Google acquires Motorola Mobility to “supercharge Android”
The mobile space feels like the Wild Wild West, with insane company valuations and constant shakeup of the market. To that point, Google just announced that it is purchasing Motorola…
Dell unveils Inspiron 13z and Latitude XT3
You don’t see many impressive laptops every day, but the new Dell Inspiron 13z managed to evoke that very sentiment from us when we saw it last week. Not because…
Expect Beats Audio on HTC gizmos in Fall 2011
Expect red Dr Dre-endorsed earphones to be draped around upcoming HTC phones and tablets this year, as the Taiwanese phone maker buys up a hefty stake in audio gear maker…
Shipping in Singapore in August: Microsoft Touch Mouse and Explorer Touch Mouse
Following its best-selling Arc Touch Mouse, Microsoft is shipping two more touch-based mice for folks who prefer to slide their fingers on their mice instead of handle a scroll wheel.
LG Optimus 3D to hit the stores in Singapore in end August
Right after HTC touted its Evo 3D phone yesterday, Korean handset maker LG today showed off its Optimus 3D to reporters here, confident that its S$938 phone will make people…
HTC Evo 3D comes to Singapore for S$895 this month
The Evo 3D from HTC is essentially a fully spec-d out smartphone (think the HTC Sensation), plus two 5-meg cameras stacked on its back to take 3D images. There's also…
Top five National Day songs (and no, Funpack isn’t on the list)
When this year's canned-at-the-last-minute Funpack song at Singapore's National Day Parade 2011 went viral, many people commented that there were lots of great National Day songs and there was no…
Goondu review: Bose SoundDock 10
Surprisingly clear and boasting bass unexpected from systems its size, the SoundDock 10 is impressive in what it delivers in a small, neat package. But its biggest problem is its…
Gmail calling goes global
Start calling your friends while you are accessing your Gmail. Google has extended its Gmail calling feature that lets users make calls to land lines and mobile phones to 150…
AWS beefs up private connections
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has rolled out its Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) service to its data centers around the world, including in Singapore, Tokyo and Europe. Launched in 2009,…
ITE and Cisco launch new collaboration centre to teach networking
Singapore's Institute of Technical Education (ITE) is using Cisco's unified communications technology to bring more skilled IT personel into the local workforce. At the launch of the ITE-Cisco Collaboration Technologies…
Dell and Microsoft go green with Bing Maps
Microsoft is partnering with Dell to build a green data centre that will power Bing Maps' suite of geospatial imaging applications. The centre is located on the grounds of a…
Microsoft mocks Gmail with “Gmail Man”!
Stand aside, browser wars; a new battle is heating up between Microsoft and Google and this time, the battlefield is email. Google fired the first shot by launching a new…
Microsoft brings RAW support to Windows Explorer, Live Photo Gallery
Serious photographers now can view their high-res images easily using Windows' native support for the image format often used by professionals.
Chinese student flees Singapore after posting racist video on YouTube
A video mocking Singapore by a Chinese national has been making its rounds in the Singapore social media scene in the last few days. Mr Wang Peng Fei, a 24-year-old…
Samsung rakes up Galaxy SII sales, passes 5 million mark
After several unconfirmed reports yesterday, Samsung has come out to say that it has indeed sold a cool five million Galaxy SII phones in just 85 days - a figure…
Asus Eee Pad tablets to get Android 3.2 update “over the air”
Owners of Asus' Eee Pad tablets will start getting an "over-the-air" firmware update for their devices from today, giving them a number of new functionalities offered by the latest version…
Microsoft sends Windows “Mango” to phone makers, hopes to crawl back market share
Microsoft has sent its next iteration of the Windows Phone software to handset makers, as it wraps up the operating system's features and software code ahead of a launch in…
Mozilla jumps into mobile OS fray with “Boot to Gecko”
The makers of the popular Firefox Web browser have launched a new project called “Boot to Gecko”, or B2G, to “pursue the goal of building a complete, standalone operating system…
HP TouchPad comes to Singapore for S$699
The tablet space in Singapore will get a little more crowded with a rather unique offering from HP next month, when the long-awaited TouchPad hits the shelves here.
