Manila City Jail inmates may now communicate with family via Internet
By: DJ YapWhat can inmates in the Quezon City Jail do that their counterparts in Manila can’t? The answer used to be: “Chat with their loved ones via webcam.” But not anymore.
What can inmates in the Quezon City Jail do that their counterparts in Manila can’t? The answer used to be: “Chat with their loved ones via webcam.” But not anymore.

A San Francisco startup specializing in security for smartphones and tablets powered by Android software said on Monday that it had been bought by Twitter.

Toyota President Akio Toyoda unveiled a futuristic concept car resembling a giant iPhone to demonstrate how Japan’s top automaker is trying to take the lead in technology at the upcoming Tokyo auto show.

Dominant carrier Smart Communications will begin public tests of its long-term evolution (LTE) Internet in Metro Manila ahead of the commercial launch of the “game-changing” technology by early next year.
Two Inquirer artists made their mark in a nationwide contest for cartoonists in celebration of 7th National Biotechnology Week.
Stephanie Bravo-Semilla won second place in the professionals category of the “BiotechTOONS” contest, which had artists interpreting the theme “The Benefits and Potentials of Crop Biotechnology.”

“Who wants a stylus?” Steve Jobs asked an adoring throng in 2007 while unveiling the iPhone. “You have to get them and put them away and you lose them— yuck! Nobody wants a stylus.”
The Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) Advisory Council (CAC) on Thursday promised to do its best to recommend a voting technology that would be more user-friendly and deliver more accurate results in the 2013 mid-term polls.

A group of suspected Filipino hackers allegedly financed by a Saudi-based terrorist cell was arrested by agents of the Philippine National Police and the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) disclosed on Thursday.
Malaysia-based computer whiz Arlene Teodoro packed his bags and flew home to the Philippines this year, going against the tide in an impoverished country that sends millions of workers abroad.
A group of Filipino hackers allegedly financed by a Saudi-based terrorist cell has been busted by agents of the Philippine National Police and the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, the PNP’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group said Thursday.

About 60,000 strangers helped Lola Aurelia find her missing husband.
China has overtaken the United States to become the world’s largest smartphone market by volume although the US still leads in terms of revenue, a market research firm said Wednesday.

Facebook has allied with Taiwan’s HTC to build a customized smartphone powered by Google’s Android mobile operating system, according to technology blog All Things Digital.