GQWest Solar Power and Rain Collector

GQWEST Inc the country's premiere water franchising company has taken another step towards greening its operations by installing resource conservation methods in its Superstore.

As part of its Green Mindset Program the company installed solar panels and a system of underground and overhead cisterns to reduce its resource consumption. The company's Superstore located in Lincoln street Quezon City is its industrial grade water station that caters to its institutional clients like SM malls and Globe Telecom.

The solar panels installed will allow the company to reduce its electrical consumption. At the same time, the cisterns installed will store rainwater and help reduce water consumption and eliminate wastage. The company expects to benefit from these twin measures as it seeks to pair environmental sustainability and greater operational efficiency.

Since it began operations, the company has been committed to reducing its carbon footprint through its Green Mindset Program. Apart from its latest initiatives the company has also been a longtime supporter of environmental NGO's like Haribon having regularly participated with the group's tree planting program.

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Face the Predator

The Predator gaming system, launched last week of June in a warrior-like environment, makes playing games even more spellbinding, commanding, brawny and with more chest-pounding pride than ever. Predator’s new gaming line even introduced characters that make it a much tougher, clear cut and compelling line of gaming devices you’d want to get hooked to any time.

Though forbidding in appearance, don’t be fooled by “Predator Grim.” He’s made of stern, serious and brash stuff fit to make you gnash your teeth with more fury in the battlefield on any environment, and the most apt descriptor for the entire Predator gaming system.

Widen your perspective of the frontline and allow yourself to get a better view of your enemies before they even make the slightest move. With DoubleShot, prioritize and optimize the Predator’s innate strength to make yourself a formidable presence to your opponents. Representing the Killer DoubleShot Pro feature of the Predator, enhance bandwidth where you can combine wireless networking and Gb LAN at the same time to make gaming sessions faster and lag-free more than ever.

Now blast enemy to oblivion with “SoundPound” and its raw power. With the Predator SoundPound 4.2 always at your disposal, you get to pound your enemies with the most ear-blasting audio power that equipped any gaming device ever. With four speakers and two potent subwoofers plus Dolby Audio surround sound technology, prepare to hear enemy movements at the slightest drop of their sweat as they crawl to try and outflank you. And surely, they’ll be in for a big surprise.

Be cool and calculated yet deadly and lethal in the fighting front with “FrostCore” by your side. At any time in any encounter, keep cool with Predator’s FrostCore feature. This unique, swappable fan design allows you to inject this fierce and potent gaming rig with extra dose of coolness to maintain heat down to manageable levels but not sacrifice on performance. Keep fighting and guns blazing for your troops in the frontline without worry of overheating so you can #ConquerNewWorlds and thus maintain your tactical advantage over the enemy.

“The Predator has always been known to be a tough and rugged gaming brand and we will keep it that way. The Philippines has been tagged to be a haven for both serious gamers and enthusiasts and we know they’ll love the Predator, which has now expanded from a desktop to include several other devices built for the gamer in everybody. We’re quite excited with what the Predator can offer to Filipino gamers, something they haven’t seen in other brands,” declares Steven J. Funcke, Predator Marketing Manager and Global Representative.

“Even more stunning and vivid graphics is what NVIDIA brings to this expanded Predator gaming line. We promised that gamers’ gaming experience will not just be epic but even monumental and we know we delivered on that promise,” emphasizes Jerome Matti, NVIDIA Consumer Sales Manager for the Philippines.

For his part, Cooler Master’s Channel Manager for the Philippines, Joseph Calimon, said it is always their mission to make gamers’ passion for gaming cooler than ever. “Our cooling systems are always best-in-class to help power gamers’ passion for the game and make their gaming experience truly cool. As gaming devices become more powerful, the need to keep the heat down but not lose a machine’s performance is always a must. We’re glad Predator continues to trust us to keep them cool.”

“We know gamers like to show off their triumphs for all the world to see, or challenge other gamers to see who’s tougher so for the Predator gaming system, Xsplit made video recording and game streaming even more seamless. Now, capturing gameplay for live streaming became more exciting with our upgraded software for the new Predators. We can’t wait to see and hear gamers’ reactions once they get their hands on these new Predators,” explains Miguel Molina, Senior Product Manager for Xsplit in the Philippines.

For his part, Calum Chisholm, Country Manager of Intel Philippines said as gaming devices ramp up power, Intel needs to keep up by coming up with even more superior processors. “Gaming devices’ tremendous requirements for speed and power have always been enormous and Intel will continue to keep up with the pace. Serious gamers need serious rigs, and we will not disappoint their need for superiority especially when competing against other gamers with the latest Intel processors inside this new Predator gaming system.”

So get to #ConquerNewWorlds and create your own #PredatorPH experience with the Predator gaming system that includes the Predator G3 and Predator G1 desktops, the Predator 15 laptop, the Predator 8 gaming tablet, the Predator X34, the world’s first 34-inch curved gaming monitor, and the Predator Z650 short-throw projector.

Get the Predator gaming system at PC Express Gilmore, the Villman Computers Philippines at SM North Edsa and Octagon Computer Superstore at SM Megamall.

For more about the Predator gaming system, go to the Predator Philippines Facebook page - @PredatorPhilippines.

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Watch Out for the 5th Annual Developer's Cup by WebGeek Philippines

WebGeek will once again host its annual hackathon, DevCup, on August 20-21, 2016 at the Meralco Multi-purpose Hall in Ortigas.
DevCup aims to bring together amazing developers, technology professionals and designers, to showcase  Philippine developer talent and create innovative apps. Participants are provided with a theme in which they must develop their app and they are given two days to complete their app to be presented to the judges.

Last year, 70 teams compete for DevCup championship title. Out of the 70 registered teams, 60 apps were presented at the end of the event for the judges to select. The winning team of Jose Marco Padillo, Giovanni Angelo Balaguer and Micah Andrew Bule of Cynder,  presented their app First Response which provides crowdsourced notifications for information dissemination during a disaster or calamity . On second place are Jezer Crespo, Marc Levinson B. Suarez, Reynaldo Del Rosario Jr  of Xudoer with Xonar and CodeBuddy was third place with Connectify, with members Patrick Ofilada and Rommel David.

Early bird registration opens on July 18 until the 20. You can sign up as an individual, or up to a maximum of three as a team. Last year, tickets were sold out in just 2 days. Better to register early, as the event only have limited slots.

This year’s DevCup is expected to be as exciting as the previous years’ hackathons with the participation and support of Philippine developers as well as its esteemed sponsors. With your support we can make it a collaborative and fun experience for everyone.

For those who would like to be part of their sponsors they can email events@webgeek.ph.

For registration details and updates, you may follow them on Facebook and Twitter, and visit http://devcup.net.