Commentary: Trust and data quality critical in self-service BI
Piecing data from multiple sources to glean useful business insights is often a frustrating affair. Even after the data sources have been identified, it would take days for an IT…
Goondu review: Lytro camera
Spending a week with Lytro’s light field camera has done nothing to diminish its appeal. Now, a software update has brought the new features that were promised at its local…
Akamai: online viewers start abandoning videos after 2 seconds of loading
Internet users are willing to wait just a mere two seconds for an online video to load before losing interest and moving on to something else, a recent study by…
Singapore fibre broadband price wars hot up at Sitex 2012
Some 220,000 households have signed up since the first commercial services were available about two years ago, and about a million more could be looking to upgrade from traditional broadband…
What Google’s new augmented reality game “Ingress” is really about
Last week, Google launched Ingress, a mobile augmented reality game that depends heavily on your Android phone's location and imaging capabilities. In the game, there are two groups of people…
PayPal: Singaporeans to do half their holiday shopping online
Singaporeans plan to do half of all their holiday shopping online this year, saving no less than 45 hours of their time, according to a recent PayPal survey.
Asus cuts price of 16GB Nexus 7 to S$349 in Singapore
The 16GB version will go for S$349, while a new 32GB version will cost S$399.
Asia Pacific suffers from digital marketing talent crunch, says Adobe-CMO Council report
Digital marketeers are in short supply, according to a report from Adobe-CMO Council.
Microsoft pushes enterprise social tools, but issues persist
About 52 per cent of companies in Singapore already have a corporate social network in place, while another 23 per cent plan to roll out one in the next 18…
Managing your network in a virtual environment
Brought to you by SolarWinds Virtualisation is not only helping companies maximise the use of their IT resources, it is also changing the way they monitor the performance of IT…
Beware of the Facebook colour scam
If you’ve received event invitations or seen pictures posted by friends on Facebook with links that claim to let you change the background colour of your profile, it is most…
Asus touts “frameless” Designo MX monitors with B&O sound
If you are looking to place a few monitors side by side for work or gaming, one interesting option is Asus' new Designo MX screens, which promise a "frameless" display.
Singapore’s Aftershock PC to sell dual-graphics gaming notebook at Sitex 2012
At a time when mainstream PC makers are coming up with ever slimmer designs, Singapore's Aftershock PC is bucking the trend with a monster of a notebook that comes with…
CloudCraze eases path to e-commerce
Small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) often lack the knowhow in implementing sophisticated e-commerce systems that allow them to sell directly to consumers and businesses. EDL, a US consulting firm…
Evernote Smart Notebook now available in Singapore
If you are the sort of person who takes notes for everything, on notebooks, scraps of paper and on your phone – you might find it hard to keep track…
Commentary: SingTel risks losing football fans with its pay-TV game
Football fans won't be happy if SingTel raises prices for live matches, while somehow keeping out pay-TV rivals in the coming seasons.
IT industry is entering ‘nexus of forces’
The Asia-Pacific IT industry is entering a ‘nexus of forces’, where the integration of big data, cloud computing, social collaboration and mobile technologies will drive innovation and new business models…
Singaporeans’ dream-jobs: Engineers and teachers, say LinkedIn
LinkedIn survey finds Singaporeans' dream jobs to be engineers and teachers
Asus PadFone 2 comes to Singapore from S$1,099 with dock
The PadFone 2 is essentially an Android smartphone with a 4.7-inch screen, which can be docked to a station that transforms it into a 10.1-inch tablet.
Jabra Tour car speaker-phone works with Siri too
A button on the Jabra Tour activates the Siri app on the iPhone, allowing users to get driving directions or create calendar entries using voice instructions.