IDC: Double-digit growth will continue for wearable devices due to popularity of smartwatches
Global shipments of wearable devices are forecast to reach 125.3 million units in 2018, up 8.5 percent from 2017, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device…
IDC: Worldwide server market revenue up by 37.7% YoY in 3Q18
In the latest IDC (International Data Corporation) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, vendor revenue in the worldwide server market increased 37.7 percent, year over year to $23.4 billion during the third…
Kaspersky: A third of shoppers’ financial credentials compromised
Online shopping provides the convenience mall shopping couldn’t such as avoiding heavy traffic and the rush of people in stores. With just a click of a mouse and the item…
Smart, Samsung encourage Filipinos to upgrade to LTE through discount offerings
From left: Rhomel Marcojos, head of Operator Channel, IT and Mobile, Samsung; Angela Chua, operator account manager, IT and Mobile, Samsung; Alex Park, Business Unit adviser for IT and Mobile,…
IDOOH, Grab Philippines partner to bring the in-vehicle entertainment screen network
IDOOH International has partnered with GrabAds, Grab’s online-to-offline (O2O) advertising platform, to deploy in-vehicle media screens in GrabCars in the Philippines. The partnership aims to provide passengers and drivers with…
Gartner survey reveals two-thirds of organizations intend to deploy 5G by 2020 to use in IoT
In Gartner’s 5G use case and adoption survey conducted in May 2018 through June 2018, it reveals that 66 percent of organizations have been contemplating deploying 5G technology by the…
2018 RECAP: Some high-profile security breaches of 2018
Data breaches not only cost companies millions of dollars but also damage brand trust.
Smart network upgrades in Bulacan approach finish line
Customers in Bulacan can now look forward to improved connectivity as PLDT wireless arm Smart Communication Inc. (Smart) rolls out Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) across Bulacan, which…
Symantec’s Industrial Control System Protection Neural to defend against USB-borne malware
Cybersecurity company Symantec Corp. introduced recently its Industrial Control System Protection (ICSP) Neural, the industry’s first neural network-integrated USB scanning station that helps organizations protect critical infrastructure by preventing the…
Acer Academy provides immersive learning using VR, MR
Emerging technologies such as virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) have been utilized in the entertainment and industrial sectors. Technology company Acer decides to maximize their use in education…
Nokia’s last-minute Christmas gift ideas — and freebies
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, gives consumers gift ideas that could last for a long time and promise to make loved ones feel a little extra this Christmas.…
IDC: Smartphone shipments expected to further decline in 2018 before returning to growth in 2019
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to decline by 3 percent in 2018 before returning to low single-digit growth…
Ramon Aboitiz Foundation taps AGS to streamline operations
In photo from left: Percival Flores, head Sales and Marketing Group, AGS, Dave De Leon, CEO, AGS, Nerisse Ramos, president AGS and COO ePLDT Group, Dominic Chua, president RAFI, Reila…
Praxis raises $3M from Triple P to boost financial literacy in Asia
Southeast Asia’s leading provider of financial literacy gameplay, The Praxis Company, announced recently that it has secured an investment from Triple P Capital (Triple P), the region’s expert financial services…
Samsung, KOTSA to build 5G–V2X test zone for connected cars, autonomous vehicles
Samsung Electronics today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Korea Transportation Safety Authority (KOTSA) to collaborate on next-generation telecommunication technology which will enable autonomous…
DXC opens two new analytics migration factory locations for Microsoft Azure
With continued demand for the migration of analytics workloads to the cloud, DXC Technology recently announced the opening of two additional DXC Analytics Migration Factory locations in Manila, Philippines, and…
Smart, Nokia present use of drones for PH Red Cross disaster response
In a country that experiences 20 typhoons in a year and sits in a major fault line, natural disaster is something that the Philippines, has, unfortunately, learned to live with.…
IDC Spending Guide: Worldwide spending on robotics, drones to reach $115.7 billion in 2019
A new update to the International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Robotics and Drones Spending Guide forecasts worldwide spending on robotics systems and drones will total $115.7 billion in 2019,…
CISOs play catch up: cloud adoption is biggest security risk to business, Kaspersky Lab finds
Cloud adoption is in full swing, with the latest IDG data showing that 73% of enterprises have at least one application, or a portion of their computing infrastructure, already in…
New product launches drive double-digit growth in the wearables market, says IDC
Global shipments of wearable devices reached 32 million units in the third quarter of 2018 (3Q18), up 21.7 percent from the previous year according to data from the International Data…
Sophos introduces lateral movement protection to XG firewall to stop advancing cyberattacks
New lateral movement protection exposes blind spots on network switches or LAN segments with innovative Sophos Synchronised Security technology Network and endpoint security firm Sophos announced recently that its next-generation…
LinkedIn study says Filipinos among the most confident in Asia-Pacific about opportunities to get ahead
Professional network LinkedIn has just revealed its inaugural LinkedIn Opportunity Index in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region where it has more than 153 million members including six million in the…
Iloilo LGU, Smart, InnoPub unveil interactive markers to boost provincial tourism
Tigbauan officials receive the municipality’s tourism QR code from representatives of the Iloilo tourism office, Smart and InnoPub. Nineteen other LGUs received their own tourism QR codes, including Miagao, Oton,…
Bots, humans key to driving digital transformation in the Industry 4.0 era —study
Technology company Lenovo has partnered with IDC to examine the fundamental shifts that will change the concept of work and how it will be done in the next few years.…
Xiaomi partners with IKEA to bring smart connected homes to more users
Xiaomi also released Mi Smart Door Lock, which adopts integrated 3D live fingerprint recognition. It also supports six unlocking means including password, NFC and Bluetooth.
Marriott-Starwood data breach leaks credit card numbers, expiration dates
Data of about 500 million Starwood clients may have been compromised in a breach that might have happened since 2014, according to the advisory posted by Marriott International. The investigation…
Lenovo now offers laptops that run on AMD processors
After reclaiming the top spot in personal computers ranking in the third quarter of 2018, Lenovo announced that some of its existing models will run on AMD processors. Advanced Micro…
Mobile shopping apps gaining popularity among consumers in Southeast Asia — study
The Flurry study identified that mobile shopping app usage has increased by 240 percent in the last year
Fortinet makes it to Gartner’s first Magic Quadrant for WAN edge infrastructure
Cybersecurity solutions company Fortinet announced its inclusion in Gartner’s first Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure as a Challenger with the furthest placement for completeness of vision in the Challengers…
Fiber internet provider Converge ICT now offers new suite of home Wi-Fi products
Converge ICT recently unveiled a suite of new products that promise to give a seamless connectivity experience for its subscribers. Through Converge ICT´s exclusive partnership with Linksys, the full potential…
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