Archive for the ‘Lifestyle’ Category
Thursday, March 19th, 2015
From today till Sunday, the first of the four large annual IT exhibitions in Singapore this year takes place for four days (19 – 22 Mar) at the SUNTEC Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, Levels 3, 4 & 6. IT Show 2015 will open daily from 11 am to 9 pm (Admission FREE).
The first of four large annual IT exhibitions in Singapore.
For IT Show 2015, I’ll be compiling selected promotions and flyers from the exhibitors in a photo album on the tech4tea.com Facebook page.
You can browse the album or directly access a specific flyer via the list of links below.
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Tags:accessories, audio, cameras, computers, IT exhibition, IT Show, IT Show 2015, printers, promotions, Singapore, smartphones, Suntec, tablets
Posted in Brochures, Events, events, Exhibition, Gadgets, gadgets, Promotions, Shopping | Comments Closed
Sunday, February 15th, 2015
N.E.mation! 9 came to a close with the announcement of results and presentation of prizes by Second Minister for Defence, Chan Chun Sing, at VivoCity.
The Champions this year are the Millennium Dragons from CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School.
Below are the results.
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Tags:animation, competition, education, N.E.mation!, N.E.mation! 9, Nexus, schools, Total Defence
Posted in audioVisual, Contest, Education, Events, events | No Comments »
Friday, February 13th, 2015
Dell launched its latest Alienware 15 and Alienware 17 gaming notebooks in Singapore, together with the Alienware Alpha Console. Prices & availability below.
From left: Alienware 17, Alienware Alpha, Alienware 15.
The new gaming devices round up the Alienware portfolio following the recent launches of Alienware 13, the Alienware Graphics Amplifier and Area-51 gaming desktop to offer a spectrum of powerful gaming systems for enthusiast gamers.
Price & availability
With the exception of the Alpha Console which is available in early March 2015, the entire Alienware portfolio is available now in Singapore. Prices below.
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Tags:Alienware, consoles, DELL, gaming, laptops, notebooks, Steam
Posted in Alienware, Dell, Desktops, Entertainment, Events, events, Gadgets, gadgets, Gaming, Launch, newArrivals, Notebooks, notebooks, Prices, Specifications | No Comments »
Monday, February 2nd, 2015
Epson will become an Official Team Partner of MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS, providing its expertise in the product areas of inkjet printers, scanners, 3LCD projectors and wearables, including smart glasses and health/sports sensing products.
“We are extremely proud to enhance our global brand profile by becoming an official partner of the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team. The partnership aligns two world-renowned champion brands committed to the relentless pursuit of innovation, the attainment of global leadership positions and the creation of products and services that continue to exceed expectations and emotionally engage stakeholders worldwide,” said Epson President Minoru Usui.
The Epson logo will be visible on the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS race cars, along with branding on the helmet visors and racesuits of the team’s drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.
The new livery for the 2015 season was revealed by MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS when Formula One testing began on February 1.
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Tags:AMG, Epson, F1, Formula One, Mercedes, Petronas
Posted in Announce, Epson, News, Press Release, Sports | No Comments »
Friday, January 30th, 2015
The growing online property portal 99.co has officially launched its web and mobile search products, announcing a major round of funding and expansion into the residential sales segment.
Panel at the official launch of 99.co at the AVALON at Marina Bay Sands. From Left: Tan Kok Keong (CEO, REMS); Evan Chung (VP, DTZ); Darius Cheung (CEO, 99.co); Eduardo Saverin (Co-founder of Facebook and investor of 99.co); Eugene Lim (KEO, ERA); Mohd Ismail (CEO, Propnex). Photo credit: 99.co.
Online property search portal 99.co has officially launched an expansion of its services into the residential sales segment and new investments totaling S$2.7 million to date.
“When I was trying to find a home for myself here in Singapore a few years ago, 99.co didn’t exist and I naturally explored all web and mobile tools available, and I was nothing short of disappointed. Were the listings real and available? Was the pricing data and other details accurate? Why so many duplicates? It was a high-friction and time consumer experience that had to change,” says investor and user Eduardo Saverin.
The portal aims to “create the most trusted and authentic way for users to find a home they’ll love”.
99.co prioritises the end consumer experience first, promising unbiased search results, personalised to the query of the end user and sorted by the quality of the listing data versus by the promotional spend of the agents.
Since its soft-launch in November last year, 99co has introduced two mobile apps and ListRank, an algorithm that provides users the best and most relevant search results, and in the process doubled its web traffic.
In the same period, the company says its competitors such as PropertyGuru and iProperty have seen a decrease of web traffic between 10 and 20 percent.
Eduardo Saverin, co-founder of Facebook, sharing why he invested in 99.co. Photo credit: John Tan, taken on Samsung Galaxy Note 4.
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Tags:99.co, Avalon, DTZ, ERA, Knight Frank, launch, MBS, portal, property, Propnex, real estate, REMS, Saverin, Sequoia, Singapore, website
Posted in App, Apps, Events, Facebook, Internet, Launch, Shopping, Software, software, Website | No Comments »
Thursday, January 29th, 2015
The 2015 Philips Fidelio range of audio products comprises four headphones – the Fidelio M2L, M2BT, NC1 and X2 – and the Surround on Demand Fidelio B5 soundbar. Price and availability below.
WOOX Innovations unveiled the 2015 Philips Fidelio range of high-quality audio products on board the luxurious Ping Lady Yacht, setting sail from the Marina at Keppel Bay to Lazarus Island off the southern coast of Singapore.
The four headphones are designed to suit different preferences and priorities.
The price and availability are tabulated below.
| Philips Fedelio |
RRP |
Availability |
| M2L |
S$469 |
March 2015 |
| M2BT |
S$449 |
February 2015 |
| NC1 |
S$499 |
February 2015 |
| X2 |
S$499 |
March 2015 |
| B5 |
S$1,699 |
February 2015 |
Below are short descriptions for each of the new audio products (from the press release).
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Tags:audio, AV, B5, entertainment, Fidelio, headphones, Keppel, launch, Lazarus, M2BT, M2L, music, NC1, Philips, Singapore, soundbar, WOOX, X2
Posted in Audio, audioVisual, Entertainment, Events, events, Gadgets, gadgets, headphones, Launch, Lifestyle, Music, Philips, Prices, speakers, Specifications | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 28th, 2015
Google has collaborated with its partners to offer 3 days of online bargain shopping from 2-4 February to shoppers in Singapore. A list of participating vendors is at the end of this article.
From right: Joanna Flint (Country Director, Singapore, Google Asia Pacific) launching the GOSF.SG with partners, Lim Bee Bee (Head of Marketing for Consumer Banking Group Singapore, DBS Bank; and Marcelo Wesseler (SingPost’s Senior Vice President of eCommerce).
Google, along with DBS and SingPost, revealed the categories and deals on offer which range from travel to beauty, fashion and electronics.
“We’re excited to be teaming up with businesses across Singapore to celebrate the best of eCommerce here, and bring great deals from around the web to shoppers in the run up to Chinese New Year. Singaporeans are sophisticated shoppers and the Internet is a key part of the shopping process for them,” said Joanna Flint, Country Director, Singapore, Google Asia Pacific.
The 72-hour-long Great Online Shopping Festival on gosf.sg will commence from midnight on February 2, bringing deals from more than 60 brands onto a common platform to customers across the island nation.
Discounts include up to 90 percent off electronics, over 80 percent off fashion brands, up to 75 percent off travel deals, up to 70 percent off beauty products and many more from favorites like Courts, Zalora, Agoda and Luxola.
The festival is also supported by DBS and SingPost.
The first 2000 registered shoppers to spend over a total of S$168 with their DBS/POSB cards will receive an additional 15 percent rebate or up to S$100 off.
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Tags:DBS, eCommerce, Google, GOSF, GOSF.SG, online, promotions, shopping, Singapore, SingPost
Posted in Announce, Events, events, Google, Internet, Launch, Press Release, Promotions, Shopping, SingPost, travel | Comments Closed
Thursday, January 22nd, 2015
Sennheiser’s URBANITE XL WIRELESS headphones are now available in Singapore, at the Sennheiser Concept Store at Marina Square and authorised retailers at S$419.
The Sennheiser URBANITE XL WIRELESS goes wireless.
Sennheiser first introduced wireless capability to its URBANITE headphone range at the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 a fortnight ago.
Sennheiser URBANITE XL WIRELESS (S$419)
The new URBANITE XL WIRELESS headphones add Bluetooth and NFC to the URBANITE formula of cool urban style and uncompromised sound, with massive bass and crystal clear trebles.
The URBANITE XL WIRELESS deploys the latest wireless technologies for great sound and the ease of use.
The latest apt-X codec is used to deliver clear, CD-quality sound.
Set up with NFC allows easy Bluetooth pairing to NFC-compatible devices or by bringing the headset into close proximity.
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Tags:audio, AV, Bluetooth, headphones, NFC, Sennheiser, Singapore, Urbanite, wireless
Posted in Announce, Audio, audioVisual, Availability, Entertainment, Gadgets, gadgets, headphones, Music, newArrivals, Prices, Sennheiser, Specifications | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 21st, 2015
MSI boasts that the new GT80 Titan is the world’s first gaming laptop with a mechanical keyboard. Available in Singapore from today at S$5,799.
The MSI GT80 Titan raises the bar for gaming laptops with dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI capabilities, Super RAID 3 with 4 SSDs and a SteelSeries Engine.
Core features of the new MSI GT80 Titan are listed below.
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX980M SLI solution
- Mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX switch
- SteelSeries Engine
- Super RAID 3 technology with 4 SSD RAID 0
More details and tech specs can be found in the press release below.
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Tags:gaming, GeForce, GT80, laptops, MSI, notebooks, NVIDIA
Posted in Entertainment, Events, Gadgets, gadgets, Gaming, Gaming, Launch, newArrivals, Notebooks, notebooks, Press Release, Prices, Specifications, Tickers | No Comments »
Saturday, January 17th, 2015
The top 10 teams have completed their animation clips. These are now available for viewing at www.nemation.sg. You can now vote for your three favourite clips, and stand to win attractive prizes like the iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3 and Nintendo 3DS XL.
Voting ends 9 February 2015.
Since there are four voting platforms, with 3 votes for each platform, you have basically 12 votes based on your NRIC number.
There are four methods to vote.
You can vote on one or all of the following:
- N.E.mation! website if you’re on a desktop/notebook
- N.E.mation! mobile website if you’re on a smartphone/tablet.
- Facebook app
- SMS to 76677 in the format below
SMS format
NE9 <space>WEB<space>C5,C6,C10<space>NRIC<space>Full Name
Example below:
NE9 WEB C5, C6, C10 T0123456D Jay Chou
The above assumes you’re voting the same teams as my favourite three teams. 🙂
As you can guess, my favourite animation clips are “A Nation in Sync” by the E-lemonators (from CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School, code C5) and “SAF Never Sleeps” by wasd (from Commonwealth Secondary School, code C10).
N.E.mation! 9 Partners
N.E.mation! is made possible with strong support from local partners from public and private sectors. In particular, National Library Board, Nanyang Polytechnic, Canon Singapore, WACOM Singapore and Toon Boom Animations Inc.
Do check out their clips and vote for them if you like their animation as well.
I’ve looked at all of the clips and spoke to some of the teams and feel these two teams are some of the most positive and enthusiastic kids I’ve come across in this latest installment of the N.E.mation! competition.
Voters stand to win attractive prizes.
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Tags:animation, competition, education, N.E.mation!, N.E.mation! 9, Nexus, schools, Total Defence
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