2012 was a record feat for the Philippines being the year with the highest number of Filipino elementary and high school students who reaped medals in international science and mathematics competitions in a year.
Smartphones and media tablets continue to the prime movers of technology industries, with the two mobile platforms spurring a double-digit increase in the market for microelectromechanical system (MEMS) motion sensors this year.
Neda said business process outsourcing (BPO) is one of employment-generating sectors that present a great potential for creating high-quality jobs, as well as opportunities for innovation and technology spillovers.
The backup-as-a-service (BaaS) product allows businesses to ensure data availability through periodic data transfers to the IPC BackupCloud system hosted in IP-Converge?s data center facility over a dedicated Internet connection.
Android and iOS, the number one and number two ranked smartphone operating systems (OS) worldwide, combined for 91.1 percent of all smartphone shipments during the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12).
Various virtual "honey traps" are not uncommon on the Web ? and once dazzled by a momentary passion, a user can easily find himself left without money or with a nasty infection on his machine
Despite a 10% year-over-year increase for the full year 2012, the color laser market declined 1% in Q4 as ongoing weakness in the global economy finally caught up with this segment.
But, two IT executives ? former Commission on ICT chair Ivan Uy and former Comelec commissioner Gus Lagman ? said the poll body will be violating the Automated Election Law if it uses the PCOS machines without disclosing its source code.
Despite lingering weakness in the global economy and continuing uncertainty in technology markets, the outsourced manufacturing industry is expected to post moderate revenue growth this year.
