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While dog parents are everywhere, there sure are lots of felinophiles too. It’s difficult not to be captivated by the mysteriousness that envelopes these rather aloof creatures, but we sure also cannot help ourselves from drowning with cuteness every time they purr and show their affectionate side.

It has been a week now since Mozilla Firefox version 89 landed on Philippine shores. Even though there is a new Firefox version every four (04) weeks, the last browser design overhaul happened years ago (around 2017 when “Photon” was introduced).

Schneider Electric hosted its 2nd Annual Innovation Day, with the theme of Sustainable Digital Transformation. Held on Schneider Electric’s online interactive platform, the live virtual event brought participants from Southeast Asia together with thought leaders from various industries across the globe to give attendees a deeper understanding on digitization, how it can be used to further the growth of a business and finding operational stability while also prioritizing sustainability and efficiency. The event was divided into a series of sessions, where attendees had the chance to hear from a stellar lineup of speakers ranging from renowned digital anthropologists, sustainability enthusiasts, to the IT industry’s top leaders.

Amplify moments with JBL’s newest line of sports and lifestyle headphones, which feature true wireless and active noise cancellation technology suited for fitness, professional, and everyday use.

Mineski Philippines is gearing up for a series of finals in the National Interschool Cyber League (NICL) this June. The NICL is a banner program under Mineski’s Youth Esports Program (YEP) and is the first major collegiate esports league in the Philippines with virtual multigame tournaments, featuring VALORANT, DOTA 2, and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

Sophos discovered new stripped-down ransomware called Epsilon Red that offloads most of its functionality to a series of PowerShell scripts. It was delivered as the final executable payload in a hand-controlled attack against a US-based business in the hospitality industry in which every other early-stage component was a PowerShell script. Based on the cryptocurrency address provided by the attackers, it appears that at least one of their victims paid a ransom of 4.29BTC on May 15th (valued at roughly $210,000 on that date).

In conjunction with World Food Safety Day, Grab Philippines today announced new initiatives to raise the bar for safety, hygiene, and quality standards in the food delivery industry. Through Grab Philippines’ partnership with the Food Safety and Hygiene Academy of the Philippines (FoodSHAP), and additional measures to help ensure cleanliness, safety, and quality throughout the entire food delivery life cycle. These efforts ladder up to Grab’s broader GrabProtect program where Grab Philippines continues to raise the bar for food safety and quality – giving consumers greater peace of mind that their food orders are prepared following strict safety and quality standards.

In a sea of digital transformation, MyPharma gives its customers a platform that values comfort and familiarity.  

Epson leads the Philippine market as the No. 1 document scanner company in 2019 and 2020, according to global market intelligence provider, IDC. This demonstrates how Epson is the ideal partner for customers who require versatile and secure scanning solutions in the office, at home, or anywhere in between.

ADA recently launched the region’s first integrated eCommerce practice through a merger with Awake Asia, a regional eCommerce enabler operating in six countries in Southeast Asia.

Over 8,000 private schools have partnered with Globe for connectivity and other solutions, wherein students, teachers and school administrators are able to seamlessly operate and work towards the goals they set for another academic year.

PLDT increases its fiber capacity to 10.2 million homes with its fiber-to-the-home ports now reaching 700,000 nationwide.

The Gamdias One Tap tournament is a tournament targeting the community level teams. The 2-leg tournament will be running from June 12 and June 19 2021 semi-finals and finals will be on June 26, 2021.

Exciting offers await the realme Squad this June as the country’s no. 1 smartphone brand for Q1 2021 launches the “Upgrade to realme 8” bundle promo, along with other after-sales initiatives to give thanks for the community’s unwavering support.

With different property listing sites available right now, where property hunters would engage with, the market is still a vast opportunity for new companies to present and be a service to new customers who are looking for places that they can call their own. Flashpoint is the premier Philippine real estate auction platform, 100% curated and broker-verified. It is the only property auction available online which makes it easier for buyers and sellers to do their biddings and transactions within a few easy steps.

OPPO introduces the latest smart devices with the True Wireless Earphones OPPO Enco Buds and OPPO Enco Air.

TECNO Mobile’s recently concluded Power Your Game live stream was a hugely successful event, making true of its promise to deliver power-packed fun and overflowing prizes. Streamed live on the TECNO Mobile Facebook Page last June 5th, in partnership with popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB), the one-of-a-kind online event garnered over 30k live views, a viewership milestone that surpasses all previous livestream events from the brand. After only a few days since the event date, the live stream has already been viewed to almost 2M times on Facebook. 

Apple just announced *some* of the new features coming in iOS 15 this morning. Whilst the features list is long, the privacy features are the important ones that need to be highlighted (yeah, forget about FaceTime on the web for Windows and Android users haha). Anyway, here is a quick rundown of the privacy features that are coming.