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Google Cloud unveils carbon footprint tracker, satellite imagery suite

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 13 08:49 AM

Alphabet Inc's Google will tell its cloud customers the carbon emissions of their cloud usage and open satellite imagery to them for the first time for environmental analysis, as part of a push to help companies track and cut carbon budgets. Read more »

Adapting to the fibers of our being: MSMEs and technology

Allister Roy S. Chua
Posted at Oct 07 12:58 AM

It’s not only easy for MSMEs to adapt to technology in these times, but it’s also easy to start a business through embracing the digital realm. Read more »

'Ghost kitchens' boom in Asia as pandemic sparks huge demand

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 15 03:55 PM

In an industrial unit on the outskirts of Taipei chefs are plating meals that will never be served in a restaurant: welcome to the world of "ghost kitchens". Read more »

New eats: LA Tenorio opens cloud kitchen amid pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 06:26 AM

Barangay Ginebra playmaker LA Tenorio has opened a cloud kitchen amid the pandemic, serving Filipino food and other comfort dishes. Read more »

Delivery eats: Mercato gathers your fave food merchants in one kitchen

Jeeves de Veyra
Updated as of Aug 22 11:08 AM

Mercato Centrale has opened its hybrid cloud kitchen at the Circuit Makati. Dubbed The Mercato United Kitchen, it brings a different kind Mercato experience into the new normal. Read more »

Microsoft protests Amazon win of big US cloud contract

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 13 02:48 PM

Microsoft on Thursday confirmed it is challenging a decision to award a multi-billion-dollar cloud computing contract to its rival Amazon. Read more »

Microsoft taking Xbox games directly to TVs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 11 08:36 AM

Microsoft on Thursday said it is working on software to let people play Xbox video games on internet-linked televisions without need of consoles. Read more »

Alibaba Cloud unveils plan to build data center in PH

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 08 08:48 PM

 Alibaba Cloud on Tuesday said it would build a data center in the Philippines to support digital transformation in the country and to further expand its footprint in Asia. Read more »

Spending on cloud computing hits $42 billion worldwide: tracker

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 30 09:19 AM

A record-high $41.8 billion was spent on cloud computing in the recently ended quarter as businesses leaned heavily on the internet to survive the pandemic, market tracker Canalys said on Thursday. Read more »

Microsoft profits jump as cloud services keep momentum

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 28 09:22 AM

Microsoft said Tuesday profits rose sharply in the past quarter amid strong momentum in cloud services for businesses amid the extended pandemic. Read more »

Google sales top estimates on ad surge; Alphabet plans $50B buyback

Paresh Dave and Subrat Patnaik, Reuters
Posted at Apr 28 07:00 AM

The results are the first sign that Google services may hold on to gains in usage brought on by lockdowns and other pandemic restrictions. Read more »

Scientists discover species of giant rats that lived in PH until 2,000 years ago

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 04:48 AM

The researchers found fossil species of the rats Callao Cave and several adjacent smaller caves in Peñablanca, Cagayan Province, with some specimens located in the same deep layer where the Homo luzonensis was discovered in 2019. Read more »

Microsoft to test Xbox cloud gaming on PCs, Apple mobile devices

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 20 09:37 AM

Microsoft Corp's gaming division Xbox will roll out a beta version of its cloud gaming service on web browsers of Windows 10 PCs and Apple Inc's iPhones and iPads starting Tuesday. Read more »

Can China’s Huawei transform from hardware giant into a leading services provider?

Celia Chen and Iris Deng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 15 02:58 PM

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies Co is taking time to set strategy for its cloud business as the Shenzhen-based company pushes ahead with a broader effort to turn itself from a hardware maker into a services provider in the face of harsh US sanctions.   Read more »

Cloud kitchens allow food brands to operate with smaller overhead: proponent

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 11:55 AM

A proponent of the concept says cloud kitchens provide great value as it lets food brands spend just 10-15 percent of what they would normally spend setting up a traditional restaurant.    Read more »

Microsoft wins $22 billion US army contract for augmented reality gear

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 01 06:41 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft has won a massive Pentagon contract for augmented reality headgear for soldiers worth $21.88 billion over the next decade, the company and the US military announced Wednesday. Read more »

PH firms 'fairly aggressive' in demand for apps, analytics, cloud adoption: Amazon Web Services

Nika Lazo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 05:11 PM

The demand of Philippine firms for mobile applications and data analytics is "fairly aggressive", and is driving the growth for cloud adoption in the Philippines. Read more »

Comet from edge of solar system killed the dinosaurs: study

Issam Ahmed and Lucie Aubourg, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 17 06:52 AM

WASHINGTON - Sixty-six million years ago, a huge celestial object struck off the coast of what is now Mexico, triggering a catastrophic "impact winter" that eventually wiped out three-quarters of life on Earth, including the dinosaurs. Read more »

Only 20 pct of data on cloud, remaining 80 pct is a $1-T opportunity: IBM

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 02:24 PM

IBM's Global Technology Services General Manager Saad Toma told ANC on Monday that only 20 percent of data are on the cloud, which presents a $1-trillion market opportunity for cloud companies to put the remaining 80 percent on the cloud.   Read more »

Microsoft earnings rise as pandemic boosts cloud computing, Xbox sales

Stephen Nellis and Akanksha Rana, Reuters
Posted at Jan 27 06:34 AM

Microsoft Corp on Tuesday reported its Azure cloud computing services grew 50%, the second quarter of acceleration in a business that had begun to slow as the global pandemic benefited the software maker's investment on working and learning from home.   Read more »