HackerSpace Promotional Video

You have read about the HackerSpace initiative set up by local technologists and entrepreneurs. They have also included a promotional video so that you can now exactly what the whole idea of hackerspace is about. So, enjoy the video and see if you would be part of the new technological & innovation landscape in Singapore. Read more

Co-Workers of the World, Unite at Hackerspace.SG

Are you passionate about technology? Do you want to turn your idea into a prototype? Are you interested in meeting people with similar interests and curiosity to test new ideas? Chua Ruiwen, Wong Meng Weng, Luther Goh, and Justin Lee talks about a new initiative Hackerspace SG that they have put together that involved all technologists, entrepreneurs, innovators and developers. Read more

3 Interesting TED Demo Videos for Innovators Part 1

We all hear about the inspiring and brilliant TED videos where inventors, thought leaders and social activists give a scintillating 18-20 minutes speech about their own topic of interest. While the talks about social media, politics, economics, language, design, architecture and many more gave us much food for thought, there are interesting TED demo videos which give us a glimpse of future technologies and what is going to come. We start with a series of interesting demos from how one can synthesize a three dimensional structure using a set of images (coming out of Microsoft Research), a new type of GUI desktop interface for operating system and lastly, wireless electricity and how we can get our phones charge without wires. Read more

Dimensions of Innovation in Entrepreneurship by Chris Evdemon

Recently, Chris Evdemon (board member, BANSEA and partner, Eastern Bell Venture Capital) gave a interesting presentation about starting up in China. Being experienced in both Singapore and China markets, he has decided to share another presentation entitled Dimensions of Innovation in Entrepreneurship which he delivered in a university in China. The presentation offers general advice for entrepreneurs starting up their company based on the 5P’s principle (preparation, patience, persistence, persuasion, productivity). Read more

10 Cost-Cutting Measures – TheAsianParent.com Way

Talking in generics regarding survival in a recession is useless without some numbers to back it up. Seeing exactly how much you saved (NOT) doing this or that provides you with visible encouragement to continue your cost-cutting ways. Here, we have guest contributor, Roshni, founder of Singapore-based TheAsianParent.com, share some of the ways they have cut costs and their corresponding savings. Read more

Aftermath of E27 Unconference Singapore 2008

Kudos to the E27 team, the Unconference Singapore 2008 held in Matrix, Biopolis had been a fantastic and well-organized event. It had an overwhelming turnout, hitting between 200-250 people. From a surprising excellent keynote from Daniel Ingitaraj (Director, Developer & Platform Evangelism, Microsoft) to the enthusiastic pitches from many start-ups in the event, it was a gathering of many enthusiastic minds for a growing and emerging Internet industry. Read more

65Bits Episode 75 : Firefox 2 is dead! Long Live Firefox 3!

Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape: (1) More iPhone Talk, (2) Apple Introduces iPhone 3G Videoconferencing Kit, ZOMG!, (3) EFiX: OSx86 with a twist, (4) Dell E and E Slim revealed, taking on Eee and Air in one fell swoop, (5) Yahoo ends all talks with Microsoft, shares plunge, (6) Britain Launches Final Real-Life Skynet Satellite, (7) Opera 9.5 Brings Speed and Syncing to the Browser, (8) Google Browser Sync To Be Discontinued and Byte of the Week : Firefox 3 to Drop on Tuesday. Do click and check out their podcast.