President Laura Chinchilla This is not a border problem, it is the invasion of one nation to another.
Smart phones are exposed to threats such as theft of data and to be sold in illegal markets – especially because these devices store all the personal information and contacts of their owners. Pablo Ramos, an expert on mobile device security company ESET explained that these threats are difficult to identify because they are hidden [...]
The World Economic Forum released its Global Report on Information Technology between 2011 and 2012. This analysis evaluates the impact of information technology and communications in the development process and competitiveness of 142 countries. Barbados, Chile and Uruguay are in first place in Latin America and the Caribbean, followed by Panama. Costa Rica ranks fifth in Latin American and 58th worldwide. Behind the Costa Ricans are Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica and Mexico. Sweden, Singapore and Finland are the nations that top ranking this year, likethey did last year.
This past March 30th, the MY BABILON social network started to create its own history, as it was brought to Costa Rica as a tool for communication in interaction between people. This new social network was 3 years in development and allows people to have online conversations in different languages simultaneously. According to its creator, Mr. Diego Garro, this Social Network is a pioneer in breaking the language barrier, as two people speaking different languages can be understood in the native language of [...]
Warner Rojas will take in his backpack, technological equipment that will be fundamental to all Costa Ricans to show his climb to Everest. On one side are the four satellite devices provided by the company Navsat. These two locators will serve for location of Rojas. Another to send text messages to a cellphone or an [...]
In the country there are various companies that require professional services in the areas of systems engineering, software development and other related careers. Such is the case of HP or Deloitte companies. However, are there enough professionals to meet the demands of these companies or transnational? Lueny Morell, laboratory manager of HP technology research, visited [...]
The struggle for the country’s cellular market has a new dressing – 4G technology – or fourth generation. The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad said they expect to offer this service by early 2013. It is now offering downloads of 14 megabytes per second, but with a 4G network, one could be downloading over 100 megabytes [...]
With telephone competition heating up in the country, the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) plans to get ahead of the competition by launching the new fourth-generation cellular network (4G). The arrival of this platform is expected later this year or early 2013. The benefits of this platform is the speed of the internet. Current lines [...]
1,500 children’s faces were filled with enthusiasm when each received one of the 25 000 personal computers donated by the Ministry of Education and the Foundation Tanzi public schools, as part of the (Conectándonos.). The plan aims to implement an integrated platform that includes the structure necessary for the interconnection of equipment and maintenance and continuous [...]
The countdown is over. As expected, dozens of people waited anxiously for several hours, to Kölbi stores, Claro and Movistar, opened its doors at midnight to first acquire the latest model of Apple, the iPhone 4S. Dozens of people line up to buy the iPhone 4S. ICE shops had quite the attendance, despite the unusual [...]
The new iPhone 4S can be buy from midnight on Friday, which is the official day of the launch, in three stores of Movistar. According to this company-one of the three authorized, along with Claro and the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) – stores in the Second Avenue (San Jose), Heredia Central and Avenida Escazú [...]
