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                    [ArticleID] => 2231052
                    [Title] => Firms rely on free chat apps to expand reach
                    [Summary] => Philippine firms are expanding their use of free chat apps like Viber and WhatsApp to reach their customers as they start to rely less on e-mail and short messaging services in promoting products and services.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-12-16 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807056
                    [AuthorName] => Elijah Felice Rosales
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 2226194
                    [Title] => Text messaging remains relevant in Philippines
                    [Summary] => The lack of reliable internet service in the Philippines will keep short messaging services relevant to local consumers despite the rising popularity of free text apps like Viber.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-11-25 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807056
                    [AuthorName] => Elijah Felice Rosales
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
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                    [ArticleID] => 2207486
                    [Title] => Ex-privacy exec warns of trust crisis in SMS
                    [Summary] => People using short messaging service will shift faster to internet messaging platforms, triggering a trust crisis on text messages and mobile phone use, if regulators and the government fail to address the worsening problem of unsolicited text promos and scams, a former privacy official has warned.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-09-05 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1664250
                    [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2022/09/04/sms_2022-09-04_23-06-34871_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2201523
                    [Title] => BSP cautions public vs unsolicited emails, SMS
                    [Summary] => The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has cautioned the public against fraud, perpetrated through unsolicited emails or text messages, with links that redirect the mobile user to highly suspicious websites.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-08-10 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1097197
                    [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
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                    [ArticleID] => 2191087
                    [Title] => Strong dollar,  not weak peso
                    [Summary] => As part of its service to clients, my bank sends me an SMS message by midmorning daily to inform me of the day’s exchange rate. I hardly gave it much attention until last Friday. The peso finally is at the P55 to $1 rate.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-06-27 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136475
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804837
                    [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [ArticleID] => 2135549
                    [Title] => ‘Online shop platforms liable for selling SMS blast machines’
                    [Summary] => Electronic commerce platforms, along with parties or merchants, can be held solidarily liable for the sale of SMS blast machines and other prohibited digital products under the proposed “Internet Transactions Act” filed by Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-10-21 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804767
                    [AuthorName] => Cecille Suerte Felipe
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2021/10/20/ntc2021-10-1321-26-13_2021-10-20_23-05-2863_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1671132
                    [Title] => A letter from the heart
                    [Summary] => When was the last time you sat down to write – OK, type – a letter? 
                    [DatePublished] => 2017-02-12 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135045
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1747688
                    [AuthorName] => Singkit
                    [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine
                    [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine
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                    [ArticleID] => 1528158
                    [Title] => Textra SMS
                    [Summary] => 

Delicious Inc.'s "Textra SMS" is a features-driven SMS/MMP app that's good in both function and looks.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-01 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1794253 [AuthorName] => Yasunari Ramon Suarez Taguchi [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1505520 [Title] => Truemessenger - SMS Block Spam [Summary] =>

Though the country's leading mobile service providers are doing what they can to forestall the prevalence of "text scams" and the like, the popularity of applications like "Truemessenger - SMS Block Spam" proves that there's no reason why you can't proactively block questionable texts from muddling your inbox.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-29 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1794253 [AuthorName] => Yasunari Ramon Suarez Taguchi [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1419106 [Title] => Product diversification key to raising electronics exports – World Bank [Summary] =>

The Philippine electronics sector needs to intensify product diversification to increase exports as it aims to regain its prominence in the global electronics industry.

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