Dubbed the Smart TXTBKS campaign, condensed textbooks and workbooks used by students into 160-character messages that were then inserted in Smart SIM cards and distributed to several public schools in the Philippines.
By hosting majority of government websites under a centralized server, the iGovPhil Project will be able to implement stricter security measures and monitor government websites that are under attack, thwarting hackers.
Disadvantaged students in Thailand are part of an ambitious scheme by the kingdom to distribute millions of the handheld devices in its schools in a move supporters hope will boost national education standards.
The leading social network invited the media to its headquarters in the Silicon Valley city of Menlo Park where "a small team has been working on a big idea," but remained hush about what will be unveiled.
The new S4 will use LTE-Advanced 4G technology, an upgrade from conventional 4G called LTE, or long term evolution. LTE-Advanced offers data transmission at up to twice the normal 4G speed.
Recent moves by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), particularly against kat.ph on Friday, raise the specter the IP office's new powers enable the cybercrime law's "takedown clause."
The Galaxy S4 may have sold 10 million units in just one month of its debut in late April, yet analysts now say the high-end smartphone segment is slowing, citing lacklustre prospects, and in reality, Samsung's flagship mobile device also lacks any real wow factor, they say.
This month the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) banned Viber, another such tool, which like WhatsApp is hard for the state to monitor and deprives telecom companies of revenue from international calls and texts.
