With Christmas just around the corner, PC maker Acer held its annual “Acer Ating Pasko Christmas Party”, which also introduced several new products that promise to enhance the holiday gifting experience.
Acer Philippines acknowledged that a security incident happened involving its third-party vendor managing employee attendance data. It assured the public that no breach or leak of any customer data occurred, and that customer data remains unaffected by the incident and are secure.
The Covid-19 outbreak has caused not only economic downturn around the globe, but also educational disruptions, as most governments were forced to close schools to stop the spread of the virus.
Recent data of research firm IDC revealed that of the 2.45 million total personal computer shipments in the Philippines in 2018, 20% or approximately 490,000 units, were shipped by Acer.
Senior high school teams from the Technological Institute of the Philippines-Cubao Campus, Philippine Science High School-Eastern Visayas Campus, and New Era University won the coveted Youth Innovation Prize and P50,000 cash while College of St. John-Roxas nabbed the Acer IOT Award in the recently concluded ?imake.wemake: create. innovate. Collaborate? competition of the Department of Science and Technology ? Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) and Acer Philippines.
