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
NTC admitted that it had a difficulty in tracing spam messages because of this reason. NTC — The National Telecommunications Commission admitted on Wednesday that it had a difficulty in tracing spam messages because of this reason. NTC Deputy Commissioner Edgardo Cabarios said in an interview on Super Radyo dzBB that the phone numbers used … Read more
Xiaomi reportedly registered its second car company. XIAOMI — The Chinese tech giant reportedly registered its second car company as it planned to mass-produce its first EV model in 2024. To recall, the Chinese tech giant announced earlier this year its plans to enter the smart electric vehicle (EV) industry. In order to harp on … Read more
Nadine Lustre launched her own audio NFT. NADINE LUSTRE — The actress and singer recently took to social media as she announced that she launched her own audio NFT (non-fungible token). Nadine officially announced on Instagram that she had recently launched her own audio NFTs on the Enter.Audio platform, minting 1,031 copies of her latest … Read more
YouTube said that the dislike counts will be private across the platform, but the dislike button will remain. YOUTUBE — The Google-owned video sharing platform recently announced that it decided to hide the dislike counts on videos across the platform. YouTube said that the change was to keep smaller content creators from being targeted by … Read more
Netflix reportedly rolled out its mobile game service to subscribers on iOS. NETFLIX GAMES — Netflix reportedly rolled out its mobile game service to subscribers on iOS a week after globally rolling out its service to subscribers on Android. According to a report on The Verge, Netflix recently brought its mobile game service to all … Read more
Globe Telecom accelerated the rollout of in-building solutions to improve indoor 5G coverage. Telco giant Globe Telecom accelerated the rollout of in-building solutions (IBS) to improve indoor 5G coverage in the Philippines. Globe claimed that the company was accelerating the rollout of 5G capable in-building solutions in order to provide quality indoor coverage. The local … Read more