The Philippine Tech Show 2027 is set for April 6 to 7, 2027, at the SMX Convention Center Manila. Organized by the Philippine Cable and Telecommunications Association, this year's theme is "NEXT," covering telecommunications, ICT, cybersecurity, cloud, and artificial intelligence.

Filipino consumers are increasingly asking AI instead of Googling. A 12-month Truelogic study of 80 Philippine brands found mentions in Google AI Overviews rose more than 23-fold in 2025, while organic branded traffic across 80 Philippine websites fell by three to eight percent. The study found that brands with strong AI visibility tend to have clearly structured content and well-optimized websites.

Honda Cars Philippines has opened Honda Cars Shaw in Mandaluyong City, its first dealership operated by its own subsidiary, Honda Cars Retail Philippines. It is also the first in the country to use Honda's New Global Visual Identity store design. The roughly 1,811-square-meter facility features a six-car showroom, a customer lounge, and 17 service bays, and is open daily from 8 AM to 5 PM.

What happens when AI shops for you? In the Philippines, where InstaPay processed a record 4.7 billion transactions in 2025, Fiuu CEO Eng Sheng Guan says the next test is trust. In agentic commerce, he says, customer permission and clearly defined limits come first.

SoftwareOne and Crayon have completed the integration of their channel businesses across Asia Pacific (APAC) under the SoftwareOne brand, creating a single channel business for partners in the region. The combined business offers partners access to specialist resources, services, and vendor relationships across software asset management, cloud, cybersecurity, data and AI, and managed and technical services.

Skyro is moving beyond big-ticket financing. At its Skyro Mooove! event, with ambassadors Dennis Trillo and Jennylyn Mercado, the fintech put the spotlight on SkyroCredit, a reusable credit line of up to PHP100,000 with QR Ph acceptance at over one million merchants and up to 30 percent cashback on eligible purchases in categories customers choose each month.

AI is helping Philippine security teams respond faster, but confidence in handling a compromised AI agent is far from universal. Cisco's Relentless Defense Report found that only 59% of organizations in the Philippines are very confident they could detect and respond to one, and that 93% suffered a business-disrupting cyber incident in the past year. The report identifies organizational friction, such as approval delays, data silos, and disconnected teams, as a key barrier to stronger defense.

Designers using Adobe Express can now send work to print in just a few clicks. Epson has launched the Epson Print add-on, which opens Epson Print Automate directly from Adobe Express and removes the manual export and upload steps. It works at launch with seven Epson SureColor printers and is available in 11 local languages.

The Bank of the Philippine Islands strengthens its cybersecurity measures and promotes responsible digital banking as it marks 175 years The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) continues to strengthen its cybersecurity measures and promote...

GCash's parent company is now on the stock market. Mynt began trading on the Philippine Stock Exchange under the ticker GCASH, opening at PHP6.60 per share. Its IPO attracted 20 cornerstone investors, and more than 140,000 GStocks PH users placed orders worth nearly PHP1.1 billion, with a minimum board lot of 100 shares.

Upgrade season is here. Samsung Week 2026 is on until November 8, with up to 34 percent off and freebies on Samsung.com. Think exclusive colors for the Galaxy Z Fold8 and Z Flip8, 60 days of Strava and iFIT with select Galaxy Watch models, and six months of Google AI Pro with select Galaxy devices.

The country’s leading property developers brought more than 50,000 ready-for-occupancy homes, including condominiums, closer to Filipino workers and their families at the biggest-ever National Housing Expo.

Maya is on Asia's best workplaces list again. The Philippine digital financial services platform was named among the Best Companies to Work for in Asia for the second consecutive year at the 2026 HR Asia Awards. It also took home the Tech Empowerment award for the second year in a row and added a new People Transformation award, for three wins in 2026. In the Philippines, 44 companies were chosen from 160 surveyed organizations.

HUAWEI is bringing the nova 16s Series to the Philippines, and the cameras are the story. It has front and rear True-to-Color cameras, a 200MP main camera on the Pro, 5G, a 7,000mAh battery, and AI tools like AI Composition, AI Move, and AI Remove. Pre-orders open October 30, while a PHP500 deposit promo runs from October 23 to October 29.

Looking for an affordable everyday phone? HONOR Philippines has launched the HONOR Play 10 at PHP6,999. It packs a 5,000mAh battery with 10W charging, a 6.74-inch HD+ display with a 90Hz refresh rate, and a MediaTek Helio G81 processor running Android Go. Choose from 3GB RAM + 64GB or 4GB RAM + 128GB, in Midnight Black or Ocean Cyan.