One Tech Tip: Don’t use rice for your device. Here’s how to dry out your smartphone

03/02/2024

LONDON (AP) — You were walking next to a swimming pool when you slipped and dropped your phone into the water. Or it slipped out of your hand when you were next to a filled bathtub or…

Apple iPhone target is billions short of Wall Street’s as China sales lag

02/02/2024

(Reuters) -Apple on Thursday forecast a drop in iPhone sales and targeted overall revenue $6 billion below Wall Street expectations as its China business took a hit. This overshadowed overall fiscal first-quarter sales and profit that beat…

Nokia changes iconic logo to signal strategy shift

Reuters 02/26/2023

BARCELONA — Nokia announced plans on Sunday to change its brand identity for the first time in nearly 60 years, complete with a new logo, as the telecom equipment maker focuses on aggressive growth. The new logo…

Talisay tricycle drivers to DILG: Not all can afford smartphones for Pantawid Pasada

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/25/2022

  TALISAY CITY, Cebu, Philippines — Many tricycle drivers don’t have smartphones nor can afford one. This was the statement of a group of tricycle drivers in Talisay City who hoped to qualify for the Pantawid Pasada…

Eyeing a vlogging career? These smartphones can help you

Dianne Zarina G. Savillo 07/09/2021

Years ago, a phone’s main purpose is solely for communication. But with today’s rapidly advanced smartphone technology, we can do a lot with our mobile phones. From checking emails to tweets, making socials updates, and watching videos,…

Police nab thieves who robbed patients at Naga COVID-19 isolation facility

Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie Sararana 05/14/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two thieves who reportedly stole five smartphones from five COVID-19 patients confined at an isolation center in South Poblacion in the City of Naga were arrested on Thursday, May 13, 2021.  Police Master…

Smartphone tool helps users keep social distance

AFP 05/30/2020

SAN FRANCISCO — Smartphone users have a new way to keep their distance  – a tool that lets them know when people are getting closer than pandemic guidelines recommend. The Google-developed Sodar tool available this week taps into Android smartphone…

Taking notes in school in high resolution

Immae Lachica 08/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Everything is always better with a high resolution. Gone are the days when students would just write super fast just to follow through the discussion and to take down notes. Today, students are seen…

Fujifilm sees continued demand for camera products

Irene R. Sino Cruz 07/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Despite the growing popularity of smart phones with camera features, there is still a market  for their camera products. “We want to continue the business of photography,” said Fujifilm Philippines president Ryo Nagaoka.…

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…

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