Six out of nine electronics exports groups reported positive growth for the first quarter despite the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
The Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) said while it is undeniable the Covid-19 pandemic impacted the volume of calls from industries such as airlines and tourism, business volume continues to grow in online retail and logistics as there are more people now ordering online.
Most of the funding was focused on autonomous passenger vehicles (APVs), surgical robotics, and warehouse automation, with significant growth for field robotics and drone services.
Saying that courts nationwide have been provided with the tech platform “Philippine Judiciary 365” which includes the Microsoft Teams application, the Supreme Court announced on Friday, May 8, the resumption of the raffle of newly filed cases through videoconferencing.
At IBM’s flagship conference “Think Digital 2020”, new CEO Arvind Krishna said that companies should seize the opportunity to address the challenges brought about by the pandemic.
Roberto “Obet” Verzola, an electronics and communications engineering graduate of UP, seized the potential of information technology, primarily email, and used it for the benefit of the public and progressive Filipino advocacy groups whose values he shared.
Globe Telecom said LGUs and homeowner associations are the major reasons why the Philippines suffers from having very low site density compared to other countries.
However, the pandemic has also given rise to new identification and surveillance needs, spurring further investments in biometric AI algorithm design, which will give a boost to the face recognition technologies market going forward.
The SEC named the firms as CryptoInvestWith.Us (CIW.U), Won Project/ Won Network/ Won Foundation, and Captcha Philippines, which have neither registered securities such as investment contracts nor secured secondary licenses to solicit and take investments from the public.
