Phokki: world’s first online market for customized art
Want inexpensive customized art, browse hundreds of styles, and have it delivered to your doorstep anywhere around the world? Singaporean start-up Phokki, whom I wrote about before, just launched their…
IRAS website goes down for hours – “under maintenance”
What do you do when the entire nation is rushing to file their taxes just two days before the April 15 deadline? Put your e-filing server on maintenance, of course!…
Battleforge suffers from major trading bug – I lost S$21 worth of virtual assets
Electronic Art's new game is basically Magic The Gathering Online turned into real-time-strategy and is a fantastic game. But it has one HUGE problem - there is a bug which…
See your Facebook pals on your Sony Ericsson
The C510 phone offers "zero-click" access to your Facebook pals' status updates because it shows up on the main screen without you having to go into any menu. It's Sony…
Lotus Singapore 2009 talks up collaboration
At yesterday's Lotus Singapore 2009 -- part of a series of regional roadshows that IBM Lotus is holding in Asia Pacific -- the key theme emphasized throughout the conference was…
Search vendors eye online music
First, there were the Apple iTunes Store and Amazon.com's MP3 downloading service. Then mobile phone giants like Nokia and Sony Ericsson waded into the online music selling fray. Now, search…
Tweet Tuesdays: yet another social media get-together
We have Social Media Breakfast (SMB), Mobile Mondays and Web Wednesdays. We have groups like The Digital Movement (TDM) and e27 running all kinds of events from Barcamps to Blogouts…
WordCamp Hong Kong 2009 – and WordCamp Singapore?
Went to the first ever WordCamp Hong Kong today and the highlight for me was certainly hearing from the founding developer of the WordPress platform Matt Mullenweg, which this site…
Hands on: Targus for Mac
Targus has recently introduced a series of peripherals aimed at Mac users who tend to be a picky bunch when it comes to design. The Targus for Mac line includes…
Commentary: StarHub wins Opco deal in Singapore’s NBN
Firstly, no surprises that StarHub has won the OpCo deal. This was the "consolation prize" after it failed in its bid, along with a consortium that once contained the promising…
S$5/mth for SingTel push mail on the Nokia E63
After months of running a free beta trial, Nokia has finally launched its push mail service via SingTel - the first of its type in Asia, so says the press…
First looks and hands on: Nokia E75
If I hadn't told you this was a phone with a slidable keyboard, you might just be fooled. Now, if you consider that a full-sized Qwerty is hidden in that…
First Shuffle still the most fab?
There are 4GB worth of reasons to love Apple's new and very small iPod Shuffle. But there is one reason why I don't - lack of controls on the player.…
Google opens a shop in Hong Kong?
"A Google shop? Now just what has Google diversified into?" That was my initial reaction when I went by this busy part of Causeway Bay (right opposite to the Sogo…
Wordcamp in Hong Kong
So how old do you think are the chaps behind WordPress - the platform that Techgoondu and tons of blogs run on? I recently found out that one of the…
StarHub launches public trial of 21Mbps mobile broadband
Some 100 users will be able to hook up to a public trial of StarHub's new 21Mbps mobile broadband service, as the telco readies to launch it commercially within the…
Geek Buy #3: Seagate Momentus hard disk
I had not gone to Sim Lim Square or Funan Centre (now called Digitalife Mall or something) for two months, and I think that's a record. The reason: I had…
Affordable slimness from HP
When I first saw pictures of the new HP Pavilions launched here today, I wasn't surprised to see more sleek, shiny models to follow the recent trend in skinny laptops.…
Another Goondu site is birthed
Check out Musicgoondu, a purely fun-seeking project by two Business Times scribes - Christopher Lim and me - and joined by our close circle of music-mad friends, including one who…
