TECH4GOOD Mountains of wrapping paper, oceans of plastic packaging, tons of trash from the New Year’s Eve festivities, and enough discarded Xmas decors to blanket planet Earth – the season of joy historically leaves behind a trail of ecological carnage that would make even Scrooge blush. The...
TECH4GOOD The recently released 2023 Network Readiness Index (NRI) shows that the Philippines has improved its ranking, moving up two spots from 71st in 2022 to 69th this year. The country is just one of the three ASEAN member states that moved up in the ranking in the latest report. However, there...
TECH4GOOD Our BPO sector has firmly positioned the Philippines as the world’s heart of customer experience. Why can we not make the rest of the country the WOW hub of the world? A place where every encounter is a wow experience. Imagine a Philippines where every interaction, whether with a...
TECH4GOOD Christmas has always been a time for family, friends, and tradition. But there was a time when the way people celebrated Christmas was much different from how it is done today. Baby boomers like me consider ourselves lucky to have seen and experienced each stage of the evolution. In this...
TECH4GOOD The power of the internet has improved everyone’s lives in many ways but many believe most of us have gone overboard as far as how we use it today. Tired of feeling like you are always missing out on something? Before getting out and back to bed at the end of the day, do you find...
TECH4GOOD When our Data Privacy Law was passed in 2012, the Philippines became one of the first countries in the region to have one. It also set us up to become a trusted hub for data-driven industries such as our BPO sector. Our privacy law became a benchmark for other countries working on having...
TECH4GOOD We spend a lot of time talking about AI these days. I believe this will be my fifth article on the same subject. Most discussions are focused on three dimensions: Ethics, governance, and jobs. What about its impact on education? Stealthily, AI is rapidly transforming the education sector...
TECH4GOOD The City of Butuan today is outperforming most Philippine cities in terms of transformative governance. It is a rising transformation gem in Caraga recognized for its innovative projects, including being one of the 15 cities in the world declared as winners in the last Bloomberg...
TECH4GOOD I recently got into a conversation with an expat friend from a neighboring country who posited that a possible reason for the spotty mobile connection we have in the country could be the fact that we still have active 2G and 3G networks. He was saying that, because of this, we are not...
TECH4GOOD Digital technologies, the new business models they enable such as the digital platforms, the mobile-first attitude of most of Southeast Asia’s population, and the widespread adoption of digital tools are driving the growth of Southeast Asia’s digital economy including the...
TECH4GOOD The high-profile ransomware attack on a government agency continues to hug the news headlines. After the deadline set by the attackers passed, they apparently publicly released samples of the data which is what most of us are most worried about. Although no payments were evidently made,...
TECH4GOOD The dreaded ransomware malware showed its deadly fangs again last month when a high-profile government insurance agency was attacked. I do not have a good handle on the circumstances, how the attack happened, and the extent of the damage done to the agency. All I know is the potential...
