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December 29th, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew Does digital detox or going cold turkey work? Or better to cut down screen time bit by bit instead of a big effort that fails once the enthusiasm wears...
December 23rd, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew Even with the best intentions, the government cannot simply say "trust us" when dealing with citizen data. Trust has to be...
November 5th, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew The technology brings benefits to so many, but a minority has abused it and forced it to be severely restricted for...
October 17th, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew These are early days for 5G in Singapore, with many problems to be discovered. Its lofty promises are still years away from being fulfilled....
October 4th, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew With the Southeast Asia Internet economy now valued at a cool US$100 billion, any new startup here seeking to bag fresh funds will find new impetus. What a report from Google, Temasek and Bain & Company yesterday has done is...
August 23rd, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew TVs, fridges, cameras and door locks get connected alongside PCs in a smart home today but the security for these smart devices often isn't up to...
August 18th, 2019 | by
Grace Chng To survive in the digital world, countries and companies have to support the exchange of global trade, say experts at the IBM Think...
July 24th, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew In an economy measured by every tiny bit of data, people rush to game the system for their desired outcomes - in ever more selfish...
July 17th, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew The review of government security measures to safeguard citizen data in Singapore seems to be getting off to a good...
June 28th, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew Where Singapore seems lacking in its smart nation vision is a championing of citizens' digital rights, especially as Big Tech keeps flouting the...
June 17th, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew The occasion was as remarkable as it was unusual. Perhaps for the first time, Huawei’s famously reclusive founder and head honcho Ren Zhengfei joined a panel discussion with two American technology experts in a live event...
June 4th, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew It is not just in China where the promise of liberty that the Internet seemed so ready to deliver has become stillborn. Look to the West, as...
June 1st, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew Telcos splashing out cheaper mobile plans in Singapore, in a bid to stay competitive, should not be compromising network quality or customer...
May 2nd, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew In the age of near-infinite computing resources, scarcity is not the issue. Complexity is the new...
April 13th, 2019 | by
Wilson Wong Last month’s launch of the Huawei P30 Pro, a much anticipated photography powerhouse, is the latest indication of how far we have come in mobile photography and what great cameras many of us have in our pockets today. The...
February 23rd, 2019 | by
Wilson Wong If playing your favourite games is your reason to get a high-performance phone, most flagship phones will most likely be able to meet your expectations....
January 29th, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew At a time when people are sharing more data than ever, the way the Ministry of Health has handled the HIV data breach is troubling, to say the...
January 18th, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew Technically, however, there isn't a clear line between one box that streams from pirated sites and another that streams from, say, StarHub or...
January 6th, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew So much has unravelled in 2018 that the new year promises to take the polish off technology transformations even more. What's underneath, we may not...
December 27th, 2018 | by
Grace Chng It has been a tumultuous year for the technology industry, ironically at a time when technology has become all-pervasive....
