ON THE RADAR | October 17, 2018
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| (Image Source: ABS-CBN Corporation/Google Play) |
iWant, the online streaming service of the Philippines' premiere media
and entertainment company ABS-CBN Corporation, is set to undergo a major makeover
in the coming months as is tends to expand its wide library of available
content that aims to not only cater to the growing and evolving demands of binge-watchers
in the Philippines but to be at par with popular streaming services such as Netflix,
iflix and HOOQ as well.
The service, which will be officially renamed iWant by next year, will
offer original and exclusive content that will become available soon on PCs and
mobile devices aside from live and on-demand streaming of television shows, movies,
documentaries, sporting events, concerts and more. In fact, iWant officially introduced
three new upcoming original shows including the reboot of the 2004 Filipino
fantasy drama series Spirits while continuing to offer exclusive content that
can complement any Filipino's binge-watching experience.
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| McDonald's Philippines' first NXTGEN store situated in McKinley West (Image Source: ClickTheCity.com) |
McDonald's Philippines is literally taking Filipinos to the possible
future of fastfood restaurants in the Philippines with the opening of five new
and unique stores across Metro Manila including McKinley West, Kapitolyo and Robinsons
Galleria among others. Dubbed as NXTGEN, these stores have self-ordering kiosks
that provide more convenience for customers to order their favorite McDo meals.
Initially introduced in Japan, the self-ordering kiosks allow customers
to skip falling in line and order their meals at their own accord. Heck, they
can even customize their orders and pay for their purchases using a debit or
credit card. If you want to pay for your orders with cash, then go to the
counter and present your upfront payments to the assigned cashier. Anyway, McDonald's
Philippines is slated to open ten more NXTGEN stores throughout the remainder
of 2018.
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| (Image Source: Facebook/Lipa Status/Arven Bravo) |
Many shoppers and mallgoers in Luzon are definitely excited for the
highly-anticipated opening of probably the island's largest outlet shopping
destination, The Outlets at Lipa. Its opening was supposed to take place
throughout the summer of 2018, but it is officially announced that The Outlets
will have its first phase opening by December at least.
Many local and international retail and food brands have announced
their impending arrival or already opened prior to The Outlets' impending
opening as respectively stated in the destination's official Facebook page.
These include US Department Store, Lee, World Balance, Nike, Gilligan's, Taza
Mia Coffee, Burger Mania and Security Bank among others. Heck, it even opened the
Aboitiz Pitch, the first football field in Luzon to sport an artificial turf,
which has been a prominent stage for the Lipa Football League and the Luzon
edition of the Aboitiz Football Cup which were officially underway.
