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In Focus: How This Fast-Growing App Is Bridging LDR Among Pinoys

March 4, 2020 | 3 mins read

SAVE With today’s tech conveniences, most Pinoys have better chances of finding love online or believe that LDRs have a fighting chance to survive its many challenges more than ever. That may be true to some extent thanks to such apps as KUMU, the fastest-growing social app in the Philippines that links Pinoy content creators and…

Digital: Filipino-Hawaiian Celebrities are Making New Connections in the Philippines via Mobile App Kumu

March 4, 2020 | 3 mins read

Through the years, many talented Filipinos have made big names for themselves all over the world. Over in Hawaii, where more than a quarter of the island comprises individuals of Filipino descent, several Pinoy talents are getting their voices heard on local shores through the mobile app KUMU. If there’s one app that truly captures the…

5 Pinays Get *Very Real* About Being Content Creators

March 4, 2020 | 15 mins read

It takes *a lot* to be a content creator these days, especially when it involves livestreaming! Finding your niche, establishing your voice, and entertaining your audience are just some of the many, many things content creators do — often balancing this gig with several other jobs. Cosmopolitan spoke to five Pinay content creators/livestreamers on KUMU to find…

The search is on for the “TFC Calendar Star” in the Asia Pacific

March 4, 2020 | 3 mins read

Be one of the faces in the TFC Calendar 2020, download the Kumu app now and join the search for the “TFC Calendar Star” Do you have what it takes to become the first-ever “TFC Calendar Star”? If you got an irresistible charm, a pleasing personality, that Mona Lisa smile, and that brains and wit…

Digital: The Filipino Channel is in Search for Twelve Overseas Filipino from APAC through Kumu to be the Faces of the TFC Calendar 2020

March 4, 2020 | 3 mins read

QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES — Twelve overseas Filipinos of legal age from the Asia Pacific region will be chosen to be the face of the TFC Calendar 2020, which will be distributed in different countries around the Asia Pacific. The search for the “TFC Calendar Star” will be done through the Kumu app, a livestreaming application where one…

Digital: Andrea Brillantes and Seth Fedelin to Give Away P1 Million for Kumu’s Quiz Mo Ko Trivia Geeks

March 4, 2020 | 4 mins read

Pinoy-centric app KUMU recently achieved over a million downloads online after its launch in February last year. As more Pinoys from all over the world are getting into KUMUnities, users can get a chance to win a cool P1 million simply by joining the app’s Quiz Mo Ko trivia game show on September 25 at 9:00PM. The special game show…

Campaign Spotlight: KUMU Partners with NextDayBetter Through TFC to Present the Untold Stories of Pinoys Abroad

March 4, 2020 | 3 mins read

For majority of the estimated 10.2 million Filipinos living abroad, having an avenue that connects them back to their roots in the Philippines while allowing them to engage in intelligent conversations about pressing social issues is a welcome concept. Undeniably, some Filipino-foreigners still experience culture clashes from both sides of the fence as they are…

Kumu Gives Away Over PHP1 Million Cash Prizes via Kapamilya Stars

March 4, 2020 | 2 mins read

In celebration of Kumu’s 1 million downloads on its first anniversary, the live streaming mobile app is giving away over PHP1 million worth of cash prizes weekly with the stars of hit ABS-CBN Kapamilya teleseryes The Killer Bride, Kadenang Ginto, The General’s Daughter, FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano and iWant’s original series “Past Present Perfect.” Each week until September 23, 2019, a Kapamilya star will be…

How KC Montero balances ‘Ang Probinsyano’ with life as tech executive

March 4, 2020 | 3 mins read

MANILA, Philippines — After being away from the television scene for a long time, American DJ, host and actor KC Montero is now a mainstay in long-time running show “Ang Probinsyano.” His character, Lance, forms part of a drug triumvirate alongside Jacob (Marc Abaya) and Migz (Kean Cipriano), an added excitement to which the producers…