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.
A sign that the Philippine tech scene is indeed starting to mature, the Founder Institute ? said to be the world's largest start-up launch program -- has officially launched its chapter in Manila.
The Open Data Philippines Task Force has announced that it is holding the second of its series of hackathons, titled ?Readysaster: Hack for Resilience,? which will take place on May 10-11, 2014.
With about eight million local users, Israel-based Viber is one of the top -- if not the biggest -- messaging apps in the country. It competes with the likes of China?s WeChat, Korea?s KakaoTalk, US's WhatsApp, and Japan?s Line.
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.
Brainly, a Polish online platform that connects students worldwide, has opened a localized version of its site in an attempt to link up Filipino students to their global counterparts.
A group of young Japanese, Filipino, and Indian nationals is set to represent the Philippines at the 2014 Echelon tech start-up competition in Singapore come June this year for their mobile rewards platform which allows users to enjoy ?Libreng Load? (Free Mobile Airtime) for calls, text, and Internet browsing.
A Belgian developer has launched Stepout, a multi-platform application for meeting new people locally, for devices running on iOS and Android, as well as for Windows desktop machines.
