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• Philippines is known as the “ICT Hub of Asia”
• Huge growth of ICT related jobs in the Philippines, including call center or BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) centers
• According to the 2013 edition of Measuring the Information Society by the International Telecommunication Union, there were 106.8 cellphones per 100 Filipinos in 2012
• In 2010, the ICT industry in the Philippines accounted for 19.3% of the total employment population
• Makati City, Philippines was ranked 1 as the “Selfiest Cities around the world”, and Cebu City was ranked 9
• 43.5% of Filipinos accessed the Internet in 2016
• The Philippines was ranked 74th out of 77 countries in terms of 4G speed with a download speed of just 8.24 Mbps (CNN Phils, Nov. 2017)
• Technology used for communicating information

  WEB 1.0, WEB 2.0, WEB 3.0
• WEB 1.0


  • Around when the World Wide Web was invented, Static / Flat Page / Stationary Page, “As is”, Cannot be manipulated by the user, Content is same for all users
• WEB 2.0


  • Allows users to interact with the page, Users may be able to comment or create a user account, Folksonomy - allows users to categorize and classify information using freely chosen keywords (e.g., tagging), Rich User Experience - Content is dynamic and responsive to user’s input, Long Tail - Services are offered on demand rather than on a one-time purchase, User Participation - Others can contribute content through comments, reviews, and evaluations, Software as a Service (SaaS) - Users subscribe to software only when needed
• Web 2.0


  • Allows users to interact with the page
  • Users may be able to comment or create a user account
• Features of Web 2.0

  • Software as a Service (SaaS)
  • Mass Participation
  • Common framework for data sharing and reuse
• Web 3.0


  • Provides a common framework that allows data to be shared and reused across application, enterprise, and community boundaries
  • The aim is to have machines understand the user’s preferences to deliver web content specifically targeting the user
• Problems with Web 3.0


  • Compatibility - HTML files and current web browsers could not support Web 3.0
  • Security - User’s security is in question since the machine is saving preferences
  • Vastness - The World Wide Web already contains billions of web pages
  • Vagueness - Certain words are imprecise
  • Logic - Machines use logic, leading to limitations in predicting user references
• Trends in ICT


  • Convergence - Technological advancements working towards a similar goal or task
  • Social Media - Websites, applications, or online channels enabling users to create, discuss, modify, and exchange user-generated content
  • Mobile Technologies - Popularity of smartphones and tablets, capable of tasks originally found in personal computers
  • Assistive Media - Nonprofit service designed to help people with visual and reading impairments
• Types of social media

  • Social Networks
  • Bookmarking Sites
  • Social News
  • Media Sharing
  • Microblogging
  • Blogs and Forums
• Examples of mobile operating systems

  • iOS - used in Apple devices such as iPhone and iPad
  • Android - open-source OS developed by Google
  • Blackberry OS - used in Blackberry devices
  • Windows Phone OS - closed source and proprietary OS developed by Microsoft
  • Symbian - original smartphone OS used by Nokia devices
  • WebOS - originally used in smartphones, now used in smart TVs