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“Solo” economy to be major trend in retail, says Meta

Smaller and frequent purchases such as single-serving packaged meals will increase in…

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Paid Facebook, Instagram subscriptions raise more questions on privacy, influence

While paid Facebook and Instagram subscriptions let users avoid seeing ads, they…

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New media with old media problems, as Facebook looks to paid subscriptions

It's quite a turnaround for Facebook, which had reported its first decline…

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Massive tech sector layoffs a reality check to pandemic-era excesses

Massive tech sector layoffs this year are a reality check to the…

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Singapore e-commerce sales to continue growing, post-pandemic: Meta, Bain report

Even as people head to physical stores with pandemic rules easing, they…

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The metaverse may seem a strange idea but we’re already through the rabbit hole

We've already begun the journey into the metaverse with so much of…

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350 million digital consumers in Southeast Asia, as e-commerce booms

Some 70 million digital consumers were added after the pandemic began in…

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Facebook unveils plans for subsea cables linking US to Singapore, Indonesia

What's noteworthy about the subsea cables Bifrost and Echo is the route…

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Facebook wrist computing tech can be “hands free”, only needs you to think about an action

With the Facebook wrist computing tech, users just have to think about…

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Is it time to abandon WhatsApp and switch to Signal, Telegram?

WhatsApp is learning that you can lose customers as fast as you…

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GE2020: No easy way to gauge sentiment in Singapore’s digital election campaigns

Looking at online sentiment alone, you would be hard pressed to predict…

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Goondu DIY: Avoiding those annoying ads you see on Facebook

By looking through and adjusting your Facebook ad preferences, you can reduce…

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When fake news, censorship make it harder to tackle a coronavirus

It's true that fake news spreads as fast as a coronavirus. But…

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When technology doesn’t bring the transformation people want

So much has unravelled in 2018 that the new year promises to…

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A look back at a tumultuous 2018 in the tech sector

It has been a tumultuous year for the technology industry, ironically at…

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More echo chambers as people move away from Facebook for news?

If Facebook and Twitter once promised a free flow of views in…

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Unwise to put onus on Facebook to protect users’ data, prevent fake news

Governments can and should compel the likes of Facebook to be more…

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Is using Facebook as bad as smoking cigarettes?

Though Facebook wants to moderate some of the extreme elements of the…

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Free isn’t everything, India tells Facebook as it blocks limited Net app

Net neutrality may be a controversial topic on which not everyone agrees.…

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As you, the product, face privacy threats in 2016, can you opt out?

You will love the new technology coming your way in 2016, but…

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