Singapore Entrepreneurs

The Maps and Mobile Unconference will be happening on 21 May 2008 in NUS Extension, Park Mall (Opposite Dhoby Ghaut MRT station) from 6.30 to 10 pm. The event is organized by Barcamp, Singapore PHP User Group, Entrepreneur27 (Garag3), and it is the first developer community event sponsored by Google Singapore. In this event, our focus will be on how start-ups and big companies focus on how to create value with the use of Maps API (from Google) and also looking at applications which are delivering interesting mobile services to the customers. If you are interested to turn up, either go to the Barcamp wiki or facebook event to RSVP your name and designation. Here are more details for the event. Continue Reading »

Press Release - Singapore, May 5th 2008, Recruit.net, an award winning tech company that operates a network of trilingual job search engines across Asia Pacific, has launched a new job search function at Ping.sg, Singapore’s leading blogging community site. With the new function, community members are able to search for ten of thousands of jobs through a single click at Ping.sg. The Recruit.net job channel allows for users to find tens of thousands of Singapore related jobs from hundreds of websites in a single search through Ping.sg: http://jobs.ping.sg/ Continue Reading »

It’s that time of the month. The Singapore PHP User Group will have their monthly meet-up for the month of May again. For this month, the event will be held on 14 May 2008, 7:00pm - 9:30pm in Microsoft Singapore, NTUC Centre, 22nd Floor, Marina Boulevard. For this month, our speakers will be talking about Druid Soap API, Joomla and Drupal. Do RSVP for the event if u have a facebook account. Continue Reading »

Sure, we all know Chua U-Zyn, the creator of Ping.sg. Well, he’s the guest star for this week’s 65 bits. Still, not to miss out are the highlights of this week’s podcast (Click this URL to listen to the podcast) : (1) Psystar Open Computer notes, benchmarks and video, (2) Windows XP SP3 Officially Delayed, (3)Dell and Microsoft’s big shoving match- XP preinstalls, (4) Ubuntu 8.04 Released, (5) Adobe Opens the FLV and SWF Formats, (6) XBOX 360 Lowers Prices in SG, (7) Speedier iMacs available, (8) More 3G iPhone rumors? and (9) Hans Tan’s LED clock spells out time in text. Not to forget, that Byte of The Week : LogMeIn.

A new web service has just turned up from Shannon Low, one of the co-founders of Shoplette.com. Shoplette is a service you can use to tell your friends what you bought and where you bought it. Check out what your friends have bought and where they’ve been shopping, discover new stuff to buy and new places to shop, and find out what’s hot and where to shop in other countries. Do check it out.

This week we have a special guest joining us, Nicole. She brings a feminine touch to an otherwise brutish and boorish show. Here are the interesting news for them: (i) Psystar’s Corporate Home, (ii) Samsung Mobile Phone Roadshow 2008, (iii) Nokia outs HSDPA 5320 and 5220 XpressMusic candybars, (iv) Dell Unveils Tiny Bamboo-cased Eco Computer, (v) Fastest Hard Drive Ever, (vi) Windows XP SP3 RTM, (vii) Facebook Chat and the byte of the week: Piclens. So go and check out their latest podcast. If that is not enough, check out Channel 65’s review of the Intel Classmate PC.

Singapore, 29 April 2008 – World’s first concept business café, Geek Terminal, joins hands with global leader in networking, Cisco; kicking-off the café’s massive branding overhaul to spotlight its growing fan base of top senior executives and corporate business travelers. Through this collaboration, Cisco’s state-of-the-art Unified Communications System pioneers the creation of a secure network access and a robust, high-speed wireless infrastructure to enable the CBD cyber lounge a media-rich communications experience and easy-to-use teleconferencing. First in Series of “Hardware” and “Software” Upgrades at Geek Terminal to Indulge the Upwardly Mobile Business Community. Melding Form & Functionality, Geek Terminal’s New Interior combines Cisco’s Unified Communication Systems (TM) as key Design Feature whilst Empowering Work Users in a Luxury Space Away from the Office Continue Reading »

We are informed by Mr Douglas Gan, CEO of ShowNearby.com that their service is now open for beta. The features of the portal uses Google maps for all Singapore street and building locations and provides a comprehensive listing of all addresses, postal codes and building names. It also allows the users to find friends nearby and set places as favourite locations and upload photos of locations (e.g. buildings, roads, etc.). Do check out this site if you are interested.

This week in 65bits from the Tech65 team features the following news: (1) Psystar’s OpenMac Apple Clone is Close to a Cease & Desist Letter, (2) Mac Clone Maker Psystar Vows to Challenge Apple EULA, (3) Psystar says rumors of its demise highly exaggerated, still selling Open Computers, (4) OSx86 Project not too happy with Psystar either, (5) Psystar Expose: Looks Like A Hoax, (6) Windows Mobile 6.1 Official, new version of IE Mobile gets H.264, Flash, (7) IN DEPTH: Official Eee PC with XP, (8) Eee PC 900 to launch in Singapore on…, (9) Microsoft Accomodating Eee with Lightweight XP and Byte of the Week: PortableApps.com. So go and check out their latest podcast.

After the 65th episode celebration, our friends from Tech65 have moved on with their 66th episode rolling with the following news: (i) Flickr Adds Video Capabilities to Service - NO Video on Flickr Petition, (ii) Google App Engine, (iii) HP Mini-Note 2133 announced - and previewed in Singapore and in our Editor’s personal blog too, (iv) Australia to get 3g iPhone unlocked. Singapore implications?, (v)Virtual Map shuts down Streetdirectory.com site after losing suit, and finally their byte of the Week: YouSwop. So go and check out their latest podcast.