DITO Telecommunity was working to improve its indoor signal. DITO TELECOMMUNITY — The Philippines’ new major telecommunications player was working to improve and boost its indoor signal, a concern the telco looked to address as it further expanded its coverage. Rodolfo Santiago, the chief technology officer at DITO, said that the telco would beef up … Read more
DITO Telecommunity now has 5 million subscribers. DITO TELECOMMUNITY — The Philippines’ third major telecommunications company said on Monday that it now has 5 million subscribers. Nine months after its commercial launch last March, DITO said that the telco now has 5 million subscribers and has posted PHP 2 billion in revenues. DITO also said … Read more
Minsu Chu is now the new President of Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation. SAMSUNG — The South Korean tech giant recently named Minsu Chu as the new SEPCO (Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation) President. According to a report on Gizguide, Chu has more than 20 years of experience including 11 years in Samsung Electronics and most recently … Read more
Samsung renamed its mobile business to Samsung MX. SAMSUNG — The South Korean tech giant has recently renamed its mobile business, Mobile Communications, to Samsung MX (Mobile Experience). This, as the company shifted its focus to be more user-centric. Earlier this week, the company announced its plans to merge the Mobile Communication division with the … Read more
Globe at Home will migrate its broadband users to fiber technology in 2022. GLOBE AT HOME — The local telco giant officially announced that the company will migrate its broadband users to fiber technology in 2022. Globe noted that migration has jumped by more than 250% as of October, exceeding its 2021 target. The company … Read more
Google officially released this year’s “Year in Search” GOOGLE — While YouTube Rewind had been retired for good, the tech giant recently released this year’s “Year in Search“. Google annually analyzed which search terms saw the highest spike over the course of the last year and those phrases and questions that saw unusually high growth … Read more
Google Philippines won’t accept election ads for the 2022 campaign and silence periods. GOOGLE PHILIPPINES — On Wednesday, the tech giant announced that it wouldn’t accept election advertisements during the 2022 campaign and silence periods, including from February 8 to May 9, 2022. As officially set by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), the official campaign … Read more
LYKA promoted cashless and paperless gift-giving LYKA — The social media app sought to push the promotion of a cashless and paperless form of gift-giving to Filipinos. According to LYKA Global CEO Ryan Baird, the social media app was currently promoting its Giftcard in Electronic Mode (GEMs) and also pointed out that GEMs will be … Read more
Jack Dorsey was stepping down as the CEO of Twitter. JACK DORSEY — The Twitter co-founder announced on Monday that he’s stepping down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the social media network. He made the statement over a year after he survived a bid to oust him by an activist investor. Dorsey, who was … Read more
The US added more Chinese firms to its trade blacklist. The US government recently added more Chinese firms to its trade blacklist as the growing tensions between the two countries continued. CNN reported that the United States was piling more pressure on Chinese entities it claimed could undermine the country’s national security as the US … Read more