical development continues to stride ahead. In the course of recent years, the white LEDs’ luminous efficacy has increased to a startling 130 lumens per watt and more. This is a trend that will continue into the future. In addition, the physical effect of electroluminescence was discovered more than 100 years ago.

1. HOW THEY WORK

LEDs create light by electroluminescence in a semiconductor material. Electroluminescence is the phenomenon of a material emitting light when electric current or an electric field is passed through it – this happens when electrons are sent through the material and fill electron holes. An electron hole exists where an atom lacks electrons (negatively charged) and therefore has a positive charge. Semiconductor materials like germanium or silicon can be “doped” to create and control the number of electron holes. Doping is the adding of other elements to the semiconductor material to change its properties. By doping a semiconductor you can make two separate types of semiconductors in the same crystal. The boundary between the two types is called a p-n junction. The junction only allows current to pass through it one way, this is why they are used as diodes. LEDs are made using p-n junctions. As electrons pass through one crystal to the other they fill electron holes. They emit photons (light). This is also how the semiconductor laser works.

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ASUS Enables Intel Pentium Anniversary Edition Processor

June 18, 2014 by Larawan@Kape

ASUS Enables Intel Pentium Anniversary Edition Processor Overclocking on 97, H87, B85 and H81 Series Motherboards

Latest H97, H87, B85 and H81 Series boards offer the powerful ability to overclock Intel Pentium Anniversary Edition processor and Core K Series processors

Manila, Philippines (June 17, 2014) — ASUS today announced that its H97, H87, B85 and H81 Series motherboards are able to overclock the latest Intel^® Pentium^®Anniversary Edition processor (G3258), 4th-generation Intel Core^™ K Series (‘Haswell’) and new 4th-generation Intel Core K Series (‘Haswell Refresh’) processors. The combination of the Pentium Anniversary Edition processor and non-Z chipsets represents the best choice for mainstream overclocking, delving both great value and superb performance.

The overclocking of the Intel Pentium Anniversary Edition processor, 4th-generation and new 4th-generation Intel Core K Series processors have traditionally been limited to Intel Z chipsets. With ASUS H97, H87, B85 and H81 Series motherboards, performance enthusiasts are now able to exploit the overclocking power of those processors via the award-winning ASUS UEFI BIOS.

When a compatible PentiumAnniversary Edition processor, 4th-generation or new 4th-generation Intel Core K Series processor is inserted into an ASUS H97, H87, B85 or H81 Series motherboard, the CPU’s overclocking potential will be detected automatically and the related tuning items to adjust the CPU ratio will appear in the UEFI BIOS.

Notes:

1. Users should refer to the relevant ASUS motherboard support page for correct BIOS version.

2. The 4th-generation Intel Core K Series (‘Haswell’ and ‘Haswell Refresh’) processors include Core i7 4770K, Core i5 4670K, Core i7-4790K and i5-4690K. ASUS does not guarantee that later-announced Intel CPUs with overclocking features (‘Haswell Refresh K’ Series) will be overclockable on ASUS H97, H87, B85 and H81 Series motherboards.

3. ASUS H97 Series motherboards are able to overclock only the ‘CPU ratio’ of the new Pentium processor, 4th-generation and new 4th-generation Intel Core K Series (‘Haswell and Haswell Refresh’) processors.

4. ASUS does not guarantee that Intel new Pentium processor and Core K Series (‘Haswell’ and ‘Haswell Refresh’) processors will be overclockable on ASUS H97, H87, B85 and H81 Series motherboards in the event that Intel issues software and firmware updates that result in function changes.

5. Overclocking may affect a system’s stability, or even cause damage to the components and devices. Overclocking is always conducted as the user’s own risk and expense. ASUS is not responsible for any damage caused as a result of overclocking.

AVAILABILITY & PRICING

ASUS H97, H87, B85 and H81 Series motherboards are already available in the Philippines.

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About ASUS

ASUS is a worldwide top-three consumer notebook vendor and maker of the world’s best-selling, most award-winning, motherboards. A leading enterprise in the new digital era, ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today’s digital home and office, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktop and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, servers, multimedia devices, wireless solutions, networking devices, tablets and smartphones. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 4,256 awards in 2013 and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with its Eee PC™. ASUS has more than 13,600 employees around the globe with a world-class R&D team of 4,500 engineers. Company revenue for 2013 was approximately US$14 billion.

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ASUS Republic of Gamers Launches Epic Gaming Equipment at Computex 2014

ASUS Republic of Gamers Launches Epic Gaming

June 8, 2014 by Larawan@Kape

Gaming gear revealed include the G20 desktop, GR8 console PC, GX500 notebook, Maximus VII Formula, Maximus VII Impact and Crossblade Ranger motherboards,
Ares III graphics card, Gladius mouse and GK2000 keyboard

Computex, Taipei, Taiwan (3 June, 2014) — ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today showcased at Computex 2014 its new line-up of gaming gear, each and every product crafted with the epic power and beauty demanded by the world’s best gamers.

The awesome gears on display have been created by ROG for champions in pursuit of portability, power and extreme performance. The portable and powerful gaming products include the G20 desktop designed to dominate small-form-factor gaming, the market-redefining GR8 that delivers PC gaming power in console form, the ultra-thin, ultra-cool GX500 gaming notebook, the Gladius gaming mouse with epic ergonomics and the GK2000 keyboard, which employs mechanical switches for high tactility and superb responsiveness.

To tantalize performance enthusiasts, ROG showcased Maximus VII Formula, our flagship Z97-based gaming ATX motherboard, the Maximus VII Impact mini-ITX powerhouse, Crossblade Ranger — ROG’s first AMD FM2+ gaming motherboard — and the limited-edition Ares III, world’s fastest graphics card powered by dual Radeon™ Hawaii XT graphics-processing units (GPUs) and cooled by a custom-designed water block.

Commenting on ROG’s Computex 2014 presentation, ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih said: “Performance is what we live and breathe for! And aesthetics is about creating a sense of pride and belonging, way beyond the use of lines and colors. We take it upon ourselves to transform your desires and imagination into myriad products that are both beautiful and powerful — to deliver the most epic gaming experience. This time, we aim to break all the boundaries that confines hard-core gaming into any designated space.”

Invited to the stage by Mr Shih, Intel® Vice President, PC Client Group & GM, Desktop Client Platform Group, Lisa Graff remarked: “We at Intel recognize the small-form-factor gaming trend and are delighted that ASUS has embraced this trend in its new products In Search Of Incredible”. She also commented: “The combination of ASUS products and innovative Intel technologies, including Intel 4th-generation Core processors, Intel Ethernet products and Intel Thunderbolt^™ products, deliver industry-leading experiences.”

Created for champions in pursuit of portability and power

ROG G20 gaming desktop

ROG G20 is designed to dominate the field of small-form-factor gaming desktops, and has already received the exclusive Best Choice of the Year Award and Best Choice Golden Award at Computex. The G20 features a compact 12.5-liter case that houses an Intel Core™ i7 processor and an NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX™ 780 graphics card for unstoppable HD-gaming performance and entertainment.

G20 has no visible exhaust vents, but takes advantage of natural convection with a thermal design featuring a hidden airflow tunnel that ensures efficient heat management and near-silent operation, measuring just 25dB at idle. G20’s case has a sophisticated design, with aggressive lines, Mayan stenciling, matt-black finish and customizable lighting effects that showcase up to eight-million colors across three different zones.

G20 is as energy-efficient as it is powerful. In Eco Energy Mode, it requires only 20W — delivering energy savings 50% better than the industry average. It also features the ASUS-exclusive Aegis application for monitoring system performance through a gamer-friendly user interface.

ROG GR8 console gaming PC

ROG GR8 is full-on PC gaming with high style and fantastic convenience. With an Intel Core i7 processor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750Ti graphics, GR8 packs immense PC power into sleek console dimensions for gaming experiences that push far beyond your expectations. From the outstanding SupremeFX audio output to 4K/UHD graphics and no-lag Gigabit Ethernet networking, along with a design allowing easy upgrades of storage devices and memory, GR8 is hardcoded for gaming. The slimline design is as at home in the living room as it is in a bedroom, and occupies hardly any space. It also has a built-in Miracast^™ receiver, allowing HD content from supported Android smartphones and tablets, Windows 8.1 PCs and WiDi 3.5+ devices to be streamed straight to the big screen.

The first GR8 runs Windows 8.1 and is fully compatible with SteamOS and the Steam Controller. A SteamOS-powered ROG GR8 will be launched at a later date, in alignment with Valve’s Steam Machine schedule.

ROG GX500 gaming notebook

GX500 is ROG’s new ultra-thin, ultra-cool notebook that offers gaming power to go. Just 19mm thick — the thinnest in the 15.6-inch gaming notebook class — and 2.2kg in weight, GX500 packs specifications far beyond its size, with the latest Intel Core i7 processor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M graphics. It also boasts a 4K/UHD (ultra-high-definition) 3840 x 2160-pixel display with exclusive VisualMaster technology that provides an incredibly wide color gamut of 100% NTSC, a world-first on a notebook. Gaming on the go has never looked this sharp. GX500 is also equipped with intelligent dual-fan cooling system for exceptionally-efficient and effective cooling.

ROG Gladius gaming mouse

ROG Gladius is an optical wired mouse that’s engineered for first-person-shooter games and shaped by the needs of the world’s finest gamers, who demand advanced ergonomics, precision control and fast, flexible customization.

Gladius is designed to fit the right hand perfectly and is manufactured with smooth-touch materials that stay cool in the hand, while high-quality, Mayan-patterned rubber ensures a secure grip. A fingertip DPI switch, all-programmable buttons, including two side-mounted switches, complete the epic ergonomics and impressive functionality. Gladius has a 6400dpi optical sensor capable of tracking at up to 200 inches per second and 50G acceleration. It is even customizable, with an exclusive socket design that lets users slot in new or favorite switches to set their ideal click resistance, plus the unique detachable cable design allows gamers to remove the connecting cable for tidier transport.

ROG GK2000 gaming keyboard

ROG’s new GK2000 gaming keyboard exhibits mechanical mastery to ensure gamers dominate the battlefield. With mechanical Cherry MX Red switches, gamers using GK2000 are treated to input that’s both tactile and superbly responsive.

GK2000 allows users to customize almost all keys, and multiple actions can be applied to each one, meaning even complex sequences can be enacted with one touch. Built-in anti-ghosting technology ensures that every key press counts.

GK2000 also looks as great as it commands, with premium metal accents and ROG-red backlighting with five eye-catching effects.

Engineered for champions in pursuit of extreme performance

ROG Maximus VII Formula gaming motherboard

Maximus VII Formula is ROG’s flagship Z97-based ATX gaming motherboard. All-new CrossChill Copper is engineered with a copper cooling channel that’s incredibly effective at removing heat. It’s great on air, and with liquid-cooling critical MOSFET temperatures are lowered by up to 23°C. The G1/4-inch threaded fittings mean CrossChill Copper is ready for existing cooling setups.

Maximus VII Formula includes ROG’s celebrated SupremeFX Formula 2014 technology for audio that’s as great as a dedicated sound card. With cutting-edge electromagnetic interference (EMI) isolation and exceptionally-premium components, SupremeFX Formula 2014 delivers best-in-class 120dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) audio output for gaming punch and Hi-Fi excellence. Exclusive Sonic SenseAmp technology automatically detects headphone impedance and adjusts accordingly, and SupremeFX Formula 2014 is able to drive up to 600ohm headphones. Moreover, hardware-level Sonic SoundStage applies the best audio settings for popular game genres.

ROG’s best motherboard is pre-fitted with mPCIe Combo III + 802.11ac / Bluetooth 4.0, a compact connectivity module that delivers the latest wireless technologies along with mini PCI Express (mPCIe) and M.2 (10Gbit/s PCIe x2 and 6Gb/s SATA) slots.

ROG Maximus VII Impact gaming motherboard

Maximus VII Impact is the most powerful and highly-specified Z97-based mini-ITX gaming motherboard, with a layout that delivers maximum compatibility with CPU coolers and expansion cards. It includes Impact Power II, a specially-engineered full-scale power card for exceptional performance, the SupremeFX Impact II dedicated audio card and the mPCIe Combo IV + 802.11ac/ Bluetooth 4.0 module, which features PCIe x4 bandwidth. It also benefits from Impact CoolHub, an optional card with two additional 4-pin fan headers along with an LN2 header for ultra-low-temperature overclocking adventures.

ROG Crossblade Ranger gaming motherboard

Our loyal users have long demanded that we produce an AMD-based powerhouse and the result is Crossblade Ranger — ROG’s first FM2+ gaming motherboard. Crossblade Ranger is equipped with ROG’s core game-boosting features, available on the latest Maximus VII (Z97) motherboards, including expertly optimized SupremeFX 2014 audio with SenseAmp and Sonic Studio technology, ultra-fast Intel Gigabit Ethernet and GameFirst III network-optimization software for no-delay gameplay, as well as the KeyBot, an instant keyboard-upgrade utility.

ROG Ares III water-cooled gaming graphics card

ROG exhibited the limited-edition Ares III, the world’s fastest gaming graphics card powered by hand-chosen dual Radeon^™ Hawaii XT GPUs, water-cooled to deliver 25%-cooler performance than reference R9 295X, and supported by 8GB of super-fast GDDR5 memory. The Ares III showcases exquisite craftsmanship and this can be seen in its sleek custom-designed EK water block and hand-carved details. Just 500 Ares III units will be manufactured, and each will be numbered individually, reflecting its collectible status.

ROG Swift PG278Q gaming monitor

ROG Swift PG278Q is a stunning premium 27-inch gaming monitor that is the first and fastest in the world to support NVIDIA G-SYNC™ technology for stunning smoothness, and crisp 2560 × 1440-pixel (WQHD) resolution visuals.

ROG Swift PG278Q is able to synchronize with the GPU’s render rate to provide stunning smoothness and ultra-fast response — for incredible images today and ready for the next generation of gaming. Tearing, graphics stutter and latency are a thing of the past, and a smooth visual experience is ensured by a rapid refresh rate of 144Hz and a fast 1ms response time. An exclusive dedicated Turbo key allows the user to select refresh rates of 60Hz, 120Hz or 144Hz with just one click, removing the need to faff with on-screen display (OSD) settings.

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Yahoo Celebrity Awards 2014

June 8, 2014 by Larawan@Kape

Yahoo launches Celebrity Awards 2014 in Philippines

– Pinoy stars and fans gear up for the most popular awards in the country –

– 140 nominees across 28 categories –

Manila, June 4, 2014 – Yahoo Philippines today announced the launch of the Yahoo Celebrity Awards 2014 and unveiled the nominees for this year. Yahoo Celebrity Awards (formerly OMG! Awards) honors Philippines’ celebrities from the fields of movies, music, radio and television, who are voted into the top ranks by their fans from across the world. This is the fourth consecutive year of Yahoo Celebrity Awards, which are not only the most popular awards program in the country but also uniquely “Powered by You” – as fans have the exclusive power to vote their favorite stars in.

This year, the Yahoo Celebrity Awards includes 140 nominees across 28 categories – with ten new categories added especially given the emerging trends in the entertainment industry. The event gives users a chance to vote for their favorite stars on Yahoo Celebrity and see them up-close and personal during a star-studded, glamorous evening. Fans can also request for performances by their favorite stars at the gala awards ceremony that will take place on July 18.

Commenting at the launch, Kate Delos Reyes, Country Manager and Country Editor of Yahoo Philippines said “Yahoo Celebrity Awards honors not only the Pinoy stars but also the fans who propel them to stardom. We put the fans front and center because they fuel the engine of the entertainment industry. In the last three years, Celebrity Awards has earned overwhelming response from the audience, a testament to how much we Filipinos love our celebrities.”

This year’s Celebrity Awards includes ten exciting new additions to the existing classic categories: Celebrity Couple, Celebrity Family, Male and Female Hothletes, Band of the Year, Male and Female ‘Kontrabida’, Emerging Band, Song of the Year and Social Media Star.

What makes the Yahoo Celebrity Awards even more special this year is the new ‘Yahoo-On-the-Road’ bus, which will be touring schools showcasing nominees of the Band of the Year and Emerging Band categories. The bus is fully geared for fans to engage with the bands, cast their votes and request performances.

Mike Constantino, Country Sales Director added, “The immense popularity of the Yahoo Celebrity Awards makes it an effective platform with a wide reach, for advertisers to engage their audience both online and on-ground. We are happy to partner with the leading brands in their categories to deliver some of the most sought after entertainment content generated through the Celebrity Awards to Yahoo users in Philippines.”

Commenting on the name change of the Awards, Nitin Mathur, Senior Director, Marketing, APAC, said, “After three successful editions the Yahoo OMG! Awards have been renamed as Yahoo Celebrity Awards this year. These awards are an extension of the Yahoo Celebrity site and what it stands for – rich, exciting content for entertainment enthusiasts. We believe the new name better reflects what the Awards stand for, and we are confident that fans in Philippines will show their overwhelming support for the awards this year around too.”

Yahoo encourages all fans to vote for their favorite celebrities at yahoo.com.ph/celebrityawards. Voting opens now until July 12, 2014. Users can follow the awards on Twitter at @yahooph #YahooAwards and “Like” the Yahoo Philippines Facebook page. Find more on Yahoo Celebrity.

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Yahoo Celebrity Awards rolls out the purple carpet for you on July 18 at Mall of Asia Arena. Grab your free tickets at SM Tickets.

The Yahoo Celebrity Awards is supported by leading brands in Philippines, including McDonald’s, KakaoTalk, PLDT HOME Bro Ultera, JAG Jeans and Emperador Light.

About Yahoo

Yahoo is focused on making the world’s daily habits inspiring and entertaining. By creating highly personalized experiences for our users, we keep people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the world. In turn, we create value for advertisers by connecting them with the audiences that build their businesses. Yahoo is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and has offices located throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific (APAC) and the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.net) or the Company’s blog (yahoo.tumblr.com).

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