TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim Many have written about the current technology divide in our society; the “digital immigrants” and the “digital natives.” The difference mainly lies in the year people were born relative to the time digital technology became a way of life. While digital natives...
TECH4GOOD Monchito B. Ibrahim, former DICT Undersecretary During the last three weeks, a breakthrough innovation suddenly popped out of nowhere to create excitement in the technology space which has been relatively dull since the start of 2022 where mass layoffs, downward spiraling stock prices,...
TECH4GOOD Monchito B. Ibrahim, former DICT Undersecretary Today, wars can be started using a computer mouse instead of bullets. That is the gist of the message of DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy during the recent launch of the Philippine National Cybersecurity Talent Workforce Assessment Report. “It...
TECH4GOOD Monchito B. Ibrahim, former DICT Undersecretary Several months back, I featured in this column the correlation between having the right skills for its workforce and the country’s global competitiveness and how having an effective skills development program will position it to take...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim The pandemic presents a great opportunity for digital transformation. And we have seen a lot of organizations take advantage of it. For most businesses, it was the only option they saw to keep them afloat. For some, it was a matter of getting ahead of the competition. The...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim Today, we see a lot of digitalization projects being undertaken by government offices. Most are meant to increase internal efficiency and provide convenience to the transacting public by, for example, providing online or mobile access to their services. Of course, we also...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim Will Artificial Intelligence ever rule the world? Two emerging technologies, AI and Metaverse, are now beginning to manifest globally and are thought to transform the world beyond recognition. AI, however, is expected to create a bigger challenge to humanity if not...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim Last week, we talked about the emergence of artificial intelligence or AI, how it is beginning to play an important role in our lives and economy and how it is already having an impact on our world in many different ways. There is now a fierce race not just among...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim Artificial intelligence, or what is commonly referred to as AI, has made inroads into our lives and beginning to influence our lifestyles. From assistants like Amazon’s Alexa to the internet predicting what we may buy next, to the way companies provide customer service,...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim The age of the “Smart City” is upon us! It’s just that, we don’t really know what that means. Or, at least, not yet. – The Boston Smart City Playbook (2016). Major cities all over the world including the Philippines have embarked on initiatives that will make...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim The famous French writer and philosopher, Voltaire, once said “If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.” Last July 21, I participated in the virtual Senate consultative hearing organized by the office of Senator Sonny Angara. Attended by around...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim It is not only the concept of work that the advent of the internet has disrupted. It is also beginning to change, in very profound ways, the way we look at how business is conducted especially for micro-enterprises. The internet gave birth to a recent phenomenon called...
