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VOL. 8 ISSUE 65 • THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2015
◄ Park Inn by Radisson Davao’s Chef Nicanor Tacan, the hotel’s representative for the Quickfire Category live competition at the MCF last June 27, 2015 Park Inn by Radisson Davao’s Representatives (from the left - Chef Nicanor Tacan, Chef Randy Montejo ,Chef Jovanni Medel) ►
◄ Park Inn by Radisson Davao’s Kitchen & F&B Team during the Grand opening of MCF 2015
Park Inn by Radisson Davao joins 12th Mindanao Culinary Festival PARK INN by Radisson Davao’s kitchen team won a bronze medal on the Quickfire Salad Category at the recently concluded 12th Mindanao Culinary Festival held at the Atrium of SM Lanang Premier last
June 25 to June 27, 2015. The 12th Mindanao Culinary Festival, in partnership with Les Touques Blanches (LTB) Philippines, was well attended by the Philippines’ reputable chefs such as
chefs Jose Gamboa, Fernando Aracama, Norbert Gandler, Penk Ching Tan, Jackie Ang Po, Nancy Lumen-Reyes, Buddy Trinidad, Michael Yap, Jerome Valencia, Brando Santos, Dan Basilio, Jem Ray-
mundo, Carlo Miguel and James Antolin, who was the overall head of the Culinary Event Competition. “We are very proud of our Kitchen team for their creativity and skills” says Pavan Kakar, General
Manager of Park Inn by Radisson Davao. “They have shown great teamwork and collaboration throughout the competition. The event was surely competitive and challenging.”
▲ Pavan Kakar , Park Inn Davao’s General Manager together with the hotels’s representative chefs
iPhone 6s pictures, features leaked FIRST GLIMPSE? Blog 9to5Mac says the iPhone 6s will be unveiled in September, and will look almost identical externally to the current iPhone 6 and 6s.
APPLE’S next iPhone will look almost identical to the current version at first glance, it has been claimed. However, the handset, expected to be called the 6s and the 6s Plus, they will have a radical overhaul internally – and a new pressure sensitive screen. 9to5Mac claims these images are the first of the phone, which is expected to be unveiled in September
and go on sale soon after. “For fall 2015, Apple is preparing an ‘S’ iPhone upgrade that superficially preserves the exterior designs of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, but includes a collection of major internal changes,” the site says. “As expected, these photos show that the nextgeneration iPhone will have a rear design identical to that of the current iPhone, similar
to the transition from the iPhone 5 to iPhone 5S.” The leaks come just days after Apple began manufacturing the next iPhone According to Apple, “In addition to recognizing touch, Apple Watch senses force, adding a new dimension to the user interface. Force Touch uses tiny electrodes around the flexible Retina display to distinguish between a light tap and a
deep press, and trigger stant access to a range contextually specific c trols. With Force Tou pressing firmly on the scr brings up additional cont in apps like Messages, Mu and Calendar. It also lets select different watch fa pause or end a worko search an address in Ma and more. Force Touch is most significant new sens capability since MultiTouc
Zuckerberg reveals upcoming Facebook features in Q&A IN HIS latest written question-and-answer session on his Facebook page, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked about several features the company is currently working on. He also answered queries from users related to health, science, and the future of Facebook. Zuckerberg talked about the company’s efforts in the artificial intelligence (AI) field. On being asked to detail more on the AI initiatives that Facebook is involved in, he replied, “Most of our AI research is focused on understanding the meaning of what people share.” Zuckerberg explained that if a user shared an image that includes his friend, Facebook should make sure that the friend sees it. Similarly, if a user
posted an image of dog and shared a post about politics, Facebook should show the post to people who like dogs and politics. “In order to do this really well, our goal is to build AI systems that are better than humans at our primary senses: vision, listening, etc. For vision, we’re building systems that can recognize everything that’s in an image or a video. This includes people, objects, scenes, etc. These systems need to understand the context of the images and videos as well as whatever is in them,” he said. Facebook is also working on translating speech to text alongside text between any languages to answer user queries. He said, “For listening and language, we’re focusing on translating speech to
text, text between any languages, and also being able to answer any natural language question you ask. This is a pretty basic overview. There’s a lot more we’re doing and I’m looking forward to sharing more soon.” On being asked about Internet.org, Zuckerberg replied, “We’re working on two main paths: First, we’re working on partnerships with operators to deliver free basic Internet services around the world. This is already live in more than a dozen countries and more than one billion people can already access these free basic Internet services. We have many more launches planned around the world as well. Second, we’re working on new technologies that can extend In-
ternet connectivity even further. The main three things we’re working on are drones, satellites and lasers.” He added that ‘Internet for all’ can contribute to jobs, education, health, and communication. Responding to a query about Facebook’s future, Zuckerberg cited a few new trends in communication that the company is working, on including virtual reality and augmented reality. “One day, I believe we’ll be able to send full rich thoughts to each other directly using technology. You’ll just be able to think of something and your friends will immediately be able to experience it too if you’d like. This would be the ultimate communication technology,” he said.