I don’t know how many of you know this, but Google has always had an unofficial corporate motto: Don’t be evil. It was pronounced in 2001 by Paul Buchheit, creator of Google’s Gmail (but who has now left to found his own Internet venture). At that time, Google was still this idealistic group of young [...]
What’s on the horizon for Davao’s IT industry? We’re seeing more software development companies being put up (by locals and by immigrants), and we’re seeing newfangled products and services being offered locally. This post is only about a couple of teasers. The real deal will follow as soon as I have more details to blog [...]
Why does Microsoft want to acquire Yahoo? Is it because the software giant perceives an impending loss of share in the OS and office-productivity software markets? Research analysts from Gartner Research think so, but I have my doubts.
DURING THE TIME I was organizing the 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit late last year, I came to meet quite a number of interesting people. One of them is Ted Padova. Since I’ve never really delved very deeply into the world of creatives and graphics design, Mr. Padova was, to me then, just another blogger who [...]
Following the success of the Damosa IT Park of Damosa Land, a number of other real estate development projects are now expected to see the light of day in Davao City. Ed Villaver, Vice-President and General Manager of Damosa Land, confirmed recently that the Anflocor Group is entering into a joint venture with Ayala Land [...]
Up until this year, brownouts were rare in Davao City. Well, when I was in high school it was rather common, even expected, especially during summer. But for years, Davao has enjoyed practically zero brownouts since then. The Davao Light & Power Co. is even an awardee for being one of the best power companies [...]
Davao City is now being recognized by Japan as a potential I.T. investment destination, as well as a source of manpower. But is Davao’s I.T. industry ready to accommodate Japan’s requirements?
VeriSign, the company that globally manages the two most popular top-level domains (TLDs), has announced that it will raise the wholesale rates of .com and .net domain names this 15th of October 2007. Domain names ending in .com, from $6.00, will be increased to $6.42; and .net domains, from $3.50 to $3.85. This rather huge [...]
Good news to Filipinos! PayPal has now opened its full system to Philippine-based account holders. Previously, we could use PayPal only for remitting or paying, but not for accepting funds online. Now, we can accept moneys via the Internet, as well as make use of PayPal’s industry-strength and secure payment gateway facility. This is indeed [...]
The 18th of September 2007 was an auspicious day for Davao I.T. That day saw the inauguration of the Davao branch of the Philippine National I.T. Standards (PhilNITS) Foundation. Formerly known as JITSE-Phils., PhilNITS has for 5 years been involved in uplifting the quality of I.T. professionals in the country, via a certification program that [...]
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