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…
Smart makes PH’s first 5G-to-5G video call
Talks of 5G technology have been going on for years with predictions of its global adoption by 2020 and paving the way for the Internet of Things (IoT). PLDT wireless…
beep card extends services beyond transport payments
Maher also revealed the company's plan to extend its transport payment services to provinces outside of Luzon by forging partnerships with bus companies.
Study says continued digitalization will increase demand for IT professionals in 2019
The rise in salaries in niche markets was also notable, mainly due to the digitalization that led to a strong demand for technical skills across various industries.
IFC, IFC Emerging Asia Fund to invest $40 million in PH Voyager Innovations
International Finance Corporation (IFC) and IFC Emerging Asia Fund, a fund managed by IFC Asset Management Company (AMC), are pouring in $40 million worth of newly-issued shares in Voyager Innovations…
Asia-Pacific consumers want their IoT devices to come with security features
About 60 percent of respondents who still don't use an IoT device said there is a slim chance for them to purchase one "if there are no guarantees that the…
Ticket2Me breaches P5-M ticket sales mark
Ticketing startup Ticket2Me has broken the P5-million ticket sales barrier after only going live in late-May 2018. This milestone was driven by strong ticket demand for events by its partners,…
Amazon exposes user data due to ‘technical error’ ahead of Black Friday
In the same email notice, Amazon assured customers that the company has already fixed the error and that there is no need for them to do reset their passwords.
Taiwan sees innovations as opportunities to develop cybersecurity capabilities
Given Taiwan's unique strengths and technological advantages over its Asia-Pacific counterparts, the cybersecurity industry could potentially harness the significant economic opportunity arising from the growing demand for cybersecurity, not only…
IPC, Conversant partnership paves way for PH’s first enterprise-level content delivery network service
Many of the content delivery networks (CDN) used by enterprises are hosted overseas, which racks up the cost of the service. IPC, a local cloud services company and an ePLDT…
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