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                    [ArticleID] => 1399518
                    [Title] => Google launches crisis page for ‘Hagupit’
                    [Summary] => 

Technology company Google has launched a crisis landing page in anticipation of Typhoon Hagupit or Ruby.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804764 [AuthorName] => Janvic Mateo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141206/google-philippines-4.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1263092 [Title] => Google: Empowering communities, helping people [Summary] =>

If there’s anything impressive about Aileen Apolo-de Jesus, it’s the fact that she is the head of Google’s Outreach for Southeast Asia — and yes, she’s a Filipina.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1379206 [AuthorName] => Jerni May H. Camposano [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/2481/6ez9.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1255487 [Title] => Partial list of 'Yolanda' survivors, injured (as of Nov. 18) [Summary] =>

(UPDATE 7) Thousands searched for their family members in areas desolated by supertyphoon Yolanda--an effort made difficult by paralyzed communication lines

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-18 09:22:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/6038/n63s.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1256123 [Title] => More foreign aid pours in [Summary] =>

More foreign assistance is pouring in for the victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8862/du2y.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1255793 [Title] => Finding people online [Summary] =>

In response to the devastation caused by super typhoon Yolanda, Google is offering its Person Finder: Typhoon Yolanda service to those in search for information regarding friends and loved ones.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1794253 [AuthorName] => Yasunari Ramon Suarez Taguchi [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 667730 [Title] => IT firms come to Japan's aid, assess damage to operations [Summary] =>

The harsh forces of nature can bring out the best in people, including those behind the largest technology companies in the world that came forward to help rebuild earthquake- and tsunami-ravaged Japan while also picking up the pieces of their disrupted operations.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1121789 [AuthorName] => Alma Buelva [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9951/net1thumb.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 339836 [Title] => Lost? Your cellphone can show the way [Summary] => Finding yourself headed in the wrong direction in an unfamiliar section of the city is pretty common. A less common but more life-critical scenario is when you find yourself wandering off the beaten path in the mountains or drifting out in the open sea.

Lost? You can be found, if you have a mobile phone with a signal.

This was how TV journalist Cesar Apolinario found his way back to his destination, as he recounted in the May 25 Funfare column of this paper’s Entertainment editor, Ricky Lo.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1619768 [AuthorName] => Nick Bautista Wilwayco [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 204078 [Title] => WISL Person Finder: Tracking for safety [Summary] => It is summer once again and for teenagers, it is a refreshing experience as they pause from their strenuous work at school.

However, summer vacations sometimes become nightmares for many parents. Out-of-town invitations from friends or relatives pop like pimples, always building worries and concerns on the safety of their children.

Many parents have bought mobile phones to monitor their children’s whereabouts. Sometimes, these phones produce more worries when the child is unable – or even worse, refuses – to answer calls or send text messages.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 196641 [Title] => LBS: A new way of doing business [Summary] => Imagine a world where you know the location of the people and things that are important to you. Application provider Asian Navigation and Tracking Systems Inc. (ANTS) has pioneered in location-based services (LBS) technology which allows one to locate an asset, a person or a particular establishment. Mostly based on radio, satellite and mobile phone technologies, LBS is fast becoming a powerful and affordable tool in business.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) ) )
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