How business owners can use Windows 11 to increase hybrid work efficiency & productivity

[This is a sponsored post with Acer.] Prior to the pandemic, productivity and working in the office were considered non-mutually exclusive. Bosses and HR management teams typically prefer employees to be present at the workplace to optimise work efficiency and other processes. Now though we have a mushrooming concept called hybrid work, and it’s a […]
Telegram launches sponsored messages – here’s why it’s now the best online ad solution

Disclaimer: The following opinion piece represents author’s personal views. Telegram’s founder, Pavel Durov, officially announced on his channel last Friday what the company has already made mentions of in the past few weeks — Sponsored Messages, which will allow everyone to pay for advertisements on the independent social network. But before you express your disappointment […]
You may not realise it, but you’re already living in multiple metaverses—here’s how

Newsflash: we are already living in the metaverse. But not everyone may understand how, or even know what it means. And no, Mark Zuckerberg didn’t come up with it. The term “metaverse” is nothing new. The concept has been around since 1992 when author Neal Stephenson (who was credited with coining the term) used it […]
iCandy acquires Lemon Sky for RM135mil to expand into AAA games & the metaverse

In recent news, iCandy Interactive (iCandy) announced it will be acquiring 100% of Lemon Sky Studios (Lemon Sky) to scale its existing capabilities. This will make it the largest pure-play game development company on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), and in Australia and SEA too. With more than 450 employees, the acquisition is projected to […]
Dreamcore marks 5th year with new 10,000 sq ft space: see your custom PC get built and test it

For avid gamers, you would know of Dreamcore as a top-notch place to get custom-built PCs. The company was started by three Singaporeans — Shaun Tan, Eugene Lim and Kwan Wei Zhong — who all met at an IT show (no surprises there). Wei Zhong and Eugene worked for competing companies, and Shaun convinced them […]
S’pore’s Hepmil Media Group, parent company of SGAG, raises US$10M in Series A round

Local media company Hepmil Media Group announced today (November 25) that it has closed a US$10 million Series A funding round. The round is led by venture capital fund Quest Ventures, Pavilion Capital — a private equity firm under Temasek Holdings — and Bent Pixels, the world’s largest gaming lifestyle media platform. The Group owns […]