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SINGAPORE (June 26): When Christel Goh could not find a good solution to boost the failing memory of her elderly grandmother, she decided to come up with her own. Armed with a tablet, stylus and photographs of objects her grandmother could relate to — a

SEATTLE/NEW YORK (June 27): When Amazon.com Inc.'s US$13.7 billion ($19 billion) bid to buy Whole Foods was announced, John Mackey, the grocer's chief executive officer, addressed employees, gushing about Amazon's technological innovation.

SINGAPORE (June 16): It might not feel like it but the future is bright. And, rather than seek the safety of bonds or dividend-yielding blue chips, investors ought to reach for stocks on the vanguard of change and progress.

BANGALORE (April 12): It’s hard to overstate the importance of the technology industry to India. Over the past three decades, the IT sector has helped drive the country’s economic growth, employed millions and made billionaires out of at least seven f

SINGAPORE (April 7): StarHub and Singtel are losing pay-TV customers with the increasing availability of Android TV boxes, free offerings such as Viu and CATCHPLAY, and an expanding array of legal streaming services available today – with Netflix being

SINGAPORE (March 23): In the face of growing pressure to remain relevant in the changing world economy, Singapore needs to relook at how it is growing its innovation ecosystem. Recently, a report by the 30-member Committee of the Future Economy laid out s

CHINA (Jan 16): Last week, China announced that it had mastered the art of making ballpoint pens. Don't laugh: It was a years-long effort that cost millions of dollars and required the leadership of a state-run corporate colossus. It was front-page ne

SINGAPORE (Jan 10): WPP Group’s Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) has signed a three-year strategic partnership deal with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) in a bid to advance Singapore’s capabilities in modern marketing services.

SINGAPORE (Jan 9): Singapore's global rankings in maths and science have made its schools the envy of the developed world, but a new push to drive grassroots innovation is prompting local teachers to do the previously unthinkable: go easier on the exa

SINGAPORE (Dec 5): Singapore enterprises are increasingly turning to open source for cost savings and innovation according to the study Open Source Drives Digital Innovation by Forrester Consulting commissioned by Redhat.