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[Singapore] Daily Deal Site Deal.com.sg Launches DEALivery.sg
Singapore-based daily deal site Deal.com.sg recently launched DEALivery.sg, an online food delivery service that brings you a wide variety of cuisines from different F&B operators around the country right to your doorstep.
This Week in Asia Episode 75: Sarah Lacy in Singapore
This Week In Asia caught Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch fame in Hackerspace Singapore for some drinks and talk about the growth and innovation of Asia.
Video Technology Company Giraffic On Track To Hit One Million Users
Tel Aviv, Israel-based Giraffic's Video-On-Demand technology supports fully-distributed, multi-source "Seek Forward" functionality so that a user can jump ahead in the video, but still gets data from dozens of sources simultaneously.
[Singapore] Going Mobile Is A Big DEAL For Daily Deals
Singapore-based DEAL.com.sg, one of the country's top daily deal sites, just announced a mobile application for Android, just a month after it launched its iOS version.
[Singapore] Beepmo Brings Mobile Networking To Next Bank Asia
Singapore-based mobile professional social network Beepmo has announced a partnership with upcoming banking conference Next Bank Asia to bring its real-time, location-based professional networking service to the event held 9-10 May, 2012.
[U.S.] 38-Percent of Small Business Owners Believe We’re Still In Recession
Based on how their businesses are performing, more than one-third of small business owners (38-percent) believe we are still in recession, according to a recently released American Express OPEN® Small Business Monitor report.
Singapore Tops Innovation Study
The latest study by Washington-based National Association of Manufacturers has named Singapore as the most innovative country in the world. The report, produced by the Boston Consulting Group, places Singapore ahead of South Korea, Switzerland and Iceland.
[Singapore][Infographic] Talent Not As Passive As We Think: LinkedIn
While some 73-percent of Singaporean professionals consider themselves "passive talent", around six out of seven of those are actually open to job offers, according to LinkedIn's internal data.
Top Locations For Small Business Professionals: LinkedIn
According to the professional online social network LinkedIn, they currently have 15,222,964 members who are small business professionals (defined as those who work at a company that has between 11 to 500 employees) from all around the world.
[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.
[US] Small Business Advocacy Council Launches Crowdfunding Platform
Crowdfunding is a new way of funding startups and small businesses, and Chicago, Illinois-based Small Business Advocacy Council (SBAC) is getting into the act by starting its own crowdfunding platform SBAC Connects.
[Infographic] Small Business Concerns In 2013
Small business sentiment on the economy this year remains skeptical, according to a new survey of 600 small businesses by Alibaba.com, Vendio and Auctiva.
Cloud Traffic to Grow Sixfold by 2016: Cisco Global Cloud Index
Global data center traffic is expected to grow four times and reach a total of 6.6 zettabytes annually by 2016, according to networking giant Cisco in its second annual Global Cloud Index (2011-2016).
RIM’s BlackBerry Messenger To Connect With Other BB Apps
BlackBerry fans - and especially those of you who are BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) addicts - rejoice: Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that Facebook®...
Here’s A Pitch on 140 Characters Or Less
Never mind an elevator pitch, what about a micro-pitch on Twitter with 140 characters or less?
[Singapore] Fifteen Startups Awarded Grants Totalling $6 Million Under SPRING Singapore
SPRING Singapore today awarded fifteen Singapore-based startups - covering a wide spectrum of technology areas including medical devices, electronics, engineering, water and environment, as well as infocomm - with grants totaling some S$6 million worth of grants.
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.
Hibernater Announces Beta Trials
Local startup Hibernater today announced the beta launch of its virtual service which allows users to save and resume work profiles at any computer...
Grow VC Relaunches For Bigger Growth
Global online crowd-funding platform and venture community Grow VC has tweaked its micro investment membership model, as well as developed and implemented a whole new set of tools to empower (and invest in) startup companies.
Spain’s Ticketbis Raises Additional Round To Fuel International Growth
Ticketbis, a Spain-based online platform where users can easily and securely buy and sell tickets for every kind of event, such as concerts, festivals, theater plays, art performances or soccer games - earlier last month closed a round of funding worth US$6.6 million, making it a total of $12.7 million since its founding in 2009.
Joyful Frog Digital Incubator Joins New Techstars Network, Gets More Joy
Singapore-based Joyful Frog Digital Incubator joins TechStars Network, an alliance of startup incubators as part of the U.S. Startup America initiative to boost innovation and entrepreneurship in the U.S and the world.
Nimble Offers Free Year Of Software To Startup Accelerators
Social relationship management platform Nimble is launching a program that would see it offer startups a year of free access to its social relationship software through partner startup accelerators.
[Singapore] The9 Opens Red 5 Singapore Office
China online game developer and operator The9 Limited announced today that there are establishing a Red 5 office in Singapore as its Asian operation and development center.
[Singapore] Will Number 8 Prove Auspicious For Microsoft?
Microsoft today debuted the Windows Phone 8, its highly anticipated smartphone operating system, in Singapore, showing off a slew of Windows Phone 8 phones from smartphone vendors Samsung, Nokia and HTC.
The Power Of A Facebook Like
Everybody loves a thumbs up - but brand marketers especially love those on their Facebook page updates denoting interest from, and engagement with, consumers. But will clicking on the Facebook Like button lead to consumers streaming down to the nearest store to buy a certain product? comScore's Power of Like 2 study investigates.
[Singapore] Networking And Learning New Skills More Important Than Pay Raise: Singaporeans
According to a recent study by online professional network LinkedIn, networking and learning new skills trumped getting a raise for Singaporean professionals when it comes to their career goals.
This Week in Asia Episode 71: Startup Organizer Summit with Marc Nager and Chris...
This Week In Asia host Daniel CerVentus is over in Kansas City, Missouri in America for Startup Organizer Summit where he is joined by Marc...
This Week in Asia Episode 77: Flutterscape
This Week in Asia interviews Japan’s hot e-commence site for overseas otakus like myself, Flutterscape, with Dr. Serkan Toto of Asiajin and Techcrunch.
Microsoft Consolidates Technology Startup Outreach With Microsoft Ventures
Microsoft will be consolidating its technology startup outreach with its newly created Microsoft Ventures.
Steply Is A Mobile Photo App Network With 3.5 Million Downloads
Hong Kong based mobile start-up, Steply, is building a giant network of photo apps on Apple iTunes.