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#MeToo? Gabbie chatbot offers help for sexual harassment victims

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 08 02:08 PM

Gabbie, a purple-haired chat robot on Facebook, is collating reports of sexual harassment, providing victims an easier way to seek help.  Read more »

Samsung Galaxy S9+ camera beats Pixel 2, iPhone X: review

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 11:48 AM

Samsung's Galaxy S9+ is the new mobile camera leader, based on a review by industry tracker DxOMark, ahead of flagship phones from Google, Apple and Huawei. Read more »

Apple surges ahead in wearables on smartwatch sales: survey

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 02 08:44 AM

Strong holiday season sales of Apple's newest smartwatch propelled the California tech giant into the lead in wearable tech in 2017, a market tracker said Thursday. Read more »

Secondhand phone market grows as tech struggles to go green

Emmanuelle Michel, Agence France-Prese
Updated as of Feb 28 08:57 AM

Thanks to a fast-growing secondhand market, smartphones are increasingly being re-used but large-scale handset recycling is not happening as the industry struggles to go green. Read more »

Pagsumite ng bids para sa ikatlong telco, naurong sa Mayo 24

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 27 10:10 PM

Naurong sa Mayo 24 ang nakatakdang pagsumite ng bids para sa mga interesado maging bagong major telecommunications player. Read more »

Third telco bid submissions moved to May 24

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 27 02:01 PM

The government will accept bids for the establishment of a third telecommunications company on May 24, pushing back its target by nearly 2 months, officials said Tuesday. Read more »

Galaxy S9 vs iPhone X: Samsung's latest takes on Apple's best

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 12:19 PM

Samsung took the wraps off its Galaxy S9 line on Monday, answering headline features of chief rival Apple's iPhone X, while positioning its camera as the industry's best. Read more »

Ahead of P20 flagship, Huawei launches laptop, tablet

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 26 07:14 AM

China's Huawei launched a new laptop and tablet on Sunday as it sought to cement its place among the world’s 3 biggest electronic device manufacturers. Read more »

Still worth a kidney? Flagship smartphone prices are rising fast

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 07:03 AM

MANILA - Where Apple goes, the industry follows. While late to the all-screen game, the iPhone X signalled aggressive pricing that outpaces the upgrades that are starting to get more iterative than revolutionary. Read more »

FIRST LOOK: Samsung's Galaxy S9 and S9+

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 26 05:50 PM

Samsung Electronics on Sunday unveiled its Galaxy S9 and S9+, promising improved camera capabilities in a familiar design while correcting the design flaw that made using its predecessor cumbersome. Read more »

Nokia resurrects 8110, unveils near bezel-less bets

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 26 09:55 AM

MANILA - Nokia bet on nostalgia for a second time, resurrecting the banana-shaped 8110 while launching two near bezel-less Android handsets. Read more »

China's Geely makes $9 billion Daimler bet against tech 'invaders'

Norihiko Shirouzu and Edward Taylor, Reuters
Posted at Feb 25 07:56 AM

Chinese carmaker Geely has built up an almost 10 percent stake in Daimler in a $9 billion bet by its chairman that he can access the Mercedes-Benz owner's technology in the growing battle for the future of automotives. Read more »

ALAMIN: 'Screen Dependency Disorder,' kondisyon ng mga sobra gumamit ng gadget

Kori Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 23 10:28 PM

Pinag-aaralan na ng mga eksperto kung maituturing nang isang "disorder" ang sobrang pagkahumaling sa paggamit ng mga gadget. Read more »

Myanmar farmers going against the grain with apps

Athens Zaw Zaw, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 19 07:28 AM

A free app on farmer San San Hla's smartphone is her new weapon in the war against the dreaded stem borer moth that blighted her rice paddy in southern Myanmar for the last 2 years. Read more »

Number of crypto hedge funds soars amid bitcoin volatility

Maiya Keidan and Jemima Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Feb 15 09:00 PM

The number of hedge funds focused on trading cryptocurrencies more than doubled in the four months to Feb. 15, despite sharp falls in the value of the virtual coins in recent weeks, data from fintech research house Autonomous NEXT showed on Thursday. Read more »

China Telecom's options: Third force or partner with Globe, PLDT

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 02:44 PM

China Telecom can partner with either Globe Telecom or PLDT Inc or help establish a third player, should it decide to push through with its investment in the Philippines, a regulator said Thursday. Read more »

What to expect from the Galaxy S9? Samsung teases camera features

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 09:11 AM

Samsung on Wednesday hinted at camera improvements to its Galaxy S9 range, which will be unveiled in late February, including slow-motion recording, brighter images in low light and facial recognition. Read more »

Mi mi mi: super fans of China's Xiaomi stoke IPO ambitions

Cate Cadell and Adam Jourdan, Reuters
Posted at Feb 15 08:42 AM

Wang Bin, 29, is a serious "mi fan", one of the ardent followers of Xiaomi Technology Co Ltd, the maker of smartphones and other electronic products that looks headed for a big initial public offering, perhaps as early as this year. Read more »

Rise of the data protection officer, the hottest tech ticket in town

Salvador Rodriguez, Reuters
Updated as of Feb 15 06:56 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - They may not have the cachet of entrepreneurs, or geek chic of developers, but data protection officers are suddenly the hottest properties in technology. Read more »

Lawmakers question telcos on sudden disappearance of prepaid load

April Rafales, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 11:59 PM

MANILA—Lawmakers on Wednesday questioned telecommunications companies on the sudden disappearance of prepaid load, stemming from seemingly automatic enrollment of numbers to value-added services. Read more »