Category: Technology
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Mozilla Firefox reaches 100th version milestone
Eighteen (18) years after the release of Firefox 1.0 (in 2004), the 100th version of the popular open source web browser reached Philippine shores Tuesday evening.
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Kuryente.org urges NGCP to do its part to prevent power outages in Luzon region
A pro-consumer and non-governmental organization have urged the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to play its part in preventing power outages in the Luzon region.
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Secuna reports enterprise technology, financial services most vulnerable to cyberattacks
The Philippines’ first and only cybersecurity testing platform, Secuna reported the detection of 494 vulnerabilities across 21 private local firms last year, accounting for 45.57% of the total number of flaws fixed by the company since it started operations.
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How to spin up your own Mastodon instance for free
The federated universe, aka fediverse, got a lot of new users ever since Twitter announced their Musk deal. What is great about the fediverse is that you are not limited to only one provider or one server. You can sign-up on any as long as it is either running the same Mastodon software, or any software that uses ActivityPub. Since Mastodon is a free, open source software (FOSS), you can easily archive your data from one Mastodon server or instance and move it to another. What is even better is that you can host your own instance and have full control of your users (you can opt to just use it exclusively for yourself) and have control of the content moderation (you can block users from other instances or the entire instance itself from appearing on yours) — no more mysterious content blocking due to some ridiculous and opaque community guidelines!
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NTC orders telcos, ISPs: No repairs, diggings during election period
As all roads lead to polling precincts, here’s a string reminder to “keep it clean” on election day.
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Next-level solutions to online futurepreneurs
The pandemic has indeed accelerated the growth of e-commerce in our country as Filipinos turn to technology just to survive. However, for e-commerce to prosper and thrive, it needs a reliable, fast and cost-efficient logistics that can keep up with the demands of the business.
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Micro financial services provider offers respite to Filipinos
Sadly, prices of goods and other essentials continue to rise in our country. To offer Filipinos, a bit of relief from their day to day burden, Cebuana Lhuillier announced its PERA PADALOWEST RATES promo available in any of Cebuana Lhuillier’s more than 3,000 branches across the country.
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Virtual celebration ideas for Mother's Day
Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and other online platforms have become pivotal avenues to keep in touch with our family and friends. To those moms who are abroad and are away from their families, these ideas will help lessen the homesick feels.
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All-day excitement on May 5 with Shopee's 5.5 Brand Festival
Enjoy 50% off on brand bundles, 10% off vouchers, and sitewide shipping discount vouchers all-day on Shopee’s 5.5 Brand’s Festival.
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Logitech prices go down this 5.5 with Shopee
Logitech is about to launch their 5.5 sale tomorrow until May 7. The products they are slashing prices for feature the complete work/study set, from mice, webcams, to keyboards. Check them below:
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On World Password Day, Google reminds us to keep our passwords secure
Manila Bulletin Tech News can’t stress enough how important passwords are. It is a person’s first line of defense against illegal access to one’s computer, devices, personal information, social media accounts and other electronic accounts the person has. And so, as we celebrate World Password Day on May 5 and if you value security, may this article be a reminder to all who are in to the digital lifestyle.
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OPPO will be having a Brand Day sale starting tomorrow
Starting tomorrow, May 5 to the 9th, OPPO will be having discounts on selected devices.
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STI College wins at the Huawei ICT Competition Asia Pacific Regionals
Following their victory over other local universities and colleges in the national round of the Huawei ICT Competition in 2021, three STI students proudly represented the Philippines at the Asia Pacific (APAC) round of the competition, where they finished third in the Network Track category.
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UnionBank and Asia Pacific College team up for cybersecurity and information security education
Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) teams up with the Asia Pacific College (APC) to provide cybersecurity and information security education to third-party vendors. Through this joint initiative, UnionBank is enhancing the high standard of information security for its customers’ data.
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YouTube Works Awards Year 2 celebrates the best in Filipino brand storytelling
The YouTube Works Awards, in partnership with Kantar, is back in the Philippines after its successful inaugural run of celebrating brands and brilliant talents behind the most creative and effective advertising campaigns on YouTube.
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Want to win 2 million pesos? TM is the key
From April to June, TM is giving all Ka-TMs across the Philippines the chance to be sure winners through its bigger and better “TM is the Key Raffle” promo.