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Digital storm: Online outrage is rarely about what you said

A post does not need to be controversial to produce a real-world effect. I recently…

The silent thief: How your attention is being stolen, and what it’s costing you

If you ask most business leaders what their most precious resource is, they’ll say time…

SEC taps TikTok to boost fight vs investment scams

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has started teaming up with social media giants as…

BIZ BUZZ: Scroll fast, not furious

If you stumbled on a viral post screaming “Philippines’ Corruption Scandal Triggers P1.7 Trillion Market…

Vietnam orders Telegram messaging app to be blocked

HANOI — Vietnam’s technology ministry has ordered telecommunication service providers to block the messaging app…

BIZ BUZZ: Gokongwei warns public vs scams, again

No, a thousand times no. Lance Gokongwei, president and CEO of JG Summit Holdings Inc.,…

BIZ BUZZ: Don’t use Tiu Laurel’s name in vain

Some unscrupulous individuals are going around town pretending to be Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel…

BIZ BUZZ: Finding love … in Viber?

The messaging platform highly associated with work has been struck by Cupid. Viber launched this…

PH ranks high in downloads, app use

The Philippines is in the top 10 globally in terms of mobile application downloads and…

Google pays Canada media Can$100M to use content

OTTAWA — Google said Friday it had paid Can$100 million or about US$69 million to…