According to a new PwC study, one of the growth drivers of the semiconductor industry worldwide is the connectivity of information or the Internet of Things (IoT) that would drive a 29-percent increase in semiconductor industry billings over the next five years.
With more than 200 votes in favor and no one against it, the proposed law creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) hurdled on Friday, Oct. 9, the third and final reading in the House of Representatives.
The TVolution Stick combines the features of PLDT?s TVolution ? a small device which turns an ordinary TV into an Internet TV, much like the Apple TV ? and the Intel Compute Stick, which transforms a TV or monitor into a PC.
Desktop PCs continued to show weakness with a high-single-digit decline, while the segment that combines notebook PCs and premium ultramobiles (such as the MacBook Air and Microsoft Surface Pro) recorded a low-single-digit decline.
The government will be spending P850 million next year to finance the studies of 3,201 scholars taking up masteral and doctoral degrees in science, engineering, and mathematics.
Globe Telecom confirmed on Wednesday, Sept. 7, that it is in talks with PLDT for an IP peering arrangement but the Ayala-owned telco demanded that its rival implement a total and unconditional interconnection deal.
The new facility, located in a region fast becoming a hub for global enterprise expansion, is scheduled to begin operations in the first quarter of 2016.
A local app developer, in partnership with a telco firm, has donated Android tablets to the Highway Patrol Group of the Philippine National Police that would enable them to reduce the time to clear vehicular road accidents.
The Philippine government will implement DNA barcoding on turtles and other aquatic resources by 2016, amid rampant illegal fishing and poaching in the country's exclusive economic zone, an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said.
Elderly patients need not leave their homes to go to a hospital for healthcare services. Instead, healthcare may be brought right into the comfort of their homes.
