If you’ve never heard of Uber, it’s time you do. Not only is it one of the fastest growing technology companies in Silicon Valley, it is also a software company that connects drivers and riders. Recently, Fast Company named Uber the #1 Innovative Company in Mobile, and #6 Most Innovative Company – ahead of likes of Samsung, Google, and … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Echelon 2014: Call For Startups!
Echelon is Asia’s largest tech conference organized by tech media and events platform e27. If you didn’t join us last year, Echelon 2013 was one of the region’s largest tech and business events held over two days in Singapore to celebrate Southeast Asia’s emerging technology industry. It features 50 of the region’s most promising startups, … Continue reading
Join us at the DEXTRA New Year Party!
Just sharing an event that I’m organising this Thursday. I’m currently driving the Data Innovation Challenge initiative, enabled by DEXTRA over at Newton Circus for the past year or so. And whether you’re a data enthusiast who’s familiar with big data, or are generally just keen on finding out more (and finally understanding what the … Continue reading
A “Blogshop for Beautiful Affordable Furniture”?
Being an online boutique owner for some years, e-commerce has became something that is quite close to my heart. I’ve been keeping an eye on the trends happening in the e-commerce space, and you can imagine my surprise when I came across Just Enjoy Life (JEL) which brands themselves as “the online home for beautiful affordable … Continue reading
Holiday party dress central: How we started Rent the Runway
“What Sept. 11 had done is wreak havoc on many different industries in the country, and I always think that in chaos there’s innovation. So I wanted to find the most chaotic industry out there, because I felt I would learn a huge amount. There would be a lot of change and transformation.” – Jennifer … Continue reading
Happy New Year! Is “Losing Weight” Your New Year Resolution?
Hope I’m not too late to wish all of you a HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2013 passed by in a blur, and I’ve got to say that it was passed way more quickly than any other year I can remember. Not quite sure why, but it all went down pretty well, considering that it happened right … Continue reading
Snapchat hacked: 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers lifted
Originally posted on Gigaom:
Three days ago, ephemeral communication app Snapchat released a statement on its website responding to a group of security professionals at Gibson Security who posted what they claimed to be numerous exploits of the app’s API. The hot startup waved those claims away in the post: Theoretically, if someone were able…