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The Costa Rican Banking System Will Migrate Completely to “Chip” and “Contactless Payment” Technologies
The Regulation of the Payment System approved by the board of directors of the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR), 3 years ago, established that as of December 31st, 2018 100% of debit and credit cards in circulation had...
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Costa Rica Has Full Participation in International Fairs for Tourist Promotion 2019
Costa Rica is exhibiting at the "Vakantierbeurs International Fair" since last Wednesday, and during 5 days, the most outstanding of its varied and wide tourist offer including sun and beach, adventure, closeness with nature, wellbeing in the style "Wellness...
Science & Technology
A Project Will Provide Free Internet in Public Spaces of Costa Rica
Telecable, a telecommunications company with 100% Costa Rican capital, was awarded to implement in 170 sites the ambitious project of "Connected Public Spaces" of FONATEL, through its business unit, with the objective of reducing the country's digital divide.This is...
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Protecting Your Website From Spammers And Online Threats Approaches to Stop Spam Activity On Websites
There are multiple approaches employed by websites to stop spam users. For instance, when registering, users are often asked to enter captcha codes from images with letters and numbers that are intentionally distorted in size, position, color, orientation in...
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Food Technology: How It Is Going To Change Our Lives
With the passage of time, technology will greatly modify the way we develop society through research. In this case, we will talk about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is focused on the creation of laboratory foods. This happens through the...
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VR, 3D Printing, and Drones Will Be Technological Trends of Construction in 2019
Virtual Reality (VR) technology, 3D printing, and drones will be some tools that will be used by the construction sector participants more frequently in the next year since they will facilitate many of their tasks.The development of software to...
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98 Thousand Families Connected to a Program that Seeks to Reduce the Digital Gap
A total of 98,147 families throughout the country have successfully formalized the "Hogares Conectados" (Connected Homes) service assignment process.The objective of this program is to reduce the digital gap by means of opportunities for families living in poverty so...
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Puzzles, Abacuses, and Wooden Trains…
A man observes a bookshelf filled with various puzzles, nestable games, abacuses and wooden trains in a Juguettos store in Ávila. Right next to it are a pair of small robots that claim to be able to teach the...
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Which Operators Have the Best Mobile Networks in Costa Rica?
The Christmas and New Year's Eve parties arrived, but it is also the date of the most recent report prepared by the OpenSignal firm about the state of mobile telephony networks in Costa Rica. The company, based in the...
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Important Career Tips for Recent Computer Science Engineering Graduates
Most computer science engineering graduates find themselves in a dilemma about what to pursue after graduating. The belief that you would automatically know once you graduate as to your future course of action is misplaced. You are most likely...
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94,000 Naturalized Costa Ricans Will Be Eligible to Vote in 2026
A total of 94,533 naturalized Costa Ricans are eligible to vote in the national elections on February 1, 2026,...