After displaying one of its best performances ever in last year's International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) with three bronze medals and two honorable mentions, the Philippine team in this year's IMO took home a silver, two bronzes, and two honorable mentions -- the best feat the country ever had since joining the world's hardest math competition.
Smart Communications, Sun Cellular, and Globe Telecom said network coverage has been restored in areas battered by Typhoon Glenda. However, there are still service disruptions caused mainly by loss of commercial power, transmission interruptions because of fiber cuts, and misaligned microwave radios.
Internet search giant Google has launched its first-ever ?Doodle 4 Google? contest in the Philippines, calling on Pinoy youth to create original artistic renditions of the Google masthead based on the contest theme: ?What can I do for the Philippines??
The Philippine embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has warned Filipinos against falling victim to Internet scams ? most of which involve asking for money on the pretext of love.
The streaming music arena has become the new battleground for fierce rivals Smart Communications and Globe Telecom, with the PLDT-owned mobile operator formally announcing its tie-up with Deezer global music streaming service, a rival of Globe's Spotify.
Emerson Process Management, a unit of St. Louis, Missouri-based tech giant Emerson, recently opened a new engineering and service center in Ortigas complex in Pasig City as part of its effort to provide regional expertise, support, training, and services for customers globally.
The new fiber link also strengthens the resiliency of PLDT domestic fiber-optic network (DFON) by establishing a third link to the island of Mindanao via Bohol and Misamis Oriental province.
The ?cashless payment? is made possible with the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) by the BI officials and the Land Bank of the Philippines on the establishment of point-of-sale (POS) terminals at BI offices.
Sen. Paolo Benigno ?Bam? Aquino, who is slowly emerging as an ICT advocate in the Senate, has filed a resolution seeking to conduct an inquiry on the progress made by the national roadmap for e-commerce since the passage of the E-Commerce Law 14 years ago.
The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), in partnership with the IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) and the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), has officially launched the offering of e-Service Management Program (e-SMP) as massive open online courses (MOOCs).
