Acer Chairman and CEO Jason Chen recently attended the 3rd APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) meeting of the year, which was held in the Philippines from July 27-30. During the meeting, Acer subsidiary Acer Cyber Security Inc. (ACSI) shared its cybersecurity self-assessment toolkit designed for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in APEC member economies […]
Establishing a digital bank in a country that’s already saturated with multiple players isn’t easy. Doing so while in the waning days of a pandemic that’s upended both digital and physical business models sounds damn near impossible. But don’t tell that to Raymund Villanueva, Chief Marketing Officer of GoTyme Bank though – not only did […]
Looks like Transsion, the mother company of iTEL, TECNO, and Infinix has had a great quarter, as Canalys said that they’ve managed to get into the top 5 of worldwide shipments for smartphones for Q2 2023, a first for the company. Transsion managed to ship 22.7 million devices in Q2 of 2023, which is up […]
After three years and four months since former president Rodrigo Duterte issued Proclamation No. 922 which declared a State of Public Health Emergency all over the country amidst the onset of COVID-19 in March 2020, President Bong Bong Marcos (PBBM) has lifted the State of Public Health Emergency throughout the Philippines due to COVID-19 through […]
One of the best things to come out of the pandemic in terms of traffic solutions was the EDSA Busway Carousel. It was a great idea on paper: a single-lane road in EDSA that only allowed public transport to use it, which meant faster travel times for commuters. But since Pinoys can’t really leave good […]
Google really can’t catch a break. Just like what happened last year when a prototype went on sale and a leaked unboxing made its way to the web, the same thing is happening once again. Leaks of the upcoming Google Pixel 8 Pro are now circulating the internet, leading us to believe that it’s more […]
Any brand re-introducing themselves into a market that they’ve already previously left is fraught with plenty of challenges. Former Huawei sub-brand HONOR knows this too well – after Huawei’s high-profile spat with the US government and their quiet departure from the Philippine market (twice), the brand has managed to gain viral success with their HONOR […]
China’s e-motorcycle giant and largest producer of electrified two-wheel vehicles, Yadea Group Holdings, has declared its interest in putting up a $1B (PHP 55.7B) e-motorcycle plant in the Philippines. This massive undertaking could be happening soon, so here are the details. The aforementioned EV giant already has six production hubs in China and one in […]
DTI has issued a warning to online platforms like Lazada and Shopee that they are equally liable for scams especially if vendors are found guilty of selling deceptive and defective products. This was a stern warning issued by DTI Consumer Protection Group USec. Ruth Castelo, where she explained that Lazada, Shopee, and other online platforms […]
Through the pandemic, we’ve seen quite a lot of mass layoffs which have resulted in sudden unemployment for a lot of people. It may be caused by the long-term lingering economic effects of the lockdowns, or just the new workplace dynamics in this new normal. Well, it appears that this has been happening on a […]
If you are one of those people who is booking rides via Grab, here’s some good news for you: starting June 2023, Grab users can expect a noticeable improvement when it comes to booking rides, where they claim that ride confirmations will be twice as fast compared to the last quarter of 2022. This is […]
It seems less people are buying tablets lately, as IDC reports that the tablet market in the Philippines continues to decline further in Q1 2023. In its report, IDC explains that the dip in Q1 2023 is significant when compared to 2022. To be specific the decline in the tablet market for Q1 2023 is […]