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PH average internet speed increased, now at 3.2Mbps — Akamai

May 2, 2016May 2, 2016 Carl Lamiel

The Philippines now has an average internet speed of 3.2Mbps, according to the recently-released State of the Internet Connectivity Report from global cloud Enterprise Akamai for Q4 2015.

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This comes over the heels of Q3 2015’s dismal 2.8Mbps speed after surging to 3.1Mbps in Q2. This meant an 12% increase from the previous quarter, and an additional 18% from the same period last year. Peak speed also increased slightly, which is now at 27Mbps.

High-speed broadband subscription also increased, as household with over 4Mbps subscriptions recorded an additional 18%, while Filipinos with internet speeds over 10Mbps now take up a smaller 1.8% of the total count. Akamai’s report also recognizes efforts done by both Globe Telecom and PLDT as they race to install more fiber cables in areas and offer 1Gbps speeds on over 1,600 locations.

For a historical graph, look at this chart:

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The bad news? Well, we’re still the second lowest among surveyed Asian Pacific nations in the report, just right above India which reportedly has a 2.8Mbps speed. Our average speed puts us at 107th ranking globally in Akamai’s Q4 2015 list.

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Fellow Asian country South Korea still tops the global list at 26.7Mbps average speed, followed by Sweden and Norway with megabyte per second speeds 19.1 and 18.8, respectively.

Source: Akamai

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Tip: Here’s how you can clean up your Facebook news feed

April 30, 2016April 30, 2016 Bob Freking

Some of you might already know this, especially if you’re a diehard Facebook user, but for those using the service who are well too tired of their friend’s posts that don’t really interest you but Facebook keeps feeding you those because of their algorithm, then you might find this useful.

To improve the content that you see on your news feed, you can always just take their mini surveys when they’re available on Facebook, but to do it the fast way, just head to the upper right panel and look for News Feed Preferences, and from there you’ll be presented with the following:

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With this, you can easily unfollow people you don’t want to see in your news feed, and you can also prioritize to see those you haven’t seen in a while.

You can also do this in mobile:

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Tambunting Online – lets you pawn items using your PC

April 22, 2016April 22, 2016 Louie Diangson

In celebration of its 110 years in the Philippines, Tambunting Pawnshop launches its new online division called Tambunting Online which lets customers pawn items from the comfort of their homes using the PC.

The service is a three-way partnership between Tambunting Pawnshop, MFT Group of Companies, and GrabExpress. All the user needs to do is go online and visit Tambunting Online’s website at tambunting.com.ph and follow these steps:

1. Click the Get Cash page, fill out the online form, and upload photos of your item and include a description.

2. Click on “Get our best offer”. From here Tambunting Online’s team will review your item and will provide an offer which is sent through email.

3. If the customer agrees to the offer, free pick-up will be arranged through GrabExpress. A GPS link will be provided to enable real-time tracking of the valuables.

4. Sent items will be evaluated again and will update you of their best final offer.

5. If customer accepts the offer, he/she will receive the cash within 24 hours, either as a bank deposit or as a remittance via Palawan Express.

Tambunting Online is currently available in Manila, BGC, Makati, Mandaluyong, Pasig, and San Juan. Do note that every transaction will incur a standard Php5.00 service charge. In the event that you do not confirm with final appraised value of the item, you will be responsible for the cost of your item’s return.

For more information you may check their website’s FAQ here.

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COMELEC hack exposes 55M voters information to fraud and other risks

April 7, 2016April 7, 2016 Daniel Morial

It seems that the hacking of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) website is more concerning that we initially thought.

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Just last month, COMELEC’s website was defaced by a group of hackers and has called for their attention to speak out about the upcoming national elections. Afterwards, another group has leaked COMELEC’s entire database online which is considered as the biggest breach of any government data comprising personal information of 55 million registered voters according to a report by Trend Micro.

Although the election governing body claimed that there is no sensitive data involved, Trend Micro’s research says otherwise. They revealed that OFW’s passport details are exposed to the public for easy access plus 15.8 million of fingerprints and list of people dating back to the 2010 elections. What’s alarming is they are just stored in plain text files without any encryption or security.

This information could be used for fraud, phishing, blackmail, and even extortion. You may read about the full report here.

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