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Singapore do-not-call registry to keep spam calls, messages out from Jan 2014

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15 May
2013
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Phone users in Singapore can finally say no to annoying spam SMSes or phone calls by adding their phone numbers to a much-awaited do-not-call registry from January 2, 2014.

When it swings into action, telemarketing companies will have to check against the registry to ensure that they do not call, SMS or fax people who have opted out of marketing messages.

 
Tagged in: Cellphones, Internet, Media, Singapore, data protection law, Personal Data Protection Commission, privacy, SMS, spam,  
 

New media versus old media? How about quality media?

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11 May
2013
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There’s a rather unhelpful argument going on right now in Singapore, and it seems to be between new and old media.

On one side are professional journalists whose credibility depends on the stories they deliver daily. On the other, social commentators who run independent blogs, watching over the mainstream media for mistakes and highlighting them whenever one is spotted.

 
Tagged in: Internet, Media, social media, Web 2.0, fake photo, New Media, photojournalist, The New Paper, The Online Citizen, Yawning Bread,  
 

Research firm: mobile content revenues to reach US$65bn in 2016

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8 May
2013
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Android apps on Google Play store

Users will spend US$65 billion on e-books, games and other content on their smartphones and tablets by 2016, up from this year’s US$40 billion, according to a research report released today.

The upsurge, according to Juniper Research, will be fueled by tablet users buying games, videos and e-books on their mobile devices, along with easier direct payment methods offered on smartphones by telecom operators.

 
Tagged in: broadband, Cellphones, Internet, Media, Singapore, Tablet, mobile content. Juniper Research, StarHub,  
 

Microsoft: “keygen” pirate software is top source of Singapore’s PC infection

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1 May
2013
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Singapore may have cleared its pirated stores years ago, but folks going on the Internet instead for pirated software may now be the biggest reason for infected PCs in the country, according to a Microsoft study.

These users unknowingly open their PCs to attack when they download “keygen” software, which promise to generate serial numbers to unlock popular applications such as Microsoft Office, but often open a back door to hackers.

 
Tagged in: Internet, PCs, security, Singapore, Software, iframeref, keygens, malware, Microsoft, Security Intelligence Report,  
 

Fibre optic ports to be standard in new Singapore homes

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18 Apr
2013
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The Opennet termination box

Broadband users moving in to new homes in Singapore in the years ahead can expect their premises to be already hooked up by a fibre optic point, in addition to the cable TV and phone jacks they get now.

This means they won’t have to arrange for their homes to be wired up separately by national contractor Opennet. That has been a source of irritation for many users, some of whom have had to wait several weeks to activate their link before their fibre broadband service can be turned on.

 
Tagged in: broadband, Cellphones, Internet, Singapore, 3G coverage, base stations, fibre optic broadband, IDA, M1,  
 

Singapore government pushes for more ‘open data’ usage with app competition

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7 Apr
2013
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Apps4SG

The Singapore government is running a competition to encourage local Web and mobile developers to come up with useful apps that tap on its huge amount of publicly-available data. 

 
Tagged in: cloud, Singapore, Software, app development, apps, apps4sg, Big data, Google Singapore, Government, IEEE Computer Society Singapore, Singapore, the great singapore rat race,  
 

Keeping websites going strong: 3 top tips for IT pros

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5 Apr
2013
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As much as we’d love to believe that websites can manage themselves through high traffic periods, a website’s stability can be compromised.

Here is a list of three tips for keeping websites running smoothly throughout testing periods, so that any glitches or potential issues can be avoided.

 
Tagged in: Enterprise, Internet, Software, solarwinds,  
 

PayPal: Singapore online users buying and selling more online

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4 Apr
2013
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PayPal

Singapore online users are buying more goods and services from overseas, while online merchants here have ramped up their sales as well, as electronic commerce appears to have grown fast in the country in 2012.

 
Tagged in: Internet, Singapore, e-commerce, PayPal,  
 

Singapore nursing homes turn to cloud, mobile technologies

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29 Mar
2013
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IngoT II in action

Seven nursing homes in Singapore have turned to cloud and mobile technologies to cut down on day-to-day manual processing, raising productivity by a claimed 10 per cent.

Developed by local healthcare IT vendor PulseSync, this IngoT II project uses a mix of several Microsoft technologies including Microsoft Dynamics CRM, SQL Server, Silverlight, and .NET framework to make the running of such facilities smoother.

The project costs S$2.65 million – S$2 million of which is funded by the philanthropic organisation Lien Foundation.

 
Tagged in: cloud, Enterprise, Singapore, cloud, IngoT II, Lien Foundation, Microsoft, Singapore,  
 

M1 rolls out first prepaid 4G data service in Singapore

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26 Mar
2013
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Tablet and PC users who want a pay-as-you-use 4G connection can now buy prepaid cards from M1, which unveiled Singapore’s first such service earlier today.

An S$18 micro- or nano-SIM card provides up to 1GB of data for a month, which could translate into hundreds of webpages or just dozens of high-rez videos on YouTube, depending on the content consumed. 

 
Tagged in: broadband, Cellphones, Internet, Singapore, 4G, M1, prepaid,