Smart Nation

SINGAPORE (July 12): Schooling isn't cheap in Singapore: not just for citizens, but for the government too.

SINGAPORE (June 27): New research is putting to bed any doubt that machines are poised to take over the world. Or the business world, at least.

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

SINGAPORE (April 5): Philips Lighting has announced the launch of a new chatbot service on its Singapore Facebook page, which allows users to purchase the group’s consumer products conversationally through the Facebook messenger platform.

SINGAPORE (Feb 14): Singapore has ranked top in the world on the World Economic Forum’s Network Readiness Index (NRI) for the second year running, but concerns are rising over personal data protection and cyber security.

SINGAPORE (Jan 24): Back in November 2014, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong unveiled the Smart Nation initiative, which was intended to make use of technology to improve residents’ lives.

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 (Dec 22): ST Engineering is better known for being a defensive stock backed by strong balance sheet and regular dividends. It may even be considered a "boring" stock by all accounts.

SINGAPORE (July 15): Singapore will introduce legislation to protect sensitive data used by mobile app developers and other companies as the city-state intensifies its push to become one of the world’s leading technology hubs.

SINGAPORE (July 12): Singtel Group subsidiary NCS on Monday was awarded a $10 million contract by Singapore’s Housing & Development Board (HDB) to develop a new Smart Urban Habitat Master Plan (SUHMP).