Joining running events is one of the trends here in the Philippines. Runner’s World just released their iPhone app dubbed as SmartCoach. This iPhone app for runners creates a customized training guide depending on a race distance (i.e. 5km, marathon, etc.).

The Apple iPad were already being sold in some stores here in Manila. There’s one in Rockwell which sells the 32GB iPad with WiFi and 3G. There are also some stores in Greenhills that sells the Apple iPad. Anyway, if you are planning to go to Hong Kong and Singapore anytime soon, or if you have friends who are there that will be coming home soon, it’s a good idea to get the Apple iPad there.

Facebook has reached more than 500 million registered users already. In the Philippines, more people are searching now for Facebook than that of Friendster and Multiply. You’ll notice that in late 2008, the number of searches of Friendster decreased tremendously while the number of searches in Facebook spiked and then increased gradually. Multiply is way behind both Facebook and Friendster.

Kim Chiu and John Lloyd  – Endorsers of Cherry Mobile

Last Saturday, July 17, Cherry Mobile officially introduced their newest endorser, Kim Chiu together with their newest phones available in the market. Since John Lloyd became the endorser of Cherry Mobile, sales of Cherry Mobile grew and they are expecting to have higher returns with Kim Chiu as their newest endorser.

Sony Ericsson Expo 2010 will be held at the Megatrade Hall 1, Bldg. B of SM Megamall on July 23-25, 2010. Items will be on sale up to 50% off with Zero Percent installment rates. During the event, Sony Ericsson will give away freebies and raffle prizes too. Allied Bank Credit Card holders will be receiving special giveaways in this event. There will also be live music performances by Sarah Geronimo and other Sony BMG artists.

Hmm, I wonder if they’ll slash the price off their Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. To those who are looking forward to upgrade their phones, you might want to check out the sale.

In that week, we felt the wrath of Typhoon Basyang. The search for the terms “basyang” and “typhoon basyang” peaked last Wednesday. Of course, prior to the occurrence of the typhoon, everyone was looking for the “pagasa weather forecast”.

I just got this news from Globe Tattoo’s Facebook page. You can get FREE unlimited Facebook notifications on any phone when you register to Facebook Mobile.

Text F to 2933 for free and you’ll get free unlimited Facebook notifications!

It will only cost you 1 peso if for every status update posted, message sent or, each comment posted.

Read this for more details.

Finally, Google Maps already has an option for you to share shortened URLs instead of the typical long Google Maps URLs. Anyway, this is not set by default. You need to click on the Labs icon and then enable Short URL as shown in the above screenshot.