tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174395542011-04-22T12:21:13.767+08:00New media observations from Singapore.WhiteFichnoreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17439554.post-1158504376042721002006-09-17T22:15:00.000+08:002006-09-18T19:06:03.260+08:00

If you haven't already come across rana's posting on how Stomp - Singapore's flavour of participatory journalism - isn't listed highly on Google searches, you should definitely have a read. Rana didn't mention anything about MSN, so I checked it out. Guess what? Stomp came up tops for the search term "Stomp Singapore".Google Who?Extrapolate - obviously no one really looked into Search Engine

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Tower Records - once an icon for music CDs - filed for bankruptcy last month. Its assets are being auctioned off for US$90-95 million. Everyone has yakked on about how the company couldn't keep up with the rapid changes - especially that brought on by digital music.It's not for lack of trying. In 2006, they announced ad-supported podcasts through TowerPod.com. It seems they just couldn't move

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This is an interesting post I discovered. Apparently, after this INSEAD event the warrensx2"Came to the conclusion that web2.0 was not exactly what I was looking to get into after INSEAD."I've left him/her a comment. Wonder what the response would be!

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Craigslist has shown that classifieds can still be the name of the game. Aside from proving to the world that classifieds brings home the bacon, Craigslist also proves the might of a small and nimble team.Singapore RoundupIn Singapore, the picture isn't as rosy. There have been, and are, many attempts to build a Singapore online classifieds. Back in the last 90s, the telcos ruled. Pacific

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I just received an invitation to the launch of AsiaOne's SME Central. Whoever is behind their marketing has decided the right platform to be the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (ASME).Local AdvertisingUndoubtedly, we are going to get a hyperlocal community portal. The invite mentioned something about online advertising opportunities for SMEs. For the longest time, AsiaOne's parent

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There was an article about 3G in the papers and how in Japan, 3G has fuelled m-commerce. The interesting bits:M-commerce because there is no time to shop.M-commerce takes place in transit (on trains) and stuff.Most still not comfortable with giving credit card when "M-commercing".What about all of us here in Singapore? Have we all moved to 3G phones? Has 3G charges gotten so much cheaper we are

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Just out of curiosity, I run that asiaone.com homepage through w3c validator. Failed validation, 1019 errors.Surprise, surprise... It's the luxury of being a monopoly. People will need to come to you whether or not your site complies to web standards.The following media sites did not pass either... but they had far less errors:New York TimesThe GuardianTodayOnlineYahoo! NewsCNNBBC homepageWall

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While Singapore struggles with the use of blogs in the political arena, the President of Iran has started his very own blog. According to CTV, the President shares his life experiences and discusses the war between Iran and Iraq openly.What's more? The President is asking for opinions on political issues online.The juicy part of the story is found in the last two paragraphs. Apparently the

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The Asia Times reported that the Chinese newspapers are taking a "if you can't beat them, join them" approach to new media.It isn't at all surprising. Chinese have been known for their keen eye on the money. With print advertising growth slowing and internet advertising encroaching, they have no choice but to "follow the scent of money".According to the Shanghai-based

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While the world is having great fun mucking around with Google Maps, we've been enjoying the enviable view from the spectator's stand. How about Yahoo!? They've been around pretty long. How about doing us Singaporeans a big favour by putting up some Yahoo! maps for play!Who's on the streetThe leading street map site in Singapore is Streetdirectory.com. This site is one of the dot com survivors. I

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