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(Eagle News) — The Philippine government plans to install over 100,000 free wireless internet sites across the country especially in areas where there is currently no internet access. The government will allot an amount of Php 3B for the 10-year internet project. This project aims to lower the country’s relatively expensive internet costs. https://youtu.be/hsPOYFKoh1k
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a national broadband program, and is poised to sign an executive order prohibiting smoking in public places on Tuesday. In a Facebook post, Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said the President made the approval for the national broadband program on Monday, during the 13th Cabinet meeting in Malacañang. He said during the meeting, Department of Information and Communications Technology Secretary Rodolfo Salalima made a presentation for the program […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Wednesday began letting businesses in the US or Canada post jobs and take applications from jobseekers, posing a challenge to Microsoft-owned LinkedIn. The platform’s users will be able to find help-wanted posts at business pages on Facebook or by looking in a new ‘jobs’ bookmark on the leading social network’s mobile application. “Businesses and people already use Facebook to fill and find jobs, so we’re rolling out […]
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba signed a deal with Google Monday to enable faster access to content from the US tech giant on the communist island, where internet service is notoriously limited and slow. Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google parent company Alphabet, signed the deal in Havana alongside the head of Cuban state telecommunications company Etecsa, Mayra Arevich. Under the deal, Cuba will gain access to a network called Google Global Cache, which stores content […]
Eagle News — Ipinagmalaki ng Department Of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) na ipapatupad na nila ang libreng internet sa mga major terminals sa buong bansa. Ito ay matapos ang pakikipagkasundo ng DOTC sa isang malaking telecommunication company sa bansa na maglalagay sila ng libreng internet sa mga Airport, Sea port, Train stations at Bus terminals. Ayon pa kay DOTC secretary Arthur Tugade, gagawin nilang sampung beses na mas mabilis ang connection ng internet dahil ito […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Tens of millions of stolen Twitter credentials evidently lifted from web browser programs were put up for sale online, according to a search engine devoted to leaked data. Twitter on Thursday was adamant that its computer systems had not been broken into by hackers, and that it was not the source of any account information being hawked on the Internet. “We are confident that these usernames and credentials were […]
BEIJING , China (AFP) — Chinese authorities are exploring new ways of imposing controls on the Internet, state-run media cited experts as saying Monday, after reports said state-owned enterprises may be encouraged to take stakes in video streaming websites. The Communist country restricts access to foreign websites including Google, Facebook and Twitter with a vast control network dubbed the Great Firewall of China, and under President Xi Jinping it has tightened its grip on broadcast, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (February 29) – Filipinos are using social media platforms 53 hours a week, which means a whole 11 hours more than the global average of 42 hours and that’s the reason why the Philippines was named as the “Social Media Capital of the World”. But what makes the title more amazing is the fact that, according to Ookla, the world’s leading Internet speed testing company that ranks and index the download speed of […]
by Robert Capistrano BARCELONA, Spain (Eagle News) — At the Mobile World Congress 2016 here in Barcelona, Spain, many hugely anticipated events like the latest product launches, company exhibits and keynote speeches from industry movers and shakers awaited its over 100,000 global attendees. But it was Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Founder and CEO who was truly the rock star of the four-day event, as he clearly stole the show. Even local media and paparazzi hounded […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (September 29) – “We pay for less”. Consumers who diligently pay their monthly dues for internet connection deserves the best service and the fastest internet access. Internet connection is a must in our advance technology era. This is why many companies lure their consumers through internet packages that sometimes come with a tablet or a phone as freebie and gives them assurance for a fast internet access. But it seems that the result […]
The National Telecommunications Commissions (NTC) will impose fines on telecommunications companies who offer poor internet services.
(Reuters) – North Korea experienced Internet outages on Monday, a U.S. company that monitors Internet infrastructure said, adding that the reason for the problems was not known. “For the past 24 hours North Korea’s connectivity to the outside world has been progressively getting degraded to the point now that they are totally offline,” said Doug Madory, director of Internet analysis at New Hampshire-based Dyn Research. “There’s either a benign explanation – their routers are perhaps […]
