In what could be perhaps described as a good premise for a romance, a Lazada shopper and her former delivery driver have recently become wife and husband after tying the knot. It’s always been business as usual for Lazada delivery man, Marlon Cajucom, whose reason for being at the Benito residence is to deliver parcels. […]
Posted inSocial Media
Filipinos spent the most time on social media, internet in January 2021
Filipinos have kept the title of having the most number of hours spent on social media. In fact, our numbers are much higher when we also led the list in 2019.
Posted inTech News
Xiaomi now suing the US gov’t after calling them a Communist Chinese military company
After going against Huawei, the United States government started targeting Xiaomi, and things escalated quickly.
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Counterpoint Research: Huawei smartphone shipments continue to drop, now at 6th place
Huawei had skyrocketed and reached the top spot a few years ago. Now, due to the US ban, the Chinese tech giant’s smartphone business had dropped and continues to do so.
Posted inScience
World’s most advanced ‘artificial heart’ to be available this 2021
French startup Carmat, a company that claims they are making the world’s most advanced artificial heart, has announced that its product will go on sale in Europe this Q2 of 2021.
Posted inGovernment
Japan to pay PhD students up to 2.4 million yen to come up with cutting-edge tech
About 7,800 doctoral students in Japan may receive JPY2.4 million (around Php1.1 million) in annual living expenses when they join the government’s program to help the country stay competitive in terms of cutting-edge technology.
Posted inInternet, Telecoms
Ookla: PLDT, Smart recognized as the top ISP in the Philippines
PLDT and Smart have started the new year on a roll, having bested competing networks in providing Internet service in the Philippines. This claim is not just coming from their own press release, as the latest Ookla Speedtest report has proclaimed these two as the overall top provider in the second half of 2020. PLDT, […]
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Dating site’s 2.28 million user data, records exposed
Over 2.28 million users of MeetMindful.com are at risk of identity theft and other cybercrimes, as a black-hat hacker group has managed to steal these users’ confidential, personal information from the dating site. Per a ZDNet report, the group known as ShinyHunters has uploaded 1.2GB worth of data on a public hacking forum, allowing anyone […]
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PH Senate to form panel to examine prepaid load expiry
Senator Grace Poe, the head of Philippine Senate Committee on Public Services, will be forming a panel to evaluate the possibility of removing phone load expiries and hear out the concerns of all stakeholders involved, including telecoms. Last November, Sen. Gatchalian filed a bill that seeks the removal of load expiration dates to extend the […]
Posted inSmartphones, Tech News
Samsung’s next Exynos chipset with AMD GPUs expected to arrive by Q2-Q3 2021
Last time we reported AMD Radeon graphics being brought into mobile gaming by means of the next Samsung Exynos chips, we didn’t have an estimated date of when these chips would arrive. But thanks to a new tidbit from a fairly accurate leaker, we now know these chips will arrive by the second or third […]
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Apple is top smartphone vendor in 2020, but Realme got the best year-on-year growth
Tech analyst firms have released reports that reveal Apple having beat Samsung during the fourth quarter of 2020 in terms of smartphone sales. The reports also show that Realme of BBK Electronics experienced the best growth during the same period. Based on findings from Counterpoint Research, IDC, and Canalys, Apple shipped the most devices for […]
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Motorola also introduces its air wireless charging technology
It looks like air wireless charging technology is what will shake the tech industry this 2021.
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Smartphone market bounced back in Q4 2020 with Apple taking the lead
The smartphone market have finally bounced back after a rocky 2020.
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iPhone 12 mini cameras only took 14th place in DxOMark list
The iPhone 12 mini recently went through DxOMark’s rigorous test, and the results are not that exciting.
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Xiaomi Mi Air Charge Technology introduced to wireless charge a device across the room
Finally, someone has come up with it. Meet the new Xiaomi Mi Air Charge Technology.