Startups / Apps

Previously exclusive to BlackBerry smartphones, BBM will be available as a free download in Google Play and the App Store.

One of the winners is Team xTra Rice, which developed the Rice Calculator, an online tool that contains a variety seed selector.

After an intense two-day camp at the IRRI headquarters in Los Ba?os, Laguna, the ?Bigas2 Hack? developer contest announced the winning applications.

Local IT developers are congregating this weekend at the IRRI headquarters in Los Ba?os, Laguna for Bigas2Hack, an IT competition for software applications and devices to help improve rice farming and research.

Local software developers are now in the thick of preparations for the upcoming Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2013 as the annual event showcasing Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) opens on Sept. 21 in Kalibo, Aklan.

Smart Communications and its subsidiary Voyager Innovations recently unveiled PinoyHoops, a mobile app which gives users access to real-time updates and scores, game alerts and highlights, player stats, standings, and schedules, among a host of other features.

KakaoTalk, a Korean mobile messaging application, made its official launch on Thursday, Aug. 8, in Makati City, in an attempt to draw Filipino mobile users into the habit of using instant messengers for their communication needs.

Exist Global says it has achieved double-digit growth year-on-year for the past three years and has expanded aggressively in Asia in 2013.

IdeaSpace Foundation is collaborating with US-based automation and test equipment maker National Instruments (NI) to encourage and support technology startups in the Philippines and Southeast Asia region.

The local subsidiary of Korean consumer tech giant Samsung has introduced in the country the Side Sync, an application that bridges the gap between Samsung Android devices and Samsung PCs.