Vivo partners with Qualcomm to a 5G development milestone with their ground-breaking 5G antenna technology.

Vivo today has detailed its collaboration with Qualcomm to address a critical 5G development milestone with their ground-breaking 5G antenna technology. This collaboration has resulted in the successful design and integration of new 5G mm-Wave (millimeter wave) antenna arrays into a Vivo commercial form factor as well as the measurement of system-level OTA (over-the-air) performance.

This milestone is significant as the arrival of 5G is creating major design challenges for smartphone manufacturers and network operators. To fully support the rollout of 5G services, even greater complexity and tougher requirements have been added to antenna designs and technologies.

For end users, mm-Wave technology can attain higher data rates to enable the 5G peak data rate of around 10-20 times higher than that of existing 4G LTE technology, providing a better wireless experience especially with AR, VR, AI, and UHD (ultra-high definition) video applications.

“Through this landmark cooperation between Vivo and Qualcomm, Vivo's industry leadership and innovation on 5G mm-Wave antenna design will contribute to creating optimal devices for end users,” said Dr. Huan-Chu Huang, Antenna Technical Director/ Principal Antenna Expert at Vivo.

“After this successful completion of 5G mm-Wave antenna design and measurement based on a Vivo commercial form factor, consumers will soon see the next round of new device designs offering superior performance benefits and a taste of the next generation mobile experience.”

It is expected that both 5G sub-6 GHz and mm-Wave antenna technology will be deployed in every major market around the world, with some markets by 2019 and others to follow in 2020. Beyond this collaboration, according to Dr. Huan-Chu Huang, Vivo is also proactively applying for patents and publishing international research papers on mm-Wave antenna designs to prepare for the arrival of 5G age.

This latest innovation is another example of Vivo’s dedication to break new ground and to lead in critical industry initiatives such as 5G development. “From the early days of WiGig to 5G mm-Wave today, Vivo has been focused on deep studies and solid works on mm-Wave antenna designs and technologies. This successful development of 5G mm-Wave antenna array technology for smartphones denotes a further progression of Vivo’s accumulation of industry-leading technology breakthroughs and capabilities,” said Dr. Huan-Chu Huang.

Shopee PH celebrates Beauty Week from June 21 to 27 with a storewide sale

"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass." —Maya Angelou


What empowers you as a woman ? What would be your best answer? I guess mine as a mother would be that,  I raised my children well, knowing that they are now stable, strong  and has a family of their own, is enough for me to rest on my laurels. Now that I am alone, I get to enjoy the rest of my life traveling and do things that I dont have time before.

Shopee PH  talks about women empowerment and its impact to those around us. The event featured three different talk show sessions where the five women shared personal stories on various topics, including how the media has influenced the standards of beauty, their struggles with overcoming society’s expectations of women, and how they managed to achieve success in both their careers and personal lives.

Shopee  partners with Grab and Beauty Brands Maybelline and Palmolive to bring together 5 Women Rights advocates  in celebration of women empowerment last June 19 at Okada Grand Ballroom.

 As part of Shopee’s Beauty Fair event, the women 2013 Miss World, Megan Young, actress KC Concepcion, and blogger influencers Martha Jante, Kristine Roces and Helen Payawal each shared their personal stories on how they overcame society’s beauty standards, and to encourage Filipina women to do the same.

In line with the Beauty Fair event, Shopee will also be celebrating Beauty Week from June 21 to 27. Users can expect up to 95% off the health and beauty category on top of a storewide sale, exclusive deals and bundles, P199 below collections and many more. Users can look forward to massive savings on a wide variety of items including makeup, skincare, haircare and other health and personal care items.

I enjoyed listening to the speakers especially with KC Concepcion's words of wisdom. She really had it in her. She is strong and beautiful and has a brilliant mind to speak with.

Jane Lim, Director of Shopee Philippines, said, “Shopee’s Beauty Fair is a celebration of women and their success, and we are proud to partner Maybelline and Palmolive for this event both leading beauty brands who share the same belief that women should be celebrated as they are. Beauty Fair was conceptualised as part of Shopee’s continued commitment to empowering Filipina across the country. We hope that this serves as an inspirational platform for more women to take a step towards achieving their goals.” 

2013 Miss World Megan Young on empowerment and standing up for yourself 

As a speaker at the event, Young shared about her journey to being crowned 2013 Miss World, and how the title has since placed her in a position to inspire young women around her. 

“Joining Miss World 5 years ago really took me out of my comfort zone and challenged me to be more confident. After being crowned, I realised I was in a position where I had the power to influence young women, and I wanted to do my part to encourage them to stand up for themselves. I used to just shrug off people who say insensitive or hurtful comments, but now call them out and tell them they’re wrong, and I encourage all women to not be afraid to do the same,” shared Young. 

Young’s success in her acting career is also a reflection of her commitment to empowering women, choosing only to act in powerful female roles. She currently stars in the drama,The Step Daughters, where she plays a young, fearless woman named Mayumi who changes her destiny by being tenacious and true to herself. 

Maybelline’s top beauty influencers shared their stories on being confident 

One of Maybelline’s top priorities is to empower women to #MakeltHappen. The brand presented top beauty influencers Martha Jante, Real Asian Beauty (Kristine Roces), and Helen on Fleek (Helen Payawal) to talk about their work as influencers and bloggers in the beauty industry. The famous influencers also shared their everyday struggles as women in their field and how they were able to overcome it with the confidence that makeup has been able to give them. 

Palmolive brand ambassador KC Concepcion on how health can empower women to be their best self 

Brand ambassador for Palmolive, KC Concepcion, also shared her own story on how being healthy is as important as being true to oneself. The singer turned actress talked about numerous topics from haircare to fitness, and how her journey with maintaining her health has helped her confidence and enabled her to achieve success in both her career and personal life. 

Attendees enjoyed a complimentary ride to the event from Grab, the official ride sponsor, as well as a free blow-dry and hair styling session by Creations a salon by Asia’s Top Model Judge, Lourd Ramos’ salon.

For more information about the Beauty Fair Sale, you may visit: https://shopee.ph/BestofBeauty 

For more information, visit www.shopee.ph.

Download the Shopee app for free on Apple App Store or Google Play Store. 

Vivo X21, sleek with its In-Display Fingerprint Scanning Technology retails at P29999.00

Vivo recently launched their newest smartphone X21 to the media on June 21 with its In-Display Fingerprint Scanning Technology. Vivo is set to up their game with its AI photography and upgraded face recognition. The very light smartphone is sleek and fashionable and  ready to conquer the millennial market.

Vivo X21 retails at P29999.00 and is also available at Shopee.

The Vivo X21 launch is graced by Vivo Endorsers Darren Espanto, Julie Ann San Jose, Vern and Verniece Enciso, Chienna Gilomeno, TJ Monterde and Maris Racal. 

Vivo  X21 flagship smartphone in the Philippines bring users a brand new and futuristic unlocking experience with industry-leading In-Display Fingerprint Scanning Technology. Combined with its FullView™ Display, AI photography and upgraded face recognition technology, the X21 is the ideal mobile partner for the tech-savvy consumer.

Through its continuous research into user needs, Vivo has consistently pursued innovation to solve consumer pain points. Having invested in long-term research and development to overcome the problems posed by mass producing In-Display Fingerprint Scanning Technology, Vivo is finally bringing this secure and intuitive unlocking solution to more consumers. Vivo has also made major technology breakthroughs with its FullView™ Display and AI photography featured in the X21.

Two unlocking technologies to bring double convenience

Vivo has been the industry pioneer of In-Display Fingerprint Scanning Technology from showcasing its first prototype demonstration to successful mass production. To ensure user expectations for this technology are being met, Vivo has tasked its teams to innovate and perfect this technology on the new X21 to provide a reliable and secure unlocking solution to all consumers.

Vivo X21 replaces the rear fingerprint sensor with the latest In-Display Fingerprint Scanning Technology. This allows the sleek and unified design of the smartphone to be preserved without the need for a rear fingerprint sensor. With mere a flick of the wrist and a press on the screen to unlock, this convenient and seamless process is intuitive for any user.

Other than In-Display Fingerprint Scanning Technology, X21 also offers upgraded facial recognition technology with Face Access which scans users’ facial features for enhanced security.

Impressive FullView™ experience with a screen-to-body ratio of over 90%

Vivo X21 has a 6.28-inch 19:9 FHD+ FullView™ Display. With a super slim notch, and 1.66mm side bezels, it achieves a 90.3% screen-to-body ratio to provide a wider viewing experience compared to other similar-sized phones. Vivo has even enhanced its software to support the notch and developed a notification bar that maintains an immersive experience. Maximizing the beauty of the display, Vivo X21 uses P3 display color management technology and supports a P3 wide color gamut to ensure more accurate, natural and saturated colors.

Taking phone design to the extraordinary, X21 has ditched the metal body for a new 3D glass back cover. Every arc and curve on the back cover are ergonomically optimized to ensure comfort in your hand, with only 3.1mm thick in the middle. More than just smooth to the touch, X21 uses a new color-blending technique, which creates a unique luster that creates its elegant look.

AI Photography Brings a Superior User Experience

X21 continues Vivo’s heritage of photography leadership, featuring 12MP (24 million photographic units) front and rear cameras with Dual Pixel Sensors. The secondary rear camera is 5MP. Thanks to the larger photographic area of each pixel, X21’s camera significantly boosts picture clarity. On top of this, the X21 features fast focusing technology that rivals DSLRs, which enables it to focus fast and capture depth of field data in every pixel.

Vivo X21’s AI Scene Recognition not only identifies night, sports, vibration or back light scenarios, but it can also detect and identify 18 tags and 140 scenarios such as portraits, food and plants as it shoots. It then actively adjusts photography settings and effects to make it easy for the user to capture a great photo.

By upgrading Vivo’s photography technologies with AI, Vivo’s AI Face Beauty and AI HDR features can identify the subject’s sex, skin tone and surrounding lighting environment to create the ideal facial enhancement settings, even in a backlit environment. With AI Face Beauty learning the user’s specific preferences for beauty, it can generate custom beautification effects tailored to each user. Think of X21 as your personal make-over team packed into one intelligent device.

System level optimization enhances mobile entertainment

Hardware forms the basis of any user experience. The X21 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660AIE chip which can effectively utilize CPU resources for complex AI and neural computing. Its 6GB RAM + 128GB ROM increases the speed of launching, loading and switching even large and complex mobile games. With the large storage space, users can go wild downloading all the applications, movies and photos they want without the hassle of clearing space.

While gaming, the system will automatically adjust the CPU to optimize performance according to the game’s resources for a smoother gaming experience. The Game Mode on X21 even prevents accidental touch operations, ensuring gamers only make the moves they intended.
X21 continues Vivo’s Hi-Fi legacy and houses the AK4376A audio chipset. It is also equipped with Deep Field technology, which was developed by Vivo to provide panoramic surround, mega bass, clear voice effects and various environmental audio effects, allowing users to tailor their audio experience.

High-resolution images of Vivo X21 can be downloaded at this link: https://edelmanftp.boxcn.net/v/VivoX21

Amaia Land Corp. rolled out “Summersaya" to residents of Amaia Land’s North Manila

Summer sizzled at Amaia Land Corp.’s properties in North Manila, when the top-of-mind real estate provider rolled out “Summersaya,” a roster of fun-filled activities for homeowners of Amaia Skies Avenida, Amaia Skies Sta. Mesa, Amaia Steps Pasig, Amaia Steps Novaliches, and Amaia Skies Cubao.

Jump-starting “Summersaya” was a MILO Swim Clinic that was held at Amaia Skies Avenida from May 15 to 26. Kiddie residents at the Amaia Skies Avenida gamely took basic swimming lessons from the clinic’s certified instructors even as they cooled off in the pools.

For scores of aspiring hoopsters, meantime, it was a summer well spent as they trooped to a free basketball clinic held at Amaia Steps Pasig last April 28 and May 16 and at Amaia Steps Novaliches last May 5 and 12. The Filipino youngsters eagerly picked up or honed skills in dribbling, shooting, and coordination in what remains to be the most popular spectator sports in the country.

Last but not the least, a free Yoga class was conducted at Amaia Skies Cubao last April 28, May 12, and May 26 and at Amaia Steps Pasig last April 28 and May 12 for residents who needed to detoxify their bodies, minds, and spirits of the stresses of work and other aggravations of city life.

“We believe that our residents and homeowners enjoyed the carefree but productive summer we had in mind for them,” says Ayla Reyes of Amaia Land. Thus, we are certainly looking forward to more action-packed Summersaya activities in the years to come.”

Amaia’s Summersaya activities were open to the public.

For inquiries about Amaia projects and developments, check out www.amaialand.com or like www.facebook.com/AmaiaLand.

Mang Inasal celebrates a milestone with opening of 500th store in Iloilo

Mang Inasal, the fastest growing fast-food restaurant that serves the 2-in-1 sa Laki, Nuot-sa-Ihaw Sarap Chicken Inasal loved by everyone, celebrates a milestone as it formally opens its 500th store in the city where it all began - Iloilo.



The well-loved grillery chain already gave Filipinos a preview of the milestone store located at the Iloilo City Center, West Diversion Road in Mandurriao, Iloilo City when it made a soft opening in April.



Mang Inasal kicked off the grand opening festivities on June 19, with the unveiling of a commemorative 500th store marker. It is made up of banana leaves encased in resin and arranged in Pintados pattern. The inscription takes pride of Mang Inasal’s growth in the past 15 years.

Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) Chairman and Founder Tony Tan Caktiong, JFC Chief Executive Officer Ernesto Tanmantiong, and JFC Country Business Group Head for the Philippines Joseph Tanbuntiong led the unveiling of the ceremonial marker, the ribbon-cutting, and the ceremonial first bite of the iconic Chicken Inasal. They were accompanied by Guests of Honor Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III, Iloilo City Vice Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon, Mang Inasal founder and now Double Dragon Properties, Corp. Chairman and CEO Edgar “Injap” Sia II.



“Mang Inasal is happy to share its milestone of reaching 500 stores with Filipinos who have been with us in our journey in the food service industry,” said Mang Inasal Strategic Business Unit Head Jojo P. Subido as he welcomed everyone to the celebration.



Mr. Sia was honored with a banana leaf token to pay tribute to his visionary leadership. Mayor Espinosa expressed appreciation to MI for its decision to go back to its roots. The 500th store is the 17th Mang Inasal store in Iloilo City.

 JFC Chairman and Founder Tony Tan Caktiong, JFC CEO Ernesto Tanmantiong, and JFC Phil Country Business Group Head Joseph Tanbuntiong (Center, L-R respectively) unveil the commemorative store marker of Mang Inasal’s 500th store at the Iloilo City Center. Flanking them are (L-R) Iloilo City Vice Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon, Iloilo City Executive Assistant for Social Affairs Dominador Co, Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III, MI Founder Injap Sia, and SBU Head Jojo Subido.




Provincial homey grillery


The 500th store is unlike any other Mang Inasal branch. Its distinct exterior displays a fresh and contemporary appeal but without losing Mang Inasal’s unique Filipino sentimentality.



Inspired by houses built in the post-war era, the milestone store is designed to have a simple, functional, and commonplace aesthetics, according to JFC Corporate Global Real Estate Chief Real Estate Officer, William Tan Untiong.

Meanwhile, the store’s interior styling features pieces that exude a touch of home to embrace the provincial, homey grillery ambience that Filipinos have grown accustomed to at Mang Inasal. Colorful buntings hang on the high ceiling and tribal Pintados-patterned walls evoke cheerful Iloilo festivity. Murals that exhibit vibrant infographic and geometric and texture elements also beautify the store’s interiors to highlight modern Pinoy artistry.



Meanwhile, the employees of the Mang Inasal 500th Store are also dressed up in a new set of uniforms designed by renowned fashion designer Rajo Laurel.

BlueWater Day Spa Ambassadors Ms.Pia Wurtzback and Marlon Stockinger revealed secrets in #HeSaidSheSaid

When I need a professional and relaxing massage I always choose BlueWater Day Spa to destress and let go of my aching muscles.  I always frequent BlueWater Day Spa in Makati because of its ambiance and professional therapists. The place is relaxing already, you can barely hear any noise except the calming pipe-in music. I am a fan of their 45 minutes Indian head, neck and shoulder massage and cellulite melter massage. This, you have to try if you're on a diet and wanted to get fit.  Guaranteed to lose inches into your waistline. Yes, they have this anti bilbil massage.

BlueWater Day Spa recently launches Power couple Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach and International race car driver Marlon Stockinger as their newest ambassadors last June 19 at Marco Polo, Ortigas. They were joined by BlueWater Day Spa endorsers Christian Bautista, Ms Philippines USA 2017 Nicole Guerrero, Mr. Manhunt Philippines Daniel Azurin, Mr. International Neil Perez  and models Aljoshca Barfuss, Diego Harmuch and Emil Khodaverdi.

BlueWater Day Spa welcomes back Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach into its fold together with International race car driver Marlon Stockinger as the newest ambassadors of the premier spa and lifestyle brand.

”After so many years, I'm so happy to be back as a member of the BlueWater Day Spa family,” says Pia. Marlon, on the other hand, a first time brand ambassador of the luxury lifestyle center said: ‘It's great to be part of something that Pia loves, and I myself have grown to appreciate  as well.” 

As two on-the-go professionals, as well as Power couple, Pia and Marlon often retreat to BlueWater Day Spa, to de-stress and pamper themselves. Pia loves the Deep Tissue Massage and the slew of Body Scrubs offered at BlueWater Day Spa such as the Olive Scrub, Green Tea Scrub, Pomegranate Scrub. the Botanical Rice and Milk Scrub, or the Botanic Milk Scrub (her favorite). “After just a session your skin feels tighter and baby smooth!" she says. 

Marlon, on the other hand, schedules a regular Deep Tissue Massage and the Athlete’s Massage after his trips and training. ‘With the Athlete's Massage and Deep Tissue Massage, my recovery time becomes much faster and I feel stronger, which is crucial when I’m training,” he says. 

At the launch  event held at MarcoPolo Ortigas Manila on June 19, Pia and Marlon were joined by Christian Bautista - who serenaded the crowds as well as new BlueWater Day ambassadors Ms Philippines USA 2017 Nicole Guerrero, Mr. Manhunt Philippines Daniel Azurin, Mr. International Neil Perez  and models Aljoshca Barfuss, Diego Harmuch and Emil Khodaverdi.  As professionals whose work and passions entail being in the limelight constantly, they know the extra care and discipline needed to maintain their toned physiques and glowing skin. For them, a regular trip to BlueWater Day Spa is essential to keeping themselves fit and healthy. They often avail of the Oxygen Facial, Revita Firm Facial and Bio Collagen treatment to achieve a healthy, glowing complexion, as well as the Revita Shaping Treatment and IPL treatments to keep them looking toned.

"Whether you're a celebrity, an athlete, or a regular working professional, everyone needs to de-stress and pampered.At Blue Water Day Spa, we have just the right treatments and pampering to help you relax and luxuriate. Achieve your health goals and a higher level of well being here at BlueWater DaySpa" ends Mary Simisim, President and CEO of BlueWater Day Spa.

BlueWater Day Spa has branches in Ortigas-Greenhills, Makati, Capitol Hills, Eastwood City and Banawe, Quezon City. For franchising inquiries, pls call 6951820 or 09175715886.

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