The unConference is Southeast Asia’s #1 participant-driven, startup-focused event for the web industry. Modeled after Silicon Valley culture, the event attracts industry thought leaders, entrepreneurs, developers and professionals from around Asia. The highlight of unConference is the product-demo segment: where startup founders seek to impress investors and the audience with their latest innovations. A number [...]

With its 3D online world Twinity, Metaversum is one of the 100 most promising private technology companies in Europe Singapore, April 8, 2009 – Red Herring announced that the company Metaversum has been elected a Red Herring 100 Europe Winner for its 3D online world Twinity. This award is given annually to the top 100 [...]

FUTURE OF MEDIA Inspiring Innovation Fueling the Future of Media We are launching the “Future of Media” Initiative to catalyse growth in the interactive digital media (IDM) sector. In 2009, we are including Future Mobile, Future Games, Future TV, Future Worlds and Future Books. The vision of Future of Media is to pull together companies [...]

GAME developers here will now be able to create games using free software and publish them on an established online marketplace. They also get a chance to apply for a $50,000 grant to develop these games. At a media event yesterday, Microsoft Singapore said the Republic’s game developers will be the first in Asia, ahead [...]

Mr. John White, Chief Executive Officer, ACM Mr. Scott Owen, President, ACM SIGGRAPH Distinguished guests Ladies and gentlemen Good morning. I am delighted to join you today at the opening of SIGGRAPH Asia 2008. Today’s event is highly significant as this is the inaugural Asia edition of The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGGRAPH Conference [...]

Singapore, 31 October 2008 – Singapore’s Interactive Digital Media (IDM) industry receives a boost with the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) – and its vast network of industry members – partnering the multi-agency IDM Research and Development Programme Office (IDMPO) hosted by the Media Development Authority on a mentorship programme to cultivate and develop IDM [...]

In this month’s issue, $12m Awarded to Co-Space™ Projects A Closer Look at the Co-Space™ Projects IDMPO Entrepreneurs Nominated for BusinessWeek’s Asia’s Best Young Entrepreneurs IDMPO Companies’ Found Success through Facebook

In this month’s issue, Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on Society The Move to Fusionopolis $18m boost for IDM projects International Experts Impressed with IDM Efforts KooBits and PGK Media Wins the InfoComm Singapore Awards 2008 Developments of GAMBIT

The first ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia opens in Singapore on 10 December 2008. For four fascinating days, SIGGRAPH Asia 2008 will extend the horizons of innovation and excellence. It will feature creative, scientific, and educational work that provokes thought, explores ideas in innovative ways, addresses contemporary [...]

PGK Media was awarded with the prestigious Infocomm Singapore Awards 2008 at the awards ceremony held on Friday night at the spectacular National Library penthouse in Singapore. The Infocomm Singapore Awards, which celebrate the best innovative application and solution in the Infocomm industry, is organized by the Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation and the Infocomm Singapore, [...]