The new Samsung Galaxy M02 is the company’s latest contender in the entry-level segment.
Posted inDeal Alert
OnePlus 8T, Nord, N10 5G gets up to Php2,000 discount for a limited time
OnePlus Philippines announced that it is discounting some of its latest releases in the country. The promo will happen from February 1 until March 31, 2021, for cash and straight card transactions. You can get them at Lazada, Shopee, and Home Office.
Posted inInternet, Telecoms
Converge ICT beats competition in Netflix ISP Speed Index
One of the biggest telco in the Philippines, Converge ICT, revealed that they topped Netflix’s ISP Speed Index.
Posted inGaming
Balete City to be the first triple-A game made in the Philippines
The first triple-A game title made by Filipinos is in the works, and what more reason to show Filipino pride than feature Philippine mythology.
Posted inGovernment
LTO to require car seats for kids in private vehicles
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is implementing a safety measure that will prohibit children below the age of 12 to take front seat effective tomorrow, as per Republic Act 11229 or the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act. To coincide with the implementation of the law, the LTO claims that it will also launch a […]
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Lazada shopper, former delivery driver now a newly-wed couple
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.
Posted inTech News
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, […]
Posted inTech News
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 […]