Two visiting professors from Taiwan have advised Filipino engineers to form start-ups that provide integrated circuit (IC) design services to help the Philippines establish a digital niche in Asia.
Denmark displaced South Korea as the top ranked country in ITU?s ICT Development Index (IDI), a composite measurement that ranks 166 countries according to their level of ICT access, use, and skills.
DOST secretary Mario G. Montejo disclosed the plan during the Mindanao Cluster Science and Technology Fair in Davao City where he also reiterated the use of high-performance supercomputers to complement the high-volume data for complex weather modeling.
Young Filipino developers who created a mobile application that allows a mobile phone user to post eight photos per day are representing the Philippines in Denmark to compete in the ongoing Creative Business Cup 2014.
In 2013, two engineering students from the Ateneo de Manila University bested more 25 other teams from around the world in Schneider Electric?s ?Go Green in the City? contest in Paris -- an opportunity that allowed them to take part in the global search for viable energy management solutions and the chance to work with the global energy firm.
To further push its good governance and anti-corruption program, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has expanded its call center hotline to include 16 regional offices.
Officials from the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) met with officers of Uber on Monday, Nov. 10, in an attempt to find ways to support ? rather than stifle ? innovations in the transport sector.
Noting the country?s resurgent ICT landscape and rich talent pool, German software behemoth SAP has invested 3 million Euros (about P170 million) to open its third office in the Philippines and 60th office in the Asia Pacific region.
With the aim of supporting local technopreneurs, the government has started working on -- for the first time -- a roadmap for tech startups in the Philippines.
DOST secretary Jun Abaya and LTFRB officials will meet with Uber officers soon in an effort to modernize government?s regulatory function over vehicles for public use, in such a way that innovative solutions will be allowed to flourish, without sacrificing safety and security oversight functions.
