Posts Tagged ‘Singapore’

Channel News Asia’s News in Singapore on YouTube

News clips from Channel News Asia‘s nightly Singapore Tonight Bulletin will be made available (within 3 days of telecast) on MediaCorp’s newest foray into social media, a YouTube channel called “News in Singapore“. Sadly, they have disabled embedding the videos on websites. However, there are workarounds. Here’s a sample of the latest video – “Look [...]

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iPhone 4 in Singapore – Are you getting it?

The iPhone 4 was announced last night with an obscene amount of features, major changes to the hardware, and of course as we all know, iPhone OS 4 which is now renamed iOS 4. Here are the features covered during the keynote: Feature 1: New hardware design 2 aluminosilicate glass on the front/back with a stainless [...]

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HTC is ‘Quietly Brilliant’

HTC has a new brand positioning called “Quietly Brilliant”. In fact, HTC seems to be getting the fact that a mobile device is now ubiquitous in everyday life. A few people asked me what I thought when I heard the new branding “Quietly Brilliant”, and going back to my British English roots, I declared out [...]

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Hackerspace Singapore: Explanation

A lot of people have asked pretty much the same questions over and over again whenever I talk about Hackerspace. Well, instead of regurgitating the answers every time, I guess I’ll answer some of the questions that have been raised, and explain what our intentions are and are not. What is Hackerspace? Hackerspace, in its [...]

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Windows 7 Social Party

Welcome to our Singapore’s very own Windows 7 Social Party. We have an exciting party in-stalled (har har! Lame pun.) for everyone in Singapore. We have catered food. We have soft drinks. We have potluck from you. We have party music. We have games. We have Windows 7 Laptops waiting for you to try Windows [...]

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Introducing… Hackerspace Singapore

Hugh Mason did a great job with this video that sums up what Hackerspace really is. There are dozens of hackerspaces around the world. Hackerspace.sg will be Singapore’s. Built by and for geeks, nerds, inventors, engineers, and entrepreneurs, hackerspace.sg will be the hacker community’s living room and laboratory. You can hang out in the evenings. [...]

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Kl!k.tv video on Twestival Singapore

Here’s me being all flustered and acting all stupid. I had a great time at TwestivalSG and even got dunked for charity. It was fun. Here’s the video from Kl!k.tv that they made. Original Post: Local Twitter users come together for Twestival Singapore!

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INQ Mini 3G SingTel Launch in Singapore

I just came back from the SingTel Launch of the INQ Mini 3G and got an eyeful of the capabilities of the INQ Mini 3G has to offer. Here’s some of the low-down of the phone. Hardware Overview: Size – Width 45.8mm x Height 12.8mm x Length 102.9mm Weight – 90g (with 1150mAh battery) Battery [...]

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5 reasons to go to Singapore Twestival 2009

Singapore Twestival 2009 is coming up in a few days, and I’m compiling a list of reasons why you should go to Twestival. Reason 1: It’s for a good cause Here’s the main reason that you should come to Twestival and support us. We’re raising money for the Children’s Cancer Foundation and we hope to [...]

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Barcamp Singapore 4: The beginning

So we’ve started our march towards Barcamp Singapore 4. Preetam Rai has done a great job securing an awesome place at the IDA office in Suntec Tower 3, 14th floor. There’s probably going to be 3 training rooms for barcamp sessions, 4 meeting rooms for brainstorming and discussions,  and 1 lobby for food and networking. [...]

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