Marlet Salazar is a technology writer with 20 years of experience in the media industry. She previously worked as a writer at the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Follow @marletds or connect on LinkedIn /marletsalazar/.
The global health crisis accelerated the digital transformation efforts of organizations. The urgency was driven by the sudden change in work environments that may permanently alter business operations. In an email interview, […]
Researchers at Unit 42, the global threat intelligence team of cybersecurity solutions company Palo Alto Networks, identified more than 300 malware samples taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Network traffic from all […]
A recent report from Akamai Technologies, a global content delivery network, cybersecurity, and cloud service company, saw a 30% increase in global internet traffic, where traffic peaked at 120 terabytes per second […]
Early on Sunday, Facebook timeline has been flooded with pleas to help users report cloned accounts. The incident spread like wildfire and friends helped each other in trying to block or report […]
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, announces the Nokia C2 with an exclusive pre-order promo on Shopee 6.6 Super Flash Sale, bringing long-lasting entertainment and creative photography to Filipino Nokia mobile […]
The effects of COVID-19 practically threw outside the window all the business strategies and plans crafted last year. The new reality is something that nobody has foreseen — and it’s quite dramatic. […]
Fourteen years after making Filipino fans swoon over his character in the hit series “Kim Sam Soon,” South Korean superstar Hyun Bin once again turned the entertainment world upside down with yet […]
Based on music streaming app Spotify data pulled between April 17 and May 17, listeners are soundtracking their activities at home from gardening to homeschooling to painting to dyeing their hair and […]
Over the past few months, educational institutions around the world have been forced to embrace distance learning. For many of these institutions, this digital transformation to distance learning was thrust upon them […]
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is working closely with the Department of Health (DOH) to ensure that contact tracing efforts won’t violate any data privacy. In a statement, the NPC said “collect […]
The sudden shift in business operations arrangement caught some companies off guard. Orders of immediate lockdowns didn’t give companies enough time to prepare the infrastructure so they could have a secure working […]
Five new startups from Samsung Electronics’ (Samsung) C-Lab Inside in-house incubation program will receive support from the electronics and technology company. Samsung started C-Lab in 2012 with the aim of empowering employees […]
Manufacturers can look at robotics automation not only as an option but also as a fundamental tool in the post-COVID-19 age. Universal Robots, Denmark-based collaborative robots (cobots) technology, proposes maximizing the potential […]
Before COVID-19, the contactless transaction was just an option, today it is much preferred for safety and health reasons. Because of this, market advisory firm ABI Research sees that globally, contactless adoption […]
Dell Technologies (Dell) adapts to the new requirements of data storage and management with the unveiling of Dell EMC PowerStore, which promises to be “seven times faster, three times more responsive than […]
Online classifieds Carousell joined hands with consumer goods company Unilever Food Solutions to help local small and medium businesses continue their operations in the face of the pandemic. The “Food and Drinks” […]
Shifting work and classes online proved to be a security nightmare if precautionary measures were not in place. According to the latest Kaspersky report on DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks covering […]
According to the survey conducted by cybersecurity firm Sophos, the average global cost of addressing the impact of a ransomware attack stands at $730,000, which is exclusive of business downtime, lost orders, […]
The COVID-19 pandemic claimed thousands of lives. It has crippled the global economy pushing companies to the edge with reports of airlines filing of bankruptcy and business closure. Patrick Corcoran, Global Strategy […]
Hitachi Vantara, a data storage company, recently unveiled a new data storage designed for midsize enterprise customers. Aside from lowering costs, the new Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) E990 also simplifies data […]
MyKuya, an on-demand services company, has tapped financial technology company GCash for its workers’ salary distribution as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company has been providing services in […]
“There is no question that this pandemic is a powerful force of disruption and an unprecedented tragedy,” said Arvind Krishna, CEO, IBM, at the technology company’s annual “Think” conference, which was held […]
The current pandemic is not the only disruption companies must prepare for any eventuality whether it be natural or man-made. In a report by technology company SAP together with Oxford Economics, it […]
Financial services company Visa and its partners have connected more than 61 million merchant locations globally as a response to the changing eCommerce landscape caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. By leveraging its […]
Technology company IBM Inc. (IBM) and open-source software company Red Hat Inc. unveil its new services and solutions at the Think Digital conference amid the pandemic. The latest technologies highlight the need […]
