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Confession of a Taiwanese: Are we spending too much time queuing up?
Originated from the south state of North Carolina, famous donut chain store Krispy Kreme has just opened its first shop in Taiwan mid December last week. Thanks to its extensive advertising and...
View ArticleRise of a Filipino YouTube Star: Mikey Bustos’ Wrecking Ball parody a hit...
Miley Cyrus’ raunchy video for her song, “Wrecking Ball” is too controversial for some. So controversial that it was one of the most watched videos on YouTube, and it inspired hundreds of video...
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List of Collaborative Consumption Companies in Asia-Pacific region
Over the past few years, a rise of a new industry vertical has taken countries around the world by storm: Collaborative Consumption. Wait, what? Collaborative Consumption, or Sharing Economy, describes...
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VisaMapper helps you check visa requirements of the countries you want to visit
Sometimes the best websites are the ones that solve a real problem and provide real value to its visitors. If you are a frequent traveller, most likely you have faced this problem before, I know I...
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Your next car may be powered by Google’s Android. Here’s why it is a big deal
Inter-connectivity is about to go big. Finally, instead of auxiliary and USB cables, we will very soon have proper integration between our smartphones and automobiles. The Wall Street Journal reported...
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Making resolutions for 2014? Here’s how to do it right according to the...
We know this usually happens, but not in 2014, and we can tell you how! Typically, we are all psyched about the new year; reinventing ourselves, making new resolutions and wanting to conquer...
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NUS startup BigSpoon is on the quest to improve restaurant services
When we visit a popular or busy restaurant, often times we encounter scrambling waiters who are too busy to attend to us. It affects our dining experience: we sometimes feel frustrated trying to get...
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It’s official, China’s Apple, Xiaomi is coming to Singapore
It’s finally official, Xiaomi is coming to the shores of Singapore. Hugo Barra, former Google VP for Android and now vice president for Xiaomi Global, officially announced it through his Google Plus...
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Have you ever wondered who created hashtags and why he did it?
Ever wondered how did hashtags come about? Chris Messina, is the brilliant creator behind it. Chris Messina is the San Francisco-based Head of Community and Growth at NeonMob, a market for digital art....
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Malaysians beat Singaporeans on English proficiency tests, but will it last?
Are Malaysians getting better at their English compared to Singaporeans? Well, one thing’s for sure – Between our two countries, we have the best English in Asia. According to the English Proficiency...
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Twitter’s Vine now available on web, but is anyone using them?
Vine, a mobile app owned by Twitter that allows its users to create and post short video clips, has just announced that it is now available on the web. Unsure what Vine is? Here’s a handy video...
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[Amazing] NDI trains Indonesia rural women to be solar lamp entrepreneurs
The saddest thing about poverty is not that people are poor, but that they all have in themselves, the potential to be great. That’s the motivation for the Nusantara Development Initiative (NDI), an...
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We really wish this Japanese poo logging app is available in English
Everyday we are bombarded with new mobile apps on the iOS App Store and the Android Google Play. There are so many of them and there simply isn’t enough time to try all of them. A category of app which...
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Japan top online shopping site Rakuten officially launches in Singapore
Japan’s top online shopping mall Rakuten, has officially announced its launch in Singapore. With the launch of its Singapore site, Singapore shoppers now can enjoy shopping access to more than 120...
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Taiwan bids goodbye to its toll booth system amidst protest from locals
With the new year, Taiwan introduced a significant change to its drivers: toll collection now takes a new shape from the existing pay-at-tollbooth to the new pay-per-kilometer system on the national...
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WhatsApp has 400 Million Monthly Users; building a 100 year old company
400,000,000. That is the number of users who use Whatsapp every month. In case you are not 1 of the 400,000,000 users who used Whatsapp every month, WhatsApp is a simple chatting app which allows users...
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Apple launches ‘Red Friday’ sales in select Asian markets on January 10
Apple has just announced that it is having its annual Lunar New Year sale, a one day event for Asian countries. The event is also known as “Red Friday”, for the significance of red in Chinese culture...
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Singapore couple app LoveByte launches sticker store, here’s how they look like
Singapore based mobile app for couples LoveByte, has just announced its launch of a new Sticker Shop. The new Sticker shop currently features 16 sets of stickers which are designed by LoveByte. The app...
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StarHub customers get early exclusive access to LINE’s Chinese New Year stickers
Avid readers of Vulcan Post would know this: we are huge fans of LINE. Over the past few months, we have written quite a bit on LINE. The Japan based mobile messaging app has crossed over 300 million...
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SingTel launches Singapore’s first prepaid mobile Facebook plan
SingTel, Singapore’s main telco, has just announced their launch of what claimed to be Singapore’s first prepaid mobile Facebook plan. Customers who are on prepaid plan are now able to access Facebook...
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