Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) is to implement an upgraded version of the contactless biometric automated in-car clearance system (APICS) that it began testing using a ...
As WhatsApp now allows in-chat payments in Singapore, should e-wallet players be concerned?
The option to enable payments on WhatsApp in Singapore is available to local businesses using the WhatsApp Business Platform. Singapore is now the third country in the world to grant its WhatsApp ...
Constant companion: Our lives with mobile phones
We eat with them. We sleep with them. We carry them everywhere we go, and check them too many times a day to count. As the world celebrates the 50th birthday of the mobile phone, The Straits Times ...
You Can Now Pay for Stuff in Singapore Using WhatsApp
Businesses that would like to accept payments via WhatsApp will do so via the WhatsApp Business Platform, and the platform has already onboarded businesses such as Tye Tye, Baker's 13, and Love Handle ...
Singapore: High inflation and slowing trade make for a challenging year
Singapore managed to record respectable growth in 2022 (3.6% year-on-year), supported by an improvement in global trade and robust domestic consumption. However, momentum is now clearly fading with ...
Singapore to Make Air Travel Hassle-Free; Will Use Automated Border Control System (ABCS) for Passport-Free Clearance
This was unveiled on Friday at the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) work plan briefing at the Singapore Expo. The manual counters at all passenger halls at checkpoints will be gradually ...
BEAM Space Wins Valet Storage of the Year and the Technology and Innovation Award for Singapore at the Self-Storage Association Awards Asia 2023
Beam Storage Pte Ltd, a valet storage company currently operational in both Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, announced April 12, 2023 that its BEAM Space brand ...
Indian-origin man hanged: Did Singapore get it wrong?
Tangaraju Suppiah was executed for abetting the trafficking of cannabis despite pleas for clemency from his family and claims that he was convicted on weak evidence ...
Wuxi teams up with Singapore on sci-tech city
The Wuxi Singapore Sci-Tech Innovation City, one of the key projects signed at a meeting on Friday, represents a milestone in Wuxi' cooperation with the island country. The planned city, with an area ...
Sea CEO Declares 5% Raises After Singapore Firm Turns a Profit
Sea Ltd. said it is giving most employees a 5% pay increase after turning profitable, a milestone for the Singapore e-commerce and gaming company that slashed costs drastically during the technology ...
Singapore-based Wavemaker Impact nearing final close of debut fund
Singapore-based Wavemaker Impact, a fund of Wavemaker Partners designed to help build climate technology ventures, is nearing the final close of its first vehicle, the firm's founding partner, Marie ...
Singapore woman, 60, who scanned QR code with malware lost RM66,000 to bubble tea survey scam while she was sleeping
She visited a bubble tea shop and saw a sticker pasted on its glass door, encouraging customers to do an online survey to get a free cup of milk tea.
Singapore checkpoints will no longer require passports from 2024
Singapore will set up Automated Border Control System (ABCS) at its checkpoints which won’t require passports and will facilitate contactless and speedier clearance for residents and visitors ...
How super apps are redefining customer experience in Singapore and what brands need to know
Article by Lara Truelove, Program Lead for the Center for Experience Management at SAP. Life in Singapore is lived very much in a mobile way. Across the Lion City, people use thei ...
Singtel offers insurance plan that waives customers’ mobile bill up to $600 if they are retrenched
SINGAPORE – Singtel postpaid mobile users who are eligible can get one year of free insurance coverage for their bills in the event of retrenchment or accidental death. The local telco and Etiqa ...
Technology enables conversion of mobile phone cameras into high-resolution microscopes
Researchers in Singapore have developed the world's smallest LED (light ... into microscopes via only modifications to the silicon chip and software. This technology also represents a significant step ...