Wattpad and Mediacorp, Singapore’s largest content creator and transmedia ... and free-to-air platforms. Wattpad is a mobile app where users can write, post and read short, text-based novels. Readers ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore student Monica Baey wants firm action from NUS after man who filmed her in hostel shower goes ‘scot-free’
National University of Singapore (NUS) has taken to social media to publicise ... said she was taking a late-night shower in her hostel bathroom last November when she saw a mobile phone peeking from ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore will continue to strive towards being a “Smart Nation”, data breaches notwithstanding—Vivian Balakrishnan
We will be one of the earliest adopters of these new technologies.” The previous phase in tech development in Singapore revolved around encouraging people to use mobile apps for transactions such as ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore-based internet company BIGO Technology to invest SGD135 million in India
Singapore-based internet company BIGO Technology will be investing SGD135 million (USD100 million) for its business expansion plan in India over a three-year period as it is eyeing a second largest ... ( read original story ...)
APOS: Singapore’s Mediacorp Unveils Wattpad, Vice Media Deals
Singapore’s state-owned broadcast group Mediacorp has struck a trio of new content production deals. They span partnerships with new tech incubators and producers Wattpad and Vice Media, and a ... ( read original story ...)
Water-stressed Singapore bets on new technology to secure supply
SINGAPORE -- André Stoltz calls his company's feature product a "super-absorbent" sponge: a carbon-fiber filter made from recycled paper and cotton that can suck oil or industrial contaminants ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore SMBs most ‘digitally mature’ in region: Cisco
The top digital technology that firms in Singapore are investing in is cybersecurity, cited by 16.7 per cent of respondents. Second was cloud technology, named by 12.9 per cent, followed by analytics ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore firms must be nimble, tech-savvy and inclusive: Heng Swee Keat
SAN FRANCISCO - Singapore companies must take innovation and technology seriously, be able to change quickly, yet not leave workers behind, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat told an audience at the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s mobile payments growth hits 46% in 2019
It lags behind Vietnam in terms of growth rate. Mobile payments in Singapore climbed 12 ppt from 34% in 2018 to 46% in 2019, making the nation the fifth fastest in terms of mobile payments growth in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Exports Slump on Worst Electronics Plunge Since 2013
Singapore’s electronics exports slumped in March by the most since 2013, an ominous sign that it will take longer for the city state to shake off a regional demand slowdown from earlier this year. ... ( read original story ...)
Creative Technology returns to relevance with Sim Wong Hoo’s Super X-Fi
SINGAPORE — He was Singapore’s very own tech superstar in the 1990s but was overtaken by his rivals. Today, Creative Technology founder Sim Wong Hoo is once again making a big splash in sound ... ( read original story ...)
Rapyd Partners with OCBC Bank to Create Singapore’s First Instant Mobile Payments via PayNow
SINGAPORE, April 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Rapyd, a global FinTech-as-a-Service provider, announced a partnership with OCBC Bank to enable real-time bank payments for Singapore consumers and online ... ( read original story ...)
Electronics, heal thyself
Credit: Benjamin C.K. Tee and Wangwei Lee, National University of Singapore Electronics is a field that incorporates researchers with a diverse range of backgrounds, from physicists and ... ( read original story ...)
Mobile payments in Vietnam fastest growing globally, Singapore fifth quickest in Southeast Asia
Singapore, 12 April 2019 - Vietnam has seen the highest growth in mobile payments in the past year, according to the Global Consumer Insights Survey 2019 conducted by PwC. The survey, which had over ... ( read original story ...)
Asia driving global mobile payments, with eight in top 10 markets
In fact, the world's top 10 mobile payments adopters are in eight Asian markets including Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines, according to PwC's Global Consumer Insights Survey 2019. The study ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore-Israeli Partnership Scouting for Innovation
PSA unboXed, the venture capital arm of PSA International, has teamed up with Israeli innovation hub theDOCK to attract technology start-ups to Singapore’s marine industry. Through a new partnership ... ( read original story ...)