Practical Techie: Sense of touch is soon coming to our virtual worlds
April 20, 2021
Web technology makes continuous inroads into physical reality, this time attempting to replicate one of our most precious senses: the human touch. Touch gives us a deeper understanding of things, which cannot be fully experience by sight, or hearing. The task ahead is to replicate as much of its real life tact authenticity into machines. […]
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Practical Techie: FBI warns of weird videoconferencing hack
April 14, 2021
Cyber criminals have no limits to their evil and no lack of creativity, either. A year after the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic a weird, malicious form of cyber kidnappings is occurring in the unlikeliest of venues: the virtual classroom. The bad guys call their villainy “zoom-bombing.” A recent announcement by the FBI alerted unsuspecting internet users […]
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T- Mobile unveils #5GFORAll plan, as it blankets 80% of Puerto Rico
April 9, 2021
Wireless carrier T-Mobile will be giving customers a free upgrade to 5G through its #5GFORAll plan, as it continues to expand its next-generation network across Puerto Rico. The carrier has achieved more than 80% of network coverage in all areas of the 78 municipalities, including Vieques and Culebra in the past year. Jorge Martel, general […]
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HughesNet expands Puerto Rico footprint to serve increased demand for broadband
April 7, 2021
Satellite technologies and networks provider Hughes Network Systems LLC announced it has secured additional capacity over Puerto Rico for its HughesNet satellite internet service. The capacity increase — on the existing Hughes 63 West satellite payload — seeks to improve customer experience for current HughesNet subscribers across Puerto Rico and enable Hughes to serve more […]
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Practical Techie: Maps by Google add useful eco-friendly data
April 7, 2021
Google has become more environmentally friendly with its map platform, adding some 100 new features, all powered by artificial intelligence. The improvements include real-time views (Live View) of streets and landscapes with climatic and environmental factors, announced Carlos M. Rivera-Cuesta, of Partners Communications, a Google spokesperson in Puerto Rico. “Live View uses augmented reality data […]
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Practical Techie: The mazes of the Dark Web are intricate and bizarre
March 31, 2021
Warning. Read this column at your own risk. Temptations may arise for the reader to embark on risky adventures into the darkest domains of the Internet. The Deep Web has many names, but it is the one and the same dark, almost inaccessible “place.” A mysterious, not easily navigated electronic realm, a depository of all […]
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Puerto Rico’s short-term rental community sees revenue growth amid pandemic
March 29, 2021
Quibble Revenue Management for Vacation Rentals, a company that has designed software that uses science-based optimization and technology to help the island’s short-term rental community set their pricing strategies, has seen an increase in monthly revenue by 24% to 34% since October 2020. This growth was confirmed by the firm founded in August 2020, which […]
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Rock Solid Technology buys Arizona-based PrimeGov
March 26, 2021
Rock Solid Technology, a “Software as a Service” company providing citizen engagement solutions that help local government and their communities work as one, announced the acquisition of Arizona-based PrimeGov, a provider of virtual public meeting participation and agenda management solutions for local government. The financial terms of the transaction were undisclosed, during a news conference […]
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Practical Techie: Pandemic year has strong impact on digital media
March 23, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an inevitable surge in the use of digital technologies due to the social distancing norms and nationwide lockdowns. People and organizations all over the world have had to adjust to new ways of work and life. We explore possible scenarios of the digital surge and the research issues that […]
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Thoma Bravo submits $2.4B acquisition offer for data firm Talend
March 19, 2021
Private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo, a firm focused on the software and technology-enabled services sectors, announced the acquisition of Talend, a data integration and data integrity company, in a deal worth $2.4 billion. Thoma Bravo intends to begin a tender offer to acquire all of Talend’s outstanding ordinary shares and American Depositary Shares, for […]
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Practical Techie: ‘Virtual Eros,’ high tech proposes to enhance love lives
March 16, 2021
The web does have its marvels, including sites, apps, and content to ease one of humanity’s oldest afflictions: loneliness. Including the social, cultural, and love types. Already there are robotic assistants for the disabled. They keep the bedridden awake for medicine time, keep a record of their medications, assist in monitoring their vitals, and shortly, […]
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Practical Techie: Footprints, keep tabs on your digital persona
March 10, 2021
At a slow pace, with each new post and every platform, we add to our web navigations, our digital footprint becomes wider, richer. With each new tack of our web surfing habits, we also forfeit a bit of privacy because algorithms trace our steps and shopping sites peek into our banking information. Also, into our […]
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Practical Techie: Learning new tech, unlearning the old
March 3, 2021
The Information Highway is hot and fast-moving as never before with technological trends moving nonstop up and down the fast lanes. In 2021, innovative trends are in full view and accelerated. As we cruise along, cybernauts are pushed constantly to learn the new tech, relearn the usual and unlearn the old. We have to keep […]
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Liberty Puerto Rico to pump $70M into local, USVI network this year
March 2, 2021
As it moves into serving more than 1 million new wireless customers through its acquisition of AT&T, Liberty Puerto Rico will be investing close to $70 million to integrate the networks and systems. Liberty took over the wireless carrier’s assets on Oct. 31, 2021, after which it began the process of managing and merging both […]
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Evertec reports $510.6M in Fiscal ’20 revenue; $134.2M in 4Q20
March 2, 2021
San Juan-based Evertec disclosed its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31 2020, reporting a 6% quarter-over-quarter revenue increase to $134.2 million and 5% revenue growth of 5% to $510.6 million year-over-year. For the fourth quarter, the firm stated that GAAP net income attributable to common shareholders was $32.3 million, […]
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