Naval Technology News, views and contacts from the global Naval industry The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has launched the fourth littoral mission vessel (LMV), Justice, at Singapore Technologies Marine's (ST Marine) Benoi shipyard. Singapore State ... ( read original story ...)
Growing demand for mobile payment services across Asia
mobile payments soared from the same base to 38.6 trillion yuan, a jump of more than 200 per cent, said Beijing-based BigData Research. China's embrace of fintech has put even Singapore to shame: 40 per cent of Chinese consumers are today using new payment ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore February Non-Oil Export Growth Exceeds Expectations
SINGAPORE--Singapore's February exports rose faster than expected, as shipments of electronics and non-electronics goods rose. Exports of goods made in Singapore rose 21.5% in February compared with a year earlier, after rising 8.6% in January, trade ... ( read original story ...)
3 Ways You Lose by Not Using a Credit Card in Singapore
Using credit cards is just one of them, especially for people in Singapore. According to the MasterCard's Mobile Payments Readiness Index, Singapore ranked as the most "mobile payments ready" country in the world with a very high penetration of credit cards. ( read original story ...)
Technology key to solving manpower crunch: Swee Say
SINGAPORE — While there are legitimate concerns in countries about technology putting workers out of jobs, such a worry would be largely unfounded in Singapore, said Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say yesterday, as he assured undergraduates who had the job ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore-Australia cooperation on science and technology takes off
SINGAPORE — Singapore-Australia cooperation on science, technology and innovation received a boost with the launch of the Australian Landing Pad at one-north yesterday. Singapore is one of five global innovation hubs identified by the Australian ... ( read original story ...)
Taking Singapore Into Space, And Beyond
Another Star in Satellite Technology Although a newcomer to the satellite industry, the Singapore team didn’t just match the know-how of others. They also did it better and faster, taking just over five years to get the Singapore satellite up and into space. ( read original story ...)
High-Speed Downlink LTE-Advanced Pro Subscribers Will Reach 641 Million in 2021
SINGAPORE, Mar 08, 2017 (PR Newswire Europe via COMTEX) -- ABI Research Finds LTE-Advanced Pro to be Mobile Operators' Stepping Stone to 5G SINGAPORE, March 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- As LTE-Advanced Pro deployments gain momentum across the world, the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore unveils transformation map for the farming sector
Singapore has laid out the Farm Transformation Map which identifies four key areas for development. In a speech by Minister Koh Poh Koon, one of the issues raised was the space constraints. The idea is to help produce food with less space using technology. ( read original story ...)
Home-grown Technology Company PatSnap Invests S$22 Million in Singapore Research Centre
SINGAPORE, March 7, 2017 /CNW/ - PatSnap, a Singapore-based software company that is able to provide a single point of analysis for Research and Development (R&D) and Intellectual Property (IP) teams, announced that it will be investing S$22 million in a ... ( read original story ...)
Intuit Singapore to Launch Self-Employed Mobile App
SINGAPORE, March 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU), the global leader of small business management and accounting software solutions, today announced plans to launch QuickBooks Self-Employed, a new way for the Singaporean self-employed ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore's otters get upwardly mobile
Singapore's famous and much-loved urban otters have a new skill - climbing ladders. Photographer Bernard Seah filmed two of them coming out a drain last week. ( read original story ...)
Singapore's mobile digital telco Circles.Life unveils 20GB data for S$20
SINGAPORE — Digital mobile telco Circles.Life is offering an extra 20GB worth of data for S$20 for new and existing subscribers. Currently, its base plan — which offers 6GB of mobile data — costs S$28. With the latest option, a 26GB plan will cost S ... ( read original story ...)
Seeking assurance in technology
SINGAPORE — As it moved to bring its instant coffee ... needed more assurance that they were not buying a counterfeit product. The company turned to technology to plug this gap: Last December, it rolled out QR code technology on its coffee and food ... ( read original story ...)
5 most popular mobile development jobs in Singapore
Oddle is a cloud-based, e-commerce and orders management solution which caters specifically to the operations of F&B businesses. They offer a unified solution, all-in-one online ordering system which funnels all orders to designated restaurants. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Maritime Technology Conference and Exhibition (SMTC) 2017
The Singapore Maritime Technology Conference and Exhibition (SMTC) 2017 is organised by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and will be held on 26 – 28 April 2017 at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, in conjunction with Singapore Maritime Week 2017. ( read original story ...)