James Ryan Jonas

Apple iPad 2 reviews, prices, specs, photos

A total of 15 million Apple iPad units were sold during the first nine months of its release, according to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. That’s more than the total number of all other tablet PC sales combined.

But Apple seems bent on dominating that market further. Less than a year after the first Apple iPad was released, here comes a thinner, lighter and superbly faster upgrade: the Apple iPad 2.

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Top 10 Richest and Most Powerful Celebrities in the US (2010)

To be a Hollywood celebrity is arguably to be in a position of power. The millions of dollars of earnings and throngs of adulating fans are proof of this.

In the US, Forbes Magazine compiled The Celebrity 100 — a ranking of the top 100 celebrities in the US based on money and fame.

Earnings estimates were based on income from films, TV shows, endorsements, books and other entertainment ventures. Fame was calculated through Google web hits, blog search, appearances on the cover of magazines, and number of Facebook friends and Twitter followers.

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The 50 Top-Ranked Blogs in the Philippines

Top 50 Philippine BlogsFor the past three years now, we have constantly tracked the Alexa ranking of most blogs in the Philippines (see the 2009 and 2008 Top Blogs list).

Yes, we know, the Alexa system has its weaknesses. But still its objective data — which is based on site visits, user pageviews, time on site, and search traffic stats, among others — can provide blog owners with an idea of how well their blogs fare with other blogs.

Without further ado, we present below the Top 50 Philippine Blogs in 2010, based on their 3-month Alexa traffic rank.

Top 50 Philippine BlogsFor the past three years now, we have constantly tracked the Alexa ranking of most blogs in the Philippines (see the 2009 and 2008 Top Blogs list).

Yes, we know, the Alexa system has its weaknesses. But still its objective data — which is based on site visits, user pageviews, time on site, and search traffic stats, among others — can provide blog owners with an idea of how well their blogs fare with other blogs.

Without further ado, we present below the Top 50 Philippine Blogs in 2010, based on their 3-month Alexa traffic rank.

Top 50 Philippine BlogsFor the past three years now, we have constantly tracked the Alexa ranking of most blogs in the Philippines (see the 2009 and 2008 Top Blogs list).

Yes, we know, the Alexa system has its weaknesses. But still its objective data — which is based on site visits, user pageviews, time on site, and search traffic stats, among others — can provide blog owners with an idea of how well their blogs fare with other blogs.

Without further ado, we present below the Top 50 Philippine Blogs in 2010, based on their 3-month Alexa traffic rank.

Top 50 Philippine BlogsFor the past three years now, we have constantly tracked the Alexa ranking of most blogs in the Philippines (see the 2009 and 2008 Top Blogs list).

Yes, we know, the Alexa system has its weaknesses. But still its objective data — which is based on site visits, user pageviews, time on site, and search traffic stats, among others — can provide blog owners with an idea of how well their blogs fare with other blogs.

Without further ado, we present below the Top 50 Philippine Blogs in 2010, based on their 3-month Alexa traffic rank.

Top 50 Philippine BlogsFor the past three years now, we have constantly tracked the Alexa ranking of most blogs in the Philippines (see the 2009 and 2008 Top Blogs list).

Yes, we know, the Alexa system has its weaknesses. But still its objective data — which is based on site visits, user pageviews, time on site, and search traffic stats, among others — can provide blog owners with an idea of how well their blogs fare with other blogs.

Without further ado, we present below the Top 50 Philippine Blogs in 2010, based on their 3-month Alexa traffic rank.

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10 Celebrities who Graduated from Harvard or Yale University

As a follow-up to our list of the 10 Most Successful CEO College Drop-outs, we wanted to feature celebrities who also did not finish school but became popular. But then again, aren’t there a lot of stars who did not go to school?

We figured it will be more inspiring and interesting to showcase famous celebrities who not only studied but also received a diploma from either of the two prestigious US schools, Harvard University and Yale University.

Here is our list of the 10 popular stars who went to Harvard or Yale for their undergraduate degrees.

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Online trading link of 4 ASEAN stock markets

I read on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) website today that there is a current proposal among four (4) Southeast Asian countries to interconnect their stock markets.

According to the press release, the trading link which is expected to electronically interconnect the stock markets of the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore will most probably go live by the end of 2011.

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Top 5 Group Buying sites in the Philippines

Without a doubt, group buying websites have invaded the Philippines. We scoured the Internet and our latest count shows that there are at least 20 active (and legitimate) group buying sites operating in the country.

What is a Group Buying Site?

A Group Buying site banks on the power of “collective buying.”  It is a well-accepted fact that individually, people don’t have much bargaining power versus the seller when buying a product or service. When these people unite, though, they can as a group negotiate for lower prices or better deals.

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50 Cent’s tweet sends HNHI stock up 290%

50 Cent - Twitter post sends HNHI stock up 290%It’s amazing how a simple 140-character tweet could help one unknown stock skyrocket in price. Of course, it helps if that post was twitted by a celebrity like rapper 50 Cent.

This was exactly what happened last week when 50 Cent’s tweets about a relatively unknown company — H & H Imports Inc. (HNHI) — sent the company’s stock price surging 290% in just one day.

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