MANILA, Philippines—Works and performances of Filipino artists Lucresia Kasilag, Nicanor Abelardo, Atang dela Rama, Leonor Orosa Conquingco, Nick Joaquin, Jose Garcia Villa and Cecile Licad will be given “new lease on existence” through digitization, preserving these vital creations for future generations. Officials of the Cultural Center of the Philippines say the digitization program is the [...]
MANILA, Philippines—People are in for a treat as AgfaPhoto unveils its newest line of cameras. Shutterbugs need not invest in specialized and expensive cameras before capturing memorable moments this summer. AgfaPhoto, through RedDot Imaging Philippines, the European firm’s authorized distributor in the Americas, the Middle East and several countries in Southeast Asia, has introduced new [...]
SYDNEY – An Australian academic Friday praised the increasing use of social media during disasters, saying there had been a “beautiful display of humanity” on Facebook during recent catastrophes. Communications expert Gwyneth Howell said she had been prompted to research the use of social media following last year’s major earthquake in New Zealand’s second city [...]
AUSTIN—The founder of Internet anonymity haven 4chan thinks Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is mistaken when it comes to online identities. Remaining unknown online frees people to blaze ahead with creative endeavors they might otherwise shy away from for fear of being embarrassed, Christopher “moot” Poole said at the South By Southwest festival ending Tuesday in [...]
NEW YORK—Apple said Tuesday that it was delaying next week’s release of the iPad 2 in Japan because of the earthquake and tsunami which devastated the country. “We are delaying the launch of the iPad 2 in Japan while the country and our teams focus on the recovery following the recent disaster,” Natalie Kerris, an [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Practically anyone who has access to the Internet can now go into business—buying, selling or trading anything of value—thanks to the growing number of online trading communities that have multiplied over the last few years. More than just a marketplace of ideas and social gatherings, the Internet has, more importantly, evolved into a platform [...]
MANILA, Philippines—MeeGo is an emerging open source operating system for Web-centric mobile devices that now cover netbooks, slates and smartphones. Similar to the iPhone OS and Android OS, the Linux-based MeeGo is a light and fast operating system that enables rich user experience via graphics enhanced widgets or apps that hook users instantly to social [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Spending time on a beach, enjoying colorful town fiestas and celebrating events are just some of the exciting activities awaiting people this summer. You can capture the moments of summer fun with the most interesting line of entry-level imaging devices from Canon Philippines. Canon recently introduced its two newest amateur DSLR cameras, the EOS [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Telecom infrastructure and services provider Ericsson sees the world turning into one big networked society in 10 to 20 years, and it is gearing itself up to take the lead in the realization of this vision. Ericsson president and CEO Hans Vestberg, in a briefing at the Mobile World Congress held recently in Barcelona, [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Philippine Daily Inquirer senior business reporter Doris Dumlao was among the top female Filipino mindgrabbers on the Internet in 2010, the local unit of Silicon Valley-based search giant Google.com said. The results of Google’s yearend Zeitgeist, which means “spirit of the times” in German, showed that Dumlao placed 12th on a list of the [...]
WASHINGTON—Microsoft said Wednesday that sales of the gesture-sensing Kinect for the Xbox 360 videogame console had topped 10 million units, making it the fastest-selling consumer electronics device ever. The Seattle, Washington-based US software giant also said it has sold more than 10 million standalone Kinect games worldwide. Microsoft sold an average of 133,333 Kinect units [...]
WASHINGTON— Google upgraded its popular Google Maps on Monday to suggest faster routes to drivers based on real-time traffic conditions. Google Maps Navigation, released in beta, or test mode, shows various routes along with estimated travel times and uses red, green and yellow color-coding to show how traffic is moving at any given time. “Before [...]
SAN FRANCISCO—Google has remotely purged Android smartphones of applications tainted with malicious code that could take control of the handsets and steal information. Mobile phone security firm LookOut said the purpose of the “DroidDream” code was to “download additional applications and install them silently as system applications on the device. “DroidDream could be considered a [...]
