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| Dec 19, 2025 | RunCloud CEO Arif Tukiman Honoured with Top Entrepreneur at UTM Alumni Homecoming | Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient and global tech leader recognized for his transformative impact on Malaysia's digital innovation ecosystem.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Muhammad Arif bin Tukiman, the visionary co-found... |
| May 14, 2025 | ‘Severe’ financial mismanagement triggers LiveIn’s Malaysia exit | Premium Content
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Miguel Cordon · 1d ago · 2 min read‘Severe’ financial mismanagement triggers LiveIn... |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Manchester United's Hong Kong Showdown: A Promise to Fans | Manchester United is gearing up for a grand return to Hong Kong. After a 12-year hiatus, the Red Devils are set to face a local representative team on May 30. This match promises to be a spectacle, a chance for fans to see their heroes in a... |
| Apr 11, 2025 | BNPL belongs in grocery stores, not in restaurants | Insights
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Stuart Thornton · 2d ago · 4 min readBNPL belongs in grocery stores, not in resta... |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Malaysia startup scene falters under government’s heavy hand | Community Content
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Kevin Brockland · 21h ago · 5 min readMalaysia startup scene ... |
| Sep 24, 2024 | From Reebonz to AI avatars: SG startup eyes $100bn opportunity | Premium Content
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Samreen Ahmad · 24 Sep 2024 · 6 min readFrom Reebonz to AI avatars: SG startup eyes... |
| Jul 7, 2024 | Microsoft’s Malaysia COO poised to lead MDEC: sources | Premium Content
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Emmanuel Samarathisa · 1d ago · 2 min readMicrosoft’s Malaysia COO poised to lead M... |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Ant Group Announces Additional Investment in Singapore based ANEXT Bank | Alibaba’s Ant Group has reportedly committed another SGD 200 million investment into ANEXT Bank, which is its wholly-owned subsidiary and SME digital bank. This, according to media reports from March 25, 2024.
As reported by DealStreetAsia,... |
| Oct 12, 2023 | Flash Coffee files for liquidation in Singapore, shutters 11 stores | ManagementNewsStartups
Gabriel Budi Sutrisno · 13 Oct 2023 · 1 min readFlash Coffee files for liquidation in Singapore, shutters 11 stores
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Flash Coffee, a Singapore-based coffee chain, has filed for a voluntary wi... |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Тотальное доминирование с AI. Стратегия, инструменты | Генеративный ИИ и ChatGPT вывели дискуссии об искусственном интеллекте на новый уровень, привлекая внимание как предпринимателей, так и глав государств. Лидеры бизнеса и топ-менеджмент должны быть в курсе трендов и отслеживать сферы примене... |
| Jun 8, 2023 | Leveling Up: The Transformative Impact of Gaming Culture on Southeast Asian Society and Technology | The digital landscape of Southeast Asia has experienced a significant transformation over the past decade, a change largely fueled by the explosive growth of the gaming industry. In 2022 alone, the Southeast Asian gaming market was valued a... |
| May 11, 2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Flash Coffee brews up $50m, ChrysaLabs nets $15m for soil science | This week, Singapore-based tech-forward coffee chain Flash Coffee secured funding, as did soil science startup ChrysaLabs, biotech startup MicroHarvest and sustainability measurement platform Improvin’. Beyond Meat got a thumbs up from the ... |
| Feb 20, 2023 | ChatGPT не справился с экзаменами за 6 класс в Сингапуре | ChatGPT провалил экзамены за 6 класс сингапурской общеобразовательной школы, выдав 16% правильных ответов по математике и 21% — по естественным наукам. Оценка теста по английскому языку — 11 баллов из 20. Специалисты пытаются найти объяснен... |
| Feb 2, 2023 | The week in agrifoodtech: Plant-based salmon reels in $12m, new funding for ag robots, Impossible layoffs | This week, Canada’s New School Foods snagged seed funding for its whole-cut plant-based salmon. In agtech, BloomX secured funding for its pollination tech and E-Terry for its farm robot. Meanwhile, KFC struck a deal to put robots in its kit... |
| Nov 9, 2022 | Breakthrough innovation: Q&A with Dzuleira Abu Bakar, CEO of MRANTI | The Malaysian Research Accelerator for Technology and Innovation (MRANTI) supports local startups on their innovation journey and helps them bring their technology solutions to market.
KrASIA spoke with Dzuleira Abu Bakar, CEO of MRANTI, to... |
| Sep 19, 2022 | Shopee, southeast Asia's answer to Amazon, is closing shop in 4 countries and laying off staff days after its billionaire founder said he'd forgo a salary | Ecommerce platform Shopee is laying off HR, regional ops, marketing, engineering staff.
Shopee was launched in seven Southeast Asia markets in 2015 and now operates in 13 countries.
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Shopee, a Singapore-headquartered ecommerce ... |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Affinidi and Avvanz Sign MOU to Streamline Employment Background Checks in Singapore | SINGAPORE, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Affinidi, a decentralised identity solutions provider founded by global investment company Temasek, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with Avvanz to joint... |
| Mar 8, 2022 | First Mover Asia: Singapore's Strict Approach to Crypto; Bitcoin Rises Despite Investors' Jitters About War, US Executive Order | Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:
Prices: Bitcoin and ether rose slightly but investors nervously awaited the next turn in Ukraine and a long-awaited crypto executive order by U.S. President Joe Biden
Insights: Singapore's strict appro... |
| Feb 6, 2022 | SG co-working firm Found8 to exit Malaysia | NewsStartups
Thao Lam La · 2 Jun 2022 · 1 min readSG co-working firm Found8 to exit Malaysia
Singapore-based co-working space operator Found8 announced that it would be closing its only location in Malaysia by the end of June.
Found8’s co-w... |
| Jan 27, 2022 | ShopBack to Carousell: 10 S’pore startup founders who are also investing in other startups | Singaporean Yiping Goh and her Spanish husband Carlos Bañón would travel to Spain twice a year to visit their family and friends during pre-pandemic times.
With Covid-19 restricting travel however, they couldn’t travel to Spain for the pas... |
| Nov 11, 2021 | Coinbase, Binance & 68 Others Await Crypto Permits From MAS | Two of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, Coinbase and Binance, are among the 70 firms awaiting authorization from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to provide crypto services in the country.
MAS is the central bank and financial... |
| Nov 3, 2021 | Building a Better Metaverse with Gather | Gather's co-founders in the Gather virtual office
We're becoming a digital species. Perhaps we've already become a digital species. We live online, we work online, we play online. The internet is our place for cultivating community, our pl... |
| Oct 6, 2021 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Funds worth $300m+ launch in Europe, South America | The last seven days saw major agrifoodtech funds launched in Europe and South America, with well over $300 million to deploy between them; while cow-less dairy dreamers Perfect Day raised a moo-assive $350 million with a potential IPO in si... |
| Jun 26, 2021 | Singapore households to receive free oximeters from the Temasek Foundation | The Temasek Foundation announced on Thursday that it will distribute oximeters to every household in Singapore to help monitor blood oxygen levels, which can help detect early signs of health deterioration.
“The COVID-19 virus can cause blo... |
| Jun 22, 2021 | Singtel is betting big on gaming, streaming, and financial services startups | Singapore’s largest telecommunications service provider, Singtel, said last month that it is “open to taking significant minority stakes” in startups focused on financial services, streaming, and gaming. This is part of its “strategic reset... |
| Jun 19, 2021 | Going Under combines hard truths (and jokes) about tech startups with similarly hard gameplay | As I was browsing a recent Steam Sale, a game called Going Under caught my eye. Its premise combines both my current interests in life: rogue-like games and startups. While this genre might be tedious for some, I enjoy it because it offers ... |
| Jun 17, 2021 | Tesla slated to open service center in Singapore this July | Tesla Singapore is set to open a car servicing center in Toa Payoh next month. The American EV maker will soon operate out of a space formerly occupied by Tan Chong Motor’s Nissan dealership, according to The Straits Times.
The only Tesla m... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | AirAsia to launch grocery delivery service in Singapore | AirAsia said in a press release on Monday that it is calling for interested fresh produce and grocery merchants in Singapore to join its delivery platform. New merchants who are successfully onboarded will enjoy a 0% commission rate for the... |
| Jun 3, 2021 | Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan says firm is exploring entry into cryptocurrency space | Global lifestyle and gaming firm Razer is “carefully evaluating” a potential entry into cryptocurrencies. Min-Liang Tan, CEO of the Hong Kong-listed firm, said in a presentation this week that there is a nascent opportunity for Razer in the... |
| Jun 2, 2021 | Amid the pandemic, how has tech talent relocation changed in the Asia Pacific? | CommunityRecruitment
Andrew Stetsenko · 3 Jun 2021 · 4 min readAmid the pandemic, how has tech talent relocation changed in the Asia Pacific?
Like everything else in our lives, the relocation job market has been affected by the Covid-19 pan... |
| May 24, 2021 | Malaysian startup wins Seedstars World Competition, a first for the country | Malaysian fintech startup Finology on Thursday emerged as the winner of the Seedstars World Competition 2020/21, earning a USD 500,000 equity investment. The firm competed against 5,000 businesses from various continents and prevailed among... |
| May 6, 2021 | Grab joins premium ride market with new GrabCar Exec service, will also launch GrabPet XL | Grab announced today (May 6) that it will be expanding its transport offerings with the upcoming launch of two new on-demand premier ride options on May 25. The new ride options are GrabCar Exec, a fleet of luxurious vehicles that serve con... |
| Apr 29, 2021 | Temasek, DBS, JP Morgan to launch global payments platform on blockchain | DBS, JP Morgan, and Temasek on Wednesday announced plans to develop an open industry platform for payments, trade, and foreign exchange settlement through a newly established technology firm.
Called Partior, it aims to disrupt the tradition... |
| Apr 25, 2021 | Singapore startup Republiqe enters NFT market with ‘digital clothing’ | A Singaporean investor recently made waves in the art world when he spent a record-breaking SGD 93 million (USD 69 million) worth of cryptocurrency on a digital art piece.
The piece was sold in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT), which ... |
| Apr 14, 2021 | Indian unicorn Pine Labs acquires mobile payment app Fave for USD 45 million | Fave announced on Tuesday that it has been acquired by Pine Labs, an Indian merchant commerce platform, for USD 45 million. Pine Labs said that Indian consumers will be able to use the Fave app to earn rewards when making purchases with 500... |
| Apr 7, 2021 | A look back at LG: The wins, the losses, and why it couldn’t survive in the smartphone market | Though perhaps one of the most innovative smartphone manufacturers, LG is closing its mobile phone division for good.
By July 2021, the world may be saying its final goodbye to LG Electronics Inc’s global mobile division. That’s when it is ... |
| Apr 2, 2021 | Porsche and Shell to build cross-country charging network for EVs between Malaysia and Singapore | Porsche Asia Pacific and Shell jointly announced the implementation of Southeast Asia’s first cross-border high-performance charging (HPC) network on Wednesday.
The network will feature 12 charge points at six Shell stations strategically l... |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Drone tech could generate USD 64 billion globally by 2025 | As the world is in the midst of a global drone revolution, the overall industry is expected to be worth MYR 267 billion (USD 64 billion) by 2025. In Malaysia, local entrepreneurs and SMEs are being encouraged to explore opportunities in fiv... |
| Mar 30, 2021 | Unfazed by Grab, AirAsia will soon join the ride-hailing race in Malaysia | Since the start of the pandemic, AirAsia has been venturing into various contested sectors like food delivery, groceries, and even video streaming. Now, Tony Fernandes announced that it will be diving into the ride-hailing scene, reported T... |
| Mar 25, 2021 | Elon Musk: You can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin | Electric car giant Tesla has begun accepting payment for its vehicles in the form of bitcoin. Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the update via Twitter on Wednesday. Musk added that Tesla is using “only internal and open source software, and ope... |
| Mar 19, 2021 | Malaysian grocery app Jocom raises funds via listing on Singapore’s 1exchange | Malaysian grocery app Jocom on Thursday announced that it successfully listed on Singapore’s first regulated private securities exchange 1exchange, raising SGD 5.6 million (USD 4.2 million). The funds will go towards the group’s expansion t... |
| Mar 18, 2021 | The good and bad side of working in Malaysia’s gaming industry | Hearing about the harsh realities of a gaming studio’s work environment, most notably their crunch culture, doesn’t come as much of a surprise anymore. A few years back, Rockstar, the game developer behind GTA, had its alleged abusive work ... |
| Mar 8, 2021 | E-scooter and e-bike riders in Singapore must take theory tests from mid-2021 | Singapore’s Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Transport Baey Yam Keng on Friday announced that e-scooter and electric bicycle riders will soon have to take “mandatory theory tests.” The tests will help ensure all riders of such motorized d... |
| Mar 3, 2021 | AirAsia food is now available in Singapore, with free delivery until March 16 | Last month, AirAsia’s CEO Tony Fernandes announced on LinkedIn that the airline’s food delivery arm, AirAsia food, would be coming to Singapore “with a roar.” After starting in Malaysia in May 2020, AirAsia on Tuesday finally joined Singapo... |
| Feb 25, 2021 | Temasek-backed startup Next Gen raises USD 10 million for plant-based chicken | Singapore is quickly becoming a bustling hub for the foodtech industry, with many startups cropping up across the island. Next Gen, a startup that develops and produces plant-based food, launched in October last year with a capitalization o... |
| Feb 22, 2021 | TransferWise rebrands as Wise, to hire over 70 new staff in Singapore | Global technology company TransferWise announced on Monday that it has undergone a rebranding, in which it is renamed to Wise. Launched in 2011, Wise started out as a money transfer service for consumers, and has since expanded to build a c... |
| Feb 17, 2021 | Singapore sets aside USD 22 million for EV-related initiatives, raises petrol duty | Last week, as part of the Singapore Green Plan 2030, the government already said it would “make it easier to buy and own” electric vehicles (EV) in the country. It highlighted plans to expand the EV charging infrastructure to 60,000 by the ... |
| Feb 5, 2021 | E-pay Malaysia users allegedly affected by data leak | Reports have surfaced that personal details of at least 380,000 e-pay Malaysia customers are being allegedly sold on an online data-sharing forum for USD 300. The transaction was highlighted on Twitter and shared on Facebook at 3 a.m. on Th... |
| Feb 2, 2021 | EV sharing firm BlueSG reportedly in talks to be sold to Goldbell | The Straits Times reported on Monday that BlueSG, a subsidiary of Bolloré Group, is in “advanced talks” with local transport and engineering firm Goldbell Group to take over the company’s operations. Discussions have apparently been ongoing... |
| Jan 29, 2021 | Singapore’s biggest taxi firm ComfortDelGro to trial ride-hailing service | Singapore taxi operator ComfortDelGro on Thursday announced that it is adding 25 private-hire cars to its fleet as part of a ride-hailing trial. The cars are not allowed to do street hires, but will be available for booking from February 4 ... |
| Jan 15, 2021 | Content Moderation Case Study: Dealing With Demands From Foreign Governments (January 2016) | Summary: US companies obviously need to obey US laws, but dealing with demands from foreign governments can present challenging dilemmas. The Sarawak Report, a London-based investigative journalism operation that reports on issues and corru... |
| Jan 6, 2021 | Singapore tightens regulation on cryptocurrencies | Any entity that facilitates the transmission, exchange or storage of digital payment tokens (DPT) will now have to be licensed, following enhancements to the Payment Services Act, which was passed by Singapore’s parliament on Tuesday.
Such ... |
| Dec 1, 2020 | Non-bank e-wallets in Singapore to get access to PayNow and FAST | The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced on Monday that eligible non-bank financial institutions will be allowed to connect directly to the retail payment services PayNow and FAST (Fast And Secure Transfers).
The institutions inc... |
| Nov 19, 2020 | Singapore-based app Muslim Pro accused of selling data to US military | According to a Vice Media report published on Monday, the US military is buying private information gathered from apps around the world, one of them being Muslim Pro, which features services like an online Quran library as well as a daily p... |
| Nov 13, 2020 | Singapore reveals new work pass to attract top-tier tech talent | Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB) announced on Thursday that it will be launching a new work pass to attract highly-skilled professionals to boost its tech ecosystem. Called Tech.Pass, it will be given to top-tier foreign profess... |
| Nov 12, 2020 | Grab Malaysia has a new supermarket feature that is different from GrabMart | Grab on Wednesday announced the pilot launch of its new service called GrabSupermarket, which is not quite the same as the GrabMart that is already available. According to the company, GrabSupermarket is its first foray into an online groce... |
| Nov 10, 2020 | Proptech firm 99 Group acquires Singapore Real Estate Exchange | Singapore-based 99 Group, which operates several property platforms in Southeast Asia, on Tuesday announced that it acquired Singapore Real Estate Exchange (SRX), a real estate data provider, for an undisclosed amount.
The acquisition was f... |
| Nov 9, 2020 | Tesla plans to set up own EV charging infrastructure in Singapore | Tesla’s hiring rounds in Singapore have fueled rumors on its possible entry here. According to its latest job opening listed on its website, Tesla is hiring for a Charging Manager, which hints at a possible EV charging infrastructure in Sin... |
| Oct 22, 2020 | The Singapore Fintech Festival is back in December—in a hybrid format | This year, the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) celebrates its fifth anniversary as the largest and most inclusive fintech show in the world. Since its inception in 2016, SFF has been providing a global platform for discussions on challenge... |
| Oct 1, 2020 | This ‘Next Gen’ plant-based meat startup launches in Singapore after raising USD 2.2 million seed funding | Startups and food companies around the world are in a race to create alternatives to traditional meat production, as consumers are becoming more conscious about nutrition and sustainability. Next Gen, a foodtech startup which offers plant-b... |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Open Banking, Data Protection Laws Bring in New Challenges for Digital Banks and Incumbents | Open banking, one of the hottest topics in financial services today, is bringing in new challenges and risks that both traditional financial institutions and fintech companies must address swiftly, said Frederik Mennes, director of product ... |
| Sep 24, 2020 | Malaysian co-working space WORQ bags MYR 10 million despite headwinds | “The delayed WeWork IPO and the COVID-19 pandemic have definitely made funding a little harder to raise than in previous rounds,” Stephanie Ping, WORQ CEO and co-founder told Vulcan Post. “Investors are much more discerning in this environm... |
| Sep 14, 2020 | Google-owned Waze to close sales office in Singapore and APAC | Waze, the Google-owned navigation and mapping service, will lay off 5% of its global workforce, said its CEO Noam Bardin in an email announcement to employees. This equates to about 30 people out of its 555-strong global workforce. It did n... |
| Sep 4, 2020 | MaGIC’s GAP grew startup revenue by 74% in 2019, now it’s going virtual and looking beyond growth | It’s that time of the year again—the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Center (MaGIC) is about to hold its annual mid- to late-stage startup growth program, Global Accelerator Program (GAP).
Last year in 2019, the 30 startups that ... |
| Aug 17, 2020 | Hyundai to set up electric car manufacturing plant in Singapore, will create “hundreds of jobs” | British electronics company Dyson had announced two years ago that it is building its first electric car manufacturing plant in Singapore, which is slated for completion in 2020.
However, Dyson said last year that it’s scrapping the SGD 4.3... |
| Aug 13, 2020 | Singapore may see electric ‘microcars’ for rent by 2021 | Instead of walking home, you might be able to shuttle to your HDB block in an electric car by 2021. Singapore startup QIQ Global has shared its plans to launch electric microcars for rent.
Called the QIQ Pods, they are only 2.4 meters long ... |
| Jul 24, 2020 | Tesla is quietly hiring in Singapore: Does this signal a launch here? | Just two days ago, electric vehicle and alternative energy company Tesla listed five roles based in Singapore.
The available roles are service advisor, service manager, vehicle readiness specialist, parts advisor, and vehicle service techni... |
| Jul 21, 2020 | A new portal lists available grants and over 500 fintech jobs in Singapore | The Singapore Fintech Association (SFA) on Monday launched a new grants and jobs portal. With currently over 500 job postings, it will enable job seekers to access the latest job vacancies, available grants, relevant training opportunities,... |
| Jul 2, 2020 | This Singapore events tech firm created a wristband that tracks temperature and makes payment | PouchNATION has launched PouchPASS, a temperature-taking device, marking its first foray into the health industry. The Singaporean-based company develops solutions for the events industry, such as NFC-based systems, RFID enabled cashless pa... |
| Jun 26, 2020 | New movie streaming service Cathay CineHOME to launch in Singapore, but will it survive? | Singapore-based media group mm2 Asia will be launching a new on-demand streaming service in Singapore.
Called Cathay CineHOME, it offers a Transactional Video On Demand (TVOD) model where viewers pay a one-time fee for movie content.
The gr... |
| Jun 24, 2020 | OCBC Bank launches healthcare app for video consultations with doctors in Singapore | OCBC Bank said on Wednesday that it has formed a partnership with seven medical groups—Singapore Medical Group, StarMed Specialist Center, Thomson Medical, Faith Medical Group, OneCare Medical Group, Etern Medical, and True Medical—to launc... |
| Jun 19, 2020 | All secondary students in Singapore to get a laptop or tablet for learning by 2021 | All secondary school students will receive a personal laptop or tablet for learning by next year—seven years ahead of the original target.
To bring forward the plan is one of the ways the government, schools and the community are working to... |
| Jun 17, 2020 | Disney+ is hiring in Singapore, will the streaming service be launching soon? | Earlier this month, Disney Junior Asia announced on its Facebook page that its Disney channels have been removed from Singtel and StarHub platforms.
It was speculated that this split is probably due to the looming threat of Disney+ on the h... |
| Jun 9, 2020 | Offline to online: Grab’s new scheme helps digitalize small businesses, offers USD 3.5 million in free ads | According to a study on MSME’s (micro, small, and medium enterprises) participation in the digital economy in ASEAN, only 34% of small businesses in Southeast Asia have an online presence.
Additionally, only half of Singapore’s SMBs (small ... |
| Jun 6, 2020 | Singaporean government explores wearable contact tracing devices, may issue to all residents | The Smart Nation and Digital Government Group (SNDGG) is exploring a wearable device that may become Singapore’s new method for contact tracing. Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, the minister-in-charge of the SNDGG and minister for foreign affairs, ... |
| Jun 3, 2020 | Singapore startup Smove exits car-sharing market, now under liquidation | It hasn’t always been a ‘smove’ business journey for this local car-sharing startup.
When Smove first launched in Singapore in 2013, it only had a small fleet of six electric cars covering a small area islandwide.
Co-founded by Tom Lokenvit... |
| Jun 2, 2020 | This Malaysian startup raised a hefty USD 1.8 million via equity crowdfunding | Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis, Malaysian insurtech company PolicyStreet has successfully raised USD 1.8 million (MYR 7.8 million) in a Series A round, marking the largest funds to be raised from an equity crowdfunding (ECF) ... |
| May 23, 2020 | CapitaLand to launch e-commerce, food delivery platforms on June 1 to drive sales | As Singapore soon enters Phase 1 of lifting the circuit breaker, most retail stores will still be closed and dining in will not be allowed yet.
Singapore’s largest retail landlord CapitaLand plans to launch its own e-commerce and online foo... |
| May 22, 2020 | Apple’s newest update lets you unlock your phone easily when wearing a mask | As the COVID-19 situation continues to develop and wearing face masks becomes the new normal, the iPhone’s Face ID feature has become less effective on account of half your face being covered by a piece of fabric.
This means that whenever y... |
| May 20, 2020 | Uber to close APAC HQ in Singapore, will lay off about 3,000 staff globally | Back in 2018 when Uber merged with its rival Grab, it appeared that the chapter closed for good. Truth is, the company never really left Singapore—at least in terms of running a headquarter.
In fact, Uber unveiled its new Asia Pacific Regio... |
| May 16, 2020 | Razer is offering free masks in Singapore, but you’ll need to download Razer Pay to get one | On Tuesday, May 12, Razer said it will set up 20 vending machines across Singapore that will dispense a total of about 5 million free masks to the city-state’s residents aged 16 and above.
Here’s the catch: they must first sign up to use th... |
| May 11, 2020 | COVID-19: Offices, schools, barbers, and taxis in Singapore must use “SafeEntry” check-ins from May 12 | On Saturday (May 9), the Ministry of Health and the Smart Nation and Digital Government Office added a list of types of facilities and businesses resuming operations on May 12 that need to have “SafeEntry” in place.
Developed by the Governm... |
| May 2, 2020 | How Google Pay is helping Singapore F&B bizs with its new “Menu Discovery” feature | Google Pay Singapore launched their new “Menu Discovery” feature on April 28, to help local F&B businesses that are struggling due to the dining-in ban.
When the circuit breaker kicked in, many F&B establishments had to stop their d... |
| Apr 29, 2020 | ComfortDelGro launches food delivery service, all fees will go directly to cabbies | A new service has joined the ranks of the food delivery space in Singapore and it is called ComfortDelivery.
The delivery service was set up specifically to help out ComfortDelGro cabbies during the COVID-19 pandemic, and in particular duri... |
| Apr 15, 2020 | ComfortDelGro partners with RedMart to fulfill more grocery deliveries in Singapore | Online grocery sites in Singapore are facing extremely high demand during this time, and many of their delivery slots are overwhelmed.
To help fulfill this surge in orders, ComfortDelGro has partnered with RedMart, which has recently shifte... |
| Apr 14, 2020 | There are now 92 government-approved drones monitoring Malaysians | On April 7, it was announced that 92 drones would be deployed throughout the country during the second phase of the Movement Control Order (MCO) after approval from the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM).
The Royal Malaysia Police ... |
| Apr 6, 2020 | Grab suspends GrabHitch rides in Singapore from April 7 | As the number of daily COVID-19 cases in Singapore surge, a new set of ‘circuit breaker’ measures are being implemented from April 7 to May 4.
Along with closures of schools, non-essential businesses, and dine-in areas at restaurants, peopl... |
| Apr 3, 2020 | Huawei Pay launches in Singapore | Huawei users in Singapore can now make contactless payments through Huawei Pay on their smartphones.
The Chinese tech company announced today, April 3, the roll-out of their mobile payment tool in an exclusive partnership with UnionPay, a d... |
| Apr 2, 2020 | Razer could start mask production in 30 days | Three Singapore companies Frasers Property Retail, JustCo, and PBA Group have each committed USD 50,000 to purchase surgical masks that gaming peripheral company Razer is producing.
The masks will be donated to health authorities in Singapo... |
| Mar 24, 2020 | Singapore government’s TraceTogether app lets citizens actively participate in COVID-19 contact tracing | Singapore’s Government Technology Agency (GovTech) and Ministry of Health (MOH) jointly launched a mobile app called TraceTogether on March 20 to support contact tracing efforts amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
TraceTogether uses Bluetooth signa... |
| Mar 16, 2020 | Min-Liang Tan conducts site visit at Razer’s Southeast Asia HQ, confirms it will open in 2020 | At the end of 2018, Razer announced that it is set to open a Southeast Asia headquarters at the One-North business park in Singapore by 2020.
The planned building will be seven storeys high, have an estimated gross floor area of 19,300 squa... |
| Mar 10, 2020 | QueueMed speeds up waiting time for medical appointments | Author’s blurb: “Every time I queue to see the doctor, I have one irrational thought: wouldn’t having so many sick people in close quarters expose us to the risk of becoming infected with other illnesses? With COVID-19 now on the rise, perh... |
| Mar 5, 2020 | Singapore startup Hoolah raises eight-figure funds to take ‘buy now pay later’ solution overseas | Hoolah, a Singapore-based ‘buy now pay later’ startup, has closed an eight-figure Series A investment round.
The round was led by Allectus, a venture capital firm focused on disruptive technologies, and joined by others like iGlobe Ventures... |
| Feb 27, 2020 | Cost-cutting amid COVID-19: Firms like Temasek, SIA, CapitaLand impose hiring and salary freezes | As COVID-19 cases in Singapore continue to rise, businesses are grappling with the financial impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
This in turn may affect workers, as some companies take measures such as salary or hiring freezes.
A salary fre... |
| Feb 24, 2020 | Grab ends its upfront cash program for Singapore drivers following government concerns | In November last year, Grab’s Upfront Cash Programme which was first introduced in 2018 became a topic of contention.
The program allows select Grab driver- and food delivery-partners to take a cash advance on their future earnings, and pay... |
| Feb 21, 2020 | Berlin-based scooter firm Tier extends funding round to $100 million | By Reuters Staff
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FILE PHOTO: Tier e-scooters are ready to use at the entrance to a pedestrian area in Frankfurt, Germany, August 8, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo
BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin-based kick scooter company Tie... |
| Oct 7, 2019 | Scooter startup Tier raises $60m led by UAE’s Mubadala Capital | Premium
One of Europe’s biggest e-scooter sharing companies said it has raised $60 million in new financing, led in part by one of the sovereign wealth vehicles behind SoftBank Group Corp.’s gargantuan Vision Fund.
Continue reading this sto... |
| Sep 24, 2019 | Singapore’s Honestbee sees chairman resigning and still owes ex-staff USD 1 million salary | The dark days aren’t over yet for troubled firm Honestbee.
Earlier on August 1, the homegrown startup applied for a six-month moratorium and was later granted a 30-day extension to October 4 as it looks to restructure its debt.
The firm has... |
| Sep 19, 2019 | Singapore’s Carro invests USD 30 million in car bidding startup myTukar in expansion to Malaysia | Singapore startup Carro announced today that it has invested USD 30 million in Malaysia-based car bidding platform myTukar to digitize the local used car dealer industry.
This news came after Carro raised USD 30 million funding in August to... |
