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Boston—Scientists are developing a new mobile software that can accurately identify where a person is looking in real time, an advancement that may lead smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices to be controlled by eye movements. 

Keep your Apple devices in great shape as Power Mac Center’s Apple-Authorized Service Provider offers a complete iPad and Mac maintenance program called “Tune Up Express” this July. Under this program, customers can avail themselves of total tuneups for Apple devices at special discounted rates of up to 60 percent. 

When business trips are crammed with meetings, field work, and ocular inspections, Richmonde Hotel Ortigas can provide the perfect and most convenient way to unwind at the end of the day and before you settle in for the night. 

THE Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) opened last Thursday artists Jippy Pascua and Dennese Victoria’s latest exhibit Myth, described as the result of “a survey of years’ worth of photographs,” at its Pasilyo Victorio Edades. 

Story and photos by Alvin I. Dacanay Filipino movies dominated the World Premieres Film Festival (WPFF) 2016 awards, with four of these winning honors in two of the festival’s international sections and Alvin Yapan’s latest feature earning the highest number of prizes in the Filipino New Cinema section. 

Superb young pianist Oliver Salonga is the first featured artist of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Special Concert Series 2016, which will open at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino at 7:30 p.m. on July 27. 

A uniquely Filipino kind of tourism will benefit farms in the country that are being developed into health-and-wellness destinations, which are expected to be major domestic-tourism draws, a former tourism secretary said recently. 

Feliix, a luxurious concept store that offers state-of-the-art and high-quality lamps and light fixtures, recently opened its flagship store in Shangri-La at The Fort in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, to meet the needs of discrimating architects, interior designers, and homeowners to illuminate their houses or offices with class and style. 

Story and photo by Alvin I. Dacanay  More than two months after announcing sweeping changes in the rules, selection criteria, and the composition of the executive committee of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), its organizers introduced the people tasked to choose this year’s entries, and the activities aimed at generating more excitement for the annual event. 

Followers of the ongoing Virgin Labfest (VLF) would know by now that the celebrated theater festival not only introduced a dozen new plays this year, but also its new partnership with creative-content firm The IdeaFirst Company in bringing these works to life.