INFOCHAT NEWS

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), the SM Group and Abot Tanaw have joined together to provide affordable and hassle-free communications to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families.
“Abot Tanaw makes accessible to OFWs and their families the means to communicate without charging them. Using newly developed technology that involves voice and video telephony services, [...]

Globe Telecom and Intel Philippines announced the official rollout of Globe’s commercial WiMAX service in the country.
Wimax is the first 4G solution that meets the exploding demand for high-speed wireless Internet and mobile computing, allowing people to access large amounts of data, from movies to multi-media content.
Globe Consumer Broadband Group Head Menchi Orlina [...]

Symantec Philippines announced it has expanded its security portfolio by offering new Protection Suites for small business and enterprise customers and adding Web security technology through the acquisition of Mi5 Networks.
Symantec Protection Suite Small Business Edition and Symantec Protection Suite Enterprise Edition are comprehensive solutions designed to secure firms against security risks and [...]

Twitter announced that it will soon launch a “verified accounts” beta to authenticate the identity of the celebrities – like public officials, famous artists, and athletes – and other famous users at risk, thereby mitigating the chances of impersonation.
All approved Twitter accounts will include a “Verified Account” seal on the upper right-hand corner.
Twitter [...]

BenQ has announced plans to launch Android OS-based smartphone and netbook in third quarter of 2010. With the announcement, BenQ joins the group of companies developing smartphones and mini-laptops that run on Android platform.
Android is a smartphone operating system designed by Google. It claims to facilitate communications and web browsing, especially on Google sites.