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[Singapore] LinkedIn Hits 1 Million Users In Singapore
Earlier this week LinkedIn announced that its membership base has reached over a million members in Singapore, addressing about 70% of its professional labor force and student population.
[Singapore] IBM, Microsoft And Accenture Most Desired Employers: LinkedIn
LinkedIn today revealed data showing that the top three most in demand employers in its network for Singapore are IT giants IBM and Microsoft, followed by consulting firm Accenture.
Adobe Launches Full Creative Cloud Offerings, Drops Perpetual Licenses
Adobe Systems announced earlier at its conference Adobe MAX that it will not be providing further updates on its legacy Creative Suite (CS) line of products and instead will be focusing its efforts entirely on Adobe Creative Cloud.
[Singapore] NUS Enterprise and IDMI Turns Campus Into Huge “Living Lab”
NUS Enterprise and NUS Interactive and Digital Media Institute (IDMI) earlier this week announced an initiative that would turn the National University of Singapore (NUS) Kent Ridge campus into a gigantic test bed to help new interactive digital media (IDM) or info-communication solutions get off the ground.
[Asia] Online Equity Crowdfunding Platform For Startups SeedAsia Sprouts In Shanghai
Shanghai, China-based SeedAsia was officially launched in mid May as Asia's first online equity funding platform for Asia-based technology startups, to help matchmake them with qualified, accredited investors.
[Singapore][Infographic] Value Of An Average Singaporean’s Digital Content? $57,500.
How much do Singaporeans price their digital assets? According to a recent Global Digital Assets survey conducted by computer security software company McAfee, that value stands at $57,500 - almost the price of a BMW luxury car in the island-state
Evernote Means Business In Asia Pacific, Rolls Out Evernote Business To More Countries
Evernote announces launch and support for Evernote Business in more markets across APAC including Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and more.
[Singapore] Exploit Technologies To Collaborate With Asia News Network On Media Solutions
Singapore-based Exploit Technologies - the technology transfer arm of Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) - last week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Asia News Network (ANN) to collaborate on projects and solutions built for the media and advertising industries.
[US] Small Businesses: Harder To Run A Business Today Than Five Years Ago
Running a small business is tough, but lately it's gotten even tougher. The Constant Contact "Small Businesses: Then and Now Survey" conducted in May 2013 found that 59% of small businesses believe it’s harder to run a business today than five years ago, with more than half citing an economy that has hit their business hard.
[Singapore] Shopify Partners SingTel To Grow Presence In Singapore
The e-commerce space in Singapore has been ratcheted up by another notch as online shopping platform Shopify partners telecommunications provider SingTel to make available its services to businesses in the country.
[Singapore] Hotel Reservation Services Opens Regional HQ
Hotel Reservation Service (HRS), the leading hotel portal in Europe for business and private travelers, late last month announced its official expansion in the Asia Pacific with the opening of its regional headquarters in Singapore.
PayPal Goes To Space With PayPal Galactic
PayPal Galactic aims to bring together leaders in the space industry to work on the big questions around the commercialization of space in order to prepare and support the future of space commerce.
Microsoft Consolidates Technology Startup Outreach With Microsoft Ventures
Microsoft will be consolidating its technology startup outreach with its newly created Microsoft Ventures.
[Asia] HKers, Singaporeans Eye Higher Salaries: jobsDB
The recent in-annual jobsDB Asian Consumer Market Survey revealed that workers in Singapore and Hong Kong are becoming more ambitious and seeking out new, higher paying job roles, even in their later years.
[Asia] Location-Aware Mobile Advertising Platform Launches In Southeast Asia
Singapore-headquartered location-aware mobile advertising platform AdNear earlier this week announced its foray into the Southeast Asian markets of Malaysia and Indonesia, opening up its platform for advertisers who are looking to enable precision advertising on consumer mobile devices in those countries.
[Infographic] What The SEC Announcement Means For Startups And Entrepreneurs
On July 10th, 2013 the US Securities and and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that the ban on general solicitation has been removed for small businesses seeking startup capital. Here's an infographic from the folks at Fundable.com that shows what the changes to come as a result of that lifting of the ban can mean for startups and entrepreneurs seeking funding.
[Infographic] Five Long Term Recruitment Trends In Southeast Asia: LinkedIn
According to LinkedIn's recently released 2013 Global Recruiting Trends Report, recruiting/sourcing highly-skilled talent named the most important priority for 44% of 141 talent acquisition professionals based in Southeast Asia who responded to the survey.
[Asia] Revolver Asia Fires Its Way Into Regional F&B Scene
Singapore-based F&B veteran Michel Lu earlier this week launched Revolver Asia, a boutique corporate advisory that looks to provide business incubation and acceleration for...
[US] New $60 Million Credit Line From AmeriMerchant Offers Lifeline To Small Businesses
New York-based AmeriMerchant has announced a new US$60 million credit line aimed at helping provide more capital to small and medium-sized businesses nationwide through its merchant cash advance program as well as its small business loan program through its sister company, Main Street Business Loans.
Surprising Surge In Attack Traffic From Indonesia This Year: Akamai
According to Akamai's State Of The Internet for the first quarter of 2013, Indonesia surged to an incredulous 2nd place as an originator for attack traffic, contributing around 21% of global malignant web traffic.
[Malaysia] National Instruments Opens NI-AIN Lab In Technology Park
National Instruments has announced the opening of National Instruments Academy & Innovation Nucleus (NI-AIN), a shared services lab facility in Technology Park Malaysia comprising over RM20 million (~US$6.25 million) worth of hardware and software technology tools that's developed as an incubation center for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) working on high-value design and engineering services.
[Singapore] JFDI.Asia’s Second Accelerator Program This Year Receives Overwhelming Response
Singapore-based accelerator Joyful Frog Digital Incubator (JFDI Asia) has revealed that over 300 digital startup teams have applied for its second accelerator program for this year, competing for just 12 places in this intake.
Healthbox Picks Seven Startups For Inaugural Accelerator Program
Jacksonville, Florida-based and healthcare technology-focused business accelerator Healthbox has identified seven companies that will be selected to participate in its inaugural 4-month accelerator program.
Hong Kong’s Newest Co-Working Space, Innovation Lab, Opens
Hidden on the eight floor of an industrial building in Kennedy Town, Innovation Lab is the China's Special Administrative Region latest co-working space exclusive to the Western District and has targeted startups in its sights.
[Singapore] Evernote Partners StarHub to Expand Footprint Here
Today Evernote announced a strategic tie-up with local telecommunications provider StarHub, who will give its new and recontracting post-paid subscribers from today a complimentary one-year Evernote Premium subscription.
[Singapore] NETS Launches Location-Based App For Deals
Payment solutions provider NETS has launched a location-based mobile application called NETS Savers that helps users discover special deals from its network of merchants across the island.
[Singapore] StarHub’s SmartPipe Combines Fibre, Voice And IPTV Services Into One Offering
StarHub yesterday introduced a new converged technology solution called SmartPipe that combines high-speed fibre broadband, voice and IPTV services targeted at small and medium businesses.
PeoplesVC Launches Crowdfunding TV Channel
PeoplesVC is launching an integrated multimedia platform called PeoplesVC-TV, which will host specially developed live, theme-based TV shows expected to help the site to achieve its aim of job creation.
[Singapore] Techinasia.com Acquires SGEntrepreneurs
One of Asia's biggest regional technology and startup blogs just got bigger - Tech In Asia (Techinasia.com) just announced its acquisition of fellow Singapore-based tech blog SGEntrepreneurs (SGE) for an undisclosed sum.
Microsoft Gives Love To Nonprofits With Office 365 Donation Program
If you're a nonprofit, take note - global software giant Microsoft is making Office 365 for Nonprofits available to qualifying nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) through its software donation program.