Monthly Archives: July, 2014

A lawmaker is calling for the regulation of online gambling, stressing that easy access to the Internet has exposed minors to gambling. At present, there is no existing law to monitor Internet gambling.

Autodesk CEO Carl Bass tweeted last week the first batch of 3D printers which the company is manufacturing in California. Last May, Bass bared that Autodesk was formally entering the 3D printer market.

A grieving elementary student from Batangas helped the Philippine team capture 39 medals, trophies, and merit awards in an international mathematics contest held last week in South Korea.

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)?s water filter technology, a ceramic filter with nano anti-microbial coating, is on display at the ongoing National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) at SMX Convention Center at the Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City.

Thanks to digitized and searchable public records, anyone can find out virtually anything about anyone.

Over 30 Silicon Valley executives arrived in the country this week in an effort to boost the country?s start-up ecosystem and seek out local investment opportunities as part of the worldwide Geeks on a Plane (GOAP) tour, marking GOAP?s first-ever visit to Philippine soil.

The worldwide tablet grew 11 percent year-over-year in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), with shipments reaching 49.3 million units according to preliminary data from research firm IDC.

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)?s 2014 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) opened on a grand note at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City on Thursday, July 24.

Among the ICT projects is the Enhanced Basic Education Information System (EBEIS), an online facility for encoding, storage, and report generation of all school information ? such as enrolment, resource inventories, and special programs.

Ultra-high-definition televisions (UHD TVs) continued to make slow and steady inroads throughout the world, but their share of the overall flat-panel TV market remained minimal by the end of May, suggesting that UHD TV pricing in the market remains too high to gain meaningful share, according to a new report from IHS.