Companies like Apple and Google have stepped up to help health officials track the coronavirus pandemic, but a government official behind contact tracing app is warnin ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore allows schools to resume Zoom use for home-based learning
The incidents prompted the education ministry to ban schools from using the video conference tool whilst it looked into the breaches. The ministry's divisional director of educational technology, ... ( read original story ...)
ACCA to Explore Potential Applications of Blockchain Technology in the Accounting Industry Together with Tezos Southeast Asia
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ("ACCA") and Tezos Southeast Asia ("TSA") have announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") to explore applications of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Stops Teachers Using Zoom App After ‘Very Serious Incidents’
Singapore has suspended the use of video-conferencing tool Zoom by teachers after "very serious incidents" in the first week of a coronavirus lockdown that has seen schools move to home-based learning ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Teachers Drop Zoom After Online Class Gatecrashed
Zoom has exploded in popularity as governments worldwide order people to stay home to fight the spread of the virus, but it faces growing security and privacy concerns. Singapore's education ministry ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Singapore’s defence agency designs adjustable, reusable face shields
Singapore's Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) has designed an adjustable, reusable face shield to protect the country's ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore stops Zoom for online education as hackers strike
Singapore has suspended the use of Zoom for online education after hackers hijacked a lesson and showed obscene images to students ... ( read original story ...)
Fitbit and Singapore to team up on ‘smart nation’ health project
Singapore touts semiconductor growth as Micron readies 3D NAND production Micron Technology has opened its expanded chip plant in Singapore that now supports advanced 3D NAND technology and the ... ( read original story ...)
Fitbit wins deal for 1 million new users in Singapore health plan
(Reuters) - Fitbit Inc said on Wednesday it won a contract with the Singapore government to provide ... the face of competition from Apple, Samsung Electronics and a raft of cheaper rivals. ( read original story ...)
Fitbit Collaborates with Singapore’s Health Promotion Board on Population-Based Public Health Initiative in Singapore
Fitbit (NYSE: FIT), today announced that it will be collaborating with Singapore's Health Promotion Board (HPB) on a healthy population project in support of Singapore's Smart Nation initiative. The ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore lets firms apply for trademarks via mobile app
Businesses and startups now can apply for trademark protection via a new mobile app, which aims to slash the process from the current average time of up to 60 minutes to under 10 minutes. The app is ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore welcomes all players to test 5G innovations: Iswaran
Singapore welcomes global and local companies to partner the Government in using the country as their base to experiment and trial innovative 5G mobile network use cases, Minister for Communications ... ( read original story ...)
Indian-Origin Ex-Policeman Jailed In Singapore For Sexual Offences With Underage Girls
AR Arun Prashanth committed sexual acts on three of his five victims who were then aged 12 to 15, and was found to have snapped more than 700 upskirt photos of unknown women with his mobile phone, the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore aims for paper-less border arrival by 2021
The mobile application will also save previously submitted information for use on subsequent trips to Singapore. If you have story ideas, a restaurant to review, an event to cover or an issue to ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore fintech firms to raise headcounts: Poll
Some 94 per cent of financial technology firms in Singapore intend to expand their current workforce within the next 12 months, according to a survey released yesterday. About 28 per cent of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore to trial driverless buses booked with an app
Singapore will next week begin a public trial of driverless ... the beach and an historic fort. Those without mobile phones can book the shuttles from kiosks along the route, with the free service ... ( read original story ...)