With the hot weather pushing Pinoys to turn on their air-conditioners, the Department of Energy (DOE) has launched Wattmatters.org.ph ? a website that informs consumers of ways they can save money and informed of the rate at which their appliances consume electricity.
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the mainframe computer, tech giant IBM opened its factory in Poughkeepsie in upstate New York to members of the global media.
Research findings showed that men tend to search for entertainment, games, and sexual content, while women look for communication and interaction with friends or romantic partners.
Access to broadband could be the universal catalyst that lifts developing countries out of poverty and puts access to health care, education, and basic social services within reach of all, according to the UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development.
Time Magazine built a database of over 400,000 Instagram "selfies" and found that Makati City and neighboring Pasig City are the world's selfie capital. In total, it ranked 459 cities to determine the "selfiest" places on earth.
Despite the bad publicity that Bitcoin, the phenomenal digital currency, has garnered lately, particularly the high-profile closure of Japan-based exchange Mt. Gox, a Filipino-owned trading platform has just opened its services to engage the world in Bitcoin trading.
The Academy Awards are Sunday night, and Best Picture nominee ?Her? has some people wondering if the movie is more science fiction or reality. The story centers on a man who falls in love with an intelligent computer operating system (OS) with a female voice and personality.
Bitcoin is a digital crypto-currency or a virtual currency in the form of a cryptographic string of characters instead of a printed bill or a minted coin. Bitcoin transactions are fast, taking around only 10 minutes to verify a transaction. It?s also cheap as it liberates users from the need to maintain or pay for processing fees to a credit card company.
Technology bellwether Cisco has formally announced the appointment of Mario Luis "Louie" Castaneda as the company?s country manager for the Philippines.
