Category: Tech Updates
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TechTalk: Save your iPhone 4S’ Battery Life
During the course of our web surfing, we found out that one of the main concerns of iPhone 4S users is how to maintain battery life for longer, especially since Apple hasn’t achieved significant improvements in this area with the new model yet. So, we searched again and found out from a certain website that…
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Social Media Helps in Bohol Earthquake Relief Operations
The earthquake that hit Bohol on October 15, 2013 damaged a lot of infrastructure cutting off access to several towns and created a humanitarian crisis. Food and water immediately run out. Electricity and water services cut off and restoration is almost impossible with roads and bridges damaged. Private citizens, NGOs, friends, relatives and volunteers…
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6th NICP Summit Venue Changed to Cebu
The venue of the 6th National ICT Confederation of the Philippines Summit has been changed to Cebu City after the Bohol Information and Communications Technology Council decided that Bohol will postpone its sponsorship of the national summit after the province was severely hit by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake on October 15, 2013. Bohol Province…
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TechTalk: The Dizzying world of Android smartphones
There is a saying that, too much of something is bad enough. Is the rush of Android super smart phones really a good thing? The speed in which Android devices are hitting the market nowadays is a testament to the strength of Google’s mobile platform. However, it also leads to a lot of headaches for…
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Kumon (K of C) Awards Students with Advanced Levels
Kumon (K of C) center chief instructor, Dr. Elva Evasco-Auza, led the awarding ceremonies of its students who were included in the Advanced Student Honor Roll (ASHR) for May 2013 and August 2013 on October 4, 2013 at 3PM at the K of C Recreation Center. The awardees were given medals corresponding to how advanced…
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Telegram Service in PH No Longer Available
Once upon a time, the telegram service was one of the most high-tech telecommunication services you can get. Imagine being able to send messages hundreds of kilometers away across many islands in just a few days when there was no Internet, no mobile phones and in many areas, no telephone. But with the current technologies…
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Bohol ICT Council hosts 6th NICP SUMMIT 2013 BOHOL
[facebook] [retweet] [stumble] The 6th NICP SUMMIT 2013 BOHOL event will be hosted by Bohol ICT Council in Bohol Tropics Resort, Tagbilaran City, an Emerging Location in the Next Wave City. The SUMMIT’s theme is I. G.E.T. I.T. that stands for Innovation in Governance, Education, and Tourism or ITpreneurs. The annual NICP SUMMIT event is a…
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GO-CCAD Conducts Portraiture Workshop for a Cause
The Center for Culture and Arts Development of the Governor’s Office of Bohol conducted the Portraiture Workshop for a Cause on September 21, 2013 at the JJs Seafood Village. The workshop was conducted by Canada based Bol-anon Photographer, Mr. Dennis Sapong. There were about 50 participants composed of professional photographers, hobbyists and beginners. Sapong was…
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‘Geeks On A Beach’ tech and startup meet set in Boracay
THE most promising startups and tech innovators will converge in the world’s best island of Boracay for the very first “Geeks on a Beach” event on September 26-27, 2013. This two-day conference — organized by TechTalks.ph who brought Startup Weekend to Cebu and Davao — will be a techfest, featuring the world’s most-promising tech leaders…
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Wearable Technology: Is it the next wave of gadgets?
The mobile devices that we take for granted today were found only in science fiction a few decades ago. Today, even kids and toddlers love to use these mobile devices for entertainment and learning. The last several years, the improvements in smartphones seem to be incremental and it seems that there is hardly anything else…