Sony Philippines’ New Year bundles to celebrate better beginnings

Start the year right and celebrate better beginnings with Sony. Fulfill your 2021 resolutions with Sony’s New Year special deals on select premium cameras, lenses, and accessories.

Jumpstart the new year with a new gear!

Sony’s cameras discounted up to P10,000 off PLUS exclusive freebies

Been planning to go full-frame? Don’t miss this chance because Sony’s Alpha 7 III’s retail price is at P10,000 off. Its kit package (includes a 28-70mm lens) is now priced at P119,999 and its body is now only P105,999. The bonus? Both packages include a FREE SEL50F18F lens, 64GB SD Card, and an NP-FZ100 battery!

Forbes names Brother one of World’s Best Employers in 2020

Positive work culture and prudent COVID-19 response earns Brother high spot on the ranking

Influential business publication Forbes Magazine names Brother Industries, Ltd. as one of the “World’s Best Employers” in this year’s edition of the prestigious list released last October.

With a ranking of 130 among 750 multinationals and corporations from 45 countries, this achievement is the first in Brother’s storied history. The survey, which Forbes did with German market research firm Statista, was conducted from June to July this year.

A positive and employee-friendly company culture that places a premium on talent development, gender equality, social responsibility, and economic footprint, as well as the corporation’s deft response to the global COVID-19 pandemic are what landed Brother on the list.

Frost and Sullivan recognizes Avaya contact centre leadership with awards hat trick

Avaya (NYSE: AVYA), a global leader in solutions to enhance and simplify communications and collaboration, announced it has been awarded three prestigious contact centre industry leadership accolades by analyst firm, Frost and Sullivan.

Capping off a successful year that saw Avaya continue its transition to a cloud-first company driving innovation in customer experience and workstream collaboration solutions, Avaya secured Frost and Sullivan’s 2020 South East Asia Contact Centre Applications Market Share Leadership Award, the 2020 Asia-Pacific Inbound Contact Routing Systems Market Leadership Award, and the 2020 Malaysia Contact Centre Applications Vendor of the Year

Sony Launches Newest Addition to G Master™ Full-Frame Lens Series with the Indispensable FE 35mm F1.4 GM

Sony today announced the FE 35mm F1.4 GM (model SEL35F14GM) – the newest addition to its acclaimed G Master full-frame lens series – delivering first-class image quality and beautiful bokeh for broad expressive capability in an extremely compact and lightweight design. The FE 35mm F1.4 GM is a must-have for Sony’s E-mount users, as in combination with Sony’s camera bodies it boasts advanced focusing capabilities - perfect for a wide range of uses such as shooting landscapes, portraits and street photography, both stills and video.

“At Sony, our purpose is to fill the world with emotion through the power of creativity and technology so we designed the FE 35mm F1.4 GM to perfectly capture the moments that need to be saved forever,” said Ryo Ochi, General Manager, Digital Imaging Division, Sony Electronics Asia Pacific. “With exquisite resolution and intelligent focus technology, all in a small, lightweight design, this is an indispensable lens that does not compromise on image quality.”

5 reasons why Epson’s Easy-to-Use Digital Textile Printers are ideal for building business start-ups

The far-reaching effects of the pandemic have changed life as we know it, and as the marketplace moved online, entrepreneurs are finding more creative ways to earn in the new environment. In the same way that technology enables communication and keeps businesses running, it offers opportunities to earn.  

One such opportunity can be found in digital textile printing. The textile industry continues to evolve and the ability to manufacture custom printed textiles and short fashion runs is quickly becoming a business advantage. 

Epson offers a range of digital textile printers that enable users to produce and manufacture custom fabrics at scale with high precision and increased reliability, using vibrant and eye-catching colours. 

Globe transforms customer support with outbound calls

It’s the customer who usually calls when assistance is needed, but Globe is transforming the way it serves its customers by being the one to call when they have concerns that would need help from a customer service agent.

Globe has accelerated its shift to digital platforms to continue to support the needs of customers in the new normal. It has developed GlobeOne, Globe At Home, and TM apps to help customers save time and effort by providing answers to their most frequently asked questions without the need to call the hotline or visit a Globe Store. Digital assistants are also available on Facebook Messenger to respond to basic inquiries.

Meralco announces lower electricity prices this holiday season

Power rates this December second lowest since September 2017

Meralco continues to lower power rates toward the end of the year as the overall rate for a typical household decreased by P0.0352/kWh to P8.4753/kWh this December. 

This is equivalent to a decrease of around P7 in the total bill of residential customers consuming 200 kWh.

This month’s overall rate is also a net rate reduction of P1.3870/kWh, equivalent to bill reduction of more than P277 for a 200-kWh household, since the start of the year. It is also the second lowest overall power rate since September 2017