Amid the much-touted growth of smartphones and tablets, sales of laptops continued apace in the Southeast Asian region, according to German market research firm GfK.
SM Prime Holdings has ventured into a potentially lucrative video-on-demand (VOD) service following an agreement it signed with technology company Omni Digital Media Ventures, a subsidiary of Solar Entertainment.
Joint inter-agency government operatives raided a warehouse of a top online shop supplier in Binondo, Manila and seized various counterfeit smartphones, electronic gadgets, and accessories worth at an estimated P70 million on Monday, Dec. 15.
The E-Beam facility is a take off from the Cobalt-60, which is used to sterilize hospital equipment and decontaminate food grade products among others.
Topping the list was Russia, where 53.81 percent of users faced the risk of online infection. It was followed by Kazakhstan, 53.04 percent, and last year's leader, Azerbaijan, 49.64 percent.
A lawmaker hit the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, Dec. 17, for choosing Smartmatic-Total Information Management (TIM) as the lone bidder for the contract to supply direct recording electronics (DRE) machines for the 2016 polls.
Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users were flat in the third quarter of 2014, according to research firm Gartner. However, sales of smartphones to end users grew 20.3 percent to reach 301 million units.
The active involvement of mobile operators in the innovation space is helping the Philippines sustain its status as one of the fastest growing economies and mobile markets in Asia, according to a new report from telecom research firm GSMA Intelligence.
As in the previous years, DOST undersecretary and ICT Office executive director Louis Casambre will administer the induction ceremony. The event will also serve as the Christmas party of the organization.
