Impact Hub Manila, a startup incubator co-founded by Filipino-Swiss LizAn Kuster, is staging a startup competition, this time for a fellowship program focused on sustainable energy solutions.
Proving that it is serious on building its future on cognitive computing, tech behemoth IBM recently opened a state-of-the-art laboratory at the heart of Singapore?s posh business district to develop and commercialize ?disruptive? technologies in Asia.
Earlier this week, Jun Magno of transport group Stop & Go filed a complaint at the Ombudsman against Ginez, DOTC secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya, Transport Network Vehicle Service (TNVS) operators such as Uber, Grab and UHop, for allegedly conspiring in allowing TNVS companies operate even without a franchise.
The event, which will be held on August 25-26, will have the theme "Empowering Startups, Leading Change? as the conference puts emphasis on startup communities or enterprises driven by innovation through software or applications.
The tie-up between PayMaya and Uber will allow more Filipinos to experience the ride-sharing service even without a credit card. The partnership is said to be the first-of-its-kind in Southeast Asia.
A former chief legal counsel of Globe Telecom has been tapped by President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to head the newly created Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), reliable sources told Newsbytes.PH over the weekend.