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AI Startups Need Data, and the Government Needs Help

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These large and reasonably priced aggregated datasets can be useful for startups looking to transform legacy institutions or disrupt established industries. Michael Hiskey, CMO of data management software provider Semarchy , advises startups to locate the data they need before beginning to develop AI solutions. Mexican birth records.

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[Singapore] Hotel Reservation Services Opens Regional HQ

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Cologne, Germany-based Hotel Reservation Service (HRS) , the leading hotel portal in Europe for business and private travelers, late last month announced its official expansion in the Asia Pacific with the opening of its regional headquarters in Singapore. In the News Hotel Reservation Service HRS Singapore'

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[Singapore] Frambie Wins Young Entrepreneur Awards 2011

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Perhaps that is the reason why it emerged as the grand winner of the recent 2 nd Young Entrepreneur Awards (YEA), jointly organized by hardware maker Canon and Singapore-based broadcaster MediaCorp. Frambie , founded by Malaysian Beh Weng Wei, allows you to upload any photos and images to the site, and pick personalized frames for them.

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

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Here digital intercepts of consumer activities are aggregated into large data sets, analysed, and assessed versus market expectations. Every day Sqreem Technologies (a Singapore company I advise), tracks the digital footprint of 3 billion consumers as they engage with over 150,000 brands, capturing 75% of online behaviors across 40 countries.

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[Singapore] SingTel Innovation Exchange Introduces myBusiness Techblog

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SingTel Innovation Exchange (Six) – the partner development program of Singapore-headquartered Asia telecommunications provider SingTel – has launched myBusiness techblog , an online information resource on business, innovation and technology, targeted at small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

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[Malaysia] Startups Unite To Form Launchpad, An Intern Matching Platform

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The startup scenes in Southeast Asia – Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, among others – have been thriving, attracting scores of students and young graduates who want to be part of their local startup movement. And many of these startups, some flush with cash and others eyeing international expansion, are hiring.

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Financial Literacy Across Asia Declining: Mastercard

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MasterCard’s Index – which covers Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar – calculates an aggregate score for each country based on three components: basic money management, financial planning and investment.

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