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Weekly Cornerplay: Skype 5.0 is dead on arrival
Skype 5.0 is here but its system of contacts is like it’s from the 90s and that’s a deal breaker, says Jeffrey Yuwono Welcome to the Weekly Cornerplay, a guest column where each week we analyse a tech...
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Will GameStart be the Southeast Asian equivalent of GamesCom and E3?
The upcoming English language video game expo will be held in Singapore this year on Oct 25 and Oct 26; will feature gaming’s latest Gaming enthusiasts know about gaming expos such as Electronic...
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[Singapore] BizSpark Azure Lab
Microsoft will be organising a free Azure Lab to help BizSpark startups scale their cloud operations Synopsis: Maximise Your BizSpark Azure Credits We conducted a recent survey, letting us know how...
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Weekly Cornerplay: The Surface Pro 3 was a coin flip
Jeffrey Yuwono reviews the Surface Pro 3 in this edition of the Weekly Cornerplay. Two weeks are up — did he keep or return Microsoft’s device? I used to work in management consulting. We’d travel...
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Microsoft gets Minecraft, but will it get the fans?
The buzz around the sale has caused players to become uneasy; Microsoft claims it will do everything to retain the loyalty of Minecraft devotees It was announced yesterday that Microsoft has purchased...
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Skype to discontinue voice calling to phones within India
This only affects Skype calls to landline phones and mobiles; users can still make free Skype-to-Skype calls within the country Microsoft-owned Skype is discontinuing its voice calling services to...
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Weekly Cornerplay: Why even the best Android Wear apps aren’t very good
Jeffrey Yuwono has Android Wear apps under the scanner in this edition of the Weekly Cornerplay I got a Moto 360 a few weeks ago and have been using it daily since. See the watch review here and the...
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[Singapore] We Tech Care Open House
Come join us in a day of fun-filled activities, including IT-related workshops, games, clinics, exhibitions and activities for everyone Synopsis: Microsoft Singapore is holding a complimentary public...
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Skype launches video messaging app Skype Qik
With the app, users can send video messages of up to 42 seconds to friends in their contact list. The video automatically gets deleted after 2 weeks Microsoft’s Skype has launched a new video messaging...
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Weekly Cornerplay: Microsoft’s wearable is imminent, but what’s the point?
Jeffrey Yuwono expresses doubts over Microsoft’s coming wearable device in this edition of Weekly Cornerplay According to Forbes, Microsoft will launch its wearable device in the coming weeks in time...
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Telekom Malaysia to launch first startup accelerator programme in Jan 2015
Perks for its startups include work space, go-to-market channels, facilities at MMU, R&D labs, event space, plus much more Image credit: Ezry Abdul Rahman / Flickr Telekom Malaysia (TM) is to...
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Weekly Cornerplay: It’s time to reinvent the digital pen
For the pen’s mainstream adoption, it should be used consistently no matter where you are, opines Jeffrey Yuwono One of the best things about the Surface Pro 3 is its pen. It’s changed the way I take...
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Showcase your talent as tech stalwarts host developer workshops in your city
e27 hosts exciting developer workshops – organised by the top tech companies – in Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore. As e27 travels to 14 cities in search of the TOP100 Startups for the...
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Microsoft’s latest survey puts coding back in limelight in Asia Pacific
To help educators tap into growing student interest in coding, the Microsoft YouthSpark #WeSpeakCode campaign is back for its second year While the place of coding in schools remains a hotly debated...
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HKSTP & Microsoft HK inject US$1M to support the IoT industry
The partnership pledges more than US$1M to develop the IoT industry via the IoT Innovation Platform, the first of its kind in Asia Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation (“HKSTP”) and...
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Windows 10 launches July 29; will be free for Windows 7 and 8.1 users
Microsoft’s latest operating system will launch on July 29 in 190 countries; users with older OSes will pay US$119 for Home and US$199 for Pro Microsoft has just announced that it will release its...
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Online privacy starts drawing people’s attention
According to a Microsoft report, the issue of privacy is a time bomb for the growth of technology, both in developed and developing countries like Indonesia As technology grows, it has tackled more and...
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China’s Xi Jinping courts US tech; but Google will stay home
The President is on a week-long state visit to the US starting today. His agenda: to seek out allies with US tech companies Xi Jinping has made it clear this week that he will be seeking out allies in...
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Microsoft expects Office 365 to improve productivity for digital nomads
The new Microsoft Office 2016 is designed to take advantage of the growing remote working paradigm Microsoft claims to have perfected its Office 365 software with the new Office 2016, which comes with...
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Microsoft reveals Chinese state and private sector partnerships
The software giant is ramping up efforts to accelerate its growth in the Chinese domestic market Microsoft has joined forces with a handful of local partners in an attempt to hang onto its market share...
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