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BMW unveils car that can change color

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 06 02:48 AM

BMW i Vision Dee is just an idea for now but it is supposed to shape the design of future cars from the luxury manufacturer. Read more »

Marcos Jr.: Think of innovations in local governments

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 08:29 PM

Marcos said the country's success would depend on innovations. Read more »

Intl Finance Corp investing $18.5-M in Voyager Innovations

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 02:45 PM

PLDT-backed fintech Voyager Innovations is getting an $18.5 million investment from the International Finance Corp and 2 of its units, IFC said on Wednesday. Read more »

Voyager raises $210 million for PayMaya, Maya Bank

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 09:30 AM

PLDT Inc said Voyager Innovations raised $210 million in new funds, which will be used to expand PayMaya and to launch the new digital bank Maya Bank. Read more »

PayMaya gets digital bank license from Bangko Sentral

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 01:24 PM

PayMaya has secured a digital bank license from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, PLDT said on Monday. Read more »

PayMaya expands cash-in touchpoints across Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 02:21 PM

PLDT-backed fintech PayMaya said it has expanded its cash-in channels to over 90,000 touchpoints nationwide Read more »

Telco shares surge anew, a stock market trades flat

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 02:47 PM

Share prices of Globe Telecom and PLDT continued to rise sharply on Thursday, with DITO CME Holdings and Converge ICT also outperforming the market. Read more »

Philippine stocks surge led by telcos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 06:53 PM

Globe Telecom was up 14 percent, while PLDT was up 7.8 percent. Read more »

Smart partners with PayMaya for 'seamless payments' on telco's app

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 09:49 PM

PLDT-Smart said its GigaLife app, which lets subscribers buy load, pay their phone bills and check on the telco’s promos, is now better integrated with Paymaya through the app’s GigaPay feature.  Read more »

Voyager secures $167-M for PayMaya foray into financial services, digital banking

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 28 07:50 PM

Voyager secured new investment from IFC Financial Institutions Growth Fund, which is part of the World Bank Group, PLDT said.  Read more »

China starts large-scale testing of its internet of the future

Stephen Chen, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 21 01:20 PM

Headquartered at Tsinghua University, the “future internet technology infrastructure” connects 40 of China's leading research universities with huge bandwidth and far lower latency than the existing internet, according to state news agency Xinhua.   Read more »

US-China tech war: Beijing’s main policy lender pledges US$62 billion to fund tech innovation

Celia Chen, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 05 01:12 PM

China Development Bank has earmarked financing to support strategic emerging industries and advanced manufacturing. The funding support for hi-tech innovation forms part of a state-orchestrated strategy to reduce China’s reliance on imported technologies. Read more »

Coronavirus: international funding boost for Chinese vaccine maker Clover

Simone McCarthy, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 04 03:03 PM

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations earmarks millions of dollars for the Chengdu-based firm to advance its candidate to next phase of trials. The company also plans to use money to scale up manufacturing of doses. Read more »

Burger King unveils 'Whopper' from cows on green diet

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 15 08:45 AM

For those seeking to tackle climate change and get a fast food fix, Burger King has the answer -- a Whopper from cows that fart and burp less. Read more »

Globe eyes new innovations as 'brick-and-mortar' firms turn to digital

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 12:22 PM

Globe Telecom is eyeing to boost its digital technology offerings as introducing innovations has become easier after the coronavirus pandemic gave digitization a needed push, Globe president Ernest Cu said Thursday. Read more »

Libreng training para sa mga umuwing OFW alok ng DOST

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 11 06:29 PM

Naglunsad ng programa ang Department of Science and Technology para matulungan ang mga umuwing overseas Filipino worker na ma-improve ang kanilang mga kakayahan at makapagnegosyo. Read more »

DOST program to help returning OFWs in starting businesses

Bettina Magsaysay, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 11 08:16 AM

The program seeks to provide support and opportunities for OFWs and their families to establish technology-based enterprises in the country. Read more »

Voyager Innovations raises $120 million additional funding for PayMaya expansions

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 06 06:20 PM

Its stakeholders PLDT Inc, KRR, China's Tencent, IFC and IFC Emerging Asia Fund committed up to $120 million new investments in Voyager, operator of PayMaya, the groups said in a joint statement.  Read more »