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1 September 2009

Why NRF’s TIS may be the Fix that Singapore’s Tech Ecosystem needs

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Some weeks back, the National Research Foundation (NRF) issued a call for proposal for their latest initiative termed “Technology Incubation Scheme” (TIS).  A public briefing session was conducted last Friday to a sell-out crowd at the Treasury Building where NRF’s office is, where it was revealed that up to S$50 million had been set aside [...]

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5 August 2009

Putting the Seagate Singapore plant closure into perspective

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Yesterday, hard disk maker Seagate announced that it would be laying off 2,000 workers from Singapore (4% of their global workforce) out of its 8,000-strong Singapore operation, and relocate its Ang Mo Kio hard disk drive plant out of Singapore by the end of 2010.  Not every article provided the same amount of detail, so [...]

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15 May 2009

Singapore’s Uncoordinated Initiatives for Entrepreneurs

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Earlier this afternoon, I came across SGentrepreneur.com’s post on Wong Meng Weng’s map of Venture Capital in Singapore (good job Meng Weng!) and couldn’t help but notice Bernard’s comment on how it’s highly unlikely for entrepreneurs to find funding via the traditional venture capital route amidst the turbulent and challenging climate.
(off-topic) Bernard, I really have [...]

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29 October 2008

Second Life almost in Singapore’s backyard

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Irene Tham from The Straits Times reports that makers of popular 3-D virtual world Linden Labs will be locating its Second Life servers in Singapore.
Singaporean and other Asian habitues of Second Life can look forward to a more ‘hyper’ experience in the popular 3-D social world.
Their avatars – or virtual alter egos – will be [...]

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