Technology News From The Philippines
Smartphone brand Infinix has debuted its maiden laptop — the INBook X1, which features hard-hitting hardware in a lightweight and ultraportable form factor.
A white paper by the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy said the “analog economy” is a big factor in the Philippines, where actual money and offline transactions still exist.
High school students from the Cordilleran Administrative Region came together last Sept. 29 to participate in a mobile app competition dubbed “goIT” sponsored by Indian tech firm Tata Consultancy Service (TCS).
Martha Sazon of Mynt (operator of GCash) has been recognized as CEO of the Year while Dr. Richard Parcia of Concepcion Industrial Corporation was named as CIO/CDO of the Year.
ePLDT recently launched a cloud-based phone system called ePLDT Calling for Microsoft Teams, which allows businesses to combine their communication and collaboration systems in a single platform.
The most prominent issue to come out of Honasan’s two-year run as DICT head was when former undersecretary Eliseo M. Rio Jr. resigned from his post in February 2020 and questioned the disbursements of P300 million in agency’s confidential funds.
