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20 September 2009

Games Convention Asia ‘09 a letdown

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Did you go to the Games Convention Asia 2009 that took place at Suntec Convention Hall earlier this week? No? Well, you really didn’t miss much.  I last attended GCA in ‘07, and decided to give the ‘08 event a miss due to scheduling conflicts.  This year, I went past its Level 3 conference venue [...]

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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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26 August 2009

Millionaire Asia & MDA: Investing in the Digital Media Industry

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Earlier today, I spent 3 hours at a luncheon presentation co-organized by Millionaire Asia and Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA).  Apart from really good food by Taste Paradise, we were also treated to 15-minute pitches by 6 companies in the Interactive and Digital Media sector who were seeking to raise funding to finance their [...]

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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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22 August 2008

iJam Industry Networking Session

Time & Venue
Date: 1st Sept 2008
Venue: Singapore Management University Admin Block Level 5, Conference Hall 1
Time: 2.00pm-5.30pm (ETD), 5.45pm-9pm (i.JAMMING)
Program Outline

2.00pm Registration for Education Technology Development (ETD) briefing
5.30pm ETD briefing ends
5.45pm Registration for i.JAM Networking Session
6.30pm Announcement of new incubator- Stream Global
6.45pm Announcement of of developer program by Akamai Technologies and [...]

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30 July 2008

SPH gets niche license for web TV service

Apparently, the folks over at SPH who gave us STOMP (Straits Times Online Mobile Print), the closest thing we have to citizen journalism, will soon be bringing to a lucky 100,000 viewers an interactive webTV service called Razor TV.
Broadcast regular Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore today granted SPH a five-year ‘niche’ Internet TV license [...]

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