Microsoft’s ICT Manifesto Empowers Philippine IT Organizations to Campaign for the Advancement of Society Through Technology

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Three of the country’s leading ICT organizations are standing behind Microsoft’s Technology Manifesto months after its launch in the Philippines last November 2015.

United with Microsoft’s vison for a technology-led Philippines are the IT &Business Processing Association of the Philippines (IBPAP), CIO Forum Foundation, and Internet Society – Philippine Chapter.

Microsoft, in partnership with Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy and Asian Institute of Management, together with stakeholder from various private and public sectors, developed ‘ICT for Shared Prosperity: A Technology Manifesto for the Philippines, 2016 and Beyond’. It identifies national challenges and issues that need to be addressed, and key technology pillars that can help the country ultimately leapfrog technological development:

• Preparing people for the future through 21^st century education
• Building a more equitable society by ensuring connectivity for all
• Leveraging ICT to enhance competitiveness in a mobile-first, cloud-first world
• Moving towards a 21st century government that uses technology to become more trusted, more efficient, and more responsive.
• Providing a safe and secure online environment for citizens, especially children, who represent the country’s future

Lamudi Data Shows Where Buyers Can Find Foreclosed Properties

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Global real estate portal Lamudi Philippines studied its data on foreclosed houses

In case homebuyers are wondering where they can get affordable houses, cities in Bulacan, Laguna, and Rizal right on the fringes of Metro Manila offer them the most viable options, as these areas are teeming with foreclosed properties, according to data from global real estate website Lamudi Philippines.

In its latest data analysis, Lamudi found that the cities of San Jose Del Monte (Bulacan), Dasmariñas (Cavite), San Mateo (Rizal), Bacoor (Cavite), and Santa Rosa (Laguna) have the most number of listed foreclosed houses in the website. These are followed by Antipolo (Rizal), Imus (Cavite), Caloocan (Metro Manila), San Pedro (Laguna), and Quezon City (Metro Manila). Caloocan and Quezon City are the lone Metro Manila cities that made it the top 10. Together, these cities comprise 51 percent of all foreclosed houses listed in the Lamudi website.

In terms of prices, San Jose Del Monte offers the most affordable foreclosed houses among the top 10 cities. Foreclosed houses in this Bulacan city average Php336,000. Quezon City, meanwhile, offer much pricier foreclosed houses, averaging Php5.33 million.

Change4Change Mobile App: Connects Donors and Volunteers to Causes

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"With your smartphone, you can be a philanthropist."

Introducing the Change4Change mobile app! Change4Change is a social giving platform that connects donors and volunteers to the causes they care about. You can use the app to donate to different projects or to discover various legal local non-profit organizations that you can volunteer to.

You can discover various non-profit organizations that do awesome work for social good in Change4Change’s continuously growing list of partners.

Browse by category based on causes you are interested in.

And make one-time or recurring donations conveniently thru your smartphone.

Donations go straight to the non-profit organizations’ bank account. This service is free for non-profit organizations and Change4Change does not get any percentage from the donations. The app is also free for download to smartphone users.