BLOG: Why Google digital glasses are prescription for disaster
Feb. 23, 2012 | DAMON BROWN
We've seen accident after accident of people texting, gaming, or web surfing while walking. The U.S. government is now considering banning all automobile phone calls, including hands free.
Read more...
Wal-Mart takes majority stake in Chinese e-commerce company Yihaodian
Feb. 23, 2012 | DEREK DU PREEZ
Wal-Mart Stores, the retail umbrella company that owns ASDA, has announced plans to take a 51 per cent majority stake in Yihaodian, a China based e-commerce website.
Read more...
OpenNet ups capacity ahead of IT Show 2012
Feb. 23, 2012 | F.Y. TENG
The operator of Singapore’s nationwide all-optical fibre platform now offers the total weekly capacity of 3,550 installation slots.
Read more...
Alibaba Group proposes to privatize e-commerce site Alibaba.com
Feb. 22, 2012 | MICHAEL KAN
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has proposed privatizing business-to-business platform Alibaba.com as the site faces slower revenue growth brought on by a shift to focus on long-term gains.
Read more...
With Google out, Twitter inks search deal with Yandex
Feb. 22, 2012 | SHARON GAUDIN
Just months after Twitter and Google failed to reach an agreement for Realtime Search, the microblogging site has inked a deal with Russian search engine firm Yandex.
Read more...
Yahoo, Gmail to route all mails through servers in India
Feb. 22, 2012 | ZAFAR ANJUM
The Indian government will be asking Internet content providers to route all e-mails accessed in India through the country even if the mail account is registered outside the country, according to a government agency report.
Read more...
Yahoo! cries foul in Indian court
Feb. 21, 2012 | ZAFAR ANJUM
The Internet company says case against it is abuse of process of law: report.
Read more...
BLOG: Tribute to the human element
Foo Fighters frontman, in his Grammy Award acceptance speech, honoured the “human element” of music that has lost its place in the digitally advanced industry.
Read more...
BLOG: “Damn Bloody Stewpig!”
Singapore's DBS Bank does not seem to have learnt from its mistakes.
Read more...
BLOG: Enter the Dragon: The year of project success
Eight insights into success and failure
Read more...
BLOG: In lust we trust
Three Indian politicians resign after caught watching porn in state assembly. Can lawmakers who keep talking about censoring the hoi polloi first learn to censor themselves?
Read more...
BLOG: Kodak’s demise: A salutary tale for the IT industry
Can some of today’s IT giants survive in the face of the most disruptive technology that is impacting both IT firms and their customers -- cloud computing?
Read more...