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Malls seized by hungry mobs for 8-peso burger fix
MANILA, Philippines – A local food chain’s anniversary promo sent customers stampeding in some malls across the country for an P8 burger fix on Monday, August 28.To celebrate its 8th year anniversary,...
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Focus Features to stream some movies on Facebook for free
MANILA, Philippines – Focus Features, the American studio behind movies such as Atomic Blonde, 50 Shades of Grey, and The Zookeeper's Wife, is experimenting with a way for movie studios to make use of...
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Technology creating, not destroying, jobs – millennials
MANILA, Philippines – Today's millennials have a more optimistic view when it comes to technology's impact on employment: they believe technology creates more jobs rather than destroying them,...
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Facebook to reject ads from pages touting 'fake news'
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Facebook on Monday, August 28, US time, said that pages that make a habit of linking to bogus news stories will no longer be able to advertise at the world's leading online social...
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Who is Uber's new potential CEO Dara Khosrowshahi?
Expedia chief Dara Khosrowshahi is credited with turning the company into a global travel services behemoth, winning admiration from employees on the journey.Uber is hoping he will now slip into the...
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Burger King has its own 'whoppercoin' cryptocurrency in Russia
MANILA, Philippines – Fast food chain Burger King has issued its own cryptocurrency or virtual currency in Russia called "whoppercoin," according to an online press release by whoppercoin's blockchain...
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'Uber is back:' Netizens celebrate as LTFRB lifts suspension
MANILA, Philippines – This is not a drill. Uber is back in business in the Philippines.The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Tuesday, August 29, lifted the suspension...
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Viral: Fake Angel's Burger 'Buy 1, Take 8' promo
MANILA, Philippines – Facebook page Brandon Cueto Music has a viral hit on its hands with two photos allegedly showing an Angel's Burger "Buy 1, Take 8" promo. Ten hours after being posted on Tuesday,...
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New digital piggy bank helps Swiss kids save
ZURICH, Switzerland – In Switzerland, one of the world's wealthiest countries, financial planning starts young. The country's number two bank Credit Suisse on Tuesday, August 29, showed off a piggy...
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U.S. looking into whether Uber bribed foreign officials
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – The US Justice Department is investigating whether Uber broke American laws against bribing foreign officials to promote business interests, the company confirmed Tuesday, August...
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Instagram now allows portrait, landscape photos in albums
MANILA, Philippines – Instagram's album feature, which lets you share 10 or less photos and videos in a single post, is nifty but it also had one glaring weakness: users could only post photos as a...
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Uber hires Dara Khosrowshahi as new CEO
SAN FRANCISCO, USA (UPDATED) – Uber said late Tuesday, August 29, that it has hired Expedia boss Dara Khosrowshahi as its new chief executive.Khosrowshahi will be at Uber's headquarters in San...
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711 million email addresses exposed in 'Onliner' spambot scheme
MANILA, Philippines – A clever new spambot with access to 711 million stolen email addresses including passwords and server information has been discovered, a ZDNet report said.Spambots are computer...
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'Gifted' high-tech takes spotlight at Berlin's IFA fair
BERLIN, Germany – The gadgets on display at Berlin's mega consumer electronics fair this week may not look radically different, but they are smarter than ever before and designed to meet our every need...
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Hackers obtain contact details of high-profile Instagram users
MANILA, Philippines – Image-sharing social network Instagram sent an email to all verified accounts, alerting them on a hacking that successfully stole some contact information. "We recently discovered...
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New Uber chief sees IPO in its future – report
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Freshly hired Uber chief Dara Khosrowshahi met with employees on Wednesday, August 30, promising to fight for the company and hinting a stock market debut is in its...
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This PH-made app finished in top 10 of Microsoft's tech competition
MANILA, Philippines – In late July, Microsoft's annual Imagine Cup, dubbed the "Olympics of Technology," rounded up 54 finalists – student teams from 39 countries – to prove that they're worthy of the...
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Samsung okay to test self-driving cars in California
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Samsung Electronics has joined the self-driving car race in California with a permit from the state to test the technology on the home turf of Tesla, Google, and Apple.A California...
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Top trends at IFA 2017
BERLIN, Germany – With just a few months to go until the high-tech spending bonanza of the Christmas season, Berlin's IFA trade fair is the place to spot the trends that will mark high streets this...
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Apple sets likely iPhone event for September 12
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Apple sent out invitations Thursday to a first-ever media event in the Steve Jobs Theater at its new "spaceship" campus in Silicon Valley.The keenly anticipated event set for...
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