YouTube opens the NextUp competition
Robert A. Vergara Jr.
The world’s most popular video‑streaming company is giving Filipino YouTubers a chance to create more powerful stories.
Out of the basement and into hip cafés: Board games are now cool
Lucia Edna P. de Guzman
Welcome to the growing club of casual and hardcore board game hobbyists, enjoy your coffee and pasta while you game. Look inside your heart and accept it: you’re a geek now.
This is how you can reach out to Marawi through Coins.ph
Robert A. Vergara Jr.
Digital financial services platform Coins.ph aims to raise funds for more than displaced 400,000 residents due to the armed conflict in Marawi City.
Money lessons from Robert Kiyosaki
Clarissa Seriña‑de la Paz& Sharon W. Que
“Rich Dad Poor Dad” and “Retire Young Retire Rich” jumpstarted our financial journey. Here are our takeaways.
Financial disruption ahead
Robert A. Vergara Jr.
Fintech startup Mynt recorded recent growth of Filipino users on mobile fintech platforms, and it's very telling.
Old books for fresh eyes
Lucia Edna P. de Guzman
“The Book Stop Project” and “The Library of Unread Books” are open in Manila’s oldest districts this July for readers in search of calm.
Vegan, gluten‑free manicure
Pola Esguerra del Monte
Nail polish giant Orly has launched a “healing” formula that will disrupt lacquer tradition.
SM’s got it all, even Maureen Wroblewitz
Pola Esguerra del Monte
The Filipino‑German winner of Asia's Next Top Model Season 5 will be making an appearance on July 22, and we got all the deets here.
Cleaning up culture
Robert A. Vergara Jr.
It is linking clients to cleaning ladies, and in the process helping eradicate the “culture of indifference and apathy” towards house help.
Lazy traveler, successful ‘hostelier’
Alexx Esponga
A hostel in Cebu is luring locals and backpackers. The business was conceived by a lazy traveler.
A horror video game is born (thanks to crowdfunding)
Lucia Edna P. de Guzman
A company of Filipino millennial game developers is launching The Letter, a visual novel financed by other gamers on a popular crowdfunding platform.
Saving the world through energy preservation
Robert A. Vergara Jr
Young Filipinos are pitching projects that address issues in energy consumption around the world.