Author: Team Orange

Counting the days before people drop in their ballots, a pop culture reference has paved the way for a pink billboard to take over the Skyway. So if you came from the South during the Holy Week, you might have passed by this one. Memes, songs, and other new-generation icons have shaped the way Filipinos show support for their candidates. Over the years, the Korean Wave has taken the country by storm. According to Rappler, the Philippines has the third-highest number of K-pop fans in the world. In line with the current happenings in the K-Community, fans are always anticipating…

Alibaba Group pledges to make nine energy efficiency patents technology available for free for the first time Alibaba Cloud aims to have its global data centers running entirely on clean energy by 2030 Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA and HKEX: 9988, “Alibaba” or “Alibaba Group”) has joined Low Carbon Patent Pledge (LCPP), an international platform that encourages sharing patents for low carbon technologies, to accelerate adoption of green technology and foster collaborative innovation by making nine key patents for green data center technology available for free to external parties. In keeping with its support for green initiatives, Alibaba Cloud,…

Over the last two years, organizations of different sizes and industries have realized, even more, the critical role technology and innovation play in business and society. The latest developments in technology provided more ways to ensure more connected enterprises, enabling them to survive and thrive amid the ‘never normal.’ However, these advancements in technology have just begun. As organizations prepare for the post-pandemic world, technologies that have been introduced in recent years are expected to continue evolving. The latest advances will also further transform how people interact and work. Here are the tech trends that businesses need to look out…

The leading consumer finance company Home Credit Philippines was named Gold Stevie® awardee in the ninth annual Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards for the Innovative Use of Technology in Human Resources category. The award recognizes technology-driven human resource initiatives of Home Credit Philippines as “a way to connect, engage and transform people as they use technology to adapt to the future of human resource in the Philippines.” Since the start of the pandemic in 2020, Home Credit Philippines has been focusing on creating initiatives driven by technology to connect and engage with its employees all over the country and help streamline the…

Opening with coy, pensive guitar finger-picking, Asian-Australian producer Yeo returns with his first single of 2022, NEVER MISS, promising yet another uniquely subversive take on the personal battles we all face. Often digging into the darkest of topics yet owning them with his self-deprecating sense of wit, NEVER MISS is no exception, and shows Yeo’s growth both as a person and a musician.

Nowadays, organizations across all industries are increasingly embracing digital transformation to ensure business continuity and thrive amid the ‘never normal.’ In the Philippines alone, experts believe that these transformations can unlock PhP5 trillion worth of economic value by 2030, says a recent AlphaBeta and Google report. Consequently, enterprise spending on data centers continues to grow. These facilities are at the heart of a modern enterprise, providing storage, computing, and networking resources to support various applications that drive the business. Emerging trends show that data center investments in the Philippines will rise to USD535 million by 2026, growing at a compound…

NextPlay Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTP), a technology solutions company building a digital business ecosystem for digital advertisers, consumers, video gamers and travelers, has completed its previously announced acquisition of gaming assets and IP from goGame, a Singapore-based mobile casual video game publisher and technology company. The acquired assets include goPlay, a new-gen game publishing platform featuring a tournament system, chat, payment, and 37 casual games ranging from arcade to strategy. NextPlay plans to complete the integration of its HotPlay in-game advertising (IGA) technology into the 37 goPlay games by year-end. NextPlay also acquired from goGame a perpetual license to goPay,…

Social Security System (SSS) President and CEO Michael G. Regino today urged members, pensioners, and employers of the state-pension fund to secure their login credentials on the My.SSS portal and other personal information to protect their accounts from fraudulent transactions. Regino issued the reminder following several complaints from SSS members that their accounts with the My.SSS were being subjected to fraudulent transactions perpetuated by scammers and other unscrupulous persons. One of the reasons why such fraudulent transactions occur, SSS insiders noted, was the tendency of some members to share their login credentials with unauthorized persons. These login information, Regino noted,…

Bayad, the biggest and widest pioneering multi-channel payment platform in the Philippines has forged a partnership with state-owned Philippine Guarantee Corporation (PHILGUARANTEE). As the Principal Agency for State Guarantee Finance of the Philippines, PHILGUARANTEE highlights its role in assisting its clientele through the provision of credit guarantees in support of trade and investments, agricultural business, MSMEs, housing and other sectors of the economy to promote socio-economic and regional development. Towards this end, Philguarantee continues to improve its services and processes, particularly in terms of granting bills payment services on loan amortizations and other related fees.

Anji Salvacion is beaming with elation and gratitude as her “Feels: The Concert” is finally happening on April 30 (Saturday)—her first solo concert where she hopes to connect with her supporters. “This is really very special and important to me because first of all I’ll be sharing this beautiful moment with my supporters and that’s what I’m really looking forward to as well. I can’t wait to share the bond between a performer and an audience,” Anji shared.

Our battle with the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over even with the recent shift to alert level 1. Just when we thought we had seen the worst with the Delta outbreak, along came the Omicron variant that set record high COVID cases in the country. Thousands of people particularly from NCR reported flu-like symptoms such as fever, headache, and body pain, causing general alarm with demands for antigen tests and home care remedies reaching astronomical proportions. Fortunately, the Omicron variant proved to be more manageable as most people were able to recover at home, but that doesn’t mean that…