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Uber's new road safety features focus on improving driver habits
MANILA, Philippines – On Thursday, September 8, Uber updated its app with 3 new features in the Philippines geared towards safety and ride experience: daily reports to drivers that show their braking...
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Apple tapping brakes on self-driving cars
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Apple is tapping the brakes on its self-driving car project as it maps a new route, The New York Times reported Friday.The Silicon Valley-based technology colossus has closed parts...
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UAE bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on its planes
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Civil aviation authorities in the Emirates have banned the use of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 on all its national carriers because of the risk of batteries exploding in the...
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Cebu Pacific bars use of Samsung Galaxy Note7 on all flights
MANILA, Philippines – Following the suspension of sales of the Samsung Galaxy Note7 due to a safety issue, the Philippines' largest budget airline, Cebu Pacific Air, has prohibited the use of the...
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Big businesses must be ready to 'radically change' to survive
MANILA, Philippines – As technological progress accelerates, doors of opportunities for potentially world-changing ideas fling open, left and right. But at what rate, to the boon or bane of whom, and...
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Replacement Note7 units available in PH starting October 1
MANILA, Philippines – Samsung Electronics Philippines announced the final details for its Galaxy Note7 replacement program, which is being conducted in response to faulty Note7 batteries that caused a...
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#SuperficialGazette: Filipino netizens 'rewrite history'
MANILA, Philippines – Amid the outrage over the Official Gazette's caption on a photo marking the 99th birth anniversary of Ferdinand Marcos, Filipinos have taken to Twitter to offer their own examples...
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AirAsia bans use, charging of Samsung Galaxy Note7 on all flights
MANILA, Philippines – AirAsia, a low-cost airline operating out of Malaysia, has banned the use of the Samsung Galaxy Note7 in all AirAsia and AirAsia X flights.AirAsia and AirAsia X, the company's...
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Philippine Airlines joins Note7 ban
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine Airlines (PAL) has joined the list of airlines banning the use and charging of the Samsung Galaxy Note7 on all of its flights.The phone from the Korean tech giant has...
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To curb hoaxes, Facebook must accept it's a media company
MANILA, Philippines – The algorithm that selects which content to highlight on Facebook's Trending Topics sidebar is imperfect at its best. At its worst, it could be destructive. Recent entries on the...
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Alleged heads of Israeli DDoS attack service arrested
MANILA, Philippines – Two Israeli teenagers were arrested on Thursday, September 8, for allegedly running a vDOS, a "booter" service that enables distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against...
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Hajj goes high-tech for bloodless Eid sacrifices
MINA, Saudi Arabia – Thanks to computer technology and SMS messaging, Muslims at the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca were able Monday, September 12, to make their Eid al-Adha sacrifice without getting...
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The League of Legends World Championship kicks off September 29
The regional tournaments have ended, the Wildcard region representatives have emerged, and there are only a few weeks left until the beginning of the League of Legends World Championship. Sixteen teams...
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Note7 unit explodes in 6-year-old boy's hands – report
MANILA, Philippines – Reports about Samsung Galaxy Note7 units exploding and causing damage continue to surface since the Korean phone-maker recalled the model. Among the most recent is that of a...
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For hardcore players, the Pokémon Go Plus is a nifty accessory
MANILA, Philippines – If you’re among the 30 million trainers still playing Pokémon Go fervently then this is the wearable device for you. Pokémon Go Plus, first revealed at E3, enhances the core...
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Instagram lets users filter offensive comments
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Instagram on Monday, September 12, began letting users tackle online abuse by creating lists of words that would have comments hidden from sight at the popular photo and...
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5 redeeming qualities of the Apple AirPods
MANILA, Philippines – After their keynote last week, Apple has been taking a lot of flak for snipping the iconic white wires from their EarPods and removing the 3.5mm headphone jack from the latest...
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Twitter's 140-character limit exempts photos, videos starting Sept 19
MANILA, Philippines – If you've been looking forward to the day when you can write more onto a single tweet, a new report says that change for Twitter is about a week away.The Vergereported Monday,...
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Current-gen console wars, round 2: PlayStation 4 Pro vs Xbox Scorpio
Last September 7, the gaming world was focused on Sony when it revealed its brand new, ultra-powerful console, the PlayStation 4 Pro at the PlayStation Meeting.Launching on November 10 in North...
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Facebook, Twitter join news orgs in fight vs fake news
MANILA, Philippines – The fight against misinformation online just got the backing of some of the Internet's biggest names.Social media giants Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have joined forces with...
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