The worldwide smartphone market began the year with an expected retrenchment from holiday quarter shipment volumes, but still posted a year-over-year increase in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14).
The study, commissioned by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), indicated the amount of ?e-friction? or affected areas that impede on the growth of digitally-driven economies.
The government officially launched on Wednesday, April 30, the e-Subpoena system aimed at helping secure better attendance of police witnesses in criminal cases.
To mark the 10th year of its business process outsourcing (BPO) business in the country, Accenture Philippines has launched a new initiative called ?Rural BPO? wherein the company partners with small BPO firms based in rural areas to provide training and employment to residents of the community and nearby areas.
Online gaming opetator Asiasoft has announced a partnership with Blizzard Entertainment to bring ?Heroes of the Storm? to four Southeast Asian countries: Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Worldwide business intelligence (BI) and analytics software, consisting of BI platforms, corporate performance management (CPM) suites, analytic applications and advanced analytics, totaled $14.4 billion in 2013, an 8-percent increase from 2012 revenue of $13.3 billion, according to research firm Gartner.
The Open Data Philippines Task Force has announced that it is holding the second of its series of hackathons, titled ?Readysaster: Hack for Resilience,? which will take place on May 10-11, 2014.
With US president Barack Obama in the country for a state visit, the Philippines appears to have been ?rewarded? by the US on Monday, April 28, when the US government announced that it has removed the Philippines from its list of countries that are violating intellectual property rights.
With about eight million local users, Israel-based Viber is one of the top -- if not the biggest -- messaging apps in the country. It competes with the likes of China?s WeChat, Korea?s KakaoTalk, US's WhatsApp, and Japan?s Line.
The incipient controversy has at last died down. But it illustrates the emotional impact the lotto now has on many Filipinos? lives. And it points out once more that one must never underestimate the power of social media.
