News 20/21

Jul 26, 20212 min read

ByteDance To Expand Its Business Past TikTok's Short Video Service

ByteDance Ltd., the company that owns TikTok, seems to be gearing up its popular short-video service app to expand its business ventures...

Jul 21, 20212 min read

New SG Grant Encourages EV Charger Installation in Non-Landed Private Residences

Singaporeans will soon have another incentive to purchase and use electric vehicles (EVs). Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has...

Jul 15, 20212 min read

Asia Will Be the Next Tech Development Hub, Says Singapore IMDA Chief

On Monday, Singapore Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) Chief Executive Lew Chuen Hong shared with CNBC Squawk Box Asia his...

Jul 15, 20212 min read

China's Antitrust Regulator Clamps Down on Tencent Businesses

Tencent and its businesses have recently become the target of China's antitrust regulator

Jul 9, 20212 min read

AirAsia Acquires Gojek’s Thai Operations in US$50 Million Stock Swap

Malaysian airline AirAsia recently revealed a deal with Indonesian courier and motorcycle ride-hailing services company Gojek, acquiring...

Jun 25, 20213 min read

Sony To Focus More on Direct-to-Consumer Services To “Fill the World With Emotion”

Sony recently elaborated the importance of Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) services to fulfil the company's purpose in a recorded talk with its...

Jun 17, 20213 min read

SG’s NUS and NTU Announce Collaboration To Develop Cooling Solutions for Tropical Data Centres

Two of Singapore's top universities have recently announced that they will be collaborating on a S$23 million research programme to...

Jun 10, 20212 min read

Facebook Faces Scepticism After Welcoming G7 Global Tax Rule Reforms

Facebook's vice president for Global Affairs, Nick Clegg, said that Facebook welcomes the reforms made for the global tax rules during...

Jun 10, 20212 min read

Shenzhen Submits 2nd Draft of Its New Data Privacy Law

China will soon have its first local data privacy law, with the second draft of the Shenzhen Special Economic Data Regulation published...

Jun 7, 20213 min read

How China Has Overtaken US in The EV Race

China has overtaken the US when it comes to the electric vehicle (EV) industry. A recent article from Michael Schuman of The Atlantic...

Jul 7, 20202 min read

Alibaba Cloud Takes Another Step to Align with Europe’s GDPR.

Alibaba Cloud, the data intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group has been verified to be adherent to the EU Cloud Code of Conduct. SCOPE...

Mar 24, 20202 min read

3D Singapore Sandbox Available Now At GeoWorks With Over 160,000 Buildings Mapped

The first of its kind, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) has launched a collaborative environment with 3D scans of over 160,000...

Feb 23, 20202 min read

Proving your Identity Digitally, and in Real-Life Made Easier with a Digital-ID Wallet.

Control what you share and only give relevant information without revealing too much. These days we are having to prove our identity more...

Dec 3, 20191 min read

Get Ahead of Technology Trends At SYNC SEA 2019 Summit in Singapore

Hosted by PingWest, SYNC “Shape the Future” is its flagship tech event in Singapore, happening on Friday 6 December 2019, at Parkroyal on...

Nov 29, 20191 min read

Dyson Moves Singapore Headquarters to St. James Power Station

Credit: Dyson Previously the hotspot for clubbers and partygoers, St. James Power Station is now set to be Dyson’s new Singapore...

Nov 11, 20191 min read

Dyson Airblade 9kJ Launch: New Hand Dryer Costs Just US$19 A Year To Run

Energy efficiency is the name of the game, and the brand new Dyson Airblade 9kJ hand dryer is here to not only save costs for malls and...

Sep 26, 20192 min read

First Commercial AI Vacuum Cleaner “Whiz” Launched by Softbank Robotics

Credit: Softbank Robotics Singapore has been pushing for automation and AI usage to improve efficiency, and Softbank Robotics has...

Sep 19, 20193 min read

HP Elite Dragonfly: Power And Performance Packed Into A Sub-1KG Form Factor

So HP’s newest addition to their EliteBook lineup is a gorgeous svelte laptop called the Elite Dragonfly. True to its name, the laptop...

Sep 10, 20192 min read

Telstra Purple Available in Singapore : 3 Things About Telstra Vantage

Telstra Vantage 2019 in Melbourne, Australia has concluded and here are the 3 big takeaways from the annual event. Telstra Vantage 2019,...

Sep 5, 20192 min read

Smart China Expo 2019: 13 MOUs Between SG & Chinese Companies

For the second year running, Singapore was the Country of Honour at the Smart China Expo 2019 in Chongqing, China. We had the pleasure of...