STARTUP COMPANIES are looking for government and private sector support as they deal with the effects of the Luzon enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).

FILIPINOS will soon be able to track the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country through an AI-enabled tool developed by the International Business Machines Corp. (IBM).

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) have agreed to work together on developing smart cities and will invest 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion) in each other to cement the relationship, the two companies said on Tuesday.

DAVAO CITY -- Business process outsourcing (BPO) companies here are being checked by a joint team from the city government and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for compliance with guidelines on continued operations.

PHILIPPINE on-demand service company MyKuya reported a 300% increase in service demand last week as Luzon is under enhanced community quarantine, including getting more than 500 job applications because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, according to the company’s founder.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube, Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. warned on Monday that more videos and other content could be erroneously removed for policy violations, as the companies empty offices and rely on automated takedown software during the coronavirus pandemic.

WASHINGTON -- Google, Facebook and Amazon are using their size, reach and technological prowess to help Americans cope with the coronavirus crisis, an opportunity for Big Tech to counter a drumbeat of criticism in Washington.

BEIJING/SHANGHAI -- Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. has partnered with Chinese autonomous driving start-up Momenta to develop a high definition (HD) mapping platform in China for autonomous driving vehicles, Momenta said in a statement.

KICKSTART Ventures, Inc. said it sees more opportunities to invest this year in startups that offer Internet-of-Things (IoT) innovations for “smarter living.”

AMAZON.COM Inc. on Monday is set to announce a new business line selling the technology behind its cashier-less convenience stores to other retailers, the company told Reuters.

SHANGHAI -- Apple sold fewer than half a million iPhones in China in February, government data showed on Monday, as the coronavirus outbreak halved demand for smartphones.

BEIJING -- A Chinese company says it has developed the country’s first facial recognition technology that can identify people when they are wearing a mask, as most are these days because of the coronavirus, and help in the fight against the disease.