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Business, Technology

APPLE TO SUE LG FOR INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

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The new LG G Flex 2
The new LG G Flex 2

CUPERTINO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – When Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus first hit the market last year, there were complaints that the new smartphone was easily bent because of its thin, aluminum casing. Instead of going back to the drawing board, Apple applied for and received a patent on the defective phone.

Now, Apple is suing smartphone manufacture LG for the latter’s latest product, the LG G Flex 2,  accusing LG of infringement of intellectual property.

Contoured to fit the curve of your hand and angle of your face, the LG G Flex 2 is sleek, stylish and comfortable to use. With a flexible body that seamlessly moves from curved to straight and back again, the G Flex2 features a 5.5-inch full HD P-OLED screen, a 64-bit octa-core processor, 13-megapixel camera with laser auto focus, and a 3,000 mAH battery for fast charging and long-lasting performance. Plus, with its self-healing coating, the curved phone can recover beautifully from minor scratches – so it always looks like new.

iPhone Bendgate
iPhone Bendgate

“LG basically copied the bending mechanism of our iPhone 6 and 6 Plus,” a spokesperson for Apple said.

Apple is suing for an undisclosed amount.

Government, Technology

YAWNS AND GIGGLES AS GOVERNMENT ROLLS OUT FREE WI-FI ACCESS IN THE PHILIPPINES

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wifi-philippines_1The Philippines’ Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is planning to roll out its free public Wi-Fi internet access project across the country beginning July of this year.

The One Billion-peso “Free Wi-Fi Internet Access in Public Places” project aims to provide free Wi-Fi Internet access in select public spaces in the country including parks and plazas, airports and seaports, public schools and hospitals, train stations and government offices.

Once fully deployed, the Project will serve 105,000 concurrent users with an average speed of 256 kbps (kilobytes) each. (Remember, the Philippines has a population of 100 Million.)

The DOST announcement was met with yawns and giggles by the Internet-savvy Filipinos, and here’s why:

256 kbps is equivalent to 2.048 Mbps (Megabits)

To put it in perspective, let’s take a look at the wi-fi speed in South Korea:

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That’s 47.73 Mbps download and 48.99 Mbps upload speed in South Korea vs. 2.048 Mbps in the Philippines! And it is estimated that almost half of South Korea’s 50 Million population have access to high-speed Internet.

Any questions? Log on to the website of the DOST. That is, if you are able to get a connection, or have time for a little nap while waiting for your connection.

Perhaps, instead of building more high-rise condos and shopping malls, the Philippines should build a better Internet infrastructure. After all, isn’t the Philippines supposed to be the “New Asian Tiger?”

Or is it still the “Sick Man of Asia”  when it comes to Technology?

International, Technology, The Media

NEWLY-CROWNED MISS PHILIPPINES REDEFINES INTERNET CENSORSHIP

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – In beauty pageants, the final question can make or break a candidate’s quest for the crown. For Pia Wurtzbach, newly-crowned Binibining Pilipinas Universe (Miss Philippines Universe), her answer to the final question made her a queen. But it broke the definition of Internet censorship as we know it.

During the final Q&A portion of last night’s glittering ceremony to choose the Philippines’ candidate to the prestigious Miss Universe Pageant, Wurtzbach was asked her thoughts about Internet censorship.

With great confidence, Wurtzbach said “we should be careful what we post on the Internet … especially selfies…” “We should think before we click.”

The rest is history. She won the crown.

Now, both the Webster’s and Oxford Dictionaries are scrambling to revise the definition of censorship with this new entry:

CENSORSHIP – (noun) cen·sor·ship \ˈsen(t)-sər-ˌship\ – the act of thinking before clicking.