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For the past eight months within the pandemic, people have learned to use technology as a tool to connect to friends via online and maximized retail shopping through different online and e-commerce platforms. But the most and anticipated shopping event, as always, is this year’s 11.11.

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread rapidly in the first half of 2020, many organizations were required to shift to telework practically overnight as teams around the globe were asked to stay home. Nearly two-thirds of the firms surveyed had to rapidly transition over half of their workforce to telework. In addition, most respondents said the rapid change presented a challenge to their organization, with 83% citing it as moderately, very, or extremely challenging. Only 3% were not at all challenged.

Planning ahead for a coffee fix anytime of the day will not be a problem anymore as Starbucks Philippines makes it easier for all coffee lovers, whether it’s Frappuccino or Latte.

If you religiously use Google Photos to store all your photos and videos because it is free and unlimited, then you have been baited… and now comes the switch — Google will switch to limiting the storage space for your Google account. Starting middle of next year, you will have 15GB of free storage for your email, documents, which, unlike before, will now include photos and videos. Google has trained a lot of their machine learning algorithms so efficiently, that they only need to update them in the future — hence, no need to entice users with the unlimited bait. Right now, you have the time to save up and pay for the additional storage, or look for another solution.

As businesses, both here and abroad, try to ride the wild wave of this pandemic, one aspect that we realized need proper focus and attention is data management. When we talk about how we manage business data, we are not just referring to the archival and compliance ingredient of administering information. Data management includes information protection and recovery that must be efficient and cost-effective.

Hackers targeted at least 2,806 online storefronts running Magento 1.x, an ecommerce platform, which continued to run until last June.Called Cardbleed, the perpetrators leverages a feature called “Magento Connect” to download and install the malware, “mysql.php” that gets automatically removed after the skimmer code is added to “prototype.js.”These are JavaScript codes that was inserted to the ecommerce website, mostly on payment pages to capture customers payment information and send the details to a remote server controlled by the attacker and later to be sold by the attackers on Carding Forums.Carding forums are mostly located on the dark web where cyber criminals sell Payment Information obtained by ATM Skimming, phishing, hacking into payment providers and recently from this kind of attacks.

Apple is on track to completely control its Mac supply chain, similar to its move to control its iPhone and iPad supply chain (only thing left, I think, is the replacement for the Qualcomm modem — which I think will be replaced with an Apple version in five years’ time). Similar to the iPhone and iPad, Apple now controls the Mac processor and integrated graphics with the Apple Silicon M1 system-on-a-chip (SoC).

Shockwaves of help and support came immediately to affected areas from both private and LGUs during and after the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses when the country was still reeling from the Super Typhoon Rolly (Goni). Typhoon Ulysses made landfall twice in the province of Quezon as it gets even stronger on Wednesday evening, November 11.

Speaking right in front of the attendees of the 11th Annual Global Mobile Broadband Forum, Huawei’s Deputy Chairman Ken Hu shared with leaders in the telecoms and digital technology sectors about the new value that 5G can bring to different industries around the globe. As 5G is poised to transform the way we live, connect, and work, the telecoms sector is deeply invested in creating more value beyond the consumer market.

As typhoon Ulysses left a destructive path along parts of Luzon and Metro Manila, a familiar name — Project NOAH — re-surfaced the interwebs and even trended in Philippine social media.

With the on-going pandemic making businesses and enterprises shift into an intelligent and connected virtual space for them to survive, several startups across the globe, aware of the demand, have since kicked off their mass customization practices.

MediaTek has launched its new Dimensity 700 5G smartphone chipset, designed to bring advanced 5G capabilities and experiences to the mass market. The announcement was made during the company’s MediaTek Executive Summit 2020 held online last November 10th.

The global pandemic introduces new challenges for businesses and shifted the way we access education in general. In both cases, it presented opportunities for digital optimization and transformation. During challenging times, technology allows us for improvement, operational resilience, and flexibility in a new reality characterized by rapidly changing market dynamics. 

With the on-going pandemic accelerating global digital payment adoption at a rapid pace, experts are now adjusting their predictions: what was previously thought of happening in years is now on track to being embraced in months.

With the on-going COVID-19 pandemic still a major threat to our health, preventing the spread of the virus is a top priority by both the Philippine government and its citizenry. While we treat our homes as the safest place we can be during these challenging times, paying closer attention to the air quality in our residences.

With the advancement of technology, anything is possible and that is what the Professional Fighters League has been aiming – to do an excellent job in making use of the latest advancements in technology to further enhance the viewing experience for fans. 

One of the pain points for those who wish to travel (domestic) during this pandemic are the different documentary requirements and health protocols implemented by different LGUs (Local Government Units). As a techie, how I wish that there is a central government website (which is updated as frequent as possible), where people can check on the latest bulletins and guidelines related to domestic travel.

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, held its Innovation Summit World Tour 2020 for East Asia, connecting thought leaders, visionaries, experts, change makers, partners and customers globally to discover the latest digital solutions for a more resilient and sustainable future.