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G Element Builds Buildings in 3D
Contributing writer Caroline Yeung asks G Element’s business director Shinwe Yeow about the Singapore-based 3D digital software company's business and its expansion into the regional market.
KAI Square – Securing A Future In Next-Gen Video Surveillance
KAI Square is a young Singapore-based technology company whose core business is providing solutions and services that revolves around mobile video surveillance and advanced video processing with analytics.
Interview with Ong Kok Choong of Hoiio
Contributing writer Caroline Yeung talks to Mr Ong Kok Choong, CEO and founder of Singapore-based Hoiio about its internet telephony and messaging solutions for both consumers and businesses, across all smartphone platforms
Manga Castle – Online Social Games For Manga Fans
Sylvia Yao and Wu Di are such intense manga and gaming enthusiasts that they decided to start Manga Castle, a social gaming company based on the Japanese style of comics and print cartoons.
Private, Invite-Only Online Shopping With Brandsfever
The recent hype over online group-buying Groupon has brought an avalanche of similar clones into the fore, but an upcoming online shopping site in Singapore is taking quite a different tack. We look at Brandsfever, a members-only, exclusive online shopping club.
Gaming Is Right Up Protégé Production’s Alley
Managing director of Protégé Production Janelle Lee shares with contributing writer Caroline Yeung on what inspired her - one of the few female technology entrepreneurs in Singapore - to develop games.
CareerSquared.com Takes Your Career Search To Another Level
Washington, DC-based CareerSquared.com is a platform that brings together job seekers and qualified service providers and in an open self-service marketplace.
Play By Ear Music School Plays A Beautiful Tune
Play By Ear (PBE) Music School is currently the largest pop and jazz keyboard music school in Singapore. Founded in 2003 by Mr Andrew Yau when he was 23, the school has come a long way since in an incredibly short period of time.
Taking A Swipe At Location-Based Social Buying
Swipe is a location-based social buying application that allows you to tell your friends what you intend to buy, have bought, or find out what others are buying in the area around you.
JHAudio – Making An Audiophile’s Dream In-Ear Monitors
JHAudio is a designer and manufacturer of premium, custom in-ear audio monitors for professional musicians, audiophiles and music lovers, as well as avionics equipment for pilots.
iWeb’s Akshay Shah Says Tough Times Don’t Last, Tough Men Do
Mumbai, India-based iWeb Technology Solutions was founded by Ketan Trivedi and Akshay Shah in 2005 to service the under-served small-to-medium enterprise (SME) market with cost-effective, enterprise-level software products.
All Deals Asia – Aggregating The Best Deals Across Asia
All Deals Asia scouts all the best shopping, entertainment and lifestyle deals available in Southeast Asia and aggregates them on one single website.
LocalBigwig.com
New York City-based LocalBigwig.com helps facilitate the search for local life experiences in metropolitan destinations around the world by connecting global travelers with homeowners offering short-term rentals for furnished local homes.
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.
Erwan Mace and Bitsmedia – Developing Mobile Applications That Stick
Bitsmedia Pte Ltd is a Singapore-based mobile application development shop specializing in the development of iPhone applications, such as Muslim Pro, MyHub, Quit'n'Tell and OnMyWay, amongst others.
Make And Save Your OwnSkin
OwnSkin.com is a website that allows users to customize their mobile phones by making their own mobile phone content such as themes (also known as skins) and wallpapers.
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.
Tip-It – Tipping Over Daily Deals
Are there too many group buying sites already? Bryan Sio, Steven Kwok and Nicole Teo certainly don't think so - the three young undergraduate entrepreneurs has just launched Tip-It!, Singapore's latest site dedicated to daily deals.
Fatboy’s Guide To Building A Burger Business
Fatboy's The Burger Bar is a specialist burger joint located in the heart of Singapore. Founded by brothers Bernie and Kennie Tay, Fatboy's was so named because both of them are, well, big boys.
The Nübox Way To Computer Retail
Computer retail is big business in Singapore. That's what personal computer retail chain Newstead Technologies is counting on for its growth, especially with its new Apple-focused Nübox concept stores.
Shoutreel – Online Discussions In Reel Time
Shoutreel, an online site that allows you create your own forums and discussion groups, was founded in 2009 by Farooq Yousuf, Ammar Yousuf and Amir Sahib, all of whom work in web development and developed Shoutreel in their free time.
Cooklet Cooks Up a Culinary Social Network
Cooklet.com is a social networking platform that offers users a different way for users to explore and interact with the culinary world.
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.
Bontq Makes It Easier To Squish Bugs
Bontq is a web-based project management and bug tracking application that lets you manage projects, track bugs, manage tasks and maintain documentation.
What Do You Want To Buy At 12Buy.sg?
Local IT retailer Challenger Technologies is now extending its reach online, and is hoping that Singaporeans will take to buying from its newly-launched, and the country's first mass category lifestyle shopping portal, 12Buy.sg.
Chatting Up With Qvaq
Qvaq is a web-based group messaging application that offers an easy way to create and join discussion groups based around interests, big or small.
Urban Spoils Aggregates Daily Deals; Adds Relevance
Seattle-based Urban Spoils is a daily-deal aggregation service that capitalizing on the rising trend of social buying, where the best daily deals across group buying sites are cherry-picked and aggregated on a single site.
The Drinking Partners – Inculcating A Beer Culture
The Drinking Partners is a local purveyor and distributor of specialty beers from Belgium that aims to promote a beer appreciating culture in Singapore.
Sunflower – Always Sunny, Always Different!
Contributing writer Ho Sim Yee dropped by Sunflower - a concept store focusing on unique hand-made, environmentally-friendly and socially-conscious merchandise - to find out what makes it bloom.
Emergent Detection’s BodyKey Aids Your Fight Against Flab
Obesity is a major problem in America and it's only getting worse. Entrepreneurs Keegan Hall and Eric Fogel, founders of Emergent Detection, believe they have a solution to this weighty issue with their fitness technology product, BodyKey.