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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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IT Show 2013: HTC One not turning up after all

HTC has blown a chance to get one up over Samsung in…

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Commentary: MDA has to sort out StarHub-SingTel football wrangle

(credit: Ronnie Macdonald, Creative Commons) Being a referee is never easy. In…

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StarHub promises clearer mobile calls with free HD Voice service

StarHub will be turning on a new service that promises to let…

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Singapore finally gets the Microsoft Surface… but only RT version for now

Singapore users will finally get their hands on the Microsoft Surface, though…

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Hands on: Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0

Down to the colour and the shape of the screen and buttons,…

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Samsung: smartphones will drive up sales despite global slowdown

The world's largest cellphone maker, Samsung, expects smartphones to continue driving its…

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Hands on: HTC One

The HTC One is the phone to have now, unless Samsung somehow…

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With a million tap-and-pay payWave cards in Singapore, Visa looks to phones

Visa card holders in Singapore will soon be able to pay for…

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Commentary: SingTel and StarHub to challenge WhatsApp? Can they?

Once the biggest fish in a pond, today’s telecom operators often find…

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HTC One to bring Taiwanese phone maker back in the game?

In mature markets, the Taiwanese phone maker has to win over iPhone…

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Find shops in Singapore with Google’s new indoor maps

Detailed floor plans of 22 places, including downtown attractions like Ngee Ann…

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Commentary: Facebook hack raises cloud security alarms again

The breach will challenge the recent conventional wisdom that it's safer to…

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SingTel fined a record S$180,000 for mio TV football outage

SingTel has been told to pay an unprecedented S$180,000 fine for problems…

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Gartner: mobile phone sales slow, but Samsung and Android stride forward

If there's still any doubt that the two big phone makers -…

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Goondu review: Bose Wave Music System III with Bluetooth adapter

Lots of people living in Singapore's small apartments will appreciate its compactness…

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Low-cost Asus MeMo Pad to cost S$249 in Singapore

Folks looking for a low-cost tablet, there's another one on the shelves…

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Neil Montefiore to retire as StarHub CEO, Tan Tong Hai takes over next month

As successor, Tan will have to face off an increasingly powerful SingTel…

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Sony Xperia Z out in Singapore on March 1, costs S$988

Impatient buyers can pre-order from February 15 at Sony stores around the…

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Sony Xperia V users in Singapore get Android “Jellybean” update

By releasing the Android 4.1.2 update, the Japanese phone maker seems to…

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Viewqwest adds China’s PPTV to its fibre broadband offering

If you don't want the bundled mio TV or StarHub cable when…

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