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Nokia says it will cut up to 300 jobs in IT unit

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Nokia said on Thursday it will cut up to 300 jobs in a restructuring of its IT organization.

Posted: January 17th, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Baguio firm offers new job for jobless nurses: Online consultancies

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The summer capital has become a hub for an alternative employment opportunity for jobless nurses, courtesy of a new mobile telephone application that makes them online health consultants.

Posted: December 7th, 2012 in Internet,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Samsung finds ‘inadequate’ practices in China plants

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Samsung Electronics said Monday that a probe of its suppliers in China had found no evidence of alleged child labor, but did uncover some “inadequate” employment practices that needed to be remedied.

Posted: November 26th, 2012 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Foxconn workers halt production at iPhone plant

Local and mainland Chinese universities' students, dressed as the Foxconn workers, hold mock iPads with a skeleton print outside an Apple Premium Reseller shop in Hong Kong in this May 2011 file photo. AP

Foxconn Technology Group denied on Saturday that production was affected at a Chinese factory that makes Apple’s iPhones, although both state media and an overseas labor watch group said some workers halted production lines on Friday, apparently over higher quality control standards.

Posted: October 6th, 2012 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Apple supplier halts China factory after violence

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The company that makes Apple’s iPhones suspended production at a factory in China on Monday after a fight involving as many as 2,000 employees.

Posted: September 24th, 2012 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Website offers Filipinos chance to freelance

Work takes on different forms for these people.

Camsy Ocumen didn’t take the usual route a fresh graduate would trek. Instead, she stayed home and went online.

Posted: September 9th, 2012 in Internet,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Google cutting 4,000 jobs at Motorola unit

In this Feb. 2, 2011 file photo, a Motorola Mobility Xoom tablet is shown at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. On Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, Google announced it is cutting about 4,000 jobs at its Motorola Mobility cellphone business and will close or consolidate about one-third of its 90 locations. AP/Paul Sakuma, File

Google Inc. is making its largest round of layoffs ever as it announced plans to cut about 4,000 jobs at Motorola Mobility just three months after buying the struggling cellphone pioneer.

Posted: August 14th, 2012 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Nokia town faces dim future as jobs shift to Asia

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Tomi Marjuaho repaired mobile phones for 10 years in the town of Salo in southern Finland, where Nokia, the world’s top cell phone-maker, set up its wireless operations in the 1980s.

Posted: April 6th, 2012 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

New Tesda course for animation, games and software development

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) plans to set up a training center for animation, software and games development in Negros Occidental, said Tesda Director General Joel Villanueva.

Posted: March 28th, 2012 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Apple CEO debunks claims of harsh labor conditions in China

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Apple chief executive Tim Cook has responded to media reports alleging harsh working conditions in China for manufacturing employees of the popular gadget-maker.

Posted: January 28th, 2012 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Filipinos unfazed by US aiming to bring back jobs

Call center operators in the Philippines who serve mostly US clients are shrugging off President Barack Obama’s campaign to bring back home outsourced jobs.

Posted: January 25th, 2012 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Outsourcing stems Philippines labor exodus

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.

Posted: November 24th, 2011 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Philippines aims for bigger share of BPO market

Philippine outsourcing companies say they are aiming to snag up to 10 percent of the $270 billion global industry by 2016 and are focusing on training more workers to keep up with demand.

Posted: October 11th, 2011 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

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