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BANGUI, Central African Republic, May 30, 2023 (AFP) – The Central African Republic (CAR) has passed a law that allows foreign investment in cryptocurrencies, after last year adopting Bitcoin and its own digital currency, the Sango as legal tender. A bill was passed by acclamation, National Assembly president Simplice Mathieu Sarandji announced late Monday. The law comes after the CAR — one of the poorest countries in the world — suddenly announced in April 2022 […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Wednesday, July 8, urged local government units to “beef up their digital platforms” as the country transitions to the new normal amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In urging LGUs to fast-track the needed permits and clearances to set up crucial infrastructure such as cell sites that will improve Internet connectivity, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año noted the many people dependent on the Internet in the new normal. […]
P.J. Lhuillier Inc. (PJLI), the parent company of the Philippines’ largest microfinancial services provider Cebuana Lhuillier, tapped leading software solutions provider Multisys Technologies Corporation to accelerate the Group’s ongoing digital transformation efforts and expand its commercial services. Through the technology partnership, MultiSys will help improve PJLI’s business processes that will digitalize the company’s operations and increase its overall organizational efficiency. MultiSys will also integrate with PJLI’s cash collection and distribution facilities, including its Corporate Payout, […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Information and Communications Technology backed the National Economic Development Authority’s statement there was a need to transition into a “digital economy” to better adapt to the “new normal.” “We are optimistic that the transition of the Philippines to a digital economy will make the country’s economy more resilient to external factors, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.” the department secretary Gregorio Honasan said. According to Honasan, under the banner of […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States(AFP) – Snapchat on Wednesday unveiled a redesign intended to rev up use of the image-sharing smartphone application by focusing on personal interests instead of what friends post. Parent company Snap has promised the redesign in a bid to make Snapchat more user-friendly in the face of competition from rival messaging apps, especially those fielded by leading social networking Facebook. Snap changes included separate streams for posts or messages from close friends versus […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — The world may be close to a “serious act of digital sabotage” which could trigger unrest, “chaos and disorder,” Dutch spy chief Rob Bertholee warned Tuesday. Sabotage of critical infrastructure “is the kind of thing that might keep you awake at night,” Bertholee told a timely cyber security conference in The Hague, as global experts grapple with the fallout of a massive cyberattack over the past days. Digital threats “are […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The New York Times has seen an exceptional surge in digital subscriptions in the period just before and after the November election, its top executive said Monday. New York Times Co. chief executive Mark Thompson told a business conference the prestigious daily has added more than 200,000 net subscribers since late September. “We’re seeing a dramatic increase in the willingness to pay for serious independent journalism,” Thompson told the […]
By Caesar Vallejos Eagle News online correspondent BARCELONA, Spain (Eagle News) — The way the world communicates right now is through mobile. “If my wife is sending me pictures of my children and my dog as as I speak right now, I am doing selfies with my panel which is a way for me to say, ‘this is not a good time to call.’ I do this because this is the way the world lives right […]
