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.
Bayan Muna party-list representative Neri Colmenares has urged the National Telecommunications Commission to order mobile operators to include interest payments in their refund to subscribers. He also said the NTC should increase the fine it imposed on the telcos for their refusal to implement the NTC decision to lower SMS rates by P0.20 since 2011.
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) and the Board of Investments (BOI) have followed the lead of the Department of Trade and Industry in adopting cloud computing in the public sector with the roll-out of Microsoft Office 365.
Seeing the vast potential of the rural areas in the development of the country?s business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, the national government is undertaking a series of workshops aimed at providing jobs and other opportunities in the countryside.
Gladys Regalado, deputy national coordinator of the Computer Professionals' Union (CPU), said the recently signed Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) is ?an invitation for surveillance, drones and establishment of new listening posts.?
The government officially launched on Wednesday, April 30, the e-Subpoena system aimed at helping secure better attendance of police witnesses in criminal cases.
With US president Barack Obama in the country for a state visit, the Philippines appears to have been ?rewarded? by the US on Monday, April 28, when the US government announced that it has removed the Philippines from its list of countries that are violating intellectual property rights.
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.
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.
