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Yearly Archives: 2016

LockByMobile working with Visa APIs to enhance transaction controls

Voyager is now in the process of using the Visa Consumer Transaction Control (VCTC) APIs to develop a solution that will provide Visa cardholders from participating banks in the Philippines and key markets worldwide with spend control functionality.

PLDT lures PH firms with new hashtag hotline #MyNumber service

The #MyNumber service simplifies the hotline system of any business to a single, easy-to-remember four to eight-digit contact number beginning with the hash sign or pound key (e.g. #8888). This single number is accessible to consumers nationwide through PLDT landlines, Smart, Talk N? Text, and Sun mobile subscribers.

Survey: Oversharing makes social users easy target for cybercriminals

A survey from Kaspersky Lab, with more than 1,000 Filipino respondents, has found that almost a third (30%) of social network users share their posts, check-ins, and other personal info with everybody who is online ? not just their friends.

Global wearables market leaps 126.9% in Q4 and 171.6% in 2015

The worldwide wearable device market took a big step forward in the fourth quarter of 2015 (4Q15), fueled by the growing popularity of fitness trackers and the Apple Watch.

Partners of LGBT employees of IBM PH now entitled to spousal benefits

IBM in the Philippines is the first IBM unit in the Asean region to provide LGBTQ+ domestic partner benefits.

Review | Acer Predator 17 gaming laptop

The Predator 17 is no doubt a premium gaming laptop and clearly has a specific niche of customers in mind, that is, avid gamers with crazy amount of money to burn. The asking price is somewhat justified by the unique features this gaming laptop offers.

LTFRB junks petition filed by party-list group against Uber, Grab

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has issued an order dismissing a petition filed by party-list group 1-Utak against ride-sharing apps Uber and Grab.

94% of Pinoy instant messenging users use FB messenger — survey

A mobile consumer survey of consulting firm Deloitte revealed that 73 percent of Filipinos still prefer to use SMS but 33 percent of those who use IM turn to Facebook messenger instead of pure over-the-top (OTT) IM services to communicate.

Activity tracker market to top 87 million by 2021: report

Despite the increasing popularity of activity trackers, the medical device market still awaits the shift to connected devices that has been underway in the consumer market over the past few years.

IBM acquires Ustream to boost cloud-based video services

Ustream joins the newly-formed IBM Cloud Video Services unit that combines assets from IBM's R&D labs and strategic acquisitions.
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