I just got off the phone with someone from SingTel, and learnt about an upcoming briefing on iChallenge 08, its latest initiative under the SingTel Partner Programme (SPP) to drive innovative and insightful Infocomm Technology (ICT) solutions. More on this over at their eDM. Under the inaugural event,...

Ravi Veloo wrote in an article in Weekend Today, questioning the dearth of intellectuals in Singapore, and the resulting trickle of fresh, big, challenging (and probably hairy) ideas in our social scape. He worries about having enough brainy opiniated people to match our robust economy and to lead our...

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...

Earlier this year, on 28 March 2008, the Prime Minister of Singapore announced a S$350 million program to support a slew of initiatives and schemes under the National Framework for Innovation and Enterprise (NFIE), driven by the National Research Foundation (NRF). Out of that bunch of ideas, one of them...

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...

Bangalore-based early-stage investment firm Erasmic Venture Fund has merged with Silicon Valley based Accel Partners, whose portfolio includes companies like Brightcove, Facebook and WalMart.com. The merged entity represents Accel’s strategy for India, and will be raising a new US$60m fund later...