by Jovie Cabais | Apr 4, 2010 | Tech Updates
Auza.Net completed its selection of students who will undergo its Summer 2010 OJT Program on March 31, 2010. More than 30 applicants were screened and interviewed from Bohol Island State University, Holy Name University and University of Bohol. 16 promising students qualified for the program and will start their OJT program on April 5, 2010. The company’s summer OJT program has been a successful project allowing its trainees to be highly qualified job applicants to various IT companies upon graduation. The students who qualified, in alphabetical order, are: Alinab, Ivy Alombro, Jagad Marxcarlo Balaba, Noel Bonao, Analyn Calope, Mary Lee Corrales, Mark Angelou Damasin, Anna Rea Jumila, Mikejun Naguita, Hanna Harrette Naquila, Lalaine Malayao, Glenn Mark Omalsa, Louraine Pequino, Catherine Raut, Mary Jean Suarez, Sweetania Tapuroc, Mark Paul Share...
by Jovie Cabais | Apr 4, 2010 | Tech Updates
The Bohol ICT Council will hold a logo design contest open to everybody from students to professional designers to design the council’s official logo. Deadline for submission of contest entries will be on April 23, 2010. The contest will include a period of online voting until 12 noon on May 14, 2010 after which the panel of judges will make the selection for the winning design. The winner will receive Php2,500 and a certificate. The logo should only have a maximum of two colors and should be predominantly blue. There should be no gradient in the design and the logo should appear clear and readable even in monochrome. It should also represent the council as the advising body as well as the driving force in the development of the ICT industry in Bohol. It should be submitted in 3 sizes: 1″ x 1″, 5″ x 5″ and 12″ x 12″, at 150dpi in .jpg or .gif format. If the design is rectangular, the width should be 1″, 5″ and 12″. Contest entries must be submitted via email to info@bictc.org. Please include your full name, contact numbers and address in your email. Share...
by Jovie Cabais | Apr 4, 2010 | Tech Updates
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) set up the website http:// www.cbcponline.net/visitaiglesia/ that features seven Metro Manila churches showing their facades and interiors. The site is also a multimedia prayer guide to the stations of the cross. The user can see the Manila Cathedral, San Agustin Church, Quiapo Church, San Lorenzo Ruiz Church, Tondo Church, Malate Church and Baclaran Church. In the website www.inquirer.net, CBCP spokesperson Msgr. Pedro Quitorio said that the online Visita Iglesia was intended for overseas Filipino workers living in non-Catholic countries and those who cannot physically visit churches. It was not intended for those capable of going to the churches and who just want to stay at home, he said. It is certainly not an excuse for anyone who simply wants to stay home but is well capable of doing his obligations for the Holy Week. Share...
by Jovie Cabais | Mar 28, 2010 | Tech Updates
Auza.Net will start its Website Design Contest 2010 this summer and to make the contest more exciting, the following contest rules will be implemented: 1. Contestants must be students who are not yet college graduates, except for October 2009 and March 2010 college graduates who are still allowed to join. 2. Each contestant must get a sponsoring organization or company and the website to be designed will be for that sponsor. 3. Only WordPress as CMS is allowed and only plugins and themes downloadable from within WordPress are allowed. All valid contest entries will be hosted by Auza.Net. 4. Included in the criteria for judging is the number of votes received via the contest web page. 5. Also included in the criteria is the popularity of the entry as measured in number of unique viewers by Google Analytics. More detailed rules will be published later. Students who wish to join the contest must now start looking for a sponsor whose company or organization needs a new website or needs a redesign. The sponsor will not spend anything during the contest and may win a one-year web management service from Auza.Net if the contestant wins. Share...
by Jovie Cabais | Mar 28, 2010 | Tech Updates
The Internet is a relatively new media, yet it has introduced new business models that shattered long-standing ones. Books, CDs and practically anything that can be packaged and shipped may now be sold online. Publishers create online versions of their newspapers and magazines then sold online advertisement to companies targetting the audience of their publications. How can online advertising help my business? Isn’t my website enough? The most important thing in online advertising is targetting your market. You can’t just have your ad displayed on millions of users in Facebook for example and expect a significant sales increase if you don’t target the audience properly. For example, if you are a luxury resort or hotel operator in Panglao, Bohol, you probably should target US and Europe users from age 30 to 60 who are professionals or businessmen and not users below 20 who are in developing countries. If you offer services targetted to OFWs or balikbayans, then online sites of local publications or radio (like www.dyrdam.com or www.boholnewsdaily.com) would be the ideal websites for your ad placements. The reason for this is that these websites are being viewed regularly by Boholanos around the world with the largest group from California, USA. If your ads appear regularly on these sites, then the users will have much better recall of your services when they go to Bohol for a vacation. Or if you offer flower delivery service in Bohol, these users will click on your ad when someone’s birthday in Bohol is near. When advertising online, as with any other media, a one-time placement is not enough for you to see...
