In Conversation with Frank Levinson, Small World Group

The Small World Group, managed by Frank Levinson and his partner, Dean Haritos, is one of the seven designated technology venture incubators from the National Research Foundation (NRF) TIS Scheme. The technology focus of this company is on clean tech, optics and materials and it has begun operations in Singapore to start working with entrepreneurs to bring new tech companies to market. We sat down with Frank Levinson, one of the partners in Small World Group and chat with him on several subjects, from how he started Small World Group to the type of entrepreneurs which the incubator will be interested to fund. He will also share some of the earlier success stories he has with regards to incubation of tech companies and talks about the future plans of the Small World Group in Singapore. Read more

65Bits Episode 159: What will Apple ban next week?

Our friends at Tech65 starts off this week with their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape: [1] Apple Sues HTC For Infringing On 20 iPhone Patents, [2] Apple yanks Wi-Fi detectors from iTunes, [3] Microsoft: “No Windows Phone 7 upgrade for Windows Mobile 6.x devices”, [4] Nokia N900 and [5] Norton 360 V4.0. Do click and check out their latest podcast here. You can now also listen to the Tech65 podcast here as well by coming to the blog post directly. Read more

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65Bits Episode 158: Barney Song

Our friends at Tech65 starts off this week with their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape: [1] Facebook Granted Patent on the News Feed, [2] 5,000 ‘overtly sexual’ iPhone apps purged, [3] iPhone OS 3.2 has support for video calling, file downloads, and SMS, [4] Showcase Nokia 2010, [5] Aperture 3 and [6] Sony BRAVIA Full HD 3D TV coming to Singapore this summer. Do click and check out their latest podcast here. You can now also listen to the Tech65 podcast here as well by coming to the blog post directly. Read more

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TWIA Episode 18: Everyone’s a Scraper

The TWIA crew gathers after Chinese New Year without Daniel Cerventus to run thru a couple of stories that rumbles across the Asia landscape this week. Starting with Zynga’s global expansion into India, the crew ponders whether the foreign companies are shifting their focus away from China. Once again, censorship takes the headline in China and Indonesia. Of course, we devise the new googleometer where we ask if Google is really moving out of China with their gestures on canceling the Android event in Beijing. Finally, the biggest story that rocked Southeast Asia with Facebook acquiring Octazen, a Malaysian based company and finally the crew looks at the rise of the Global QQ and ending with a short commentary on Siok Siok’s new film, Twittamentary.
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65Bits Episode 157: MeeGo-Ring

Our friends at Tech65 starts off this week with their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape: [1] Google takes on Facebook and Twitter with network site, [2] Google Buzz: Privacy nightmare, [3] Windows Phone 7 Series, [4] Samsung Wave / Bada Exclusive First Look, [5] Intel and Nokia’s MeeGo Join a Brewing OS War, [6] HTC Legend, Desire and HD Mini, [7] Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini and Xperia X10 mini pro and [8] Auto login for Wireless@SG – at last. Do click and check out their latest podcast here. You can now also listen to the Tech65 podcast here as well by coming to the blog post directly. Read more

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Decrease Performance Bottlenecks With Hiperware

In industries that are heavily reliant on high-performance software, having everything run smoothly, efficiently and in tip-top condition is paramount. Having had the honours of being top six in the security technology international competition Global Security Challenge (GSC) back in 2008 meant huge validation in Hiperware’s performance-enhancing technology. Read more

65Bits Episode 156: 3 Strikes & you are out

Our friends at Tech65 starts off this week with their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape: [1] Apple shows in-browser info page when clicking on app store links, [2] Twitter reveals torrent scam details, [3] Nexus One gets a software update, enables multitouch, [4] ACTA Talks in Mexico to Address Transparency Concerns and [5] Project Nimbus. Do click and check out their latest podcast here. You can now also listen to the Tech65 podcast here as well by coming to the blog post directly. Read more

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Image, Video Recognition and Search With Fotegrafik Labs

Born originally as an image bank where photographers and other image producers can monetize their content, Fotegrafik Pte Ltd saw a need in the market for increased simplicity in indexing, managing and searching through large libraries of digital assets (photos and videos). To address that need, they have developed image and video retrieval and search technologies with leading scientists at Israeli company, RTC Vision. Read more

65Bits Episode 155: How can we not talk about the iPad?

Our friends at Tech65 starts off this week with their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape: [1] Twitter adds local trends to Web site, [2] Google ends support for IE6 and [3] Apple iPad. Do click and check out their latest podcast here. You can now also listen to the Tech65 podcast here as well by coming to the blog post directly. Read more

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TWIA Episode 15: The iPad Tsunami

Michael Smith Jr, Director YDN SE Asia from Yahoo! joins the TWIA crew as our guest for the week. The discussion centered on the aftermath of the Apple iPad after months of speculation. With the Founders’ Institute coming to Singapore following after many incubators setting up shop here, the TWIA discussion group discussed the impact on tech entrepreneurship in Singapore and overall to the other countries Indonesia and Malaysia in Southeast Asia. With Maxis opening apps store in Malaysia and China’s declaration that they have nothing to do with the attacks on Google, the crew steered ahead with an exciting week in Asia. You can listen to the podcast in TWIA on SGE or go to their website. Read more

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