Smart backs renewed push for SIM registration
Following its report on blocking more than 23 million smishing (SMS phishing) attempts in just three days, PLDT’s wireless unit Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) calls on the passage of the…
Alibaba Cloud fintech program aims to boost financial inclusion in PH
Alibaba Cloud’s new fintech support program hopes to provide finance-related companies with the tools to take their digital transformation a notch higher than it is now. Fintech ONE offers companies…
SG-based Openspace Ventures leads Lista’s $5.1 million latest funding
Budget tracker app Lista raised over $5 million in the recent funding round led by Singapore-based venture capital firm Openspace Ventures. Launched in the latter part of 2021, the financial…
Lenovo Legion Gen 7 devices built to meet consumers’ emerging needs
Lenovo Legion started designing laptops that can serve multiple purposes such as work and gaming. The latest Legion Gen 7 devices, which were launched recently, aim to provide the workforce…
Gov’t cybercrime center opens digital forensics laboratory
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) unveils the Digital Forensics Platform and Laboratory (DFPAL) that would help the government fight against cybercrime, specifically online sexual abuse, and exploitation of…
Only 12% of companies use AI’s full potential — Accenture
Organizations have been leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) but the latest research from Accenture showed that only 12% are using it at an AI maturity level. According to the research, AI…
Visionary Performance: How digital optics are changing the outdoors
By Marc Vayn, Chair and Founder of ATN Corp. Camera innovators Daguerre and Chevalier dealt with lenses long before smartphones and Instagram filters changed our culture’s approach to photography. From…
Lack of public-private partnership holds back digital economy — IDC report
While IT spending is seen to reach $12 billion in 2025, the digital economy in the Asean cannot fully maximize its full potential for a lack of strong public and…
PLDT, Smart block more than 23 million ‘smishing’ messages in three days
PLDT and wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) reported that they blocked more than 23 million SMS that contain three URLs identified as phishing sites from June 11 to 14.…
Cisco’s new unified cloud management service aims to simplify hybrid work setup
With the hybrid work setup viewed as the future of work and multi-location collaboration in organizations becoming the norm, Cisco introduced a more simplified cloud management service. At the annual…
Data-as-a-Service, a new frontier for credit decisioning
By Bharath Vellore, General Manager Provenir APAC It is not a secret that many financial institutions struggle to transition to more advanced credit models. Technologically, many institutions have outdated system…
PDRF helps boost QC barangays’ disaster preparedness
The Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF)’s Project KoNeK conducted simulation exercises in three barangays in Quezon City to test their readiness for disasters. Almost 80 local government officials from Barangays…
Home Credit offers flexible installments on gaming devices
Home Credit Philippines (HCPH), a buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider in the country, offers some really good deals on devices geared toward mobile gaming enthusiasts until June 30. OPPO…
PLDT supports DICT, UNDP with rollout of public Wi-Fi in PH schools
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), have tapped PLDT to link the massive public Wi-Fi access roll-out to 220 state universities…
Samsung highlights eco-friendly features of Galaxy S22 Series
Year after year, Samsung elevates the mobile flagship experience with innovations in its lines of smartphones. Its latest device, the Galaxy S22 Series, broke the rules of mobile photography with…
Power Mac Center shares gift ideas for fathers
Power Mac Center’s Don’t Skip Dad’s Day campaign offers the most exciting deals specially made for our loving fathers. We have rounded up the best tech gifts that he will…
Instarem’s latest features make money transfer fast and easy
Instarem, a digital cross-border payment platform, unveiled new features to make it easy for Filipinos in Australia to transfer money to the Philippines. The new feature enables money transfer directly…
UBX bolsters insurtech ecosystem with new financial wellness offering
Union Bank of the Philippines’ (UnionBank) fintech arm UBX introduced an integrated employee financial wellness benefits ecosystem during the Insuretech Connect Asia conference in Singapore held recently. UBX aims to…
Teleperformance Cloud Campus Jeepney goes to key provinces in Luzon
Teleperformance (TP) Philippines, a business process outsourcing and contact center company, is bringing the TP Cloud Campus Jeepney on a roadshow across Luzon to promote work-at-home career opportunities through its…
Tonik boosts API security with Noname Security solution
Noname Security, a proactive API (application programming interface) security platform, has been chosen by Tonik, a neobank based in the Philippines, to help safeguard a critical component of its digital…
Cebuana Lhuillier teams up with AI company Element to boost use of e-money in PH
Element Inc., the privacy-led, modern AI (artificial intelligence) pioneer in digital identity services, announced its partnership with Cebuana Lhuillier, a micro-financial services provider in the Philippines, to provide electronic Know-Your-Customer…
PLDT joins global cyberdefense council
Philippine telco PLDT has joined the newly formed Cyber Defenders Council, an independent group of cybersecurity leaders from around the world. Last year, the PLDT Group invested close to P2…
UPS names Russell Reed as managing director for PH
Global package delivery company UPS has appointed Russell Reed as managing director of UPS Philippines. A 29-year UPS veteran, Reed brings a wealth of global and cross-functional experience to the…
Secuna urges organizations to bolster security strategies amid talent shortage
Citing Fortinet’s 2022 Cybersecurity Skills Gap report, Secuna said talent shortage may contribute to the increase in data breaches and urges the government, as well as private entities, to strengthen…
Kaspersky’s enhanced threat intelligence portal unifies vendors’ services
The new release of Kaspersky Threat Intelligence (TI) unifies all vendors’ TI services, sources, and cyber-reconnaissance capabilities in a single and convenient interface. The updated portal supports real-time search across…
High-interest rates prevent people from getting loans — TransUnion
High monthly payment is among the top reasons Filipino consumers reject credit offers. This is one of the findings in credit and insights company TransUnion’s latest study on financial inclusion.…
UBX, Unit 256 Ventures develop platform to offer art pieces as NFTs
Image by Tumisu from Pixabay UBX, the fintech arm of Union Bank of the Philippines, has partnered with Unit 256 Ventures, an art tech enterprise, in developing a platform that…
Cisco unveils security innovations for new cloud strategy
Technology company Cisco revealed the ongoing development of Cisco Security Cloud, which is designed to become the industry’s most open platform, protecting the integrity of the entire IT ecosystem –…
Shopee helps you find the right gift for dads on Father’s Day
E-commerce platform Shopee shares 19 Shopee finds to gift dads on Father’s Day. Get up to 90% off on these gift ideas at Shopee’s Father’s Day Fair until June 14…
Zoho holds Creator Roadshow 2022 in Manila
Technology solutions Zoho Corp., a technology company, is bringing the Zoho Creator 2022 Roadshow to Manila on June 23 (8.30 a.m.-4 p.m.) and June 24 (9 a.m.-4 p.m.) at Novotel…
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