Technology

The Future of Hardware Prototyping is in China

July 12, 2011 Technology
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I‘ve been writing an awful lot about our stuff at Startup Roots, so I thought I’d shift gears a little and share what I learnt on my trip last week to the cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen in southern China. I was there to meet with an interesting early-stage hardware startup, and once we got Continue reading →

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Filtering and Tuning out Noise in Social Media & the Internet

April 2, 2011 Musings

Even though I consider myself an early adopter of consumer internet services, I have yet to find one that can help me prioritize, filter and tune out the less relevant amidst the ever-growing sea of noise on the Internet.  On top of email, I’ve pretty much consolidated my online activities around Facebook (less so) and Continue reading →

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Gone with the Bit

March 15, 2011 Musings
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I saw this article over at DailyTech, and was promptly transported back to 1993 for the video’s duration of 9+ minutes, to the start of my computing journey. I was 12 years old then. My first computer didn’t even come with a mouse. Back in the old days, my geeky (not nerdy) friends and I were jostling Continue reading →

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The Future of Personal Storage is in the Cloud

March 13, 2011 Technology
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I got really excited when I saw this announcement over on the Google Enterprise blog last week.  It’s yet another validation of my belief that the computing world is going full circle, from thin-client (room-sized servers in the old days) to thick-client computing (PC revolution), and back to the thinner-but-smarter client again (cloud, tablets, mobile). Continue reading →

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Watch World Cup 2010 for Free

June 12, 2010 Musings
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If you find yourself without access to the South Africa World Cup 2010 (no thanks to greedy content owners and cable operators), and are looking for a fix for that football fever of yours, I’d recommend that you do the following: iPhone/iPad users: Head on to the App Store and download the TVU Player for Continue reading →

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AWS joins the Data Centre party in hot sunny Singapore

November 12, 2009 Technology
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Salesforce.com did it earlier this year in July, adding to its already heavy presence in Asia Pacific (by way of its Singapore HQ) with its first international data centre in Singapore.  Now, Amazon has joined the data centre party, with its announcement that it will be extending the Amazon Web Services (AWS) to Asia, first to Continue reading →

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SG Next-Gen National Broadband Network starts rollout

October 9, 2009 Musings
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The Next-Gen National Broadband Network, in Singapore’s bid to make up for lost ground against countries such as South Korea and Japan, has been rolled out amidst much fanfare by the passive infrastructure company (NetCo), otherwise known as OpenNet.  OpenNet is a joint venture of four partners – Axia NetMedia (Axia), Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), Singapore Continue reading →

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Yikes – I like this Bike!

September 9, 2009 Musings
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This is one bike that will certainly turn heads for various reasons when it hits the mass market. New Zealand-inspired YikeBike has built upon inventor Grant Ryan’s Mini-Farthing design to produce an under-10kg, foldable, Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) powered next-generation carbon-fiber electric ‘bicycle’ that makes the Segway look like a beached whale.  With a top Continue reading →

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