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Uber says sales and value revved in first quarter

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 24 08:01 AM

Uber on Wednesday said its revenue revved in the first quarter of this year and that its value climbed to $62 billion in a new funding round.   Read more »

Complaints over data privacy breach on the rise

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 11:42 AM

The National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Wednesday said it has observed a rise in the number of complaints over the unauthorized use of personal data, online hacking and information theft.  Read more »

I'm sorry', Facebook boss tells European lawmakers

Lachlan Carmichael, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 23 08:55 AM

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg apologized to the European Parliament on Tuesday for the "harm" caused by a huge breach of users' data and by a failure to crack down on fake news.   Read more »

YouTube revamps streaming music service

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 18 08:32 AM

YouTube is launching a revamped, standalone streaming music service as part of an effort to step up competition against fast-growing rivals like Spotify and Apple Music. Read more »

ALAMIN: Tips para iwas-online scam

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 08:14 PM

Para hindi malinlang online sa pekeng ibinebentang produkto o kaya'y pekeng seller, nagbigay ng tips ang awtoridad. Read more »

YouTube to launch new music streaming service on May 22

Reuters
Posted at May 17 02:26 PM

Google's YouTube said on Wednesday it will launch a new music streaming service, YouTube Music, next week and unveil soon a premium service that will charge more for its original shows. Read more »

From Yahoo to Uber, major hacks of data

Robin Gremmel, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 15 12:40 PM

The European Union's new data protection rules, which take effect on May 25, will give people more control over the way their personal information is used online.  Read more »

Popular encrypted email standards are unsafe, researchers say

Douglas Busvine, Reuters
Posted at May 15 01:13 AM

FRANKFURT - European researchers have found that the popular PGP and S/MIME email encryption standards are vulnerable to being hacked and they urge users to disable and uninstall them immediately. Read more »

Third telco contenders known during SONA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 10 11:12 AM

Telecommunications companies seeking to challenge the dominance of Globe Telecom and PLDT Inc may be named by the time President Rodrigo Duterte addresses Congress in late July, an official overseeing the search said Thursday.  Read more »

Spotify narrows losses but disappoints on guidance

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 03 06:55 AM

Top music streaming platform Spotify said Wednesday that it narrowed its losses in the first quarter, but it disappointed investors by keeping its full-year guidance steady.  Read more »

Facebook messaging app adds real time translations

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 02 08:01 AM

Facebook on Tuesday gave its popular Messenger app the ability to translate missives in real time, deploying artificial intelligence to enable text conversations between people using different languages.  Read more »

Smart says damage to undersea link may lead to slow internet access

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 01 07:00 PM

Telecommunications company Smart advised its subscribers on Tuesday that they may experience slower internet access due to damage to the firm's undersea cable link to Hong Kong.    Read more »

Google ramps up Gmail privacy controls in major update

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 26 06:43 AM

Google on Wednesday ramped up privacy controls in a Gmail overhaul, aiming first at businesses that use its suite of workplace tools hosted in the internet cloud. Read more »

Surge in anonymous Asia Twitter accounts sparks bot fears

Jerome Taylor and Joe Freeman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 22 12:19 PM

It has been being jokingly referred to as "Botmageddon". But a surge in new, anonymous Twitter accounts across swathes of Southeast and East Asia has deepened fears the region is in the throes of US-style mass social media manipulation. Read more »

Tech dream still alive at TED gathering despite Facebook debacle

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 14 09:58 AM

But even if the dream has been shaken, it is not broken, according to many of those attending the week-long deep-thinker conference. Read more »

Mga gumagamit ng Facebook, pinag-iingat

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 03:35 AM

Pinag-iingat ng isang data privacy expert ang social media users matapos masangkot sa kontrobersiya ang Facebook. Read more »

'Stolen moments' can turn into gold for mobile advertisers: Google

Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 17 02:24 PM

A sheep that breathed fire after chewing on extremely spicy Korean fried chicken is the star of one of the best performing ads on YouTube, a 6-second example of how mobile has changed online advertising.  Read more »

#ZuckerBowl without a clear winner as Facebook hearings end

Paul Handley and Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 12 07:02 AM

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg emerged largely unscathed Wednesday from 2 days of high-stakes hearings that saw US lawmakers grill the billionaire over how the online giant feeds users' data to advertisers and chide him over privacy rights. Read more »

Pinuno ng Facebook, nag-sorry sa data breach

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 11 08:07 PM

Inako ng chief executive ng Facebook ang nangyaring data breach kung saan nakuha ang mga pribadong impormasyong ng halos 87 milyong users sa buong mundo. Read more »

Reddit takes down accounts suspected of ties to Russian propaganda

Reuters
Posted at Apr 11 11:33 AM

Social media network Reddit announced on Tuesday that it had taken down nearly a thousand accounts suspected of links to Russia's Internet Research Agency. Read more »