This, after the House of Representatives recently gave House Bill 1550 - or the Free Public Wi-Fi Act - a big signal boost by approving on third and final reading the proposed measure that aims to provide the public free Internet access in government buildings and public establishments throughout the country. Read more.
Societal and commercial shake ups from the Internet, big data and social media will continue. Technology companies pride themselves on their ability to "disrupt" industries. The buzzword is one that every geek in Silicon Valley aspires to - and not without reason, given the amount of money to be made.
Plummeting cost-to-compute is making machine learning, (ML), artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT) applications more accessible than ever. Hitachi Vantara vice president for solution engineering - big data analytics & IoT Wael Elrifai argues that if we get it right, these technologies could benefit the poorest members of society.