Commentary: Singapore’s latest push for tap-and-pay phone wallets
As the city-state's infocomm regulator and its industry partners embark on an ambitious S$40 million project, unveiled today, to let mobile phone users here tap and pay with their phones,…
Lobangclub to remove tobacco products and prices from app
The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has asked the developers of Lobangclub to remove information on tobacco products and prices from its iPhone app that offers information on deals contributed by…
Oracle ramps up cloud offerings with RightNow
Barely a month after Oracle unveiled its public cloud service, the enterprise tech giant is stepping up its investments in cloud computing with a planned acquisition of RightNow. RightNow, which…
Diablo 3 beta review
I finally got around to writing my review of the beta about a month after the Diablo III beta was released. If you're a Blizzard fanboi, you know you will…
YouTube unveils Singapore site
Google has launched a dedicated YouTube site for Singapore in a bid to grow its inventory of localized video content. Prior to this, the search giant has been offering localized…
Motorola Razr makes a comeback as Android phone
The iconic Razr phone, which once propelled Motorola to number two phone maker but later also almost doomed the company because it could not snap out of its success, is…
Galaxy Nexus and Android 4.0 arrive with XL-sized screen
The next Nexus phone from Google and Samsung, the Galaxy Nexus, will start shipping in November with new features like an improved Gmail experience and the ability for the phone…
Asia-Pacific to lead cloud computing takeup, says HP
The Asia-Pacific region appears more keen to adopt cloud computing than Europe and the United States, according to a survey of industry leaders revealed by HP today.
This week’s app round-up: business apps
The engaging experience offered by smartphone apps has led consumers to prefer interacting with products and services on mobile devices. This has spawned a race among businesses to roll out…
New Kinect titles coming this holiday
This holiday season, get ready to flail your arms around in front of a TV, as Microsoft releases several new titles for its wildly popular console accessory Kinect.
Singapore researchers find way to pack six times more data into hard disks
Researchers in Singapore have found a way to pack six times the data today into future hard disks by basically ordering the structures on the physical drive more neatly -…
Tibbr customers: Building a social enterprise
In the past, I was never been very much sold on social media for the enterprise. Don't get me wrong. Social media is a big game changer in sharing and…
Goondu Review: Windows Phone 7.5 is now a serious contender
With new features like multi-tasking and surprisingly better performance, the platform is now an extremely capable OS good enough to take on both iOS and Android.
Goondu review: Jabra Sport Bluetooth headphones
Jabra's wireless stereo headphones for joggers and bikers impress with comfort, ruggedness and surprisingly good audio quality. A must check out for active users.
Goondu review: Bluestacks Android Player for Windows
If you've ever thought of running Android apps on a PC, there's now an easy way to do it. Bluestacks, a company headed by former McAfee executives, has developed a…
Microsoft says hello to Skype
Microsoft has completed its US$8.5 billion acquisition of Skype, officially bringing the Net telephony household name under its fold. On October 13, Skype was formally inducted into the Redmond family as…
Souped up Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S and neo V ship in Singapore
The Xperia arc S, an updated version of the large-screen Xperia arc, now comes with a faster processor but costs S$788 - considerably less than top models from HTC and…
One out of three Singaporeans has experienced fraud, phishing online, says Paypal survey
Singaporeans are still leery of doing financial transactions on the Internet, according to a recent survey by Paypal. The research study, which was commissioned by PayPal and executed by Nielsen,…
Oracle zeros in on the cloud and big data
Amidst the brouhaha surrounding the spat between Oracle and Salesforce at Oracle Openworld this year, Oracle unveiled a public cloud service to strengthen its position in the SaaS market. The world's…
Beats Audio debuts on S$908 HTC Sensation XL and S$868 Sensation XE
Just two months after it said it was buying a majority stake in Dr Dre's Beats Audio, HTC has come up with a couple of souped up versions of its…
