With the iPad Air, Apple not only has trimmed the weight and thickness of its flagship tablet line, it has also cut the component cost, as the new model carries a lower bill of materials (BOM) than the third-generation iPad introduced last year.
Anticipating the massive strength of Typhoon Yolanda, mobile operators Smart Communications and Globe Telecom announced that they have made the necessary preparations to secure their infrastructure along the typhoon?s path.
As it has done so often before, Apple is triggering a new technology boom, with its integration of a fingerprint sensor on the iPhone 5s inspiring a wave of imitators that will drive the market for fingerprint-enabled smartphones to soar in the coming years.
After the launch of its dual-core Telpad last July, PLDT recently staged a gaming competition to show off its upgraded "landline-and-tablet-in-one" device.
In a period when the country has undergone its mid-term elections in May 2013, the market has not undergone any slowdown in investments. Conversely, it has maximized its potential to be the hotbed for many unified communication and collaboration (UC&C) vendors, driven mainly by several factors behind the impressive growth rates of the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector.
The global market for Bluetooth Smart integrated circuits (IC) that enable low-power wireless pairing of devices is set for remarkable growth in the next five years, with shipments expected to rise nearly tenfold during the period.
Valenzuela City representative Sherwin T. Gatchalian said the government should follow the lead taken by Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei and other countries that have passed similar laws regulating SIM cards.
ICT Ofiice executive director Louis Casambre appealed to hackers, particularly those belonging to the hacktivist group Anonymous Philippines, not to stage a hacking spree just to promote their event, dubbed ?Million Mask March? on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
