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Monday, March 28th, 2022
The Huawei MateBook D 14 sports an 11th Generation Intel Core i5 processor and will be available in Singapore from 2 April 2022 at S$1,198.
Designed for young creatives, Huawei MateBook D 14 is designed to provide all-round performance while offering portability in a sleek, robust chassis — great for productivity on the go
Huawei today announced the launch of Huawei MateBook D 14 – an upgraded high-performance laptop designed for young creatives.
Availability and Pricing
The latest Huawei MateBook D 14 will be available from 2 April 2022 at all Huawei Authorised Stores and selected consumer electronic stores (Best Denki, Challenger, COURTS, Gain City), as well as Huawei’s official online stores in Lazada and Shopee (available on Shopee from 11 April 2022).
Featuring the latest 11th Generation Intel Core i5-processor, the MateBook D 14 caters to today’s social media, design and content-savvy youths.
The Huawei MateBook D 14 also features the new Intel Iris Xe Graphics which allows the notebook to handle a wide variety of complex image processing tasks with ease.
Huawei MateBook D 14 also provides technologies such as Super Device, Fingerprint Power Button, Dual Antenna Wi-Fi 6, reverse charging capabilities for smartphones and a high-capacity battery to ensure long-lasting battery life.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:computers, creatives, Huawei, Intel, laptops, MateBook, new arrivals, notebooks, Singapore, Windows
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Thursday, March 24th, 2022
MSI has announced its latest Business and Productivity laptops in the Summit, Prestige and Modern Series with 12 Gen Intel Core Processors.
Latest Business & Productivity laptops from MSI shipping with 12th Gen Intel processors.
The Intel Evo platform certification was awarded to the Summit and Prestige series for their lightweight design, rapid response, and long-lasting battery life.
“MSI’s roots are in high-performance laptops, and our Business Series laptops are built to complete any workspace. Our core mission has never changed; it’s built to be the backbone that maximizes your productivity,” said Derek Chen, MSI Notebook Worldwide Sales & Marketing Director.
Discrete graphics, powered by NVIDIA, fuel the Summit and Prestige series to help people express their passion and help business professionals reach their goals.
The Summit Flip models also feature a seamless 360° 2-in-1 design utilising the touch screen capability to convert into a tablet mode.
And for the Modern series, popular French illustrator Lorraine Sorlet collaborated on four visual designs revitalizing the series with a more “modern” look.
The models that were unveiled are listed below.
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Tags:computers, laptops, MSI, new arrivals, notebooks
Posted in Business IT, Events, events, Gadgets, gadgets, Launch, MSI, newArrivals, Notebooks, notebooks, Online, Press Release, Prices | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, March 16th, 2022
Luno, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (“DCG”), has announced the launch of Luno Expeditions, a global, early-stage investment arm to support the best fintech and crypto/web3 founders on their journeys to build the next generation of financial services.
The Luno Expeditions Team (from L to R): Margaux Duterte, Mira Christanto, Jocelyn Cheng, Katharine Suy, and Aditi Khimasis.
Building on DCG’s 7-year track record in early stage crypto investing, Luno Expeditions will now spearhead all of DCG’s early sage investing (seed and pre-seed).
“I am thrilled to join Luno Expeditions as Chief Executive. These are incredibly exciting times in cryptocurrency and the broader fintech ecosystem. We’ve got ambitious plans to build a leading fund designed around the needs of early stage founders. It will be a privilege to work with ambitious entrepreneurs from all over the world, all intent on solving problems and building the next generation of financial service companies,” said Jocelyn Cheng, CEO, Luno Expeditions.
The dedicated team will scale up investments (targeting 200-300 per year) and expand the focus beyond crypto into the broader fintech space, globally.
Luno Expeditions will be led by Jocelyn Cheng, who takes on the role of CEO.
Whilst in stealth mode over the past few months, Luno Expeditions has already invested in over 20 leading crypto and fintech companies globally, including a crypto compliance solution in Israel, an NFT marketplace in the United States, a bank dedicated to women in Pakistan and a ground-breaking remittance solution in Tanzania.
Barry Silbert, founder and CEO of DCG, and Marcus Swanepoel, co-founder and CEO of Luno, are both closely involved in the initiative and will be part of the Investment Committee.
The Luno Expeditions Team
Jocelyn Cheng, CEO
Jocelyn has invested in global startup founders over the last 6 years as Managing Director at the impact investment VC, Global Innovation Fund. She previously held investing roles at CPP Investments, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business school.
Mira Christanto, Director of Investments
“We know how hard it is to build a company, especially in the fintech space, and with our deep experience building, scaling and operating fintech businesses in some of the hardest markets in the world, we’re looking to support a new generation of entrepreneurs from all over the world to do the same,” commented Marcus Swanepoel, Luno co-founder and CEO.
Before joining Luno Expeditions, Mira was a senior research analyst at the leading crypto firm Messari. She moved full-time to crypto after working for 15 years at institutional investments funds between Wall Street and Hong Kong.
Aditi Khimasis, Head of Legal
Aditi is an experienced legal professional with extensive VC experience both in house and at leading legal firms across a number of emerging and developed jurisdictions. She was previously Legal Counsel at Anthemis Group.
Katharine Suy, Chief Marketing Officer
Katharine is a seasoned crypto marketer who has worked in the industry over the last 5 years. She joins Luno Expeditions with over 15 years experience in digital marketing, content creation and entrepreneurship across UK, Vietnam & Australia.
Margaux Duterte, Investment Analyst
Before joining Luno Expeditions, Margaux worked with fintechs and payment partners across Africa for 3 years at Luno. She previously held finance roles at BNP Paribas and worked in France, Portugal and South Africa. She holds a Masters in Corporate Finance from Paris Dauphine.
Tags:Fintech, investments, Luno
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Thursday, March 10th, 2022
PRISM+ has launched its first OLED TVs and Soundbars in Singapore. These comprise the PRISM+ 55AL (S$1,699) & 65AL (S$2,799) OLED TVs, and the PRISM+ Symphony (S$699) & Flow (S$249) Soundbars.
The 55AL and 65AL are the first OLED Android TVs from PRISM+, while the Symphony and Flow Soundbars are Dolby Atmos and Dolby Audio enabled respectively.
Homegrown consumer tech brand PRISM+ today announced its latest line-up of home entertainment systems, with the launch of the PRISM+ Alpha (AL) TV Series and the PRISM+ Soundbars.
Pricing and Availability
The PRISM+ AL Series is available for purchase on the PRISM+ online store and all authorised online retailers as of 6PM, 11 March 2022.
The PRISM+ Flow and PRISM+ Symphony will also be available for pre-orders at 6pm on 11 March and are scheduled to ship by the end of March 2022.
The PRISM+ Alpha is the brand’s first foray into the premium OLED display space and will feature two models – the 55AL and 65AL.
In addition, the brand also launched its first generation of audio products.
The PRISM+ Symphony and Flow feature Dolby Atmos spatial audio and Dolby Audio respectively.
Both the OLED Android TV and soundbars will be available for purchase on its online store, as well as its official Lazada stores.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:entertainment, Home, launch, OLED, PRISM+, Singapore, soundbars, TVs
Posted in Audio, audioVisual, Entertainment, Events, events, Gadgets, gadgets, Home, Launch, Monitors, newArrivals, Press Release, Prices, PRISM+, speakers, Specifications, TV | 2 Comments »
Monday, February 28th, 2022
Seagate’s cloud storage services and data-harnessing solutions are now available for businesses and start-ups in Singapore to accelerate growth in the digital economy.
“Lyve Cloud and Lyve Labs represent Seagate’s evolution to serve mass data ecosystems. With Singapore being a hub for regional and global industry-leading businesses, innovators and disruptive startups, it was a natural choice for us to bring these offerings to Singapore. I am delighted to mark Seagate’s 40th anniversary in Singapore with these transformative platforms,” said Dave Mosley, Seagate CEO.
Seagate Technology Holdings, a world leader in data storage infrastructure solutions, announced today the launch of its Lyve Cloud and Lyve Labs in Singapore.
Lyve Cloud is Seagate’s premiere cloud storage-as-a-service platform and Lyve Labs is a collaborative innovation hub to create solutions that harness the flow of data.
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Tags:cloud, EDB, Equinix, launch, Lyve, offices, Seagate, Singapore
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022
Developed in-house, Singtel boasts that Paragon is the industry’s first all-in-one orchestration platform for 5G edge computing and cloud services.
The Paragon platform significantly reduces the complexity and time needed to adopt 5G MEC and low latency applications and services – lowering the barriers to entry for enterprises, enabling faster deployment of use cases while removing considerable operational and cost overheads. Photo shows Bill Chang, Chief Executive Officer, Group Enterprise, Singtel. Credit: Singtel.
Singtel today launched Paragon, a platform that enables enterprises to tap into Singtel’s 5G network to activate network slices on demand, deploy mission critical applications on Singtel MEC (multi-access edge compute) as well as access a robust eco-system of partner applications, offering them control and choices.
The platform also empowers enterprises to securely deploy applications in a hybrid fashion across the edge at Singtel MEC and a public cloud of their choice.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:5G, events, networking, SingTel, telcos
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
FastCo, the company behind FastJobs, one of Asia’s non-executive job portal for both jobseekers and employers, today announced the official launch of its new app FastGig.
The launch of FastGig rides on the recent growth of the gig economy.
FastGig boasts that it is Singapore’s first “workforce as a service” (WaaS) platform that helps to match qualified flexible workers with businesses looking for solutions to headcount constraints and labour shortage, especially during seasonal peaks.
It claims to be one of the first job apps for gig workers in the Southeast Asian region.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:Apps, FastCo, FastGig, new arrivals, Singapore
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
Google Pixel 6 (S$999) and Google Pixel 6 Pro (S$1,299) have arrived in Singapore. They are now available exclusively on the Google Store online, together with a selection of phone cases and accessories.
Google Singapore had sent me both the Pixel 6 Pro and the Pixel 6 to try out prior to today’s launch, so I’ve been playing with both phones for a while now.
Both the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro ship with Android 12 installed and come with 128GB storage.
Powered by Android 12, Google has given the new phones a new user interface (UI) they call “Material Me”, which provides themed UI skins and widgets that are supposed to be highly customised to your you needs.
The Google Pixel 6 Pro (S$1,299) is available in Stormy Black and Cloudy White with cases (S$49) in Stormy Sky, Soft Sage, Light Frost and Golden Glow.
The phones are powered by Google Tensor, the company’s first processor that’s basically a mobile system on a chip designed specifically around Google’s AI engine.
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Tags:flagship, Google, new arrivals, Pixel, reviews, smartphones
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Friday, February 11th, 2022
Dell has announced major updates across its Alienware gaming mobility family and peripheral ecosystem, including the world’s thinnest 14” gaming laptop; its most powerful 17-inch AMD Advantage gaming laptop; and the world’s first Quantum Dot OLED gaming monitor.
For extreme gaming performance that delivers a competitive edge, Dell boasts that the Alienware m17 R5 blasts past the competition as the most powerful 17-inch AMD Advantage gaming laptop in the world.
Highlights of Dell’s latest announcements for Alienware include the following.
- The new Alienware x14 – Alienware’s thinnest laptop to date, designed for mobile gamers who want excellent portability.
- Key upgrades to the improved Alienware x15 R2 and Alienware x17 R2, which include a new set of graphics options from NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series, 12th Gen Intel Core processors, faster memory, AlienFX stadium lighting and other features.
- The new Alienware m17 R5, the most powerful 17-inch AMD Advantage gaming laptop in the world and the first available laptop to feature AMD SmartAccess Graphics.
- The Alienware 34 Curved QD-OLED Gaming Monitor (AW3423DW) – the world’s first Quantum Dot OLED (QD-OLED) gaming monitor – which offers stunning colour performance and high luminance with crystal-clear visuals for an immersive gaming experience.
- Other gaming peripherals including the Alienware Tri-Mode Wireless Gaming Headset (AW920H) and the Alienware Tri-Mode Wireless Gaming Mouse (AW720M).
Below are the prices and availability in Singapore as of now.
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Tags:Alienware, DELL, gaming, laptops, monitors, new arrivals
Posted in Accessories, Alienware, Announce, Availability, Dell, Entertainment, Gadgets, gadgets, Gaming, headphones, Monitors, Mouse, newArrivals, Notebooks, notebooks, Press Release, Prices, Specifications | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
Samsung Electronics has just unveiled the Galaxy S22 Series 5G flagship smartphones (up to S$1,998) and Galaxy Tab S8 Series tablets (up to S$2,188) during the livestream of their “Unpacked 2022: The Epic Standard” event online. Prices below.
The new Galaxy S22 Series and Galaxy Tab S8 Series were unveiled during Samsung’s Unpacked 2022 event.
The Galaxy S22 Series 5G comprises the following variants.
- Galaxy S22 5G
- Galaxy S22+ 5G
- Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G
The Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G has assimilated the Note series with a built-in S Pen.
Prices, colours and configurations for Samsung Galaxy S22 Series 5G.
The Galaxy Tab S8 Series consists of the following variants.
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Tags:Android, flagship, Galaxy, new arrivals, Samsung, smartphones, unpacked
Posted in Android, Announce, Entertainment, Events, events, Gadgets, gadgets, GALAXY, newArrivals, Online, Phones, Press Release, Prices, Samsung, smartphones, Specifications, Tablets, tablets | 3 Comments »
