The study showed that 68% of parent Internet users faced prevalent threats to children such as adult content, gambling, and sites carrying information about weapons.
The Philippine-California Advanced Research Institute (PCARI) Project was finally launched on Thursday, March 26, at the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in Quezon City, more than two years after the Philippine and US governments signed an agreement to collaborate on science and technology (S&T).
The enterprise group of the local subsidiary of Chinese tech firm Huawei and technology school STI has entered into a broad partnership that will see the two companies collaborate in developing the skills and training of STI students in the ICT industry.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said that it will propose a single e-commerce platform for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) within the Asean in the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministerial meeting to be held in Boracay Island.
Three local smartphone vendors made it to the top 5 smartphone vendors in the Philippines (in unit shipment terms) in 2014. Cherry Mobile was the top smartphone vendor last year, while MyPhone and Torque ranked 3rd and 5th, respectively.
One "good side effect" of creating a Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is that the present Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) will be streamlined into a Department of Transportation whose sole focus is fixing the nation's transportation woes.
Sen. Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel lll today enjoined the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to abandon its plan to pilot test the use of the touchscreen voting technology in Pateros, Metro Manila during the 2016 elections.
Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago remains the most influential senator on social media, with her Facebook and Twitter following doubling in March from the same period last year.
