Archive for the 'Business' Category

Dec 19 2009

Singapore Domain Names Blacklisted?

Published by LatteAddict under Branding, Technology

According to an article on the Straits Times, it semms that domain names with the .sg extension are thought to be risky. McAfee did a study and turns out Singapore (or .sg domains) are the 10th most endangered domain.
.SG domains are being used for phishing and spamming, which also contains viruses. 1 out of every [...]

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Dec 18 2009

iPhone Price Plan Comparison (Singtel, Starhub, M1)

Published by LatteAddict under Business, Money, Technology

Telco
Starhub
Singtel
M1

Plans
3G SmartSurf 100
iFlexi Lite
iPhone Value

Monthly Fee (w/GST)
$38
$39
$36

Voice credit (mins)
100
100
100

SMS/MMS credit
500
500
500

Data credit (GB)
12
12
12

Data Usage Cap Charges
$30
$30
$30

iPhone 3GS 16GB
$518
$518
$518

iPhone 3GS 32GB
$658
$658
$658

iPhone 3G 8GB
$388
$388
$398*

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Telco
Singtel
M1
Starhub

Plans
iFlexi Value
iPhone Lite
3G SmartSurf 300

Monthly Fee (w/GST)
$56
$56
$58

Voice credit (mins)
200
300
300

SMS/MMS [...]

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Dec 16 2009

Is Singtel A Monopolist?

Published by LatteAddict under Business

First was the iPhone exclusivity that belonged to Singtel. Then Starhub lost out on airing the EPL and Champions League to mio TV, Singtel (again). Now, it seems that Singapore may not even get to air the 2010 World Cup on local TV stations.
Sure you may argue that Starhub and M1 also sells the iPhone [...]

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Jul 27 2009

Facebook 3rd Most Popular Website

Facebook has officially taken over Youtube as the 3rd most popular website in the world according to Alexa. As of now, the popular social networking site sits just below Google and Yahoo (who are ranked 1st and 2nd respectively).
Its amazing how far Facebook has grown over a mere few years, overtaking its predecessor social portal [...]

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Jul 17 2009

Facebook Hits 250mil Users

Published by LatteAddict under Branding, Business, Technology

Facebook has officially announced that they have hit 250mil users. Friendster, another social networking site that started out much earlier has only about 90million users to date. That’s less than half of what Facebook has.
I think most of the people that are reading this would have a facebook acount. I’d say out of all my [...]

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Jul 14 2009

Microsoft to Launch Free MS Office

Published by LatteAddict under Business, Technology

Microsoft is looking to launch a free version of the popular Office software. The objective is to rival Googl’e web documents that has attracted many users since its introduction. The free version of Microsoft Office, is said to come with aa word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, and note-taking software. All these should come with the same [...]

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Jun 08 2009

Orchard Road Too Cluttered?

Published by LatteAddict under Business, Money

If you’ve read my earlier post about Orchard Road going through a face lift, I think you may agree with an article on the Straits Times which states: Too Many Malls In Orchard?
I think there’s two ways of looking at it. Firstly from the retailers point of view, it would mean more competition, much much [...]

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Jun 02 2009

Why Budget Airlines Survive Better During Economic Crisis

Published by WJ under Branding, Business, Money, Travel

It has been a long time since I flew, and as I dragged my hand-carry luggage toward the pressurized door of the plane, I was more than excited. Once again, I was greeted by the familiar smell of the plane cabin, but with an unfamiliar cramp layout of the plane. Two rows and a single [...]

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