Featured – GeekPinas https://geekpinas.com Philippines Tech News, Guides, and Reviews Thu, 19 May 2022 07:34:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Pinay fruit picker in Australia earns up to P226K a month https://geekpinas.com/pinay-fruit-picker-in-australia-earns-up-to-p226k-a-month/ https://geekpinas.com/pinay-fruit-picker-in-australia-earns-up-to-p226k-a-month/#respond Thu, 19 May 2022 07:22:50 +0000 https://geekpinas.com/?p=486 Mariel Larsen is a Filipina who became a citizen in Australia because she was married to an Australian. She has been residing there for 4 years together with her husband who was a fruit picker. Later on, she decided to enter his husband’s work to help with their needs. Being a fruit picker became their source of income.

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According to Mariel’s interview via the GMA network, their work is not as easy as we may think because they needed to harvest 300-500 kgs. of fruits a day. And at the end of the day, they will feel the pain in their back caused by the heavy bags filled with fruits they’ve been carrying throughout the day. But all of the pain and tiredness are all worth it because they earn AU$3,000-AU$6,000 (PHP 113,000-PHP226,000) every month.

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Mariel also shares that they have different clients that’s why they have to move from one farm to another. This is their permanent routine every year. She also added that their family was living in a camper van because it was convenient for their kind of work.

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LOOK: New Microsoft Office app with Word, Excel, and Powerpoint combined https://geekpinas.com/look-new-microsoft-office-app-with-word-excel-and-powerpoint-combined/ https://geekpinas.com/look-new-microsoft-office-app-with-word-excel-and-powerpoint-combined/#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2019 18:11:52 +0000 https://geekpinas.com/?p=324 Microsoft just announced a new Office app that combines 3 office apps namely Word, Excel, and Powerpoint into just one app. The app will be available for both Android and iOS devices.

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The new Office app will allow you to access recent documents inside the app or create a new one using the ability to scan text or table from your phone.

The apps are identical but are combined in one app, making it more convenient and practical, you just save some space on home and more storage for your other apps. Though the three-in-one office apps set up are common on most office apps it is nice to see Microsoft leading that path.

Using the new office app on my iPhone 8 I can say that it is more of a central hub for the three apps. The features are streamlined but the basic functionalities are there plus you can convert images to text, scan pictures to PDFS, and scan OR codes on the go.

The app is available for public preview as of the time of this writing. And is available only for a smartphone and no support for iPads and Android tablets yet. To test the app you can go here for Android users and click this link for iOS users.

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Have fun and share with us your experience below.

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Pilotong Pinoy aksidenteng nakaabot sa buwan https://geekpinas.com/pilotong-pinoy-aksidenteng-nakaabot-sa-buwan/ https://geekpinas.com/pilotong-pinoy-aksidenteng-nakaabot-sa-buwan/#respond Sat, 21 Sep 2019 04:07:33 +0000 http://shawarma.ph/?p=14 Isang magiting na piloto ng Philippine Good Airlines ang nakaabot at nakapaglanding sa buwan kamakailan.

Tubong Samar, Leyte, narating ni Captain Ferdy Mageland Jr., 35, ang pinakasilangang bahagi ng buwan sampung oras matapos siyang makapag-take off mula NAIA, 6 am nang umaga noong September 20. Papunta sanang Vladivostok, Russia si Captain Mageland ng mapansing niyang hindi nagrerespond ang kanyang navigation system. Dahil gumagabi na at may matingkad at mala-dilaw na landing pad ang nasagap ang kanyang radar, minabuti na niyang maglanding at nang makapagpahinga naman siya.

Yung matingkad na bagay na kanyang naaninag ay ang buwan. Buti nalang may dala siyang bandila.

Bibigyan ng parangal si Captain Mageland ng Philippine Aviation & Space Exploration Commission or PASEC sa kanyang di matatawarang tagumpay para sa Pilipinas. Ika nga ni Department of Science and Terminology or DOST Sec. Donato T. Pina, “He was able to plant the Philippine flag to the moon without spending anything! Nakatipid po tayo. Galing talaga ng Pinoy!”

Sa aming panayam kay Captain Mageland, nabanggit din niyang mismong si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte at China President Xi Jinping ang magsasabit ng ginintoang medalya. Gawa ng isang national artist ang medalya habang ang mga materials ay galing sa China.

‘Kung ang Estados Unidos, India at Russia ay nakapagpadala ng ilang matagumpay na space missions, at ang mga bansang Asyano naman ay nagpapatimpalak kung sino ang may pinakamaraming pondo para sa kanilang space exploration missions. Hindi talaga papatalo ang Pinoy. We Filipinos don’t need billion dollar funds to succeed. Sipag at tiyag lang po. Minsan din, aksidenteng bumabagsak talaga ang swerte.’

Captain Ferdy Mageland Jr.

Nagbigay rin ng payo si Captain Mageland sa mga kabataan, ‘Dream hard. Reach for the stars. Shoot for the moon!’

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