Science Trust, ISACA unveil new certification in emerging technologies
September 15, 2021
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust in agreement with the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) announced it will offer for the first time a professional certificate in emerging technologies. The session provides training, practice, and examination in emerging sectors such as cloud, IoT technology, blockchain and artificial intelligence. This certificate is […]
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Practical Techie: Chatbots, voice helpers to make a quick sale
September 8, 2021
A slick way of attracting traffic to an e-commerce website is to create small virtual social adventures for the visitor. Describe a product in your social pages in the most entertaining way possible and create a challenge. It’s all about a little communicational creativity and a small dose of digital magic. One available high-tech tool […]
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Amazon Web Services bets on cloud tech for Puerto Rico’s digital transformation
September 7, 2021
Amazon’s cloud computing company, Amazon Web Services (AWS), plans to continue applying data analytics and cloud computing to develop the economy and create education and natural disasters response programs in Puerto Rico, officials told News is my Business. Abby Daniell, public sector program manager AWS in Latin America, Canada, and the Caribbean, said in an […]
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Software engineering firm INVID’s 3-yr. growth centers on local, nearshore services
August 31, 2021
Puerto Rican software engineering firm INVID, founded in 2003, has upheld its growth curve for the past three years with services offered to local and nearshore companies — in the US mainland — in need of custom software to solve business challenges. Alberto Lugo, president of INVID, said while 2020 was a “very challenging year, […]
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Practical Techie: Set up a virtual showroom for your wares
August 31, 2021
Any commerce page on the web must sell well. It has no other use. Convert visitors into customers. Ensuring this functionality requires basic design strategies, superb content, and certain artistic magic, like that of top showcase decorators in real stores. BROWSE — The first approach is to ensure navigability. The word “browse” is used in […]
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Foundation for Puerto Rico donates $200K in telecom equipment to nonprofits
August 30, 2021
As part of the initiatives to promote resilience in the island’s communities, the Foundation for Puerto Rico, through its Bottom Up Destination Recovery Initiative (Bottom Up) program, has delivered more than $200,000 in telecommunications equipment to more than 100 local nonprofit organizations and municipal agencies. The entities are in the regions that the Bottom Up […]
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FCC grants $1.8M in telehealth program awards to 2 Puerto Rico providers
August 27, 2021
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has awarded some $1.8 million in funding to two Puerto Rico-based healthcare service providers to jumpstart their telehealth initiatives, the federal agency announced. The Med Centro Healthcare System in Ponce was awarded $909,391 to finance network improvements and buy connected devices, such as laptops and tablets, to implement a telehealth […]
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Practical Techie: The reasons for good artificial intelligence
August 25, 2021
Cyber technology runs on the formidable sap of artificial intelligence (AI). This information revolution stems from an early 20th-century scientific premise that machines can think almost the same as humans, provided they are designed with proper artificial neurons. That is, ultrafast microchips that decode machine language. Recently, AI migrated to web marketing to give greater […]
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Practical Techie: High tech supports back-to-school amid persistent pandemic
August 17, 2021
As thousands of students return to the classroom amid this last pandemic semester of 2021, the new mixed reality of transferring knowledge from teacher to students via online or a physical classroom makes learning and teaching more challenging than ever before. This year’s reality is a hybrid live and virtual flow of lessons, an […]
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Puerto Rico ranks #4 in Americas for best value-for-money on mobile data speeds
August 16, 2021
Puerto Rico has taken the #4 spot in a ranking of jurisdictions in the Americas that offer the best value-for-money to consumers for their mobile broadband speeds, according to an analysis generated by Speedcheck, an international organization dedicated to tracking data speeds. The island placed behind the continental United States, Chile, and Argentina, with average […]
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Study shows TikTok is changing the way brands relate to their audiences
August 13, 2021
Global marketing strategies change immensely every day. They depend on systems, services and applications that facilitate the interaction of brands with consumers. This is the case of the TikTok social platform, which has already become the most downloaded app throughout 2020 and so far in 2021. Given the boom that the TikTok social network has […]
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Liberty Mobile won’t change numbers of AT&T subscribers in Puerto Rico, USVI
August 12, 2021
Earlier this week, it was learned that an unspecified number of AT&T customers in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands that were not transitioned to Liberty Puerto Rico will be losing their wireless numbers because of the sale of the carrier late last year. AT&T has limited its comments to saying that it has […]
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Practical Techie: Take advantage of free digital services and offline tools
August 11, 2021
Running a business takes tons of time. Especially when we factor in the extensive cyber needs of any modern enterprise. Slow bandwidth may become a nuisance and powerful connectivity gets expensive by the day. However, several web services help manage key aspects of any digital business, even when not connected to the internet. Most of […]
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ICANN73 conference in March ’22 could shore up $10M for Puerto Rico economy
August 9, 2021
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will resume its in-person regional conventions with ICANN73, to be held March 5-10, 2022, at the Puerto Rico Convention Center. The meeting, which is expected to gather about 2,100 people, could represent an economic boon of between $8 million and $10 million for the island next […]
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Liberty Puerto Rico reports $360M in revenue for 2Q21
August 6, 2021
Liberty Puerto Rico closed the second quarter and first half of the year with growth in subscriber additions and income as it continues to integrate its mobile operations. The company reported revenues of $360 million for the second quarter and $722 million for the first six months of 2021 ending in June. Liberty also reported […]
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