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Austin, TX - (ZPRYME NEWS) 09/10/08 – Consumer market of the Philippines changes as fast as its political climate changes.  Nevertheless, there seem to be a continued and growing consumer market for technology related items which most Filipinos are deemed consumer targets.

Austin, TX (ZPRYME NEWS) – 06/11/08 – Small and thin is in, especially when it comes to technological gadgets. In 2007, Asus released a low cost small laptop to the Philippines. The Philippine market was very receptive. These laptops sold quite fast and are very popular. According to Manila Times, “Five months after Asus launched the Eee PC 700, the company has sold 1 million units.”

Austin, TX (ZPRYME NEWS) – 04/16/08 - Saying that Filipinos are heavy texters (or the use of sms: short message service) is an understatement. Filipinos have a texting culture that is simply lives and breathes texting. The Daily Herald claimed that,”The text messaging obsession in the Philippines infiltrates almost every aspect of a young Filipino's life, prompting the media to dub the young "Generation TXT."

Austin, TX - (ZPRYME NEWS) – 04/14/08 - E-Commerce in the Philippines has been growing, would the ban on foreign ownership impede the growth of e-commerce? According to Global Technology Forum, “Philippine e-commerce has grown rapidly in recent years. Scores of businesses now operate their own websites or use the Internet for customer and supply-chain transactions.”

Austin, TX (ZPRYME NEWS) – 04/08/08 - The education system of the Philippines, which went through series of revolutionary transformations and developments brought about by changes in structure of government and leadership, is a system which continues to struggle to provide education to the broadest masses and to hone educated work force to achieve its economic and social maturity.