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Tech sweetens deal for Donut Empire
Steven Chiew and his brother, Sky, started their business amid the donut craze that hit Singapore some time in 2006-2007.Their company has now grown to become Singapore's largest donut chain, with 13...
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Securing a laptop, but no silver bullet
I first met Ong Hock Sun a while back to discuss his interest in contributing to the Tech Podium blog. He had just returned from an oversea work stint, and was eager to get back into the local IT...
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Social attitude key to today's connected world
I'm a huge fan of The Sims games franchise, but I don't consider myself a serious gamer. Fans of Razer, on the other hand, are probably gamers who don't take their art lightly.
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Uncovering the business behind games
Next month, Singapore will once again play host to the Games Convention Asia (GCA), to be held Sep. 17 to 20 at the Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Centre.
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Filling missing social layer in Google Apps
We've witnessed the rapid rise of social networks and Web 2.0 applications in recent years, so it's inevitable these tools would eventually make their way into the enterprise realm.
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Accountability missing in ICANN's new autonomy
Update: After this blog post went up, Paul Levins, ICANN's executive officer and vice president of corporate affairs, gave his response in Talkback. Do take a read.
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NUS Enterprise: An 'incubator without walls'
Almost everyone has had dreams of owning their own shop, but most of us know also that it takes a fair amount of resources to open a new business, and even more to keep it going.Needless to say, it...
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Mindset change needed to work with Chinese developers
Home to the world's largest population, China is undeniably a potentially lucrative market that most businesses from around the globe will want a slice of. But, whether most can succeed in doing so or...
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Making good deals, relationships in social networks
Everyone loves a good bargain, right? One Singapore startup is betting on the fact that most of us do when it came up with a proposition that will allow consumers to mutually benefit by banding together.
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Securing your online social identity
So, what was the first thing that went through your mind reports surfaced that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's own profile page on the social network had been hacked?That the Internet can never be 100...
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Governments shouldn't be exempt from data protection laws
After years of existence without general data protection or privacy laws, Singapore is finally slated to introduce proposed legislation in this realm early next year.It's a regime I look forward to and...
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Common sense necessary in tech deployments
This week's guest blogger is someone from my own team and one who's been tracking the IT security and services segments for a while now.In her blogpost, Vivian looks at the takeaway lesson from recent...
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In customer relationship, silence isn't always golden
Ask anyone and they'll almost certainly have a personal horror customer service story to relate. And most organizations know the relationship they have with their customers can mean the difference...
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An IT shot at error-free prescription
My associate editor Vivian Yeo returns with another post this week in which she discusses the state of healthcare data management, still largely untouched by technology, in Singapore.I remember writing...
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A look at what goes on in data centers
Cloud services are ramping up, with companies like Amazon and Google extending their content hosting services to include music and mobile devices now added to the mix.The increasing reliance on cloud...
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When the online world shouldn't be welcomed home
We've all heard of online matchmaking and dating services that have gone wrong. If you're lucky, you'll walk away with nothing more than an embarrassing tale about how your date's toupee landed on your...
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Enabling the disabled with tech
Helen Keller was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1904. The story of how her teacher, Anne Sullivan, did what was thought impossible and taught Keller to communicate...
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IT admin must stop griping about emerging social trends
Ever sat next to a colleague who would occasionally snigger in front of his laptop for no apparent reason? And you would proceed to roll your eyes because you figured he was probably on a social...
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Call for S'pore data protection law to include public sector
Online feedback for Singapore's proposed data protection law closed last week, marking another step closer to the start of the country's data protection regime.Outlining enforcement rules and penalty...
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