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Gadgets

Apple unveils homePod speaker, taking on Amazon and Google

(Jun 6): Apple Inc. entered the growing field of voice-controlled speakers for the home on Monday, taking on early leaders Amazon.com Inc. and Google.

Tech titans take top three spots for companies Singaporeans want to work for

SINGAPORE (May 23): Google, Facebook and Apple topped the three companies Singaporeans want to work for, believing they will obtain a happier work life, according to a JobStreet.com survey.

18 new companies join Singapore’s Top 75 employers for 2017

SINGAPORE (March 21): Great Eastern, Mapletree Group and NTUC Income are three homegrown organisations that can be spotted for the first time among Singapore’s top 75 list of companies this year, according to the latest employer brand research data from
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Tech

One reason staffers quit Google's car project? The company paid them so much

SAN FRANCISCO (Feb 14): For the past year, Google's car project has been a talent sieve, thanks to leadership changes, strategy doubts, new startup dreams and rivals luring self-driving technology experts. Another force pushing people out? Money. A lo

Google steals Apple’s No. 1 spot as world’s most valuable brand

SINGAPORE (Feb 2): Apple Inc. is no longer the most valuable brand in the world, according to the latest edition of the Brand Finance Global 500 report.
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Tech

Facebook sales top estimates on gains in mobile

SAN FRANCISCO (Feb 2): Facebook Inc.’s fourth-quarter revenue climbed more than forecast, driven by advertisers’ continued push to reach consumers on mobile phones.
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Tech employees vow not to help Trump surveil Muslims, deport immigrants

WASHINGTON (Dec 13): More than 200 employees of technology companies including Alphabet Inc's Google, Twitter Inc and Salesforce pledged on Tuesday to not help US President-elect Donald Trump's administration build a data registry to track people

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Google, Facebook move to restrict ads on fake news sites

SAN FRANCISCO (Nov 15): Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook Inc on Monday announced measures aimed at halting the spread of "fake news" on the internet by targeting how some purveyors of phony content make money: advertising.

Google makes new hardware push, takes on Apple with Pixel phone

SAN FRANCISCO (Oct 5): Alphabet Inc's Google on Tuesday announced a new "Pixel" smartphone and a virtual reality headset, making a concerted move into home electronics and challenging Apple Inc's iPhone at the high end of the more than US$

In print this week

Measuring GDP in a digital economy

SINGAPORE (Sept 2): In recent years, demand for digitalised peer-to-peer services such as accommodation sharing website AirBnB, private car booking app Uber as well as crowd-funding platforms like Kickstarter as substitutes for the traditional and pricier
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