Startups / Apps

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has announced that it will bring out information on planned and on-going road repairs to help motorists and commuters through the Waze mobile application with the help of the local Waze community.

Hosting over 20,000 vehicles online, Carmudi?s app will give the same sense of ease and comfort they would experience in front of their PCs at home.

The number of listings on the website now totals more than 670,000 properties to buy or rent, spread across 28 countries around the world.

51Talk, an online English school in China and the Philippines, has introduced ?Make the Choice?, a digital program that integrates language and technology.

New firm eyeing to become a mobile lifestyle platform provider

Viber, one of the most popular free messaging apps in the country with more than 13 million Philippine-based users, announced on Thursday, Sept. 11, the release of its updated 5.0 version for Android and iOS, as well as new enhancements for desktops on Windows, Windows 8 and OS X.

Internet users who visited Property24.com.ph have more than doubled during June to July this year, helped by the growth in mobile devices.

Smart Communications has launched a streaming app that allow users to watch Gilas Pilipinas games on their mobile devices.

Messaging app Line has launched a new ?Line Premium Call? promotion exclusive for the Philippine, which allows users to make low-cost calls domestically and internationally to both landlines and mobile devices from inside the Line app.

The Department of Science and Technology-Information and Communications Technology Office (DOST-ICT Office) and the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) have launched the first Philippine Start-up Challenge (PSC) to promote ITpreneurship among Filipino students.