Cybercriminals focusing on data-rich smartphones

03/02/2017

Smartphones have become a mine of personal information, holding bank data, credit card information and addresses, making them the preferred target for cybercriminals, experts warn. “Cybercriminals go where there is value, and they have understood that the…

Cebuanos turn to FireChat app amid telco shutdown for Sinulog

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Ryan Macasero 01/14/2017

Amid a shutdown of telecommunication services in Cebu City for the Sinulog Festival, Cebuanos are turning to mobile app FireChat for communication and old fashion meet-ups. Others, like emergency responders and radio stations, turned to two-way radio…

Biz heads: US study doubtful; net speed in PH ‘frustrating’

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/22/2016

‘Survey saying PH mobile net speed up does not show net users’ actual experiences’ A recent survey result showing the Philippines overtaking some of its peers in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of mobile internet speed has…

Options

Editorial 12/18/2016

The distribution of condoms in schools isn’t as alarming as the Church and its allies make it out to be, though it does represent a more proactive government finally implementing the Reproductive Health Act on the grassroots…

Provincial jail now records biometric data of inmates, visitors

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/30/2016

The Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) is now equipped with a new computerized jail management system to get inmates’ profile as well as biometrics data and database of jail visitors. The system aims to curtail…

‘Intensive statistics devt plan needed for economy’

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/30/2016

MORE Filipinos will benefit from the economy’s growth through a more intensive Philippine Statistical Development Plan (PSDP). Ronaldo Taghap, Philippine Statistics Authority in Central Visayas (PSA 7) director, said statistics serve as the basis of economic planners…

Urgent review

Editorial 06/26/2016

PLDT chairman Manny Pangilinan’s call (appeal) for the national government “not to meddle too much” in relation to its digital shift project which includes a joint deal with Globe Telecom to buy San Miguel’s Vega Telecom should…

Cheaper, faster, wider, better Wi-Fi

Stephen D. Capillas 06/16/2016

Read with some interest the Sisyphus Lament column of lawyer Oscar Franklin Tan entitled “Can antitrust stop PLDT, Globe telco purchase?” that was published in the Inquirer last Monday and in Cebu Daily News the following day.…

Why Lapu-Lapu’s dengue figures don’t match

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza 10/10/2015

LAPU-Lapu city ss tagged the second highest in dengue cases in Central Visayas this year. Efforts to control mosquito populations continue across the region but  the surveillance results of the Department of Health (DOH) arent’always accepted by…

Telco’s future lies in data, Internet-based networks

Marites Villamor Ilano 09/03/2015

Report: Mobile devices are entertainment tools in digital lifestyle More people are shifting from the traditional voice to wireless, Internet-based telecommunications services as the world enters a digital lifestyle era, a new report by Canada-based global telecom…

Over 25,000 voters with no biometrics data

Norman V. Mendoza 06/14/2015

More than 25,000 registered voters in Mandaue City risk being turned away from polling booths in the 2016 election because they have no biometrics data on file with the e Commission on Elections (Comelec). October 31 is…

IBM to expand products, services

Vanessa Claire Lucero 06/03/2015

IBM Philippines is looking to expand its services and product offerings in the Philippines while taking advantage of key technological shifts in the industry. Luis Pineda, president and country general manager of IBM Philippines, identified three major,…

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