On Nov 24 last year, a day after news broke about his plans to run for the presidency if he garnered enough support, ‘Tan Kin Lian’ was mentioned 144 times on local forums and blogs. Two days before, his name had come up only about 20 times. In the subsequent few days, netizens’ sentiments of [...]

3 local Internet startups stake a claim to fame in cyberspace in rough times Downturn be damned. Sure, these might be tough times, but there’s no stopping local tech startups from aiming big. Here are some promising ones that you might want to watch out for this year. buUuk (buu k.com) Founders: Jon Peterson, Muh [...]

A Future in digital media, from animation and game development to visual effects, is looking bright. Many schools are offering such courses, and companies in the industry are looking to hire even fresh graduates. Local polytechnics are offering no fewer than 14 diploma courses in subjects that provide the foundation for digital media jobs, and [...]

SINGAPORE – Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) has awarded five new media projects, worth S$7.6 million (US$5.1 million), to help propel local companies with new media services and businesses into the global market. The five projects, selected from 26 proposals first called for in September 2008, range from development of games to media-rich learning, and [...]

2008 has been a good year for IDM. 2 years into the programme, an IDM eco-system is taking shape, evidenced by the burgeoning number of world-class research players that are establishing a presence in Singapore, a budding IDM industry, and growing numbers of young startups, incubators and global contributors. To date, 500 RSEs (researchers, scientists [...]

By Ho Ai Li ITS high-tech equipment may not be in place yet, but Beacon Primary is off to a bright start with a roster of highly qualified teachers. The ‘Future School’ which is spearheading the use of technology in lessons, welcomed its pioneer batch of 240 Primary 1 pupils when the new school year [...]

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 [...]

FROM selling video games to mobile applications, Singapore’s growing influence as a digital media hub is opening more doors for local developers to showcase their creations to a global audience on a shoestring budget. The world stage is typically beyond the reach of budget-constrained developers such as students or niche IT outfits as they lack [...]

MDA offers grants to budding game developers to create games for Xbox LIVE Community Games Channel Singapore, 16 December 2008 – This holiday season brings good tidings for budding game developers in Singapore. From today, anyone with the passion and the talent will have the opportunity to create and quickly commercialize their games on the [...]

Singapore can become a world-class media hotbed, say participants of the first Asian edition of SIGGRAPH, one of the world’s most renowned trade shows on computer graphics and interactive techniques. Industry heavyweights Locasfilm, Pixar, Autodesk and others at the show are bullish about Singapore’s investments in this sector. Singapore is trying to postition itself as [...]