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Keyboard savvy: How long it takes to play the piano

This is usually the question frequently to a music teacher: “How long does it take to learn to play the piano?” The usual answer is: “It depends.” Why so? Summertime is when most parents want their children to learn life skills through non-academic activities. That...

PH students’ entrepreneurship education project bags runner up in ASEAN Data Science Explorers tilt

Filipino students bagged the second place in the regional finals of the ASEAN Data Science Explorers (ADSE) competition for their insights and data-driven solutions to solve the region’s pressing social issues. Team Dimicrocambio of the Philippines, comprising Jade Hizon and John Rusty Perena from...

Gen Z Pinoys: Digital native leaders—Dell EMC study

Dell EMC Philippines today hosted Dell EMC Realize 2018, a flagship annual event for its customers and partners in the Philippines to meet, connect and get insights from Dell EMC’s business leaders and experts to help accelerate their digital transformation journey. At the same...

Portability: Keeping your mobile number (Conclusion)

Mobile number portability (MNP) reduces the switching costs of customers desiring to switch their subscriptions from one operator to another. These switching costs include informing friends and business partners about the new number, missing calls from uninformed people, and updating company web pages,...

China in the mix: Third telco’s the charm? (CONCLUSION)

Hijacking exposes a network to potentially critical damage, Demchak and Shavitt wote in their study, “because it is not a hack of the endpoint but of the critical exchanges carrying information between end points.” They explained that the “rerouted traffic flows sensitive data across...

Portability: Keeping your mobile number (First of two parts)

Some 60 million of the country’s 100 or so million citizens own mobile phones, and about half that number of mobile phone users are smartphone owners. You could say the country called the “text and selfie capital” of the world is a place...

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Renewable energy: Future source of power

Leila Noel left the Philippines when her hometown Bansalan in Davao del Sur did not have electricity yet. “This was in the late 1970s when the...

Epson launches new LightScene accent lighting laser projector 

Epson has announced the launch of the LightScene projector, a new category of spotlight-shaped accent lighting laser projectors. These projectors​ are designed to simultaneously illuminate and...

AIDS and the world according to Chung To

In China, you can choose when and where you will get your medicine. And you only need to get your medicine once every three...

Cyber attacks expected to spike during FIFA World Cup 2018

Football fans in the Philippines, beware of cyber-attacks during the FIFA World Cup 2018. Cyber-security solutions provider Fortinet​ made this warning amid expectations of...