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3 July 2009

FB + Twitter reports on Fusionopolis incident faster than News

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It’s a tad morbid, but I thought I should highlight this for the speed at which social media reports on breaking (and highly controversial) news faster than traditional media can, even in a country as small as Singapore.  To think famous and respected New York Judge Richard Posner had the gall to propose banning the [...]

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3 July 2009

Andreessen Horowitz raises US$300m in bleak times

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Two of Silicon Valley’s most experienced entrepreneurs, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, were reported by BusinessWeek to have successfully raised US$300 million for their first venture fund.  As if raising money amidst a bleak recession wasn’t enough, the power duo’s first-ever venture fund was 20% oversubscribed; their intended fund of US$250 million had to [...]

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2 July 2009

RecordTV: playing back that same track?

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Since Monday, I’ve been closely following the proceedings of RecordTV CEO Carlos Fernandes v.s. Mediacorp in the news.  It isn’t every day that we Singaporeans gets to see a court case being fought out between Singapore’s largest broadcaster and an internet start-up, and this news sure beats hearing about yet another few scores of Influenza [...]

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25 June 2009

Of Friends, Suicide and Life

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A few days ago, one of my secondary school classmates jumped off an apartment and ended his life—I learned about the sad news through an SMS from an ex-classmate.  Even though I was never especially close to him, it still came as a real shocker to me.  I remember seeing him at a mutual [...]

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24 June 2009

Down my (computing) Memory Lane

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I finally got out of the chair yesterday evening and cleaned out a ton of junk from some long-forgotten storage.  Since my first computer at the age of 12 - an Intel 486DX-33 with a 170MB hard disk - I’ve left behind (to my mom’s dismay) shelves full of obsolete tech.  They quickly become time [...]

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22 June 2009

Opensourcing Failure

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We Singaporeans can be quite an oxymoronic lot.  Our nation’s forefathers have given us a global city where East truly meets West in a melting pot of beliefs, values and ideals.  Our forefathers have toiled so that we could have our pick of the best from both worlds.  And so we investors and entrepreneurs choose, [...]

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18 June 2009

A Quiet imbX 2009

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I stopped by imbX 2009 at the Singapore Expo on its second day yesterday afternoon, and was surprised by how thin the crowds were this year round.  It seems the recession has not spared the fifth iteration of Asia’s purported largest tech show, leading organisers to reduce the show’s footprint.  According to The Straits Times, [...]

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17 June 2009

Singapore entrants to DFJ-Cisco Global Business Plan Competition announced

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Leading early-stage venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and Cisco today announced the Singapore entrants to a global business plan competition for students aimed at fostering innovation and entrepreneurship. The competition will rely on Cisco TelePresence™, which enables collaboration through a live, face-to-face network communications experience, to allow finalists from around the world [...]

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17 June 2009

Reviving my Klipsch Promedia GMX A-2.1

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I recently broke one end of my Klipsch control cable as I moved things around to redecorate my room.  As I unplugged it, the metallic protrusion of the connector disassociated itself from the rest of the cable, leaving bare pins exposed and my room devoid of the sound of music.  Although the Klipsch Promedia GMX [...]

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16 June 2009

Of Universal & Singtel’s AMPed, and the bleak future for Mobile Operators

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Local heavyweight telecom operator Singtel announced yesterday that it launched AMPed, an interactive music experience for post-paid mobile customers.  According to Singtel’s press release:
Besides unlimited music downloads, mobile customers can join an inclusive music community, enjoy exclusive showcases and breakthrough music services
First-of-its-kind service in Asia, available across widest range of multi-brand 3G handsets
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