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On Philip Yeo and his “Storm in an ‘Apple’ Teacup”

May 20, 2010 News
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It’s been over a week since Philip Yeo got into the news for one of his comments on the Apple iPad.  Apple fans were, as the Straits Times reported, “incensed by his description of those who buy ‘useless applications’ for Apple’s products as ‘gullible customers’”. Mr Yeo was guest speaker at the Fullerton-St Joseph’s Institution [...]

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Net Start-ups Revisited

May 20, 2010 News
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Some of my comments were featured in the May 19th, 2010 copy of Digital Life, in an article by Tham Yuen-C titled “Net Start-ups Revisited”. The article is the result of the roundtable discussion a bunch of us had at SPH last week.  I had elaborated on some of the points I raised during the [...]

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Neoteny Labs selected for NRF TIS

December 31, 2009 News
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I‘m pleased to share the following piece of news with you. SINGAPORE, 31 DEC 2009 – Neoteny Labs is pleased to announce that it has been selected as one of seven technology incubators to participate in the S$50 million National Research Foundation (NRF) Technology Incubation Scheme (TIS). The recent successes of global platforms such as [...]

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Phua Chu Kang spoof of Ris Low

October 14, 2009 News
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Oh my god.  This is insanely funny. I thought of sharing it over Facebook at first, but there wasn’t a way to put them all in one place. For the backstory, check out ex-Miss Universe Ris Low’s interview snippet that catapulted her into infamy. Pity the poor girl, but it makes for some good pre-bedtime [...]

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The Actionscript Conference 2009 (Flash Camp S’pore)

August 24, 2009 News
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Warning – this is not an event for the un-geeky and uninitiated. Currently into its second year, The Actionscript Conference (TAC) is a community conference with the focus on Flash Platform.  According to the site, attendants will see themselves immersed in a day of learning, knowledge exchange, and networking.  TAC aims to bring topics on [...]

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On Open Source and the State of Tech Journalism in Singapore

August 24, 2009 News
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I rarely read local technology stories, given that my usual fare comprises of Techcrunch, Venturebeat, Valleywag, Ars Technica and the likes.  This Sunday morning counted as one of those statistical outliers, which was made even more special thanks to the rude shock that I received after reading an article on The Straits Times’ ‘Think’ section [...]

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NRF awards S$4m to 16 Proof-of-Concept projects

August 22, 2009 News
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Hot off the press – National Research Foundation (NRF) announces that it has awarded a total of S$4 million in Proof-of-Concept (POC) grants to 16 projects from the institutes of higher learning. Total of 91 proposals received from local universities, polytechnics and UniSIM; 27 (29.6% of submitted proposals) were shortlisted for further review, out of [...]

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NRF issues Call for Proposal for Technology Incubation Scheme

August 17, 2009 News
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It’s finally here – just over an hour ago, the National Research Foundation of Singapore issued a call for proposal for a new initiative termed the “Technology Incubation Scheme”.  Read more about it in the issued document below. NRF Technology Innovation Scheme – Call For Proposal View more documents from motochan. The Technology Incubation Scheme [...]

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