China?s consumer electronics market declined in 2013 as demand for products like televisions and digital still cameras decelerated, compelling the country?s manufacturers to devise new strategies for growth.
In a privilege speech meant to mark International Women's Day, Sen. Loren Legarda on Monday, March 10, said that while the Philippines has been gaining success in empowering women, challenges remain and new ones have arisen, including cyber pornography.
Mobile operator Globe Telecom said the Bureau of Customs (BOC) maybe partly to blame for the administrative order it issued that led to the suspension of a total 70 importers and 45 customs brokers. Included in the list of suspended importers are Globe and IT distributor Nexus Technologies.
A fundamental paradigm shift in lighting technologies toward more efficient lamps and bulbs will significantly reduce global electricity demand for general illumination in the next few years.
Despite the bad publicity that Bitcoin, the phenomenal digital currency, has garnered lately, particularly the high-profile closure of Japan-based exchange Mt. Gox, a Filipino-owned trading platform has just opened its services to engage the world in Bitcoin trading.
Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues increased year-over-year by 2.4 percent, totaling $6.9 billion, during the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13).
According to research firm IDC, the total tablet market, inclusive of both tablets and 2-in-1 devices, is forecast to grow 19.4 percent in 2014, down from a growth rate of 51.6 percent in 2013.
In what appears to be a pioneering initiative in the country, a five-star hotel in Ortigas, Pasig City has teamed up with a mobile operator to provide its ?corporate guests? with pocket WiFi so they can connect to the Internet even while outside of the hotel premises.
China Bank embarked on a social business transformation project with IBM, replacing its e-mail and intranet system with IBM Connections social networking platform that empowers the China Bank workforce with the ability to build social communities both inside and outside the bank, and the IBM Sametime instant messaging for real-time communication and more effective collaboration.
After gobbling up smaller rival Stream Global Services, BPO giant Convergys said it expects more consolidation in the outsourcing industry as customer requirements become more varied and extensive.
