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Grace Chng

A seasoned writer, author and industry observer, Grace was the key tech writer for The Straits Times for more than three decades. She co-founded and edited Computer Times, later renamed Digital Life. She helmed this publication, the de facto national IT magazine, for nearly 19 years. Grace is also the editor and co-curator of Intelligent Island: The Untold Story of Singapore’s Tech Journey, a book highlighting Singapore’s ICT development.
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Singapore looks to “sandboxes” to test out new innovations

Facing disruptions in a digital economy, the Singapore government is using "sandboxes"…

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Eyeing next wave of 5G deployments, Ericsson to focus on security and enhance supply chain

Ericsson believes more deployments are emerging and is readying itself to catch…

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Instant fraud detection is growing area of concern in era of e-commerce: ACI

Real-time fraud detection is becoming important to merchants and financial institutions, as…

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Zeemart Zoom promises to let F&B industry procure food items easily

Singapore F&B outlets have an online service that promises to let them…

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NetSuite unveils free market research for customers

NetSuite is offering its mostly mid-sized customers a dedicated business research and…

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NetSuite expands internationally after Oracle acquisition

Life after Oracle is good for NetSuite, one of the oldest software-as-a-service…

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Apple News+ appeals by removing friction for magazine readers

The Apple News+ service launched this week offers a buffet deal that…

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Singapore shoots up supercomputing rung with Aspire 1

With an upgrade planned this year, a Singapore supercomputer called Aspire 1…

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Managing a chatbot like a typical employee

Chatbots have to be better managed as more of them are involved…

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Asia-Pacific businesses need to do more to prepare workers for AI

Worryingly, a new study shows that many Singapore companies have no plans…

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Software that monitors work in real time seeks to help women rejoin workforce

Collaborative tools that monitor, manage, collaborate, rate and pay remote workers can…

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Nutanix aims to be US$3 billion company by 2021

Enterprise cloud provider Nutanix is aiming to more than double its revenue…

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New two-month course by Trend Micro to train more cybersecurity professionals

Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro is starting a two-month course later this year…

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Enterprises are early 5G adopters but consumers would need an “iPhone moment”

The first commercial deployments for 5G is beginning soon in the region,…

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Goondu review: Apple iPhone XS Max after three months

After trying out the iPhone XS Max for a few months, it's…

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Growing a startup in Hong Kong or Singapore – here’s what to know

If you are trying to get your tech startup off the ground…

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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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Goondu review: Apple Watch Series 4 is a useful fitness tracker, good looking smart watch

For users who want a wearable that feels at home both on…

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In time for Olympics 2020, NTT preps smart stadiums and AI

Less than 18 months to Olympics 2020 in Tokyo, NTT is attemping…

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