Interesting times for Philippine tech industry
Despite the economic gloom that descended on other parts of the globe in 2012, things are looking up for the Philippines IT industry and, in particular, the local startup scene.
Despite the economic gloom that descended on other parts of the globe in 2012, things are looking up for the Philippines IT industry and, in particular, the local startup scene.
We want and need to buy American. That, and not just mocking the loyal opposition, is how you're going to really save jobs in America.
In my years covering the tech scene in Malaysia, I've waded in and out of interviews that touched on infocomm technology (ICT) entrepreneurship quite a few times.Conveniently coined as technopreneurship, this industry for Malaysia is still fairly nascent, with some tagging it to be about 16 years old, if we were to use the inception of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Malaysia as a reference point.
The double-edged nature of ICT, particularly social media, came into full view in the last few weeks here as a triple whammy of sorts led the Philippine government to be bombarded with criticisms from the public.It's been more than a month now since the first blunder surfaced on the national scene involving the plagiarism charge hurled against Supreme Court (SC) associate justice Mariano del Castillo.
Exactly a week ago, Prime Minster Najib Rajak unveiled the 2011 national budget and since then there have been literally hundreds of comments--a lot of which are negative--made on online news portals, blogsphere and the usual social media platforms of Twitter and Facebook.In a nutshell, the budget received a lot of attention primarily because there was a lot of proposed spending that didn't seem to resonate with ordinary Malaysians.
About four weeks ago, during the time when Philippine Airlines (PAL) was hogging the headlines after a huge number of its pilots deserted the carrier for other airlines, I was notified via e-mail of a discounted miles promo being offered to the company's frequent flyer members.I was attracted instantly by the offer since the package gave out selected foreign trips at 70 percent lower than their usual mileage requirements.
These days, it seems at least one person at every dinner table will have an Apple iPhone.And these days, it seems you can't get away with saying anything bad about the mobile device...
Filipinos are again over the moon with the masterful performance of boxing icon Manny Pacquiao in yesterday's bout against Ghana native Joshua Clottey. This guy never ceases to give his hard-up countrymen a reason to cheer every time he fights gallantly in the ring.
On Jan. 1, 2010, Ronald James Panis wrote in his Facebook account: "Life is shorts.
Before anything else, let me devote a few words to the fallen journalists and other victims of the brutal massacre that occurred last week in the southern province of Maguindanao. It's the most atrocious crime I've ever seen in the Philippines--a big black eye that overshadowed the recent victories of Filipinos Manny Pacquiao (unprecedented 7th title in 7th weight division) and Efren Penaflorida (CNN Hero of the Year).