As a way of creating an army of ?e-civil servants?, Department of Budget and Management undersecretary Richard Moya also said the government is planning to buy 95,000 laptops for public sector employees using the government?s ?Digital Empowerment Fund?.
Riding on the growth momentum from 2013, the Philippines is set to record 11-percent growth in total IT spending by end of 2014, according to research firm IDC.
Supreme Court chief justice Maria Lourdes said the destruction of the court records in the typhoon-hit areas, particularly in Tacloban City where paper-based court records in the Hall of Justice were wiped out, has provided the justification for the judiciary to accelerate its migration online.
Believe it or not, an online or Internet version of a legislation or government order is not -- at least not yet -- recognized as an official form of publication required by law and therefore has no legal effect.
Twenty years ago, the ITU approved the standard that established 5.1 channels as the surround sound system for broadcasting. Now, the agency has developed a system for the next-generation "immersive" and "personalized" audio system, which will allow TV audiences to be "enveloped" in the sound as it traces the source of the audio track both laterally and vertically across the screen.
The solar-powered pedestrian light is made up of an ordinary PVC pipe that has a solar panel installed on top of it. During the day when the lamp is not lit up, an electricity outlet located at the near bottom part of the pole can be used to charge cellphones and laptop computers.
A timely mobile app that reconnects families and informs their loved ones of their current location and situation using their phones even without an Internet connection was recently declared winner of the recently concluded AngelHack Davao hackathon.
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said it is providing additional satellite terminals for both voice and high-speed data to the World Health Organization (WHO) to support its humanitarian work in the Philippines for the Typhoon Yolanda crisis.
Following the outpouring of international aid for the Philippines in the wake of Super Typhoon Yolanda, the Aquino administration on Sunday, Nov. 17, announced the launch of the Foreign Aid Transparency Hub (FAiTH), a Web-based initiative that will allow the public to monitor the status of foreign assistance to the country.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said it has monitored 43 international donors that have pledged or have already sent assistance amounting to P5.4 billion or $126.8 million.
