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Free DOTr rides for frontliners, Covid-19 labs now on Google Maps

Google, in collaboration with the DOTr and the DOH, has added locally relevant information onto its Maps as part of response efforts to help in the fight against Covid-19.

Pinoy services aggregator app includes telemedicine consultation

SIF, which is said to be the country’s first services aggregator app, has announced it is expanding its line-up of offerings with the inclusion of telemedicine consultations through its hospital and health service provider partners.

Local hospitals getting free fuel e-vouchers from SeaOil

The fuel e-vouchers are for ambulances and hospital frontliners handling Covid-19 cases.

PH posts highest spike in time spent on WiFi in Asia

A new report from telecom metrics firm Opensignal showed that Filipino mobile users spent the highest average time on WiFi in Asia during a period when most countries in the region went on a lockdown to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.

PH gov’t looking at SG-based contact tracing app to contain Covid-19

TraceTogether is a community-driven contact tracing app that works by exchanging short-distance Bluetooth signals between phones to detect other app users who are within about two to five-meter proximity.

In internal memo, PLDT-Smart bans its employees from using Zoom

The memo from PLDT-Smart’s Cyber Security Operators Group labeled Zoom as a “malware”, adding that its blacklisting is necessary to avert a “privacy disaster”.

DOST starts mass production of 3D-printed face shields

DOST-MIRDC said it has transitioned to a plastic injection technology that allows it to increase production volume of up to 2,500 pieces of face shield frames per day.

Gov’t units told: Collect only vital info when giving out aid, relief packs

The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has reminded government offices to avoid burdening recipients with personal data requirements that are beyond the minimum necessary, which would only impede the speedy flow of aid distribution.

VISITA IGLESIA | Virtual tour of PH churches this Holy Week on Street View

This Holy Week, people can virtually visit historical churches from the safety of their own homes through Google Maps. It has a useful feature called Street View that provides a 360-degree view of destinations so users can explore churches as if they are there.

SEC flags online, text scams riding on Covid-19 crisis

In its most recent advisories, the SEC urged the public to stop investing in MAGINVESTKA.ONLINE (MIK.O), which purportedly trades Bitcoin against the US dollar, and Azenzo-Online, which supposedly operates as an independent crowdfunding platform.

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