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How The Covid-19 Pandemic Boosted Adoption Of Emerging Technologies In Southeast Asia

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Amidst the outbreak, governments across the region, such as Singapore have been promoting the use of digital finance as a means to minimise physical contact and stamp the spread of the virus, channelling more monetary support for the growth of e-payments and digital financial solutions.

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[Interview] PSB Academy: Up-Skilling In A New Learning Economy

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Awards celebrated 15 winners who are industry leaders in skills development in Singapore. For an entrepreneur to be successful, the business must be able to solve a particular problem and there will be demand from customers. Last November, the fourth edition of the JobsCentral Learning Training & Education Development (T.E.D)

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4 steps to starting a Web business without knowing a thing about coding

The Next Web

is a venture capitalist investing in Silicon Valley and Singapore. Step 1: Test your demand. It may surprise you to learn that the technology itself takes a back seat to market demand. You can find out whether your idea will succeed ahead of time by gauging the potential demand for your product or service.

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[Asia] Music Streaming Service Spotify Launches In Singapore And Malaysia

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The music scene in Singapore looks set to grow by volumes with today’s announcement that music streaming service Spotify is now available here. Music fans in the country now has on-demand, legal access to over 20 million music tracks – and for free.

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

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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. Seven years on and with 90% of the world’s data produced in the last two years, the applications have become far more ubiq u itous.

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8 Applications You Should Hunt Down On Your Network

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In a study conducted by SolarWinds in Singapore, application performance and availability were found to be critical for 59% of respondents to accomplish their work. In every case, this demand was a knee-jerk reaction from a user who just had their favorite “toy” taken away. (It

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Today’s Cold Chain – Connecting The World Of Care

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The supply and demand for healthcare goods is increasingly global, driven by emerging economies, longer life expectancy and technological advancements. [2]. This will lead to strong growth in demand for personalized medicine, which customizes care by taking into account patients’ genetic profiles and predictive reactions to treatments.

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