Author: Benjamin Cher
Singapore unveils task force to boost semiconductor industry
The Singapore Semiconductor Vision (SSV) 2020 task force has been unveiled, with its mission to boost the city-state’s position as a global semiconductor manufacturing hub.
Drone delivery a milestone for SingPost, but what next?
SingPost’s recent test flight using a drone to deliver a package has got industry tongues wagging in optimism, but the question remains whether drone delivery will become viable enough in the future, writes Benjamin Cher.
iQNECT breathes digital life into offline advertising
Singapore-based visual search startup iQNECT Corp is looking to breathe digital life back into offline media, its COO Niamh Byrne tells DNA's Benjamin Cher. Here's how it intends to do it.
CIMB Group latest to partner Startupbootcamp FinTech (Updated)
Startupbootcamp FinTech and Malaysia’s CIMB Group have announced a partnership that they said would give startups in the programme access to the region’s markets.
The road less travelled: Hacker Lyon Yang’s penetration tales
As a penetration tester, hacker Lyon Yang is pretty much an outlier in South-East Asia, and will be speaking on router and IoT vulnerabilities at the upcoming HITBGSEC Singapore conference.
Fintech startup MoneySmart.sg secures US$1.9mil Series A
Personal finance portal MoneySmart.sg has secured US$1.9 million in Series A funding, and plans to expand its team and enter one more country in Asia.
Skyscanner to ride on Asia’s travel growth, digital trends
Skyscanner, a search engine for flights, hotels and car rentals, aims to ride on growth in Asia, as well as changing traveller behaviour.
A year after spinning off, ALUE opens new APAC Hq
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALUE) has been busy building up a new operating infrastructure since its split from parent company Alcatel-Lucent, and just opened its new Asia Pacific headquarters and innovation centre in Singapore.
A Better Florist looks to spread love … at scale!
Singapore startup A Better Florist wants to cut off the middleman to deliver fresher flowers at lower prices, and believes data analytics is the way to do it.
What’s Next: Disruptors will not kill off banking incumbents
Despite fintech startups being the sexy new kids on the block, and a host of new digital-fuelled payment initiatives and platforms, such disruption will not kill off the incumbents, MOL Inc founder and chairman Ganesh Kumar Bangah told the What's Next conference.
