POKEMON GO: The fun is in the hunt
Pokemon enthusiast found Pokemon at Sen Serging Osmena monument in SM. LTFRB warns drivers playing while driving.(CDN PHOTO/TONEE DESPOJO) I GOT wind of “Pokemon Go” from a tech blog I read oh so many...
View ArticleCebu-based tech startups, students join LaunchPad mentoring program
NINETEEN teams composed of tech startups and business students in Cebu gathered at the Azia Suites and Residences in Cebu City for the LaunchPad Mentoring Program yesterday. The whole-day event is...
View ArticleJarvis and me; a look at chatbots
WITH bots, chat is more than idle talk “Hey, Jarvis,” I sent a message to the eponymous Facebook Messenger chat bot, “remind me to reply to Cass’ email in 30 minutes.” The reply came as quickly as the...
View ArticleBryan Yap: Building a Tech Republiq
NEVER fall in love with your business, Cebuano tech entrepreneur Bryan Yap cautioned, “because if you fall in love with it, you will never let go, even if it is not working.” Yap had to let some go in...
View ArticleOppo F1 offers exceptional cameras, high-end features
THE Oppo F1 offers features available in high-end phones but at a mid-level price range, said the phone’s brand marketing manager Stephen Cheng. “The Oppo F1 has high-end specs and high-end feel for a...
View ArticleLive it app: life on mobile pilot
TIME to run, the phone nudges me out of the bed, triggering a vibrating alarm on my watch. While suiting up and preparing my first cup of coffee, a suite of apps provides me my morning briefing: the...
View ArticleSuper Mario Run will require an internet connection
The game will be available on iOs devices on December 15 and Android devices next year. IN what could be a slight disappointment for some Nintendo fans, word has gone out that Super Mario Run will...
View ArticleFacebook launches Live 360
True to its promise of introducing fresh and innovative features for its massive following, Facebook will be launching a new option for videos called Live 360. The latest modification, which...
View ArticleNew Asus phone highlights augmented reality
FROM checking out how furniture looks in a room you’re decorating to seeing dinosaurs in the sala while telling a story to your kids or even doing a virtual and yet hyper-realistic tour of a car,...
View ArticleCebu company builds platform for emergency response, management
Helping relatives in Leyte after Typhoon Yolanda devastated the province four years ago made IT professional Cloyd Dedicatoria realize how woefully unprepared the country was for dealing with widescale...
View ArticleNew Messenger app feature allows one to delete messages
Cebu City, Philippines – A new feature on the famous Messenger app has everybody buzzing. No more ”wrong send” messages to your contacts on your messenger account, because this new feature launched on...
View ArticleQuitting Facebook might make you happier, but possibly less informed about news
Image: AFP New United States research has found that quitting Facebook can help improve mental health, although users may find that they are less in the know when it comes to current affairs. Carried...
View ArticleBinay asks gov’t to take down ‘Momo Challenge’ app
Sen. Nancy Binay has called on concerned government agencies to take down a messaging app used in the deadly “Momo Challenge,” which has been blamed for a child’s death in the country recently. The...
View ArticleGCash offers free fund transfer services through Bangko Sentral’s InstaPay
Zoe Anne Ocampo, senior manager for GCash Fund Transfer, urges small companies and individuals without any bank accounts to use GCash to transfer funds to other bank accounts free of charge. |Photo by...
View ArticleUSC IT students create mobile apps for National Youth Day pilgrims
Archbishop Jose Palma and University of San Carlos President Rev. Fr. Dionisio Miranda launched on Tuesday, March 5, the two mobile applications that will be used by pilgrims for the National Youth Day...
View ArticleInventor of calculator dies
This 1997 photo taken by Phyllis Merryman shows Jack Kilby and Jerry Merryman, right, at the American Computer Museum in Bozeman, Montana. Kilby, Merryman and James Van Tassel are credited with having...
View ArticleGlobe Telecom joins Plan International in enhancing cyber safety skills of...
Participants of the Cyber Talino Youth Summit and Digital Parenting Conference 2019 were briefed on the importance of digital safety during the two-day summit. /Contributed Photo Globe Telecom has...
View ArticleINTRODUCING A SLEEK CREDIT CARD WITH NO NUMBERS, JUST YOUR NAME
The Apple Card says plastic isn’t fantastic anymore Today’s Instagram scroll gives us a glimpse of how tech giant Apple goes forward into the finance world with Apple Card. “A new kind of credit card....
View Article#DigitalLiteracyGoals: Facebook launches ‘Digital Tayo’ to train 1M Filipinos...
The experience areas make learning more interactive. /Contributed Photo Facebook in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT),...
View ArticleFacebook launches new Dating feature
In this April 4, 2013 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Facebook says it is launching new artificial intelligence technology to...
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