After making a global announcement that it is dropping the ?Nokia? brand, Microsoft?s new mobile phone division officially held its first mobile phone launch in the Philippines with a new handset still bearing the Nokia name.
In an attempt the cut down the huge number of unsolicited text messages being sent to mobile phone subscribers, Globe Telecom has filed before the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) what is believed to be the first case against text spamming in the country.
The 48-hour hackathon gathered over 90 IT developers, designers, students, data experts, disaster experts, and ordinary citizens under one roof to collaborate in teams and develop locally relevant Web and mobile applications to help solve Disaster Risk Management (DRM) challenges.
The DOST, through the Information and Communications Technology Office (ICT Office), has started a series of start-up workshops this year, which will be held in various cities of Lingayen, Iligan, Tuguegarao, Naga, Dumagete, and General Santos City.
Consumer tech giant Sony conducted its first-ever "silent" concert in the Philippines on Thursday, May 8, with hundreds of attendees trooping to the Rockwell Tent in Makati City wearing headphones.
Presently, Aquino said several government agencies -- Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) - focused on the issue of Internet in the country.
The local subsidiary of tech giant EMC announced on Tuesday, April 29, its new Data Protection-as-a-Service (DPaaS) solution to enable Philippine firms to transition into software-defined IT environments.
The latest Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) from Internet security firm Symantec has revealed that the number of e-security threats in the Philippines increased as the country?s ranking went up to 32nd in 2013 from 36th place in 2012.
As the country's netizens continue to be ever more hyper-social, WeChat said it is urging businesses to be more creative in reaching their target consumers online by being present in social media platforms.
