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May 06, 2019 Mighty Bear's mightier leap into mobile gaming
A Singapore start-up, founded by four former employees of the United States-based studio behind hit mobile game Candy Crush, is looking at carving out a space for itself in the lucrative mobile gaming market. Despite the failure to impress of their first game World of Legends, they’re pressing on with Mighty Pets and Puzzles, a combination of role playing and puzzle games, right now the most popular and lucrative types of mobile games. Simon Davis is co-founder and CEO at Mighty Bear.
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11 min
May 03, 2019 Cheaper and Faster Cross Border Payments
Global cross-border payment transactions are notoriously complicated and time consuming, even with the advent of online payment platforms which espouse speed and reduced costs. Flywire has added machine-learning capabilities to its online payment platform’s offering to help reduce costs, safeguard security and improve payment-to-settlement time. Andrew Ong is the Regional Managing Director for APAC at Flywire and he talks us through it.
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14 min
May 03, 2019 Plenty of jobs in landscaping
What are the job opportunities in the landscaping and environmental sectors? How has the industry kept up with Industry 4.0 and disruption to stay relevant? To help us answer these questions is Jacqueline Allan, Executive Director of Nature Landscapes Pte Ltd and First Vice Chair of the Landscape Industry Association of Singapore.
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14 min
May 02, 2019 Surviving and Thriving: Yakun
In this feature series which highlights some of Singapore’s oldest companies, Howie Lim and Olivia Quay bring you the story of Yakun, purveyors of arguably Singaporeans’ favourite breakfast: kaya toast and kopi. It turns 75 this year and as Singapore celebrates its bicentennial, find out how these companies are Surviving and Thriving in today’s volatile business environment.
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4 min
May 02, 2019 Property sentiment in the world's 2nd most expensive market
Singapore has recently been reported to be the world’s second most expensive residential private property market, and 88 percent of Singaporeans surveyed in PropertyGuru’s biannual Consumer Sentiment Survey think property prices are high too. However, a significant proportion (66 percent) see property in Singapore as not only affordable but also good value for money. Winston Lee, Regional Head of Special Projects at PropertyGuru Group talks us through implications of the survey findings, property sentiment and trends in the world's 2nd most expensive market.
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18 min
May 02, 2019 Real biodegradable plastic will change the game for environmentalism
RWDC Industries is a Singapore-based start-up that aims to replace single-use plastic through developing innovative and cost-effective biopolymer material solutions. RWDC’s vision is to eventually rid the world of unsustainable plastic products. We chat with Xiao Zhaotan, President of RWDC Industries to find out how they’re planning to do this.
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14 min
April 30, 2019 No need for experts? Enter the citizen data scientist
Companies of all sizes are recognising the tremendous potential for data, but many struggle to turn data into actionable insights because the right thinking and skills aren’t present. As businesses adapt to cope with this shortage, they are coming to realise that they don’t need a data scientist with advanced qualification for every single data-related job. Instead, a citizen data scientist can be trained to create data and business models with the help of data analytics tools, even if they do not have the training to begin with. Celine Siow, Regional Vice-President for Asia and Japan, Alteryx tells us more.
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10 min
April 30, 2019 Leading you back to the classroom, changing how we learn
Singapore-based NewCampus runs classes for working professionals, with the aim to revive in-class, offline learning in a field dominated by Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Launched in 2015, the startup was previously known as QLC, an online platform helping people to explore careers that involve working remotely. It rebranded itself as NewCampus in February this year and kickstarted its classes in Singapore. Co-founder of NewCampus Will Fan joins us to tell us more.
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14 min
April 29, 2019 Why hackers are targeting SMEs
Why and how are cyber attackers eyeing SMEs in Singapore and the region? And according to Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), cyber incidents are a major cause of concern for Singaporean businesses – with 42 percent of 200 Singapore respondents citing this as the top risk. Michael Sentonas is VP of Technology Strategy at CrowdStrike and talks us through origination, execution, new threats and targets.
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15 min
April 29, 2019 Combatting food waste due to cosmetic reasons
It seems not all fruits and vegetables are created equal. What happens to unsold produce which may look a little banged up but are still edible? Or fruit that’s slightly overripe but also still edible? They’re unfortunately deemed ‘ugly’ and added to the phenomenal food waste numbers which is growing every year. Enter Ugly Food. Augustine Tan is Director at Ugly Food and he talks us through how they’re maximising the value of food resources and offering healthy and delectable food products.
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11 min