Google finally began shutting down its Hangouts messaging service, warning users to download their data to ensure that none of their messages and conversations are lost in the transition to Google Chat.
The Automated Fare Collection System (AFCS) allows the use of EMV-compliant contactless credit, debit, and prepaid bank cards as cashless payment instruments in public transport modes.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said on Thursday, Sept. 1, that it is monitoring and investigating the proliferation of unsolicited text messages from anonymous numbers, with some containing the receiver’s names.
Rival service providers have launched “Oplan Kontra Putol,” an industry-wide initiative that seeks to inform the public about illegal cable-cutting and the disruption it brings to families and communities.
“As our country continues to recover from the pandemic, e-Commerce remains to be the catalyst towards economic recovery and growth,” DTI director Christopher Lawrence Arnuco said.
Key to DOST's realignment of the government's economic agenda is the development of “an entrepreneurial mindset," according to DOST secretary Renato Solidum.
Southeast Asian fintech company Brankas and venture funder Kaya Founders have just launched their first Open Finance accelerator program for Philippine startups.
The Iloilo Ground Receiving Station (GRS), the most recent addition to the country's space infrastructure, has successfully communicated with the Diwata-2 microsatellite, thereby furthering the country's long-term objective of expanding its nascent space technology sector.