Melvin Calimag

The worldwide hardcopy peripherals (HCP) or printer market grew for the third quarter in a row to 26.4 million units shipped in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14) resulting in 2.1-percent year-over-year growth, according to research firm IDC.

Saying it wants to spare the public from the hassle of calling or traveling to its head office in Manila and its regional offices just to track their documents, the Department Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has unveiled an online tracking system for business-related documents.

The refund tracker shows per second changes on the refund amount. It also shows the equivalent load credits that telco should return, if all of the 2013 subscribers are refunded.

DepEd allegedly ordered overpriced computers from Merryland Publishing Corporation, with each computer set costing a total of P400,000.

The first edition of ?PH Spark: An Innovative IT Roundtable? recently featured interesting discussions over the evolution and trends in IP-based communications in the Philippines.

The Senate committee on science and technology has opened deliberations on key proposed measures aimed at improving the science and technology (S&T) sector, broadening Internet access, and upgrading state weather bureau Pagasa.

With Android Printing, mobile users can print documents, photos, web pages, and emails -- without the need for a dedicated printing app.

Sen. Paolo Benigno ?Bam? Aquino said Senate Bill 2217, also known as the Start-Up Business Bill, would provide enterprises the proper time to stand on their own as they try to create a niche in the market.

The government's ICT program, iGovPhil, is a part of the e-Government Master Plan of 2013-2016, which aims to maximize the use of ICT resources through shared ICT infrastructure, services, and applications for national government agencies. iGovPhil has a total project cost of P2.53 billion implemented from 2012 to 2016. The DBM has previously released P164.6 million to ICTO in 2012 for the first phase of the project.

Based on a greater decline in demand than predicted in the first quarter and concerns that tablets and 2-in-1s will face additional market challenges the rest of the year, research firm IDC has lowered its 2014 worldwide tablet plus 2-in-1 forecast to 245.4 million units, down from the previous forecast of 260.9 million units.