Internet ad revenue to go up; newspaper ads, down
It is no surprise really, for those of us not asleep at the wheel, that newspapers are under major threat. According to this insightful December 9th 2008 press release by…
Lost in Singapore? Don’t know where? Use Gothere
If you live in Singapore and you haven't heard of or tried Gothere, do yourself a favour and take a look. It's such a useful resource that I have the…
Mario Kart Love Song
"The finish line is just around the bend I'll pause this game so our love will never end..." An “emo” love song about the red plumber, his perpetually kidnapped princess,…
Shoplette: Singapore’s shopping twitter
The idea: you spot a pair of pink hello kitty slippers in a boutique mall in Japan's trendy Shinjuku shopping district to die for, and you want to let all…
Death of (yet another) newspaper
Another one bites the dust. By the time you read this, news has probably spread - through the Net, no less - about the latest casualty resulting from the double…
Jabber and chatter on Singapore’s Yebber
Yebber is a Singapore-based website that aggregates reviews by end users and provides a mechanism for users to search for them. So far, pretty standard. The catch? It pays you…
Commentary: tech innovation is alive in Singapore
I often hear laments from my friends about the dead tech innovation scene in Singapore. “There is nothing new in tech coming out of Singapore”, they cry. Singaporeans in IT…
Spot.US: Journalism via Crowdfunding
Social media platforms have disruptively changed the environment in which big media works. It is now possible for anybody to reach out to millions, at very low-cost, on the web.…
Nokia’s new “slide-out keyboard” gizmo
Right after Sony Ericsson shipped its Xperia X1, along comes Nokia's new N-series "hero" product, the N97, that comes with, surprise, a slide-out keyboard. But unlike the Xperia, which runs…
SingTel, StarHub trot out netbooks and other freebies
Do you want an Asus Eee PC or an HP mini? That seems to be the choice that Sitex shoppers are being asked to make by SingTel and StarHub, as…
What’s hot at Sitex (Part IV)
Do check out Part I, Part II and Part III of Techgoondu's coverage at Sitex '08 if you haven't, where Alf did a bang-up job covering most of the stuff.…
What’s hot at Sitex (Part III)
Besides the usual TVs and laptops, there are other little bargains to be had at Sitex. We seem to have forgotten that printers were once the thing to buy at…
What’s hot at Sitex (Part II)
Okay, on to the other Sitex show bargains on the first day. One tempting deal comes from Samsung, which is selling its new 14.7-megapixel NV100HD camera for S$599, with loads…
What’s hot at Sitex 2008 (Part I)
The lelong has begun anew today, with the last of the quarterly computer bazaars being held at Singapore Expo. What's the lowdown on the best deals this year? Well, despite…
Dropcast: spell slinging, Singapore style
Dropcast is the first DS game made in Singapore, released in Sept 2008 by Mikoishi. Unfortunately, it was released to very little fanfare here and abroad. The curse of the…
Intel Core i7s “fly off shelves” here
It's been said that recessions come and go but life goes on at Sim Lim Square, that six-storey techie haunt in Singapore, for those unfamilar. The best evidence comes from…
Announcing the Techgoondu LG TV winner!
This is the final wrap-up to our Techgoondu LG TV contest. Please check Part I and Part II if you're interested in the whole process! It was a democratic decision…
PC Magazine to end print business
Yup, scary stuff but the venerable PC Magazine will ending its 27-year-old monthly print magazine. The last issue is on January 2009. Interestingly this magazine managed to move 70-80 per…
Cool StarHub Hubstation HD – about time!
Somehow we didn't catch this piece of news last week, but it's still worthwhile to mention that StarHub has a new Hubstation PVR that now does HD as well. This…
Say hello to the new Mariah Carey
Not sure what in God's name he was thinking, but a Korean geek has sang his way to YouTube fame by er, going out of tune with a Mariah Carey…
