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Monthly Archives: February, 2015

End of an era as Ragnarok concludes PH service in March

Ragnarok Online, the phenomenal game that created a new gaming genre and defined a generation, is shutting its local servers this March to close its Philippine service, marking the end of an era.

Over 60% of popular dating apps vulnerable to hackers: study

An analysis conducted by IBM Security found over 60 percent of leading dating mobile apps they studied to be potentially vulnerable to a variety of cyber-attacks that put personal user information and corporate data at risk.

Cebu town is pilot site for Japan-developed ICT system for emergencies

The MDRU or the Movable and Deployable Resource Unit is capable of providing telephony and Internet connectivity and can run on its own power supply or tap power generators or active power lines. It is a unit that can be quickly deployed to restore communications in communities in the aftermath of a disaster.

Audio streaming breathes second life into music industry revenue

Consumer and advertising revenue from recorded music in North America and Western Europe is expected to increase for the first time since 2010, according to a new report from research firm IHS.

Weather app Arko triumphs in mobile app contest in Abu Dhabi

Arko was chosen as one of 40 winners from over 500 mobile applications representing 30 countries honored at the WSA Mobile Congress. It was one of five winning apps competing for Global Champion in the m-Inclusion and Empowerment category.

PH gov’t seized record P13-B worth of pirated goods in 2014

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) announced that the total amount of seized pirated goods in 2014 reached P13,318,090,930.41 ? the highest in the country?s history and 70-percent increase from last year?s P7,859,004,211.00.

Angara files DICT bill, says it’s high time for new department

Sen. Sonny Angara has filed a bill seeking to create the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), saying the country needs at this point a dedicated agency that will ensure that innovations in ICT would benefit the Filipino people and contribute to nation-building and global competitiveness.

Lonely single men, women warned anew on online ‘love scams’

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is warning the public against so-called Internet ?love scammers? targeting single men and women who are searching for love online and then extorting money from them using the name of the agency.

Gov’t taps state colleges for training of 250 ‘Star’ teachers

In a bid to accelerate the development of S&T-focused teachers across the nation, the Department of Science and Technology ? Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI), in partnership with six universities, trained 250 science and mathematics teacher trainers to prepare them for the implementation of the K-12 curriculum.

Report: LTE may not be enough to ease wireless capacity crunch

Tech firm Amdocs has released new research into mobile traffic showing that the ever-increasing demand for data may exhaust the capacity of 4G/LTE network hotspots within the next two to three years.
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