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SMX Convention Center, Manila, Philippines, June 23, 2010 -- PhPhoto celebrated its 8th grand EB gathering at the 15th Philippine Graphics Expo, held at the SMX Convention Center last June 19, 2010, attended by PHPhoto organizing founders and members comprising of hobbyists, amateur and professional Filipino photographers.

Yes, we have finally gone live! For many months, we have been redesigning our website to give you a fun, easy and breezy online photo printing experience. We know you have taken lots of photos over the summer and we’re inviting you to check out our new and improved website!

April 1, 2007 -- Picatoo joined this year's Cosplay live event held at SM Megamall's Megatrade Hall. "Cosplay", short for "costume play", is the biggest and premiere annual convention of Japanese cartoon ("anime") fanatics in the Philippines. Fans came in dressed in their favorite anime characters. They ramped up the stage for the best costume competition.

Jun 13, 2008 -- It's difficult to be away from your loved ones especially on seasons when the rest of society can be with those they value the most. For young persons who were originally based in provinces but had to go to the city for studies or to pursue a career, it can sometimes get lonely. Memories of warm, aromatic home-cooked meals serve as momentary shields from the cold reality of living miles away from loving family members and dear friends.

Dec 1, 2007 -- Picatoo, the leading local online photo developing service, announces support for the latest, wildly popular social networking site – Facebook. With the integration in place, Facebook users will no longer need to re-download their photos from their web album and re-upload to Picatoo just for printing. All they have to do now is go straight to Picatoo and tell it to retrieve the images from Facebook directly. This significantly saves time and allows for faster image transfer.

Nov 16, 2007 -- Picatoo, Mozcom's online photo developing system, in partnership with South East Asian Airlines (SEAIR) recently culminated its Flying Smiles Photo Contest at the Glorietta 3 Park Tent. The competition ran from May to October, 2007.

The contest highlighted the prominent vacation destinations in the Philippines, giving a boost to the tourism industry. A free concert was given by premier pop / R&B group, Freestyle after the awarding ceremonies.

Nov 5, 2007 -- Digital cameras and camera phones have made taking photos anywhere and anytime literally a snap. With the advent of online web albums, anybody can quickly upload and share photos with anyone in the world. But nothing still beats high-quality, physical prints when it comes to treasuring these memories for a long time.

The five-month long Flying Smiles Photo Contest co-presented by Picatoo, the country's online photo developing e-tailer, and Southeast Asian Airlines would culminate with an awarding ceremony on November 16 at the Glorietta 3 Park Tent (that's the covered area between Glorietta 3 and Shangrila Makati Hotel).

May 28, 2007 -- Picatoo partners with Toshiba for this year's BPI Madness to bring you Pic-a-Toshiba. Every purchase of a Toshiba laptop entitles the customer to free prints courtesy of local online photo developing website Picatoo (www.picatoo.com). Certificates for free 4R prints come with a coupon code that will be entered in the Picatoo website upon checkout. This will automatically apply the discount to the order placed. Picatoo's product line ranges from standard-sized prints to photo creations like calendars and picture books.