The Vatican is endorsing new technology that brings the book of daily prayers used by priests straight onto iPhones.
The Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Social Communications is embracing the iBreviary, an iTunes application created by a technologically savvy Italian priest, the Rev. Paolo Padrini, and an Italian Web designer.
The application includes the Breviary prayer book — in Italian, English, Spanish, French and Latin and, in the near future, Portuguese and German. Another section includes the prayers of the daily Mass, and a third contains various other prayers. [More]
It’s another time of the year where people are buying new mobile phones and gadgets as a personal reward for a year of hardwork.
In the Philippines, particularly in Manila - most people have their own cellphone. No wonder, The Philippines was recognized as the worlds Texting Capital, In fact the word “Texting” originated from the Philippines to replace the word “SMS” or “Short Message Service”.
If you are in Manila or visiting Manila and you want to know where to purchase a new mobile phone, the best option is to go to a ‘tiangge’ or market stalls where you can bargain almost everything from cellphones to gadgets and cellphone accessories. Here’s the list of Metro Manila shopping centers for mobile phone bargain hunters:
- St. Francis Square- This Mall is located right at the back of SM Megamall, most mobile phone vendors here also have stalls in Greenhills.
- Greenhills Shopping Center- Greenhills is well known for great bargains. You can find all brand of brand new and pre-owned cell phones in the second floor of the Mall.
- 168 Shopping Mall- This place is known for cheap merchandise like clothing’s, gadgets and accessories! You can find cheap cell-phones but be very carefull, a lot of them are just a replica of the original or what we usually call a “China Phone”.
- Goldcrest Makati- Located near Glorietta 1, This place is very popular for techy peope. You can find almost all gadgets here, from Mp3 players, laptops, PC’s to all kind of Mobile Phones.
- Robinsons Place Manila- The Cell Phone Arena is located in the Padre Faura Wing. Although everything is a bit expensive in compare to Greenhills, This Super Mall is my personal favorite since this Mall practically have everything I’m looking for.
If you know any other place in Metro Manila where we can find great bargain for Cell Phones, Please let me know so I can add it in the list:)
Every end of the month, the arrival of phone bills never fails to elicit a collective sigh among Filipino mobile users, particularly those who value talking over the phone to talk to their family and conduct business transcations. Truth of the matter is, the Philippines has the highest call rate per minute in Asia and even other parts of the world as shown by independent studies done by leading technology think-tanks.
Chief Executive Consultant of Bayan Telecommunications
But though their cellphone charges stack up to thousands of pesos, Filipinos have no choice but to bear its cost in order to enjoy on-the-go communication.
That is, until the bayanWIRELESS landline arrived.
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