Daily Newsmakers

               Celebrate the New Year with the most delectable dishes from Ilustrado.     Try Ilustrado’s signature Paellas – Meat and Seafood, All Seafood, Squid Ink, Chorizo, Bacalao and Fideaua that uses pasta instead of rice.

After a 42-year drought for the crown, the Philippines makes pageant history once again. Miss Philippines and PLDT HOME DSL ambassador Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was recently crowned Miss Universe 2015 after a dramatic coronation night held at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.

Mondelēz International Celebrates the Season of Giving These days, it seems harder to get around to complete shopping for Christmas gifts. Luckily, the world’s leading snacking company, Mondelēz International, has reinvented classic favorites and turning them into the perfect Christmas gifts for family and friends. Limited Edition Oreo Selection Enjoy four Oreo flavors - Strawberry, Vanilla, Chocolate and Ice Cream Blueberry in one special golden tin can!

Big celebration awaits thousands of overseas Filipino workers and their families  this Saturday  ( December 19 ) as SM Supermalls, SM Development Corporation (SMDC) and BDO partner for the biggest annual OFW Christmas party via the “4th Pamaskong Handog Para Sa Global Pinoy” that is set to happen in select SM malls nationwide.

            It’s a Merry Christmas like no other at Bizu Patisserie!             Try Bizu’s newest offering, Porchetta, slow roasted pork belly marinated in garlic and fresh rosemary with crisp crackling skin in a duo of Arugula Pesto and Apple-Mango Chutney sauces.

We’re breaking down the ‘insider secrets’ and top tips in order for you to maximize your smartphone experience In this modern digital age, even the tech-savvy among us admit that they too can get easily get lost in the sea of products and devices that are advertised to be the supposed latest ‘game-changer’ in the tech industry. And as such, nowadays one must be even more vigilant in choosing what kind of smartphone that can really keep up with his basic needs. And though many may say that making that decision is easily more said than done, on the contrary, one only actually needs to just look for certain essential factors that should be present for you to get that perfect smartphone experience attuned to your lifestyle.   And with the Holiday rush clearly in full-swing already, we are out to lend a helping hand by conveniently listing down and summarizing these factors into the four basic yet important must-haves – some often overlooked – that would make just anyone and ev

Cook Magazine, in celebrating its 15 th year of publication, continues to look for ways to involve our readers and evolve into a more complete experience. While sharing recipes and food finds through articles and pictures are what we’ve been doing for over a decade, we’d like to bring the reader closer to the action and actually take them along in our journeys of food discovery. Last year, we launched the Cook Magazine Studio Kitchen, a venue where cooking, eating and food photography all seamlessly blend. The kitchen has had a bit of a spruce up recently, with Mother’s Best sponsoring kitchen cabinetry and a new backsplash. The addition added some warmth to the kitchen and provides a space to display products like Mother’s Best condiments.

Power Mac Center, the premier Apple partner in the country, together with Microsoft Philippines recently launched Office 365 bundles for the coming holidays.  Office 365  allows users to install Office on multiple platforms, including OS and iOS devices to be connected to the service with a single subscription, enabling users to  do their best work – anywhere, anytime and with anyone.

Santa is chillin’ at Baskin-Robbins this holiday season, waiting for merrymakers to take  him home. The world’s most beloved ice cream brand presents the yummy Santa Piñata Dome  Ice Cream Cake, created in December's flavour of the month, Red Velvet ice cream, which  decadently melds red velvet cake flavoured ice cream with cream cheese frosting ribbon.   This dome-shaped treat has a chewy and chocolatey brownie base with a sweet surprise  inside. Slice it up carefully and get ready for a burst of colorful candies that’s sure to bring  delight to everyone. 

This season offers everyone—especially Filipinos—with a long list of opportunities to create great memories. After all, the Philippines has one of the longest Christmas celebrations in the world, filled with traditions, rituals and customs. From the start of the Simbang Gabi (9-day novena of dawn masses) on December 16 to the celebration of the Feast of the Three Kings on January 6, you’ll be filling your gadgets with files you’d like to keep for many holidays to come—photos, videos, music, and more. ’Tis the season to keep your memories safe, and you can count on SanDisk’s new memory solution lineup to help you store your files. The flash storage solutions pioneer, SanDisk offers Mobile Memory Solutions for a safe, easy, and delightful way to seamlessly transfer, manage, and store multimedia content. SanDisk Extreme® 500 Portable SSD and Extreme PRO SSD: Working smart over the break You can always use some file management assistance, whether you’re a student or professio

Fully re-architected graphics software ushers in a new era of immersive computing with redesigned user interface, remarkable features, powerful performance boosts and significant power savings for gamers AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) recently released its completely reimagined graphics software suite, Radeon Software Crimson Edition, giving users an exceptional new user experience, 12 new or enhanced features, up to 20 percent more graphics performance1, adjustability that can nearly double generational energy efficiency2, and rock-solid stability across the full spectrum of AMD graphics products. The release is the first from the Radeon Technologies Group, which recently announced a renewed focus on software placing it on par with hardware initiatives.

OnanOff , creator of intelligent accessories for gadgets, announces the availability of the BuddyPhones “Color Your Music” series in the Philippines. It’s a kid-friendly headphone with new customizable color-in sticker packs. Kids choose how they want to design their headphones and color directly onto the stickers with crayons or markers, and then stick them on the BuddyPhones for a fresh and unique look. The “Color Your Music” series is perfect for helping kids unleash their creativity as they draw, stick and play. With the included BuddyCable, the little ones won’t have to fight over time with the iPad. At just Php1,383 and Php2,214 , the BuddyPhones are the perfect gift for your budding artist or musician this Christmas.