TV5 Launches Frontline Tonight

Consuming news for me is a little chore and I can't stay for a whole hour just to be informed about what's happening with the world and what's around us in the Philippines. Looks like TV5 is going to make my life easier as they launch a new show called Frontline Tonight which will air starting this September 27.

Veterans broadcast journalists Ed Lingao and Maeanne Los Banos will take the helm and bring the day's latest news stories in 30 minutes, and focus on information, analysis and what's important to know via their exclusive stories all from News5 correspondents across the country.

TV5 President and CEO Robert Galang says "We want to have better and useful content for our viewers. Frontline Tonight will get you to understand relevant news stories that affect us, and the society as a whoe. This is what we advocate, our responsibility, we want to make it understandable for everyone."

Data driven reporting? I'm there! Can't wait to see it on Monday at 10:30PM only on the Kapatid Network, TV5!

Infinix Unleashes Zero X Pro and INBook X1 Pro

Looks like Infinix is bringing out the big ones as it takes their new flagship phone the Zero X Pro into the country. Not only that, but a lightweight laptop is also being released, they call it that INBook X1 Pro, something that could actually challenge new laptops in the market.

For starters, the Zero X Pro has a 108MP back camera with an 8MP periscope moonshot lens with 60x zoom power and a wide 120 degree view on its 8MP ultra wide macro lens. Imagine what you could actually do with it! Taking shots of the moons surfaces must be in arms reach now that you've got something this powerful on a smartphone from Infinix. It also has Hybrid Image Stabilization which you can use to stabilize those blurry shots you used to take with your old phone, plus a dual chip gaming processor that can take your hobbies into monstrous tournaments but still do other tasks on the side. It utilizes a MediaTek Helio G95 and a MediaTek Intelligent Display chipset so those games would play so fine, you might drop your primary phone.

The INBook X1 Pro on the other hand is a monstrous laptop that is available in intel i3 and i5 processor units. You can work and play a few games as it's got 8GB of memory, an HD webcam, can do video conferencing and charges fast. You can use a Type C cable to do it too, something that other brands might not be doing til now. Very convenient, so if you're looking for one, check out InfinixPhilippines on Facebook and their other channels. They've got pretty good hardware and if it can rival the other brands existing now, I wouldn't be surprised how much they'll grow this year. The INBook X1 will be available for pre-order on the Shopee app starting this October 10, 2021. The laptop will cost Php 22,990. It will then go back to its original price of Php 24,990 the next day so make sure you get em fast! Here's where you can pre order! https://shp.ee/y8k5d4f

Intelligent World 2030 Report Released by Huawei

Tech giant Huawei has released a report based on data gathered over 3 years with academics, customers, industry partners drawn from workshops they've organized including the UN, World Economic Forum and the WHO. The report contains a forecast of sorts using quantitative and qualitative analysis in order to see what's on trend in the next few years. This would hasten industries to identify and discover opportunities in the ICT sector and see where it could apply much of its products in the coming years.

It was discussed by David Wang tje current Executive Director and President of ICT Products and Solutions for Huawei during his keynote speech at the Intelligent World 2030 Forum in Shenzen, China. It was witnessed by industry partners and discusses about how ICT would solve problems and challenges of future tech, what direction to take in communication networks, digital power and automotive solutions. This is part of Huawei's pursuit of a connected and intelligent world which they deem is arriving at a fast pace.

The report includes directions for exploration specifically on health, food, the way we live and transportation. It states the ability to tackle potential health problems by using medical data, the use of IoT and AI devices and make it a way of prevention. They also see a future in vertical farms, 3D printing actual food, zero carbon buildings, aircrafts to take our travel ways to a so called "third space". They also have high hopes for AI and how it goes beyond digital and physical limits, with the help of more innovation in software, architecture and advancements in semiconductor technology, it's going to be possible.  

Aside from that, there will be more empowerment in the digital space hastening low carbon footprint, gains in tech of renewable energy, increase in electric vehicles plus autonomous driving in many places around the globe. Huawei prospects much of these happening in China first, then elsewhere in the globe. Visit their site huawei.com/en/giv for more information about it.

Why "It's Showtime!'s Reina ng Tahanan" Works!

My family and I are have religiously watched It's Showtime's top rating segment Reina ng Tahanan. It's a part of the show that has been innovated and co-developed by the one and only unkabogable star Vice Ganda. Initially, it was the innate curiosity about the lives of other people that lead us to actually love the part of the program, but lately, things have changed. 

Instead of us just eavesdropping about their lives, it became an opportunity to learn from it. Vice took so much time to talk to contestants, mothers from different families, and made that particular segment a gold mine for invaluable lessons. All of which, are from ordinary extraordinary people. Vice makes all make sense, make it relatable because Vice knows, we all have shared feelings. It's so smart to actually think about that... then they go the extra mile and involve family, friends, loved ones, and hear the stories from them, ask questions they don't usually talk about at home and see with a silver lining (yes Catriona) how they could resolve things, or if not, learn from it and make their lives better after their stint in the contest. I've seen a lot of people cry because of the show, and in some odd way, I'm not surprised because that's probably why the show was conceptualized.

Vice also makes it a point to tackle social issues. In recent episodes, Vice mentioned his utter amazement about corrupt politicians and how their sons/daughters would be briefed if they know their forefathers were convicted and proven to have stolen money from people. Aside from that (a little over two days ago), Vice also talked about how some people have the gall to post bible verses and quotes on social media but support a thief. That's just amazing seeing how Vice is using her platform, all for the greater good. It's why we're all hooked, and why the show absolutely works!

For that, THANK YOU Vice! I can't wait to hear and see more on the show!

(Oh by the way, Vice is headed to the US on October for her concert called VAX GANDA: A Dose of Laughter. That'll be on Pechanga, Temecula on October 15 and 16, and in Mohegan Sun in Connecticut come October 24. For tickets visit Pechanga.com or StarMediaEntertainment.com and get one, I hear they're almost sold out!).