by admin | Jun 23, 2012 | Announcements
On June 23, 2012, Auza.Net formally opened its business services center located at Rm 1, K of C Building, K of C Drive, Tagbilaran City. The center offers digital printing, color photocopy, international fax, online marketing, on-the-job training, Linux training and many more. The company has reached nearly 8 years of providing Bohol with premium internet connection and website development services catering mostly to the local market. It now expands its services to cater to the needs of businesses, professionals and students in the area. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was led by the company’s technology consultant, Engr. Jerome Auza, together with his wife, Dr. Elva Auza and the blessing of the office was officiated by Fr. Desiderio “Kiking” Magdoza of the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. The celebration was attended by close family and friends with the company’s on-the-Job trainees. Beginning Monday, the Auza.net Business Services Center will be providing the following services: Online Marketing On-the-Job Training and lectures for IT and Computer Students Linux Download and Installation Introduction to Linux for Office and Home Use Scanning Colored/black and white Printing Clear photocopy Bulk printing and scanning Fax (Local, National and International) ID and photo printing Encoding Lamination Cell phone...
by admin | Jun 10, 2012 | Announcements, Tech Updates
Share Tweet Information technology (IT) enthusiasts organized its first meetup in Bohol at the Auza.Net Training Center at the K of C Recreation Center on June 9, 2012. The meetup was attended by a mix of entrepreneurs, professionals, hobbyists and students and a representative of TechTalks.ph – Cebu. The group introduced themselves and talked about their experiences in IT in Bohol and also discussed potential opportunities. The meetup was organized by Ben Skelton, a British entrepreneur who has a setup shop in Baclayon, Bohol and Jerome Auza of Auza.Net in coordination with Ms. Tina Amper of TechTalks.ph. Ms. Amper is currently based in California and provided the help through online methods. Ppip Cimafranca, a member of TechTalks.ph – Cebu travelled to Tagbilaran to attend the meetup and share his insights and experience with TechTalks.ph – Cebu. The students expressed their interest to learn relevant matters on the IT industry that might help them in future work or ventures. Incidentally, this weekly column on the Bohol Chronicle has a tag line of “TechTalk”. The Cebu group has organized Startup Weekend Cebu (http://cebu.startupweekend.org/) on May 11-13, 2012 and a similar activity is being discussed by the Bohol group. Startup Weekend started in Boulder, Colorado and became a Seattle, Washington based non-profit organization. It organizes 54-hour weekend events during which groups of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more pitch ideas for new startup companies, form teams around those ideas, and work to develop a working prototype, demo, and/or presentation by Sunday evening. Such an activity may help spur IT based projects based in Bohol that may...
by magnolia_eic | May 13, 2012 | Announcements, Tech Updates, TechTalk, What's New?
Flashback: The brand Alcatel was one of the manufacturers who first introduced to us the mobile phone. A few years back, they sold the famous soap-shaped mobile phone, that had a small screen with orange backlighting. Back then, they weren’t the coolest designs you could find, but their phones were as sturdy as the phones from the brands that lead the market during that time. That “safeguard” shaped phone was this writer’s first mobile phone. It was handed down, and I was happy and content because it did what it had to do, and that was to text and call my friends and family. Then, as more phones and brands eventually entered the country, the manufacturer Alcatel suddenly went silent. Surprise comeback: I call it a surprise comeback because, well, I think they just came out of nowhere and attacked the Philippine mobile industry again. The last time I saw an Alcatel phone was, I think during 2010. It was one of my friend’s phones and I was surprised at how chic and sleek their designs were becoming. Then, enter this year, particularly yesterday, at the BQ Mall Atrium, where the Alcatel One Touch Nation proudly presented their five new mobile phones. Save N’ Earn has gathered the market’s mobile phone manufacturers and put them together for an Expo in time with the TBTK celebrations. The Phones: The onetouch 810D Glam: The phone especially made for the ladies. Specs: Dual Sim; Expandable Memory up to 16GB; MP3 Player and FM Radio The onetouch 918N Glory: Alcatel describes it just as it is, Easy, practical and fun. Specs: Android 2.3...
by Jovie Cabais | Apr 15, 2012 | Tech Updates
Auza.Net will start its training sessions beginning Monday, April 16, 2012. Trainings will be held inside the K of C Recreation Center Building, at the Auza.Net training area. Participants coming from Bohol’s leading institutions have enlisted to join the program. These trainees will undergo sessions and will be given assignments in connection to their weekly topics. Training will end on the first week of June. Students who are interested and haven’t passed their application letters and resumes may still catch up by coming to the program’s orientation on Monday, 9:30am at the Auza.Net Training Center inside the K of C Recreation Center Building. The following students who have already taken the Applicant Assessment Test are all qualified to enroll in the training program: 1. Auza, Genesis – BISU – Bilar 2. Batangon, Marifel – ACLC 3. Borja, Debra May – UB 4. Cenabre, Ma. Sheila – ACLC 5. Clave, Welliam – ACLC 6. Comillas, Christopher – UB 7. Forinas, Miguelito – Informatics 8. Gunday, Vince – UB 9. Lanada, Charles Henry – UB 10. Lorzano III, Wenceslao – ACLC 11.Matela, Julieta – ACLC 12.Ruedas, Ken Laury – UB 13.Salabsab, Wilson – ACLC 14.Salcedo, Loriel – ACLC 15.Santos, Joseph – ACLC 16.Simbajon, Joydah – Informatics 17.Tabat, Richie Noel – TESDA – Tubigon 18.Triunfante, Johnalyn – ACLC Share...
by Jovie Cabais | Apr 15, 2012 | Tech Updates
When Auza.Net started operations in Bohol in 2005, the company immediately started promoting the use of open source software as alternative to using pirated commercial software. At that time, it was a bit hard to convince Boholano users to move to Linux and OpenOffice.Org because the user interface of most Linux distributions were not that advanced yet. This year, the Philippine Anti-Piracy Team has been cracking down small time and big time software pirates as reported on their website at www.papt.org.ph. They are catching violators from computer technicians installing pirated software to large corporations using pirated software in their main business operations. Penalties and imprisonment have been slapped to convicted violators. If your business is found using pirated software, all computers may be confiscated and used as evidence. That means your business could shutdown. It’s no surprise that piracy is prevalent with software licenses increasing the cost of a computer significantly. Take for example, a popular operating system called Windows 7 will cost about Php 4,000 to Php6,000 per computer. The popular office productivity suite called MS Office will cost about Php11,000. The graphics software called Photoshop is at least Php30,000. Compare that with computer hardware costing as low as Php 12,000 without the operating system and office productivity software. Fortunately, the Linux operating system has evolved very significantly in the last seven years. The OpenOffice.Org office productivity software is now also comparable to the commercial version. The graphics editing software called GIMP has improved very significantly also. Users have a wide array of choices of which Linux distroy they would like to install. Old computers can still be...
by magnolia_eic | Mar 19, 2012 | Tech Updates, TechTalk
Just when you thought Facebook has showed you all they have to offer, think again. This time, the new app they are offering may actually be of real significance than most of the entertainment apps that they offer now. Facebook perks up its kind of “becoming sleepy” users — most of them due to the Timeline innovation by offering the app called “Napkin Labs”. We don’t know for sure why its called napkin labs, but we’re thinking that’s because most brilliant ideas have all been put in a napkin first in some restaurant when future business partners suddenly have that lightbulb moment. Napkin Labs makes interactive marketing tools for Facebook. The idea is that it makes a suite of customized apps that make brand pages interactive. You see, most brands that have Facebook pages have already made the first step in marketing through Facebook, and that is, making their presence known through the Like button. However, aside from comments here and there, and some promotions, brand pages still have a lot of potential business usage that hasn’t been applied yet. Now, enter the Napkin Labs, what does it really have to offer? The company offers four different apps. “Brainstorm” is a basic crowdsourcing platform that lets brands ask their community a question. “Photoboard” collects and displays community-sourced images. “Pipeline” turns Facebook pages into open forums. And “Superfans” shows who participates the most in campaigns, then rewards them. Most of the tools come with analytics and moderation features. It is basically an online “lab space” where the brands get to collaborate with their users on products, designs and anything else....
by magnolia_eic | Mar 19, 2012 | Tech Updates, TechTalk
Apple has yet again produced another jaw dropping tablet computer in its release of the third-generation iPad, and no, its not called the iPad 3, just plain iPad. Weird right? Anyway, the iPad’s new features include a more powerful processor, attention-catching resolution at par with the iPhone 4S, and the ability to connect to the latest 4G LTE of telco networks that move data faster than its predecessors. Apple chief executive Tim Cook has described the release as the poster child of the post-PC world, by reason that for the last three months of the last year, iPad sales topped those of any personal computer sales. Here are some more of its specs: 1. The processor is an Apple A5X ARM-based unit – it has quad-core graphics but is still a dual-core based unit. 2. Resolution is a stunning 2048 x 1536 pixels 3. You can now record 1080p video on the iPad 3 with an iSight camera. The rear camera is set at 5 megapixels and has a 5-element lens plus auto face-detection, auto focus lock and image stabilisation for video. 4. Dictation is now included within iOS 5.1 on the new iPad. Instead of typing, tap the microphone icon on the keyboard, then say what you want to say. Tap done, and iPad converts your words into text. 5. Apple has announced iPhoto for the iPad. It looks terrific and seems like a semi-pro tool there are some really professional photo editing tools in there. 6. The new iPad delivers the same battery life as the iPad – that’s 10 hours – with a 9 hours if you’re using LTE. Impressive right? To...
by magnolia_eic | Feb 28, 2012 | Announcements, Training, What's New?
Auza.Net is once again opening its doors to Summer On-the-Job Trainees for 2012. If you are in your third, fourth or fifth year of a course related to IT, and want to gain more skills in WordPress, PHP, networking, Linux, and a lot more, then we are the right training place for you! Want to join? Send us your application letter and resume, addressed to: The OJT Program Coordinator Auza.Net Training Center K of C Recreation Center Bldg., Gallares St., Tagbilaran...
by magnolia_eic | Feb 28, 2012 | Tech Updates, TechTalk
In the ever-growing and fast paced world of social networking on the internet, it takes some amount of uniqueness and creativity to get you noticed. This site definitely gives you both. If on Facebook and Twitter, you get loads of conversations and status updates, but on Pinterest, you get to have your own digital “corkboard or pinboard”, where you can “pin” your interests (therefore the name Pinterest). This site focuses on pictures depicting whatever its user likes, such as clothing, DIY crafts, furniture, artworks, architecture, places around the world and basically almost anything under the sun. What’s even better is that you can use Pinterest to showcase your masterpieces, crafts or any other projects for the world to see. You can have as many “pinboards” as you like so that you can organize your Pins, and you can also follow others whose pins you like most. Even better? Whenever there are upcoming occasions like weddings, birthdays, Christenings, Christmas and all other in between celebrations, you can go to Pinterest and find the most artistic ideas for themes, invitations and gifts. The site has been talked about for a time by sites such as mashable.com and the tech segment on cnn.com. It has also been included in Time Magazine’s “50 Best Websites of 2011” and in December 2011, entered the Top 10 Social Networks according to Hitwise data with 11 million total visits per week. To join the site, go to www.pinterest.com and click “request an invite”. Wait for about a couple of hours to one day, so that the guys at Pinterests will send you an invite. Follow the...
by magnolia_eic | Feb 21, 2012 | Tech Updates, TechTalk
Apple will soon be launching its latest big cat-themed Mac OS X, version 10.8: Mountain Lion. At 8:30 a.m. EST Thursday, the developer preview version of the new OS was live and available to Apple’s huge number of app makers. The new OS is a few more vital steps closer to fully connecting your world on the Mac with that on your iPhone and iPad. This OS dumped iChat in favor of iMessage and of course, Twitter, almost making your Mac moonlight an iPad. However, it is not really the one OS that rules it all. OS 10.7, or Lion, launched in July 2011 has captured the hearts 30% of Mac users who have it already installed, while another 50% still favor the Snow Leopard. The iPad also clearly influenced the success of the device. It introduced such iOS-like features as multi-touch gestures on the trackpad and a “launchpad” of apps that looked just like iPad’ home screen. With these developments, are the Mac OS X and the iOS heading for a merger? Right now, the iOS has practically moved in to Mac’s crib. According to Mashable.com, if Lion was a toothbrush in the bathroom, Mountain Lion is a chest of drawers in the bedroom. Reminders, iMessage, Game Center, Notifications, iCloud and Twitter integration — all iOS’s most intimate stuff is here, and it all pretty much looks the same as it does on the iPad. Most of it is designed to sync up so it is exactly the same. The new Mac OS also has given up most of its usual features such as bouncing icons on the...
