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Defying the restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, Google Philippines pushed through its “Cyberpeace” campaign officially launched in 2020. As a result, the recalibration of strategies reached more than 416,000 internet […]
The latest report “Pulse of Asia: The Health of Asia Barometer” saw that respondents in Asia are very much interested in improving their health but are hindered by several factors including the […]
Due to extreme poverty, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, reported cases of OSAEC (online sexual abuse and exploitation of children) increased by 264%, based on the figures by the Philippines’ Department of […]
Jeff, an omnichannel ecosystem for daily services, is looking at expanding its footprint in the Philippines. Last year, amid the threats of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Spanish startup opened at least 185 […]
Leadership, teams, and resources allocation are vital tools in moving the (ICT) information and communications technology industry move forward during a pandemic, according to Mitch Lowe, co-founder of Netflix and Redbox, during […]
The person who hacked former US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account admitted to guessing his password to “maga2020!” According to Fido Alliance, an open industry association that works on reducing password reliance, […]
Employment website JobStreet saw a 20%-30% increase or shift to digital services that required talents with digital skills in the last 10 months or at the height of COVID-19. It doesn’t follow, […]
Professional networking site LinkedIn saw that as businesses pivot to digital, required digital skills also rose. In its “Jobs on the Rise in 2021,” some of the roles that needed to be […]
VeMoBro, the newest e-commerce platform to launch in the Philippines, is firm on its position to help Filipino entrepreneurs in establishing a digital presence. With a promise of featuring all-Filipino brands, VeMoBro […]
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, announced that he is stepping down but will hold the executive chair post. Andy Jassy, CEO, Amazon Web Services (AWC) will take the post this summer. Bezos […]
IdeaSpace Philippines invests P3 million in three startups operating in the Philippines. Agro Digital PH, Humble, and Workbean will be receiving P1 million each as the investment firm and early-stage startup accelerator […]
The latest updates on Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma Cloud, a cloud-native security platform, hopes to help organizations manage their end-to-end solutions to protect applications. Many organizations are moving their processes and operations […]
The new study “Fast Track to Future-Ready Performance,” by business and consulting firm Accenture finds that digital adoption during the pandemic not only enabled companies to become agile they could also generate […]
Global technology giant IBM released the results of a study conducted in 2018 discussing the persistent patterns driving cloud adoption among enterprises today. The relevance of the cloud in business operations has […]
Microsoft kicked off the earnings week with a report of 17% increase in revenue or $43.1 billion, driven primarily by its cloud services (Microsoft Azure) and gaming (Xbox). Microsoft’s server products and […]
Amigo, a new online delivery service, hopes to take a slice of the pie of the growing app-based delivery system. Dismissing concerns about being “late to the game,” Amigo said it is […]
Dell Technologies’ (Dell) predictions f0r 2021 veer away from the familiar and focused more on technologies that are hardly given attention such as quantum and edge computing. “There are technologies not talked […]
Aiming to onboard 1 million micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the coming years, Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) developed a mobile app tailor-fit for the evolving needs of small […]
Technology company Apple announced major new projects as part of its $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI), which include the Propel Center, a learning hub for Historically Black Colleges and […]
Health measures to curb the effects of the COVID-19 have heavily affected business continuity for many industries, most especially manufacturing companies that rely on physical work on the factory floor to keep […]
At the all-digital Consumer Electronics Show 2021 (CES 2021), technology company Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung) unveils the product of its research centered around use cases of artificial intelligence (AI) in the […]
With HP Dragonfly G2, HP Dragonfly Max, and HP Elite Folio, technology company HP aims to capture the increasing number of the hybrid workforce with these latest personal computing devices. “While the […]
Technology company Lenovo launched the latest IdeaPad 5 laptops — IdeaPad 5G, IdeaPad 5 Pro, and IdeaPad 5i Pro — ahead of the annual Consumer Electronics Show 2021 (CES2021). The devices promise […]
Globe Fintech Innovations Inc. (Mynt), the fintech arm of Globe Telecom received $175 million in fresh capital from the New York-based capital management firm Bow Wave and its existing shareholders in multiple […]
Chinese device manufacturer Xiaomi unveiled the addition of two new Redmi smartphones: Redmi Note 9T and Redmi 9T in a virtual launch streamed across its social media channels. The first 5G smartphone […]
