Big Bad Wolf Book Sale brings AR children’s books to Manila
Aligned with the founders’ mission to encourage more children to read books, the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale is bringing AR (augmented reality) children’s books in its second outing in…
Philsteel Group’s new websites give customers a peek into each company’s services
Pioneering flat steel products manufacturer Philsteel recently announced the launch of four new websites; one for its holdings company and three for its manufacturing companies. Philsteel Holdings Corporation: http://www.philsteelgroup.com Philmetal…
Affordable Nokia 3.1 Plus now available in PH
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, has announced the availability in the Philippines of the Nokia 3.1 Plus, a smartphone that goes big on content experiences with its 6-inch…
95% of consumers don’t want to talk to a robot when shopping — study
People do not want to speak with robots while shopping in-store or online according to a new study conducted by Oracle NetSuite in partnership with full-service market research firm Wakefield…
IDC: Smartphone shipments down 4.9% in the holiday quarter, worst year ever
Just before Apple reported a decline in sales, the International Data Corp. (IDC) released its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker where smartphone vendors shipped a total of 375.4 million units…
Digital ticketing platform Ticket2Me partners with GCash
Singapore-based and Filipino-owned ticketing startup Ticket2Me has partnered with mobile money service GCash for a series of promos starting this February. The first promo is “#TicketEasy with Ticket2Me and GCash,”…
Kaspersky: Russian-speaking hacking groups sharing infrastructure to launch attacks
Experts at cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab (Kaspersky) revealed that two threat actors who, apparently speak Russian, used the same servers at the same time. GreyEnergy, which according to Kaspersky is…
Certification institute recognizes SAP PH as top employer for 2019
For the second year in a row, the Top Employers Institute awarded the 2019 Top Employer Award to SAP Philippines for empowering the firm’s best people practices and for having”…
LinkedIn study says talents with digital competency in high demand in aid of companies’ DX
Digital competency is in high demand, but so are soft skills, according to the 2019 Emerging Jobs in the Philippines Report by professional network LinkedIn. The findings underscore the demand…
Kaspersky Lab helps to eliminate seven vulnerabilities in industrial IoT platform solution
Kaspersky Lab experts have helped to identify and patch seven previously unknown vulnerabilities in the ThingsPro Suite, an industrial IoT (Internet of Things) platform, designed for industrial control systems (ICS)…
Gobi Core PH Fund leads seed round investments in MariaHealth, Edukasyon.ph
The Gobi Core PH Fund (the Fund) announced recently that it has invested in Philippine companies MariaHealth and Edukasyon.ph. The Fund is a joint venture between Gobi Partners and Core…
Mitsubishi develops cyber-attack detection technology for cars
Mitsubishi Electric Corp., a Japanese car manufacturing and electronics company, unveiled a cyber-attack detection technology meant to thwart any attacks on cars. The company takes into consideration the threats on…
CEZA’s wave of investments hoped to make the zone a major fintech hub
According to the data provided by The Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA), it experienced a “surge of investments” after it was converted into a crypto and blockchain hub. It also…
Gartner says AI gaining ground across all industries
Considered as one of emerging technologies, artificial intelligence (AI) may soon become new normal as adoption grows, according to Gartner’s 2019 CIO Survey. Organizations that have implemented some form of…
Nexusguard: Nearly two-thirds of DDoS attacks in Q3 2018 targeted communications service providers
The Nexusguard “Q3 2018 Threat Report” has revealed the emergence of an extremely stealthy distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack pattern targeting communications service providers (CSPs). This new vector exploits the large…
Kaspersky urges internet users to be vigilant and secure their online accounts
News of data breaches can spread chills to anyone who has an online presence. The news last week of Collection #1 where more than 700 million unique email addresses and…
Malaysian firm edotco signs MOU with DICT to advance mobile connectivity in the Philippines
Integrated regional telecommunications infrastructure services provider edotco Group Sdn Bhd (edotco) has set sights on the Philippines as the next growth market to accelerate its footprint expansion in Asia. The…
Lenovo, Intel kick off Legion of Champions III 2019
PC and smart device manufacturer Lenovo has announced the kick-off of its Legion of Champions Series III (LoC III) grand finals. In partnership with Intel, the eSports competition will bring…
Singapore privacy watchdog fines healthcare provider for cyberattack
Singapore’s largest healthcare provider was fined Sg$250,000 and its security vendor Sg$750,000 for the massive data breach that also affected Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. After receiving the findings of…
Sophos appoints Gavin Struthers as regional vice president for Asia-Pacific/Japan
Network and endpoint security company Sophos has announced the appointment of Gavin Struthers as its regional vice president for the Asia-Pacific and Japan, to drive strategic business growth plans and…
Oracle NetSuite enables Gawad Kalinga program
Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm, an incubator for social enterprises in the Philippines, has implemented Oracle NetSuite to support its mission to end poverty for 5 million families by 2024. With…
Samsung Smart TVs to launch iTunes Movies & TV Shows, support AirPlay 2 beginning Spring 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced during the recently concluded CES 2019 that it will offer iTunes movies and TV shows and Apple AirPlay 2 support on 2019 Samsung Smart TV…
Kaspersky: Vulnerabilities in connected electric car chargers could damage home networks
So much focus is given in securing modern electric vehicles (EV) that accessories are sometimes overlooked. Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab (Kaspersky) found some vulnerabilities from an EV charger supplied by…
Tongdun Int’l partners with BPI to offer faster banking solutions to SMEs
Tongdun International Pte. Ltd., a risk management service provider, has partnered with Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) to deliver a faster, automated lending process, and an optimized credit scoring…
773 million email addresses, passwords, 87GB of data, compromised in ‘Collection 1’ dump
Troy Hunt who runs Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), a website where users can check if their email addresses were compromised, revealed that almost 773 million unique email addresses and…
SAS helps Asean banks comply with evolving regulatory standards
In just one year, Indonesia’s adaptation of International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (IFRS 9), known as PSAK 71: Instrumen Keuangan, will officially go into effect, requiring a significant accounting change…
Understanding the increasing challenges of cloud and cloud security
Cloud migration has offered many advantages to organizations such as making it much easier to manage data as well as make transactions smoother than before. However, with almost all the…
Rampant phishing in online quizzes using new toolkit — study
The threat of online quizzes may not have reached as many people as many security firms are hoping for judging by the number of Facebook users sharing their results on…
Smart supports local tourism initiatives with technology innovations
PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications (Smart) maximized technology innovations in 2018 to support Philippine tourism initiatives. Through #TravelSmart, the telecommunications company created mobile guide apps and eguides in collaborations with…
IDC: PC market declines 3.7% in Q3 2018 but beats expectations
Preliminary results for the fourth quarter of 2018 (4Q18) showed shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, and workstation) totaled just over 68.1 million units, marking a decline of 3.7 percent…
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