Singapore To Be Global Capital Of Interactive Digital Media (IDM) Singapore looks set to grow into a global interactive digital media (IDM) capital. Petimo, a social networking robot designed by the Keio-NUS CUTE (Connective Ubiquitous Technology for Embodiments) Centre, has won accolades and international awards. By touching two of these Petimo’s together in school, children [...]
is a mobile-web application that provides an indispensable guide to food and drinks, using a location-based framework. buUuk offers a multitude of features that includes restaurant reviews, exclusive deals and discounts, and most notably the highly featured and latest “Augmented Reality (AR)” application for the iPhone platform. The AR uses the GPS and [...]
ADZ is the brainchild of Reza Behnam, an accomplished business professional with more than 13 years of Internet industry experience. First launched in 2008, ADZ has grown to be the digital media management platform of choice across Asia Pacific and the world, bringing buyers and sellers of advertising together to trade in an efficient, transparent, [...]
1. Interview with Mr. Loo Cheng Chuan, CEO of inSing Mr. Loo, what is your role in IdeaFactory? My role at IdeaFactory as Head of Business is really a Hunter. I hunt for cool and wild technologies anywhere in the world and bring them to our associates in Singapore or anywhere in the world, to [...]
Nan Chiau Primary School and Ngee Ann Secondary School have just joined the FutureSchools@Singapore programme. Established in 2008 by the Ministry of Education (MOE), the FutureSchools@Singapore programme aims to encourage innovation and enterprise in schools by leveraging on infocomm technologies and interactive digital media to deliver enhanced and more engaging learning experiences for students.The next sprint of the FutureSchools@Singapore programme will see these schools deepening their capabilities in curriculum, continuing research, infocomm technology and IDM integration. They will also lead initiatives to foster a spirit of innovation across schools.
Start-ups in the interactive digital media (IDM) sector can now gain one-stop access to the resources they need to develop and market their solutions to customers. Known as “Blk71”, the incubation programme was set up as a collaboration between MDA, SingTel Innov8 and NUS Enterprise. “Blk71” gets its name literally from the address of [...]
1. Agile Start-ups, Big Connections What do a 3-D modelling company, a knowledge management system (KMS) vendor, and an iPhone app developer have in common? For KPB, BCZ, and buUuk, it is the fact that they are all funded by the IDM Programme Office (IDMPO), and that their work has caught the attention of large [...]
7 March 2011 Singapore Management University and Carnegie Mellon University to Create the Living Analytics Research Centre Pioneering effort to create ways of understanding consumer and social behavior by combining advances from computing, social science and management SINGAPORE – Singapore Management University (SMU) and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, USA, have teamed up [...]
IDMPO-funded company ServTouch has partnered with Starhub to release a new, affordable over-the-top set-top box that is the first to feature dynamic open platform applications store to leverage the power of Next-Generation Nationwide Broadband Network. Called PopBox, this player will deliver rich locally-created and premium global digital content to Singapore households Singapore, March 8, 2011 [...]
The following positions are available at YuuZoo Corporation. Job Title: Mobile Content Manager SUMMARY: YuuZoo Corporation (www.yuucorp.com), one of the world’s fastest growing mobile media, development and digital payment companies, is seeking a Mobile Content Manager to be responsible for our network’s overall content strategy and programming. He/She will work with the content and community [...]