ICT

Twitter – when used correctly – is a fantastic way to broadcast your messages. However, 99.9% of Twitter users aren’t making the most of their account. There’s no two ways about it – you need to offer people something interesting and informative to not only gain new followers, but keep them too. Here’s an infographic…

The Philippines ranks 106th out of 191 countries evaluated in the report MANILA, Philippines – Though dubbed as the “social networking capital of the world,” only a third of Filipinos have access to the Internet, a United Nations (UN) report showed.

MANILA, Philippines—Rosemarie Pendon, 24, lives in Lagro, Quezon City and has mobile broadband sticks from three different telecommunications networks (telcos) but none can provide the sufficient signal for her to connect to the internet while inside her home. “With Smart and Globe, you have to go outside of the house to get a signal. For…

Chipmaker raises revenue forecast for third quarter on expectations of demand rebound Intel Corp believes the worst is over for a personal computer industry hammered by the mobile revolution. The United States-based chipmaker forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street’s expectations on Tuesday, sending its stock 4 per cent higher in extended trade.

MANILA – Amid widespread consumer complaints of slow “high-speed” Internet access as well as recurring blocked or dropped mobile phone voice calls, House Deputy Minority Leader and LPG-MA Rep. Arnel Ty is batting for an administrative fine of up to P50 million for telecommunications companies that fail to comply with directives to improve their services.

MORE THAN 70% of smartphone users in the country last year are from the youth segment, driving the uptake of Internet browsing, social networking and short message service (SMS), data from communications technology and services provider Ericsson showed.

MANILA, Philippines – Leading telecommunication companies, including Philippine Long Distant Telephone Company, are supporting a bill filed by Senator Ralph Recto providing free Wi-Fi access in public places in Metro Manila, but experts noted it can only apply to key areras where infrastructure is readily available. ”We really support the measure. We do not see…

MANILA, Philippines–While modern gadgets have become almost basic necessities for an ever growing number of people, technology appears not to have broadened much the reach of banking institutions and services.

Revealing that the Philippines had the slowest and most expensive Internet service in Asia, Sen. Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino has directed the National Telecommunication Commission (NTC) to submit within three months reform programmes to regulate fees for Internet connection.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines ranks fourth in ASEAN in terms of fastest Internet speed, according to a study by Ookla (Netindex.com) conducted last month.

MANILA, Philippines – More Filipinos outside of Metro Manila are finding employment opportunities in online freelancing websites according to an industry manager.

MANILA, Philippines – The campaign for workers’ rights is now in social media. Unified hashtag #May1Fight aims to consolidate online discussion on yesterday’s Labor Day activities. However, social media will not be used as an alternative to protest actions, but a complementary move to disseminate information about the struggles of workers.

An infographic posted by ASEAN DNA shows what most Pinoy netizens already know to be true: Internet speed in the Philippines is the slowest in the whole Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

MANILA, Philippines—By the last quarter of 2014, the Philippines will be a mobile-first country—meaning people will likely use their mobile phones to access the Internet rather than the traditional desktop computers, Google said.

SAN FRANCISCO — Tablet shipments will increase this year but at a much slower pace than in 2013 as consumers remain content with the devices they already own, market research firm IDC said on Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – The Science and Technology department’s Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) aims to make the Philippines 99 percent connected to the Internet by 2015.

After the controversy over data caps imposed by Globe Telecom and Smart Communications, another issue is hounding giant telcos in the Philippines, this time with Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard in the mobile network technology, also known as 4G.

The labor market is about to be transformed by machine intelligence, the combination of ubiquitous data and the algorithms that make sense of them. That’s according to economist Tyler Cowen, in an argument spelled out in his recent book Average is Over. As Cowen sees it, your job prospects are directly tied to your ability…

Microsoft may no longer be alone in wanting to see its 12-year-old computer operating system Windows XP go away. At least two major tech companies—chipmaker Intel and device maker Hewlett Packard (HP)—are also preparing for the end of XP, tech site CNET reported.

Group hopes to meet target of generating 1.3M jobs, $25B in revenue The Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) has forged partnerships with industries and the academe to build a stronger workforce and help address the jobs-skills mismatch in the country.

An estimated 200 million more men access the Internet than women worldwide. Network World – Globally, men have a much easier time accessing the Internet than women, according to a new report issued by the United Nations’ Broadband Commission Working Group.

THE Information Technology and Business Processing Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) is urging players in the industry to branch out to the provinces where about 10 percent of the graduates are ready for hiring.

No face will ever be lost in the crowd these days, thanks to Big Data. This observation was proven again in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing.

KUALA LUMPUR: A mobile application to equip domestic workers with crucial knowledge about taking care of the elderly will soon be made available here. The Malaysian Association of Foreign Maid Agencies said the paid service, called Medically Informed Minders (MiM), would be launched in Malaysia in September after a pilot test is conducted in 100…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The ailing personal computer market is getting weaker, and it’s starting to look as if it will never fully recover as a new generation of mobile devices reshapes the way people use technology.

What to do with your old tech gear when it no longer works? Recycle it. We show you how and where to be responsible with outdated stuff.

Google’s executive chairman has made a bold prediction about the spread of the Internet. Do you think that prediction will come true?

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Oct 4 (PIA) — Information communication technology (ICT) workers fear possible setbacks in the country’s global ICT sector when the school system adopted the use of the “mother tongue” in education.

MANILA, Philippines – Fewer Filipinos seem interested in looking for a job nowadays. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday that only a few applicants are using the government’s online job facilitation system in looking for jobs.

A GLOBAL INDEX has placed the Philippines in the middle of 61 countries gauged according to their use of and impact from the Web. THE WEB Index 2012’s findings are expected to help stakeholders act on areas that need improvement. The first Web Index 2012, released yesterday by the World Wide Web Foundation — a…