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Will NFC Technology Take Off In Singapore?

YoungUpstarts

“Through our partnership with Nokia, we hope to transform Bras Basah and Bugis into Singapore’s first NFC-enabled precinct and leverage on NFC technology to showcase the heritage of an estimated 25 participating sites within the precinct,” says Alvin Tan, Director of Heritage Institutions and Industry Development, NHB. Promoting NFC use.

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14 Influential Higher Education Tech Leaders In Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

With the development of higher education closely tied to the political, economic and social development in the individual countries that make up the Southeast Asia region, lawmakers, regulators and educators recognize the need for the influx of technology into the education space to help accelerate that growth.

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Bloapp Converts Your Blog Into An iPhone App

YoungUpstarts

We all know that creating an iPhone app can be a cumbersome process that can take some time, from signing up (and paying) Apple’s developer program to waiting for up to two weeks for Apple to approve a submitted app. And the best part? It’s free to use. With Bloapp , you cut through all that headache.

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[Singapore] Cisco Celebrates 20 Years In Singapore; Opens New Regional Headquarters

YoungUpstarts

Cisco – and Singapore – has come a long way since, and some of us may remember how it, together with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) , created Singapore’s first “Internet Home” by transforming an entire housing flat in Bishan to showcase a vision of a connected future. .”

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12 Questions: Meet Maximilian (USA)

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It helped that my elementary school teacher recommended I join a school with special emphasis on artistic development. Well, we all wanna get insanely rich on some fantabulous multi-billion dollar project for the Sultan of Brunei, but there’s nothing new about that. Anybody wanna give me free lessons? What is your dream project?