Google has set in motion crisis response efforts using technology, collaboration, and donation drives to help communities stricken by Super Typhoon Rolly and Typhoon Ulysses.
Carlos Santos, chief information officer of JG Summit Holdings, was recently named by IDC as the 2020 DX Leader for the Philippines at the 4th IDC Digital Transformation Awards Philippines.
Software teams developing Covid-19 contact-tracing apps for local government units (LGUs) are advised to incorporate a privacy-by-design (PbD) approach and allow users to opt in and out of digital contact tracing.
Under the “financial care program”, Globe postpaid and broadband subscribers may be given options to lower their plan, disconnect their account temporarily, or transfer the ownership, among others.
Cignal TV and Meralco unit Radius Telecoms have formally announced a partnership to form RED Broadband, which aims to offer “the latest unlimited fiber broadband and pay-TV service” in the country.
Through an open letter, over 150 diverse groups called on online shopping sites to take concrete steps to cut their packaging footprint as the country and whole world grapple with increasing plastic waste and pollution crisis.
According to research firm IDC, the year-over-year expansion was driven by the demand for low-end, cost-effective inkjet devices for home working and home education.
Globe also announced that the partnership will pave the way for Pacquio's upcoming fights to be made exclusively available for streaming live in the Philippines on the Internet through the Upstream video-on-demand platform.
