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Alibaba makes play for growing e-sports sector
SINGAPORE – Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will kick off a global e-sports tournament this April, with big prize money up for grabs, as the Internet powerhouse makes a play for the fast-growing...
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MMDA Avengers and other pranks by brands on April Fools 2016
MANILA, Philippines – On the lookout for the usual April Fools pranks? Your friends and family members are not the only people you should be wary of.In the witty spirit of the ultimate day for...
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KathNiel, Twitter bots, polls: Quality, not just buzz
Just past midnight on November 25, 2015, a Twitter user named @chiminychurva posted a tweet mentioning Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte.There was nothing really unusual about the tweet...
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FBI to help unlock devices for law enforcers?
MANILA, Philippines – After unlocking the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terror attackers on March 28, it seems one of next possible steps the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...
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Google removes Afghan Taliban smartphone app
KABUL, Afghanistan – Google has removed a Taliban smartphone app from its online store, the US Internet giant said on Monday, April 4, countering the tech-savvy Afghan militant group's increasing...
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Facebook tests tech to help blind people enjoy photos
MENLO PARK, USA – Facebook on Monday, April 4, began using artificial intelligence to help people with visual impairments enjoy photos posted at the leading social network.Facebook introduced machine...
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Virtual reality porn and the future of loneliness
I was an adolescent in the mid-90’s when I stumbled on to an early virtual reality demo in, of all places, the old Quad mall in Makati. The name of the company putting on the show is lost in time at...
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IHS teardown: iPhone SE costs at least $160 to make
MANILA, Philippines – While the retail price of Apple's iPhone SE is set at $399 without a contract, a teardown of the iPhone SE by research firm IHS revealed that the phone may actually just cost $160...
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Leica earns record sales ahead of new partnership with Huawei
FRANKFURT, Germany – Leica, the top-of-the-range camera maker, clocked up record sales last year, its chief revealed in a newspaper interview on Tuesday, April 5, ahead of the expected unveiling of a...
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WhatsApp now has end-to-end encryption
MANILA, Philippines – Privacy-conscious messaging is becoming more popular with the heightened debate on encryption and civil liberties. To that end, the Whatsapp messaging service now uses end-to-end...
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Vivo launches V3, V3 Max smartphones
MANILA, Philippines – Vivo Mobile is expanding its reach in the Philippines, with new smartphones announced in India set to take to the Philippine stage this year.Vivo Mobile launched the V3 and V3 Max...
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Twitter adds button to share tweets in direct messages
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Twitter on Tuesday, April 5, added a button that lets people easily share 'tweets' in direct messages.The move came as an acknowledgement of the appeal of one-to-one connections to...
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Turkey to probe massive 'personal data leak'
ANKARA, Turkey –Turkey's authorities launched a probe on Wednesday, April 6, into an alleged leak of the personal data of some 50 million citizens which threatens to compromise the information security...
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Microsoft: SQL Server 2005 ends support on April 12
MANILA, Philippines – Microsoft is sending a reminder out to enterprises running the SQL Server 2005 database management system that the end of its support cycle is coming in less than a week.In a...
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Facebook raises Periscope challenge with video upgrades
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Facebook on Wednesday, April 6, ramped up its challenge to Twitter-owned Periscope with upgrades to the social network's live video broadcasting feature.People using the Live...
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YouTube Gaming app now available in the Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – While YouTube's dedicated website and app for gaming-related videos and livestreams has been out since late August of 2015, the mobile apps haven't been officially available for...
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New possibility: Watching DOTA 2 games in virtual reality
MANILA, Philippines – Valve, the company behind multiplayer online battle arena game DOTA 2 and the Steam software client, may be looking into letting gamers with virtual reality (VR) systems watch...
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Facebook Live gets new features, more ways to find live videos
Press release from Facebook.MANILA, Philippines – Facebook Live gets an upgrade. Facebook upped their game last year when they launched the Live Video feature, rivalling Twitter's Periscope, and giving...
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France's Vivendi, Italy's Mediaset clinch deal in challenge to Netflix
MILAN, Italy – Vivendi will acquire Mediaset's pay TV arm and take a stake in the Italian broadcaster as part of French tycoon Vincent Bollore's plan to build a European media giant to rival US...
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Sweden military servers hacked, used in 2013 attack on US banks
STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Swedish military computers were hacked and used in an attack targeting major US banks in 2013, the armed forces said on Monday, April 11.The attack knocked out the web pages of as...
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