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Beyerdynamic Lagoon ANC: Versatile Performer

Listening to music or audiobooks, taking a phone call, playing a video game, or watching a movie require focus. However, many things around us can interrupt our focus and these go beyond our control. Ambient noise coming from vehicles, people, or even the monotony of an air conditioner can bother us while enjoying our content.  Fortunately, devices like active noise canceling (ANC) headphones serve as a buffer to minimize, if not totally eliminate, aural elements that can mar our experience. Looking at one of ANC headphone offerings today, the Beyerdynamic Lagoon ANC comes with a masculine look not only because of its dark grey color scheme (Traveller version) but also of its size. The Lagoon ANC can cover enough your ears with its circumaural cups that already provide passive noise canceling even when the ANC mode is off.     Each cup of the Lagoon ANC comes with a plush artificial leather memory foam cushion for a secure yet comfortable fit. Apart from the plastic shell and cushio

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Your neighborhood Smart Padala agent is the easiest way to add money to your PayMaya account

Looking for a more convenient way to add money to your PayMaya account? Your neighborhood Smart Padala agent can help you! With the largest network of over 30,000 Smart Padala agents all across the country, you can add money to your PayMaya account at the Smart Padala agent in your neighborhood -- making cashless payments more accessible as the country transitions to the "new normal."  In these critical times, using PayMaya is the easiest and safest way to pay for your daily essentials – whether you need to send money to a loved one, pay for online deliveries, settle your bills, or buy discounted load. Doing all these is more convenient than ever, since adding money to your account is as simple as visiting the trusted Smart Padala agent in your community. With this, there's no more need to risk traveling to convenience stores or endure lines at payment centers.    Adding money to your PayMaya account is easy. All you have to do is follow these simple steps:    Go to any Smart Padala

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KINGMAX launched TWS Bluetooth earbuds JoyBuds511 with dual microphones and CVC noise reduction technology

Targeting the huge market demand for mobile phone peripherals, world’s renowned memory manufacturer, KINGMAX Group, following the launch of its mobile phone peripherals - memory card, mobile battery and encryption card, recently announced the debut of TWS Bluetooth 5.0 earbuds JoyBuds511, the currently most popular mobile phone peripherals. JoyBuds511, is the first KINGMAX TWS Bluetooth earbuds, adapts high quality Qualcomm Bluetooth chip which exhibits Bluetooth 5.0’s advantages such as low power consumption, low latency, stable connection, etc.. It supports Qualcomm’s exclusive aptX audio coding and produce rich and balanced optimal sound quality. Besides excellent listening experience in audio and video playback, JoyBuds511 also enhances noise reduction in voice calling with built-in dual microphones and CVC 8.0 noise cancellation technology. When making calls outdoors with strong wind or in noisy places, it can attain noise reduction effect, allowing users to enjoy clear phone call

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MediaTek Unveils Newest Addition to Gaming Chipset Series with Helio G85

MediaTek today unveiled its Helio G85 mobile gaming-focused chipset. The newest addition to the Gaming G Series family packs a 1GHz GPU and HyperEngine enhancements to enable powerful and smooth gaming on mobile devices. MediaTek’s Helio G85 delivers peak performance while maximizing battery life for an incredible gaming experience with dynamic resource management technology. In addition to its HyperEngine technology, the Helio G85 brings devices incredible AI camera features for advanced imaging, integrated voice wake-up (VoW) to minimize power use, inertial navigation for more accurate location information and dual 4G SIM capabilities for reliable connectivity. “MediaTek is expanding our Helio G family to give device makers more options in designing smartphones that deliver an elite gaming experience,” said Dr. Yenchi Lee, Assistant General Manager of MediaTek’s wireless business unit. “The Helio G85 delivers a combination of impressive performance, minimal power consumption and a

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Seamless and Satisfying: Galaxy S20 Gets Exciting New User Experience Upgrades

From innovative camera capabilities to new ways to chat, stream, and game, the Galaxy S20 series is jam-packed with features designed to provide exciting mobile experiences. The nuances of sensory feedback can change the way we feel about using our devices, whether it’s the way our device transitions from screen to screen, the haptic sensation we get from typing a message, or the way customized music and sounds convey mood and emotion. Samsung has taken every detail into consideration with the design of the UI that underlies the Galaxy S20 series. Read on to learn more about how Samsung made this satisfying sensory experience a reality. Scroll, Zoom and Explore in Peace A display’s ‘refresh rate’ refers to the number of times a monitor loads new information every second. The Galaxy S20 series features a display with a 120Hz refresh rate, ensuring the viewing experience is responsive and satisfying to engage with no matter the task. Not only is the display easier on your eyes, the f

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ONE Esports Dota 2 World Pro also coming this May ABS-CBN SPORTS DELIVERS THE MPL-PH SEASON 5 LIVE ON S+A

ABS-CBN Sports proudly brings to Kapamilya eSports fans the live coverage of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League - Philippines (MPL-PH) Season 5 starting this Friday (May 1) on S+A with livestreaming on sports.abs-cbn.com, the ABS-CBN Sports Facebook, ABS-CBN Sports YouTube, and TFC.TV. MPL-PH is the premier and largest mobile eSports tournament in the country where the top ten local Mobile Legends: Bang Bang teamscompete for six weeks for the $25,000 top prize and the right to represent the country in the international scene. S+A will air week 4 to week 6 of the tournament organized by Moonton, the developer of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, in partnership with Smart and Realme live every Fridays to Sundays, starting on May 1, at 6:30 pm. It will also air the Grand Finals on May 29 to 31 at the same timeslot.  Competing to become national champions this season are pro teams such as Execration, Geek Fam, Bren Esports, BSB, ULVL, Blacklist International, SGD Omega, STI Olym

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DOST & SMART expands RapidPass project to cover entire Metro Manila

Going through quarantine checkpoints in the entire Metro Manila area is about to become easier for frontline personnel and other people authorized to travel under the COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions. To achieve this, the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Information and Communications Technology and the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF-MEID) are expanding the RapidPass Project, an online registration service for frontliners, to cover the whole of Metro Manila. Developed by DevCon Philippines and the DOST, RapidPass.ph is a website that provides for free a unique QR code that serves as authorization for frontliners like health workers and people delivering food, medicine and other essential supplies to go through checkpoints quickly and securely.  The QR code can be printed on paper and placed on vehicles, or, saved on smartphones to be shown to uniformed personnel manning Quarantine Control Points (QCPs). To enable

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Lenovo Legion takes Gaming PCs to new levels with latest lineup

The latest generation of Lenovo Legion PCs has arrived, equipping gamers with a smarter class of gear with our unique blend of uncompromised engineering and industrial design. Stylish on the outside, savage on the inside, the new Lenovo Legion generation comes with:   - Lenovo Legion Coldfront 2.0 thermal management - Lenovo Legion TrueStrike keyboard - Dual Burn to optimize CPU and GPU performance together - NVIDIA® Advanced Optimus, Hybrid Mode, and Rapid Charge Pro for improved battery life - World-class immersive displays optimized by Dolby Vision and OverDrive Support with optional 240Hz refresh rates and response rates of under 1ms. Powering this exciting new suite of advancements is the latest 10th Gen Intel Core H-Series or AMD Ryzen 4000 Series mobile processors, and up to the recently announced NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti and RTX 2080 SUPER GPUs with Max-Q Design. The 2020 lineup features the following: - Laptops o Lenovo Legion 7i o Lenovo Legion 5Pi o Lenovo Legi

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SAMSUNG’s newest smartphone, the Galaxy A01, is now available for only PHP5,490!

SAMSUNG’s newest smartphone, the Galaxy A01, is now available! For only PHP 5,490, the Galaxy A01 brings many cool features in a very affordable package. Perfect for binge-watching videos, playing games, or chatting with loved ones through video calls, this newest smartphone is sure to be a hit with its 5.7-inch HD+ Infinity-V Display and its 3,000 mAh battery. It also has a Dolby Atmos feature that lets users have a cinema-quality experience in the comfort of their own homes. The Galaxy A01 is equipped with 16GB internal memory, expandable to 512GB of storage, perfect for storing music, videos, and other files. It also has a built-in Face Recognition Unlock system for added security and a Dual-Sim card capability for multi-network needs. The Galaxy A01 comes with Android 10 Q right out of the box so users can be sure that their smartphone is up to date with the latest Android operating system. The Samsung Galaxy A01, which comes in blue and black variants, is sure to give budget pho

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Seagate FireCuda 510 SSD Review: Performance Booster

Seagate FireCuda consists of internal storage solutions primarily designed for PC gaming. As today's PC gaming involves graphically-rich, large-size game titles, it means that the storage solutions for this activity must be fast and ample. Seagate FireCuda addresses these requisites with two current solid-state drive (SSD) models: the 520 and the 510. Let's take a look at the latter. The Seagate FireCuda 510 SSD comes in an M.2 2280 double-sided form factor. This size makes the FireCuda 510 SSD a versatile storage solution that can work whether on a mini desktop PC or an ultrathin laptop. This capability might not be possible if you would use a 3.5-inch hard disk drive (HDD) or a 2.5-inch HDD/SSD.  Despite its small physical size, the Seagate FireCuda 510 SSD goes large when it comes to storage capacity. Seagate offers the FireCuda 510 SSD in 500GB, 1TB (our review subject), and 2TB storage variants. Its sibling, the FireCuda 520 SSD, also comes in those three storage capacities but

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