It’s Xiaomi’s turn on the privacy spotlight. According to a report from cyber security firm eScan, Xiaomi’s homebrew firmware, MIUI, has some serious security flaws. eScan published their findings earlier this month, listing a number of the MIUI’s vulnerabilities that they believe can be taken advantage of seasoned and newbie hackers alike. One weakness involves […]
House Bill 5337 makes internet access a basic telecommunications function There’s been plenty of suggestions on how to fix our perennial problem with slow internet, but for Deputy Minority Leader Rep. Luis Campos Jr., the solution is simple: re-classify the definition of internet access to a basic telecommunications function to allow the National Telecommunications Commission […]
Here’s a good indicator of the price of the new phone if it ever gets here Alcatel’s most recent smartphone, the quad-camera toting Flash 2017 was announced without too much fanfare a few days ago. Among the things missing from the product page where Alcatel silently posted the new device was pricing for the quad-camera […]
What will it take to fix this mess? Everybody knows that the internet in the Philippines sucks. It’s an oft repeated adage that our internet is slow, expensive and ridiculously unreliable. While I’m one of the few people that enjoy relatively fast, first world internet at home, the minute I step out of the door, all […]
Official with Warranty Dubbed by multiple international tech sites as the “flagship killer” and one of the “best value for money Android smartphones” in the market, the OnePlus 3T is finally landing officially on our shores very soon. This was confirmed to us by our sources who are the appointed distributors for the Philippines. We […]
A few weeks ago one of the biggest online stores in the country was raided by the Bureau of Customs for allegedly selling smuggled high-end phones and devices. While Kimstore was one of the higher profile companies to be targeted by the BOC because of alleged smuggled gadgets, they’re not unique – there have been […]
Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial is pushing to block porn websites from being accessed in the Philippines, stating that she wants the government to block lewd websites in the country as a measure to curb the spread of HIV-AIDS, especially among the youth. Ubial said that she is pushing the government to undertake measures to ensure […]
If you’ve been experiencing a few kinks with your connection to Smart’s network, you can expect it to improve in the next three months. The company announced on January 13 that they will be undertaking a major rollout to improve the coverage and quality of LTE across Metro Manila. Chief Technology Advisor for Smart and […]
According to National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) Commissioner Gamaliel Cordoba, the Duterte government will be investing in broadband infrastructure for 2017. “This is the first time that our administration will do this kind of thing. We’ll have a broadband owned and put up by the government,” Cordoba told the Philippines News Agency. The NTC Commissioner said […]
While Samsung has started their Galaxy Note 7 recall program in the Philippines a few weeks ago, it’s only now that the company is conducting the actual unit replacement for afflicted units. If you’re one of the roughly 6,500 people in the Philippines that managed to score a Galaxy Note 7 before the battery issue […]
We’ve all looked at websites like Aliexpress, eBay, GearBest longingly at the awesome phones, tablets and notebooks being sold there that’s not available in the PH market, and wondered at what it would take to bring them to our country. Overseas e-commerce shopping has long been a mysterious affair for many, especially for people not […]
In the latest bid to improve the country’s telecommunications, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has called for a review of all issued radio frequency spectrum licenses and has mandated to streamline the application process involved in acquiring these permits. The earlier acquisition of San Miguel Corporation’s telco assets by PLDT and Globe […]