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Adobe goes all-in with Creative Cloud, kills Creative Suite for good

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10 May
2013
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Adobe Creative Cloud logo

When Adobe launched its Creative Cloud offerings to creative professionals in Singapore, it was clear to observers that the software subscription service would be Adobe’s main focus from then on. However, few expected Adobe to scrap its perpetual license offerings entirely and go all-in with Creative Cloud.

But that is exactly what Adobe has announced on Tuesday: the existing Creative Suite 6 will be the last of its kind, and all production software from Adobe will henceforth be issued under the broad Creative Cloud moniker.

 
Tagged in: Singapore, Software, Adobe, Creative Cloud, Creative Suite 6, CS6, Singapore, Singapore price,  
 

Hands-on: Synrgic’s home-grown Android smartphone

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2 May
2013
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Synrgic Uno

Folks looking for their next smartphone running stock Android may be surprised to find themselves looking no further than Singapore, where local firm Synrgic on Tuesday unveiled the Uno, their new mid-range smartphone.

Sporting a sleek, umber-coloured exterior, the Uno — which means “one” in Spanish or Italian — is completely designed and developed in the Singapore. And instead of mass-producing the smartphone in China, as most brands are wont to do, the Uno will be manufactured in South Korea “to get the best quality”, according to Synrgic CEO Cheo Suan Jin.

 
Tagged in: android, Cellphones, Singapore, Singapore price, Synrgic, Uno,  
 

Game of Thrones returns to HBO Asia on April 20 as international release windows narrow

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17 Apr
2013
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Game of Thrones

HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones is set to light up Asian screens on April 20, as the show returns for its third season just 20 days after its US premiere.

This 20-day window is remarkably short when you consider the fact that it took HBO more than 4 months to bring the first season of the show to Singapore back in 2011.

 
Tagged in: Media, Game of Thrones, HBO, HBO Asia, Singapore,  
 

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,  
 

StarHub joins e-book bandwagon with store and reader app

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2 Apr
2013
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Booktique

StarHub launched a new e-book store and reader app of its own last Tuesday called Booktique, which brings about 400,000 titles to all iOS and Android users regardless of their mobile operators of choice.

The number looks paltry compared to the millions upon millions of e-books available elsewhere, but similar to other local e-book stores such as MediaCorp’s ilovebooks, Booktique also offers e-books written by Singapore authors.

 
Tagged in: Singapore, Software, booktique, ebook, ebook reader, ereader, Singapore, StarHub,  
 

Shanzhai Samsung Galaxy Note II and S III mini in Singapore?

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29 Mar
2013
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Copy of Samsung Galaxy S III mini in Singapore

Can a Samsung Galaxy S III mini, which went on sale in Singapore last month for S$568, be going for as little as S$179 at a store at Sim Lim Square? Apparently not, unless you’re interested in a fake, or rather, shanzhai, version of the smartphone.

A Techgoondu reader sent us some interesting photos earlier this week, showing copy versions of Samsung phones being sold at one of Singapore’s popular IT malls.

The Galaxy S III mini copy is among several, he said. Yet another model that looks like a Galaxy Note II is also on sale, he added.

 
Tagged in: android, Cellphones, Singapore, fake, Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III mini, pirate, shanzai, sim lim square, Singapore,  
 

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,  
 

Canon moves into lens rental space with ‘try-and-buy’ programme

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23 Mar
2013
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Canon lens group shot

In a move that’s sure to raise a few eyebrows among existing lens rental firms, Canon is preparing to launch a new lens rental programme on March 28 for customers who want to give expensive lenses a test run before forking out thousands of dollars.

Prices for a one-day rental period start from as low as S$18, and two-day rentals start from S$25, up to a maximum of two lenses at one go. These exclude pick-up and return dates, so you could conceivably keep the the lenses for up to four days.

 
Tagged in: Cameras, Canon, DSLR, lens, rental, Singapore,  
 

SAP partners get hands-on experience at Singapore Co-Innovation Lab

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18 Mar
2013
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SAP Co-Innovation Lab opens in Singapore

Partners of SAP will be able to get hands-on experience in cloud computing, mobility, big data analytics and in-memory computing with a new lab that the corporate software and services company has set up in Singapore.

This Co-Innovation Lab unveiled last week is the latest in a network that includes facilities in the United States, Brazil, Germany, Russia, India, China and Japan.

Like many such proof-of-concept labs from other companies, SAP’s new facility provides a place for developers using SAP technology to test out their offerings before selling them to the market.

 
Tagged in: cloud, Enterprise, Singapore, Software, Co-Innovation Lab, SAP, Singapore,  
 

SingTel to lead group of companies in telecommuting pilot study

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15 Mar
2013
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SingTel is going to lead a pilot project to explore ways to telecommute and have flexible work arrangements, with the hopes of drawing an estimated 326,000 “economically inactive” Singaporeans back into the workforce.

By sending a modest 30 employees from five companies back to their own homes, the study aims to assess the viability of telecommuting on a larger scale and identify the problems that may arise out of such a work culture.

 
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