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Top 20 Hollywood Movies as of August 28, 2011

1. The Help
2. Colombiana
3. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
4. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
5. Our Idiot Brother
6. Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
7. The Smurfs
8. Conan the Barbarian (2011)
9. Crazy, Stupid, Love.
10. Fright Night (2011)
11. 30 Minutes or Less
12. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
13. Final Destination 5
14. One Day
15. Cowboys & Aliens

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One of Singapore's leading telecom just launched a new interactive commercial wherein iPhone and Android users have the chance of winning goodies and a whopping $10,000 cash. And the good thing is that you don't need to be a Starhub subscriber. Cool huh?

To participate, you need to download the Hub It! App. Use the application while watching the Starhub new commercial on TV or in YouTube. The application will instruct you to tap your phone on certain portion of the commercial, which will provide clues or goodies.

Other way to earn goodies is to scan any QR codes of Starhub Love Tail posters all over Singapore, 600 were scattered on bus stops. Happy playing!

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Apple co-founder and innovation leader Steve Jobs announced on Wednesday that he is resigning as CEO. In his resignation letter, he recommended Tim Cook as his replacement.

After the announcement of his resignation, shares of Apple dived 7%. Reason for his resignation wasn't disclosed or it might be his health condition. Jobs has been recently on Medical Leave since January 17. He is a survivor of pancreatic cancer.

Here is the copy of Jobs' resignation letter:

To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple”s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.
I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

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Filipino pride Lea Salonga recently received the Disney legend award for providing the singing voices of Disney Princesses Jasmine in “Aladdin" and Fa Mulan in “Mulan" and “Mulan II".

The Disney Legends Award was held at the Anaheim Convention Center Arena, California last August 19th.

In the acceptance speech of the Tony Award winner, she said, “Right now I’m rendered speechless by this... This is a really big deal and it’s wonderful for all these princesses to be honored in such a wonderful way by the Walt Disney Company."

She also jokingly remarked that she was thankful that Linda Larken, the speaking voice of Jasmine can't sing or else she won't get the job.

Other recipients are as follows:

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Top 20 Hollywood Movies as of August 21, 2011

1. The Help
2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
3. Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
4. Conan the Barbarian (2011)
5. The Smurfs
6. Fright Night (2011)
7. Final Destination 5
8. 30 Minutes or Less
9. One Day
10. Crazy, Stupid, Love.
11. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
12. Cowboys & Aliens
13. Captain America: The First Avenger
14. The Change-Up
15. Glee The 3D Concert Movie

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If you are a "Glee" fan then you must know that the song "Defying Gravity" by Lea Michele and Chris Colfer came from the musical "Wicked." If you are in Singapore or nearby the Lion City, Wicked is coming this December 7 and will only be running until January 29, 2012. It will be held at the Grand Theater at Marina Bay Sands and tickets ranges from S$55 to S%1000 (VIP Box for 4 seats).

Wicked is based on the Gregory Maguire novel titled "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West." Music and lyrics was from Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman.

According to Wikipedia, "The musical is told from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz: Elphaba, the misunderstood girl with emerald-green skin, and Galinda, later Glinda, the beautiful, ambitious and popular blonde. Wicked tells the story in which these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and the Good Witch of the North while struggling through opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's public fall from grace. The plot begins before and continues after Dorothy's arrival from Kansas and includes references to locations, events, characters and situations from both the 1939 film and Baum's novel."

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Web geeks out there, rejoice! New techie words have been added in the 12th edition of the Concise Oxford English dictionary which will be published this month. Words like retweet, textspeak, sexting, less happily and cyberbulling where among the 400 words to be added in the dictionary.

Other less techie words include jeggings (jeans-legging) and mankini (bathing suit similar to the character Borat).

Other existing words have also been giving new definition like the word "friend" and "follower" which now defined as "contact on a social networking website."

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Top 20 Hollywood Movies as of August 14, 2011

1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2. The Help
3. Final Destination 5
4. The Smurfs
5. 30 Minutes or Less
6. Cowboys & Aliens
7. Captain America: The First Avenger
8. Crazy, Stupid, Love.
9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
10. The Change-Up
11. Glee The 3D Concert Movie
12. Horrible Bosses
13. Friends with Benefits
14. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
15. Zookeeper

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I just want to share this music video shared by my colleague. This song is from David Dimuzio, an American singer-songwriter that likes Filipino music a lot. This song is in English and Filipino. You should check out his YouTube page where he did some OPM renditions. I was impressed with his Tagalog!

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Top 20 Hollywood Movies as of August 7, 2011

1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2. The Smurfs
3. Cowboys & Aliens
4. The Change-Up
5. Captain America: The First Avenger
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
7. Crazy, Stupid, Love.
8. Friends with Benefits
9. Horrible Bosses
10. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
11. Zookeeper
12. Cars 2
13. Midnight in Paris
14. Winnie the Pooh
15. Bridesmaids

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National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School's Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme has emerged to be the top business school in Singapore and in Asia according to Forbes' listing.

This is the first time NUS was included in the list as released on Thursday.

NUS ranked fourth in the world and The London Business School topped the list. Manchester Business School came in second place while on third is IESE Business School in Spain.

The Forbes' listing was based on MBA graduates from class 2006. Forbes compared the graduates salaries for the first five years and opportunity costs. Forbes took note of cost of living which was adjusted in the list.

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This is the theme song of Singapore's National Day Parade 2011 titled "In A Heartbeat." The song was performed by Sylvia Ratonel, runner-up of Singapore Idol 2009. And yes, she has a Filipino blood. Anyway, the beautiful lyrics of the song "In A Heartbeat" was from Haresh Sharma and music from Goh Kheng Long.

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Top 20 Hollywood Movies as of July 31, 2011

1. Cowboys & Aliens
2. The Smurfs
3. Captain America: The First Avenger
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
5. Crazy, Stupid, Love.
6. Friends with Benefits
7. Horrible Bosses
8. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
9. Zookeeper
10. Cars 2
11. Winnie the Pooh
12. Midnight in Paris
13. Bridesmaids
14. Bad Teacher
15. Kung Fu Panda 2

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Last July 23 during my run at Marina21K, I was equipped with my two Nike+ gadgets. I used my Nike+ GPS iPhone application as well the Nike+ sensor and watch. I ran for the half-marathon and I was worried that my 3Gs iPhone won't last since I only have 60% of my battery. Now with my review of Nike+ GPS.

Features
Nike+ GPS currently tracks distance, pace, calories burned as well as the exact GPS location of your runs. You can play songs during your run and you can pre-set some power songs that the app can trigger to boost your run. The app has a voice over depending on your preferred distance. There's also a summary roundown after your run with additional cheer from some famous sports people.

Pros
What I like about this application is the interface. It's striking red and very easy to use. The app has a built-in integration with Facebook that allows you to hear claps every time your friend sends a comment or likes your Nike+ status.