Astraqom, a world-leading provider of online community platforms leveraging IP communications, recently launched a social network, PinoyKubo. The company says the platform is built to power up all involved with a combination of technology and the unique culture of the people of The Philippines. Within just three months of its launch, the platform has received a tremendous response and already has over 50,000 friendships.

With PinoyKubo’s features and tools, the participants can easily meet long-term social and entrepreneurial goals. They can make friends to collaborate with, get appreciated for one's talents, accomplishments and abilities, and discover and employ new methods and tools to reach social and business (also may be entrepreneurial and financial) goals.

"’Tuloy po kayo sa PinoyKubo’ means more than just 'Welcome to PinoyKubo'. To the PinoyKubo socialite and developer team, it represents the many hours of work dedicated to building our unique social media site. It is a reminder of how very multi-talented, colorful, bright and stimulating the people, architecture, music, business, games, movies, books, schools, science and more are to the world. We want to share opportunities with others to collaborate in entrepreneurship, entertainment, arts and other areas via PinoyKubo," stated Jonathan Sowah, founder of PinoyKubo, in a statement.

"PinoyKubo is cool! We just can't simply underestimate the skills and capabilities of Filipinos. The PinoyKubo site is another reason why we should be proud to be Filipinos. In PinoyKubo, we will be able to meet friends, keep in touch with them, and share anything with them. I hope this will be a big success. I have some suggestions for additions and changes with the developer and social team to make it feel more original and Filipino/Filipina. More power and God bless, PinoyKubo," shared Llot Lee, a new collaborator on PinoyKubo. "Businesses and other organizations can elicit immeasurable opportunities that differentiate them from others by being seen as a champion of PinoyKubo in the eyes of its loyal global community. These groups can get involved via sponsorships, ads, partnering options, and special events, and be an important part of 2011 and future image and branding. The supporting groups will increase a positive social image among this exponentially increasing number of focused global users. Companies who are successful in social media are more likely to be the choice of where consumers choose to spend their money," added Suzanne Bowen, vice president of marketing and business development for PinoyKubo.

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