What Does Digital Mean for Your Business?
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I was scrolling my feed on Facebook and chanced upon a post that shared F. Sionil Jose’s article dissecting the ‘whys and hows’ on the Filipinos’ shallowness. While the article was published seven years ago, the opinions ring a bell as we still encounter such in our daily lives today. There are two striking things … Read moreFilipino shallowness
Nowadays it is no longer difficult to conduct background check on anyone, given the sheer amount of information available online and the tools that come in handy. One does not need to technically hack or gain unauthorized access to platforms in order to obtain sensitive information about a person. There are many ways to execute … Read moreCritical thinking and social engineering
Just recently, Quezon City Representative Alfred Vargas filed House Bill 5728, “An Act Ensuring the Rights, Welfare and Safety of the Workers in the IT-BPO industry in the Philippines,” aiming to enhance the working conditions and addressing professional development and career growth of this 1.2 million strong workforce. For an industry to be present more … Read moreProtecting the welfare of the BPO workforce
News broke out globally in recent days of yet another data compromise involving Cambridge Analytica. Founded in London, Cambridge Analytica is a data analytics company that specializes in behavioral microtargeting, i.e., understanding your personality and exploiting that. The scandal involved the misuse of 50 million Facebook profiles to produce specific types of messaging in relation … Read moreYet another data compromise
In one of the Congress hearings regarding the impeachment case of Chief Justice Sereno, the presence of IT consultant Helen Macasaet hired by the Supreme Court made national headlines due to the supposedly large salary she received during her tenure. In that same hearing, the head of MISO (Management Information Systems Office) was detailing the … Read moreThe techie legislator
I was working during US hours about five weeks ago to sync up internally with the teams supporting the business. Given that I expected to finish what I was doing in the wee hours of the morning I decided to use Grab instead of asking the family driver to wait for me since he also … Read moreServicing your customer with insights
About a year ago, I chanced upon a book in one of the stores in Changi Airport that caught my attention. Little did I know that it would greatly influence me, as much as how the internet had also changed our lives. According to Third Team Media, Filipinos spend the highest amount of time on … Read moreFuture-proofing ourselves