MANILA, Philippines - 20 Plus, Inc. managing director Pelita Peralta-Uy didn’t have second thoughts when ?rst approached to co-produce a concert headlining the APO Hiking Society composed of Danny Javier, Jim Paredes and Boboy Garovillo Carmela Endriga-Honrado, Star Express president, has always been an avid fan of the trio and their countless hits. The opportunity to work with a former classmate, long-time neighbor and friend, was a big plus. They also realized that they have supportive husbands. Having both their hardworking marketing teams behind them, the project was in full-swing before Christmas last year. 0 comments

MANILA, Philippines - Britain’s Got Talent finalist and the Philippines’ pride Charlie Green will make you swing and sing in pre-Valentine concerts at the Eastwood Mall Open Park, Eastwood City on Feb. 10 and at the Venice Pizza at McKinley Hill, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on Feb. 12. Both concerts will start 8 p.m. Some of Green’s notable renditions are What a Wonderful World, Smile and Summer Wind, which enabled him to score a rare standing ovation in his Talent audition back in April 2008. That same year, he received an award during the 20th anniversary celebration of the Music Museum and released his self-titled debut album.   0 comments

MANILA, Philippines - From left: Aiza Seguerra, Princess and Juris Fernandez topbill Acoustic Sessions on March 5, 8 p.m., at the Sky Dome in SM North EDSA, produced by Viva Concerts & Events. Aiza will sing (by popular request) her hit song Pagdating ng Panahon. Princess has released two CDs under Vicor Music while former M.Y.M.P. lead vocalist Juris is set to release her new CD under Star Records.   0 comments

Cozi is an American startup company, specializing in family software and online services. The company had 37 employees as of April 4, 2008, and is based in Seattle, WA. Cozi's tag line is "Family Life. Simplified." Cozi was co-founded by Robbie Cape and Jan Miksovsky after the two of them left Microsoft. Most of the company's employees worked previously at Amazon.com, Expedia, or Microsoft. The company's first product was called Cozi Central and released on September 25, 2006, and includes a family calendar, shopping lists, family messaging, and a photo collage screensaver. Cozi was relaunched as a web-oriented company on June 3, 2008. 0 comments

Microsoft's new search engine is reportedly dumping its codename, Kumo, in favor of the brand name Bing. To get the word out, Microsoft is planning a massive advertising campaign to launch its new search brand. Bing's debut will feature a $80 to $100 million online, TV, print, and radio advertising campaign, according to AdvertisingAge. To put that number in perspective, Google's entire advertising budget for all of 2008 was $25 million, AdAge says. Microsoft is hoping a major ad push will take a chunk out of Google -- the number one online search brand -- in favor of Bing, the same way Microsoft's laptop hunter ads helped in its fight against Apple. 0 comments

Using a new tracking tool, search engine giant Google said on Wednesday it saw a spike in searches for information about flu among people in Mexico last week even before news of the outbreak became widely known. Google said it has put together a flu trends tracking system for Mexico based on the U.S. Google Flu tool launched last fall that is used by U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to figure out where influenza is heating up. It is based on Google's observation that people who are sick with flu tend to search for the same types of information on the Internet, and these searches can be used to predict where an outbreak may be occurring. 0 comments