YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2013

With the proliferation of blog shops and rise of online shopping in Singapore – and in Asia – the casual observer might be forgiven for thinking the brick and mortar shops will go the way of the Dodo. But just how can mobiles achieve this? These trends have implications for Singapore as they expand into the region and internationally.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 1, 2013

LinkedIn first established an office here in Singapore back in 2011. Singapore is the fourth market in Southeast Asia to surpass the 1-million mark, after Malaysia (1+ million), Indonesia (1.5+ LinkedIn also recently overhauled its mobile applications, tapping on the explosive smartphone growth in his region.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Tapping on our data connections – be it 4G or WiFi – data-based messaging is just as instantaneous as SMSes without incurring higher mobile charges. Enter enterprise mobile messaging. Ability to attach and send multi-media files (image, audio, video, PDF, text files and more). What then should companies do?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 25, 2011

ESPN STAR Sports and mobile media company Affle today announced “Pinch A Dollar for Special Olympics”, a unique corporate social responsibility (CSR) campaign that sees the use of Affle ‘s mobile messaging app Pinch to raise funds for Special Olympics Singapore.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2013

The e-commerce space in Singapore has been ratcheted up by another notch as online shopping platform Shopify partners telecommunications provider SingTel to make available its services to businesses in the country. It also works as a fully featured mobile application, and retailers can manage their shop on the go through the mobile app.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2011

Wireless music sharing must be the “hot new thing&# – right after we wrote about MyStream , Singapore-based mobile application developer Bitsmedia announces and launches Frenzapp Music , an application that allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to share and discover music.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 27, 2011

For example, you’ll find out how the mobile industry is placing their bets on explosion of smartphone usage in the region with mobile applications and mobile advertising, or about Asia’s cleantech boom with the focus on electric cars, electronic waste recycling and even solar powered lights.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2013

The Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) earlier this month celebrated over 40 innovative technology solutions – across various categories including the best start-up, cloud solution, digital media, e-government, and infocomm productivity – at an awards ceremony that attracted over 290 submissions in total.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2013

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore facing critical challenges in doing business in-country – with its manpower crunch, high rental costs and small domestic market – may want to consider exploring participating in the global e-commerce market, says PayPal.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 25, 2011

Previously known as UnConference Singapore (in 2007-2009), Echelon has been primarily responsible, over the past few years, for unearthing some of Singapore’s and the region’s most promising technology startup companies. Venue: University Cultural Centre, National University of Singapore. Event Details.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2012

As the mobile revolution continues unabated, digital media company Yahoo! last week launched a new series of mobile advertising products in its Southeast Asian markets targeted at helping businesses reach their consumers via the device they’re almost always embracing. across PCs and mobile devices. “We

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 15, 2013

The NUS Living Labs will provide support to developers and researchers creating new solutions and applications, with priority given to solutions in the area of mobility,education and lifestyle. In the News InnovFest 2013 Living Lab National University of Singapore NUS Enterprise NUS Interactive and Digital Media Institute'

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

million citizens have active mobile contracts, with the de facto standard for modern handsets supplying more than enough computational grunt to run an interactive, audio-based literacy classroom on-the-go. The application of mobile devices to learning literacy is not particularly new. mobile subscriptions.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Social media is high on the radar for CRM and loyalty specialists. There is a strong sense that CRM and social media could go together very well. Social media is seen as something new that can be bolted onto existing CRM and loyalty management platforms. Then at the request of merchants, we settled for the mobile number.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 20, 2015

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. Media Streaming. It should be noted that many of these support (or are primarily created for) a mobile platform, which companies will have a harder time blocking.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 9, 2011

According to a recent survey conducted by financial management solutions provider Intuit , over 7o-percent of men and women in Singapore – most of whom in their 30s – have considered being entrepreneurs at some point in their lives. It is great to see that a large majority of people here possess an entrepreneurial spirit.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 8, 2015

Rather, effective marketing begins with deep customer insights that translate into a great brand idea that is media-agnostic. I love how it cuts through the fluff of “go digital or die” marketing while proposing a measured way to weave brand marketing into both mass and new media channels. The best engagement ideas are media neutral.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2020

by Jun Byongnam, Regional Director of the Korea IT Cooperation Center in Singapore. Before the pandemic, South Korea’s gaming industry had already been a powerhouse – a haven for mobile gaming that developers in the West sought to get into. Jun Byongnam is the Regional Director of the Korea IT Cooperation Center in Singapore.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Singapore-based IT retail chain Newstead Technologies , better known for its Apple -centered Nübox stores, has launched a brand new concept store that aims to revolutionize the IT buying experience. “For example, today’s consumers buy a laptop that match their preferred lifestyle needs such as gaming or mobility.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

1: Social Media Examiner. This free daily digital publication provides social media marketers with digital marketing and social media best practices and digital marketing tips. It is a platform where you can hire freelance writers from Singapore. 9: Social Media Today . 2: markonmag. 7: Smashing Magazine.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

But when it comes to incorporating technology into marketing for brands, the stalwart has been willing to cede a point to a particular startup in Singapore. Managing director Shalu Wasu, who was previously head of Ogilvy’s social media practice, pitched the idea of Circus Social to the agency about one year ago.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Soon, Asia will get one of its own – Angel’s Gate is set to air on Singapore-based broadcaster Channel NewsAsia from next week. Anyone with a great idea can come forward, get instant exposure in mainstream media, and win over financial backers and business mentors.”. The programme is more than just a reality TV show.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2012

My PR minder ushers me into the cavernous hotel suite in one of Singapore’s newest hotels, the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. Measuring Your Popularity On Social Media. “A tool like Klout measures social media effectiveness, but from a marketer’s standpoint,” Thomson explains. Celebrities could live here.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

Social food journal Burpple officially launched earlier this week: the iOS application – currently available on the App Store for free – is positioned as a way to remember, organize and explore your food moments with friends on the mobile phone. But if Singapore-based Burpple sounds similar to Foodspotting , it does.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 18, 2013

It is “massively useful information, provided for free, that creates long-term trust and kinship between your company and your customers” As highlighted in my earlier post , it looks at how we should evolve from securing top-of-mind awareness (eg mass media ads) to frame-of-mind (e.g. If content is fire, social media is gasoline.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

He is currently CEO of Bubbly , a social media startup backed by Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8, and JAFCO. Singapore is by far the most developed behind those big three markets with government schemes attracting over a dozen early stage firms to set up shop here (e.g. Golden Gate Ventures , Jungle Ventures , etc.),

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Just a week after Tech in Asia ( Techinasia.com ) completed its acquisition of fellow Singapore-based blog SGEntrepreneurs (SGE) for an undisclosed sum, the startup and technology blog today announced that it has also acquired Indonesia-based gaming blog GameSaku from Apps Foundry. GameSaku Indonesia Singapore TechinAsia TechinAsia.com'

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

Social food journal Burpple officially launched earlier this week: the iOS application – currently available on the App Store for free – is positioned as a way to remember, organize and explore your food moments with friends on the mobile phone. But if Singapore-based Burpple sounds similar to Foodspotting , it does.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Mobile payment app paywithcover.com is a New York-based company, like Grouper, who included a more distinct call-to-action in its domain name. No one is putting ‘cover’ into their browser expecting to find a restaurant-focused mobile payments app. Hoping to become the “Kickstarter for Independent Media”, IndieVoic.es

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2012

The program, which began in January this year, provided them with seed funding, intensive mentorship from international industry experts and the potential to access mobile markets across Asia. Think of ShopSpot as a mobile version of eBay – a phone app that allows consumers to easily buy and sell items. Kark Mobile Education.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The past year has seen exciting growth for online and mobile commerce in Asia , and that trend looks set to continue all the way through 2012 into 2013. But the numbers, however phenomenal, hide the fact that many traditional brick-and-mortar retailers have struggled to incorporate online and mobile retail into their business.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

According to a recent Research And Markets report , corresponding with explosive growth in the demand for mobile broadband is a similar increase for Over-the-Top (OTT) content, where the delivery of video, audio and other media over the Internet other than via a service provider’s own dedicated, managed IPTV network.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2013

The annual week-long global crowdsourcing conference will take place in Singapore on April 7-11, 2014, and will see an expanded lineup of events that will convene many of the luminaries from around the world who are shaping the future of the growing crowdsourcing movement.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 22, 2011

And despite the slow take-up of QR codes in Singapore, new Singapore-based startup Gozo Labs has just launched a location-based mobile marketing platform that leverages QR codes for loyalty marketing initiatives. Called around! , Bringing Joy To People.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 14, 2011

Social Media World Forum (SMWF) Asia is back for its third edition! Organized by Bristol-based events company Six Degrees , this two-day conference and exhibition dedicated to all things social and digital media will take place in Singapore on 1st and 2nd September this year. Check out the full agenda here. Apps World Asia 2011.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

If you loved the emerging startup vibes of the DEMO conference, Asia will be getting its very own version with DEMO Asia 2012 slated for February 29 to March 2 in Singapore next year. We are committed to the success of the first-ever DEMO Asia in Singapore,” says Chua Wee Phong, executive Director of Sphere Exhibits.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2017

by Steve Tan, Deputy Head and key partner in Rajah & Tann Singapore ’s TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) practice group. Singapore’s data protection law has one of the highest fines in Asia with each breach subject to a potential fine of S$1 million.

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