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Alfred Siew

Alfred is a writer, speaker and media instructor who has covered the telecom, media and technology scene for more than 20 years. Previously the technology correspondent for The Straits Times, he now edits the Techgoondu.com blog and runs his own technology and media consultancy.
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Singapore government releases more data to public, aims for “social innovation”

Software developers can take the data and generate useful apps for smartphone…

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Hands on: Toshiba Excite Write tablet

One of the first with an Android tablet three years ago, Toshiba…

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Commmentary: StarHub 4G coverage to reach 95 per cent by October 2013

Consumers now want to know exactly what their telcos are doing to…

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Samsung sticks a camera on a smartphone, calls it Galaxy S4 zoom

With a retractable optical zoom lens, the gadget looks like a Frankenstein…

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Goondu guide to fibre broadband operators in Singapore

Just what do each one have in store? A look at what…

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PC Show 2013: 4th-gen Intel Core CPUs on Aftershock notebooks

Singapore's Aftershock PC is showing off its X17S and X15s machines, which…

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Computex 2013: low-cost tablets, high-res laptops steal the show

From Computex, a few trends to look out for this year and…

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Computex 2013: can Intel convince users with “2-in-1” tablet-laptop devices?

As the first of these devices appeared in public for the first…

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Hands on: Microsoft Surface Pro

The tablet will work as a laptop replacement for many users, except…

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StarHub unveils single-rate data roaming service

Users pay S$10 daily for each 50MB block of data when they…

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M1 starts offering IPv6 addresses for home broadband users

M1 has become the latest service provider in Singapore to give home…

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Microsoft Surface Pro to cost from S$1,198 in Singapore

The tablet cum PC will ship in Singapore from June 3, weeks…

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Xbox One or PS4 not “next-gen” enough? Get a PC, maybe

An option exists in living room-friendly PCs that offer infinitely more options,…

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Samsung sells 10 million Galaxy S4s in under a month

When a fad has taken hold, it's hard to stop.

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M1 3G users can soon connect via femtocells while indoors

In essence, this offloads the traffic from the often congested cellphone networks…

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Hands on: MSI S20 Slidebook

The S$1,599 Windows 8 convertible will attract some users who are looking…

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Four affordable – yet fast – ultrabooks for about S$1,500

Fast, portable yet affordable ultrabooks that hit the sweet spot for users…

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Does Galaxy S4 “Nexus” from Google mark a new trend?

If Samsung's new flagship phone is the way forward for future Google…

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Singapore do-not-call registry to keep spam calls, messages out from Jan 2014

Users of cellphones can finally say no to those annoying spam SMSes…

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Nokia Lumia 925 goes metallic, still has great camera

It's got a metallic case, it's slimmed down drastically and it has…

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