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/.
Apple cites the effects of coronavirus for missing the second-quarter guidance the company issued the same time it released the first-quarter earnings. The technology company has temporarily closed its stories in China […]
As part of its IT transformation and modernization efforts, multinational conglomerate corporation 3M is migrating its entire IT infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud […]
On Safe Internet Day, microblogging and social networking platform Twitter announced a new rule to address what it calls “synthetic and manipulated media.” Starting March 5, it will start labeling Tweets if […]
Financial services company PayMaya Philippines (PayMaya) partners with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in offering another cashless payment tax option. Individual taxpayers can use the PayMaya app (available for Android and […]
Due to the threat of novel coronavirus, the GSM Association (GSMA) an industry organization that represents the interests of mobile network operators worldwide, has canceled the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) scheduled […]
The Internet of Things (IoT) is no longer a new phenomenon. But it’s certainly one that’s still growing and branching out. To that point, we have written in the past about the […]
Ericsson, a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company, decided to skip Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2020 set on Feb. 24-27. The company cites its concern “for the health and safety of employees, […]
On Safer Internet Day, Google Philippines launched “Cyberpeace: Creating a peaceful internet together” campaign, which aims to reinforce its ongoing efforts to online safety. Google is partnering with Teach Peace Build Peace […]
Many of the financial technology companies in the Philippines anchor their business in the call of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for financial inclusion. With this premise, the FinTech Philippines Association (FPH) […]
Ecommerce site Carousell released the list of the top car brands for 2019 based on its data compilation of all searches in the past year. Japanese automotive brands were the top 3 […]
The Sophos Security Team received a report of a phishing scam that uses the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and the World Health Organization (WHO) as baits. According to Sophos, an email carrying the […]
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, introduces the Nokia C1 which features a 5.45-inch display built for uninterrupted viewing of videos or games. Nokia C1, which runs on AndroidTM 9 Pie […]
The heightened awareness of cybersecurity does not necessarily translate into action, as evidenced by the recent study of global professional services company Accenture titled “Accenture’s Third Annual State of Cyber Resilience,” which […]
During the Philippine Senate hearing on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Health Secretary Francisco Duque “blamed” the airlines for the delay in contract tracing of passengers in the same flight as the two […]
Google’s revenue is helped by its Google Cloud Platform, which has generated $8.92 billion in revenue in fiscal 2019. For the fourth quarter of 2019 alone, it reported $2.61 billion earnings. With […]
Microsoft Corp.’s revenue was up by 14% ($36.9 billion) partly because of the revenue growth in server products and cloud services revenue, which increased 30% driven by Azure revenue growth of 62%. […]
Apple’s first-quarter results for the fiscal year 2020 hushed all skepticism over its sales growth reporting an increase of 9% or a quarterly revenue of $91.8 billion. The company credits the latest […]
For the second year in a row, the Philippines recorded the most number of internet-borne threats in Southeast Asia, according to the data gathered by Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) for the fourth […]
Palo Alto Networks 2020 predictions are hinged from the previous years’ technology developments. The cybersecurity company discussed the interconnectedness of the ecosystem and each part’s impact on the others. 5G, cloud, data […]
Image from Microsoft website Genesys, a cloud-based and on-premises software provider, strengthened its partnership with technology giant Microsoft to offer new services for contact centers. One of the former’s services, Genesys Engage, […]
Image is Cisco’s HQ in the United States Global technology company Cisco announced that its first Cybersecurity Co-Innovation Center in Europe is finally open. Located at the Leonardo da Vinci Science and […]
While large enterprises have the capability to monetize the data they collect, smaller businesses are not maximizing the amount of information they are able to generate from customers, according to Praveen Kumar, […]
Fortinet, a security firm that offers integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, announced recently that merchant payment solutions company Yedpay has deployed an end-to-end Fortinet Security Fabric to help bolster security as it […]
Google announced recently the acquisition of AppSheet, a no-code application development platform specifically geared for the use of businesses. Enterprises are constantly thinking of ways to serve customers better and faster than […]
Nokia announced recently that it sealed 63 commercial 5G contracts worldwide. The telecommunications and information technology company strikes deals with customers such as AT&T, KDDI, Korea Telecom, LG Uplus, NTT DOCOMO, O2, […]