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GOODSTUPH, A Bad-Ass Social Influence Marketing Agency
The 'accidental creative rebel' of Ogilvy PR's 360° Digital Influence team in Singapore, Pat Law, is now the boss lady of her own little consultancy, GOODSTUPH.
Convenient Dating With eSynchrony
Contributing writer Ho Sim Yee chats with co-founder of Singapore-based Lunch Actually, Violet Lim, to find out more about eSynchrony, its latest effort in bringing singles together.
JamiQ – Monitoring Social Media Across Languages
Just as social media has been growing and will continue to grow at an incredible rate for the foreseeable future, social media monitoring services are increasingly coming into demand. Enter JamiQ, the latest to provide such a service.
Prova Crowdsources Advertising Designs For Small Business Owners
David Gash, the CEO of San Diego-based advertising design agency Prova Advertising, created his site with the aim of 'putting advertising in the hands of business owners'.
Visual Factory – Stitching Together A 3D Virtual World of Opportunity
Ilan Ofek is a 20-year veteran in the defense industry. However, these days he brings his knowledge in image understanding, simulation systems and advanced artificial intelligence to build his 3D immersive social network startup, Visual Factory.
TheMobileGamer: Trying Games On The Go
Alvin Yap, CEO of Singapore consumer technology startup TheMobileGamer (TMG), admits that he has always been a dreamer. Having studied entrepreneurship as a business student in Singapore's Ngee Ann Polytechnic, he had always wanted to start and run his own business.
Learn Forex With OANDA’s Mobile App
If you're looking to dip your toes into the world of forex trading or simply to understand how it works, trying out an online currency market trading platform like OANDA - and especially its mobile app - may help ease you in.
How The 5G Revolution Emerged And How It Will Give Business A Boost
Just as 3G opened up the app market and 4G created a demand for mobile broadband applications, 5G will open up vast economic potential for Internet of Things applications.
Giift.com – Playing The Right Cards
Touted as the world's largest loyalty and card program network, Giift.com allows users to combine many of the card programs available globally onto one platform, and keep track and manage their accumulated rewards such as points or air miles in one place.
[Singapore] Daylight Studios To Tap Growing Mobile Games Market With Two New Titles
Homegrown mobile games developer Daylight Studios aims to have a piece of the growing mobile gaming market with two newly-launched mobile games, Conquest Age and Spirit Horizon.
CrowdSPRING – A Springboard For Creative Ideas
The creative agency business that insists on its traditional way of sourcing for work could be in peril. Not because of the worsening global economy, although that is one reason, but because of one little company based in Chicago called crowdSPRING.
[Infographic] A Startup Founder’s Guide To New York
Here's an infographic that takes a look at some of the statistics around startups in New York, and some of the reasons why you may possibly want to base your startup there.
Singapore’s Startup Scene – Once Lost, But Now Am foound?
The startup star of Echelon 2010 was undoubtedly mobile location-based social networking service foound, who wowed audiences and panelists alike during a startup launchpad pitching session at the web and technology event.
BaseKit Takes Websites From Design To Live Without Coding
BaseKit is a new online platform that allows web design professionals to easily produce and publish websites without writing any HTML code.
IngBoo Likes To Share
Sunnyvale, California-based startup IngBoo aims to change social sharing as we know it. Its idea revolves around social plugins that allows web publishers to syndicate, connect and share content, based on trusted recommendations, via search, tags and feeds.
Big Heart Baby – Baby Helping Baby
Founded in early 2010, California-based Big Heart Baby Clothing Company is positioned as a socially-conscious baby clothing company that donates 50-percent of profits to children’s charities.
Run A Bar Or Restaurant? Make Review Sites Work in Your Favor
At first pass, review sites can seem overwhelming, especially if you notice negative feedback about your bar or restaurant. With a little time and effort, however, you can turn these sites into a great tool for getting more customers in the door.
A Chat With Ben Federman of 1SaleADay.com
So you'd think that the online daily deals space is way too overcrowded - and you're probably right. So how does a site like New York-based 1SaleADay.com compete with the rest? We talk to Ben Federman, CEO of 1SaleADay.com.
Founder Institute Singapore: Mentors Make A Difference
Welcome to the 'HotSeat' - possibly the most frightening, yet the most fruitful, time at a session of Founder Institute Singapore.
GreenPost – Because Bills Should Be Green
Officially launched two years ago on World Environment Day, GreenPost aims to make paperless billing a norm in Singapore and in the region, and thus helping preserve the world's forests for the next generation.
Insync Keeps Your Google Stuff In Sync
Not to be confused with the boy band N'Sync, Manila-based Insync is a synchronization platform for Gmail and Google Apps users that keep files in sync between computers, friends, coworkers and clients.
MyBankTracker.com Tracks Banking Products So You Don’t Have To
New York-based MyBankTracker.com provides a free, easy-to-use web portal that lets consumers rate and review banks, compare interest rates and learn more about the savings and investment options available to best meet their goals.
Adroit Data Recovery Centre (ADRC) On Dealing With Data Loss
Contributing writer Caroline Yeung speaks to Felix Chang, managing director of data recovery company Adroit Data Recovery Centre (ADRC), about data recovery and loss.
Autumn Dynasty – A (Brush) Stroke Of Success
Singapore-based Touch Dimensions's Autumn Dynasty is a real-time strategy (RTS) game for iOS and BlackBerry 10 set in a fantasy world heavily influenced by China's Three Kingdoms period.
Crowdsourcing Hope With Online Donation Platform GoFundMe
GoFundMe.com is a crowdfunding platform that lets someone collect donations for a personal cause or a life event. The site lets users manage their campaigns, thank donors and even communicate with supporters.
NowRelevant.com Makes Searches More Relevant
New seach engine NowRelevant monitor millions of sources and feeds to give you the most up-to-date and pertinent information on a subject from only the past two weeks for relevance.
Iron Tribe Fitness – From A Garage To A Thriving Business
Iron Tribe Fitness started as an "underground" group fitness training experiment in a garage and today consists of over 720 gym members and 17 employees in four outlets.
Simply Business’ Interactive Visualization Compares Startup Ecosystems Across The World
Silicon Valley might be the obvious destination for startups, but where else in the world offers opportunities for founders, investors, and developers? This interactive visualization chart by Simply Business shows you.
Four Of The Most Influential People In Business Technology
Several up-and-coming business leaders emerged within just the past few years, marking the waves of change in the world of business and technology. Morgan Sims shares her favorite four.
Shane Smith: Gonzo-Gunslinger
Teddy Hunt explores Canadian-American journalist and web entrepreneur Shane Smith’s style and technique for getting a story, as well as his push to reach a young audience.