Just this week was the launch of Angel’s Gate, Asia’s first business reality TV series. The first episode debuted on Singapore prime time television last Monday, and will run for two months.
Comprising eight episodes, Angel’s Gate features 24 aspiring entrepreneurs elevator pitching four of the region’s top investors.
Rara.com, yet another streaming music service, was officially launched in Singapore just about two weeks back.
The music service offers ad-free access to more than 10 million tracks, and will initially be offered at a rate of S$0.99 (for web) and S$1.99 (for web and mobile on the Android platform) per month in Singapore.
After three months, the price point will jump to S$4.99 per month for web and S$9.99 per month for web and mobile respectively.
Take a look:
My initial reaction was: meh. I’m not really impressed after I visited the site.
My preference for games has shifted over the decades.
As I get older, I have less time to play games, and my attention span has gotten shorter as well.
I still play a ton of games, but I probably play as much casual and indie games — like niche titles like Sequence and Runespell Overture — than triple-A PC titles.
However, I still keep an eye out for triple-A titles that I am interested in. 2012 is a bumper year for some highly anticipated titles for me, and below is a list of the top five PC games I’ll definitely try out this year.
This oddball game melds Yahtzee-style poker (an interesting variant called Mystic Poker) with a good old fantasy RPG story set in the Nordic eras. As the story progresses, you “level-up” by unlocking collectible spells and allies, which help you in battle.
And how do you battle? By playing poker, of course.
Create a social media campaign around being naughty in Singapore. Watch:
The tongue-in-cheek campaign, which was just launched last month, sources for ideas from the public to create products that help Singaporeans have fun naughty sex more often.
It’s an eclectic mix. The only two really Singaporean videos are the Yam Ah Mee Election remix and the plastic bottle heartbreak video. I would have expected more content from Singaporeans, but these are the stats from YouTube.
Christmas is a time of giving and receiving, and every year at Techgoondu we want world peace and justice. This year I want to add to the list a fairer society, better public transport, and affordable public housing.
And in case those big dreams fall a little short of our lofty naive ideals, well, there’s always geek toys and gizmos that we can console ourselves with. And still keep dreaming big dreams — they are worth fighting for, aren’t they?
In the meantime, here’s what the goondus would like this Christmas:
It can’t be said that Singaporeans don’t have a sense of humour.
The recent SMRT debacle has provided lots of juicy fodder for spoofs of every sort.
Rather than stew in anger or rage in impotence, some people have gotten creative instead.
This #SMRT YouTube parody has been steadily clocking in tens of thousands of views — currently around 62,000-odd — since it was launched two days ago on December 18th. Watch:
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