Vulcan Digest: Valentines Day, Hot Instagrammers, And More!
Hey everyone! Yet another new week, and only a few days to go till Chinese New Year! It also means the end of the Valentine’s Day weekend that we’ve been dreading/looking forward to. Whether you were...
View ArticleSingtel Has A CNY Gift For You: Free Unlimited Postpaid Data On Feb 19!
Singtel, one of the main telcos in Singapore, launched the country’s first no-contract postpaid data SIM plan on Valentines Day (February 14th). For a monthly S$19.90 monthly subscription fee,...
View Article#SG50ShadesOfGrey Proves Singaporeans Can Write Erotica Too
With the release of the 50 Shades Of Grey movie in Singapore (with Malaysians grumbling in the background), the Internet has exploded with filthy, filthy thoughts. Someone along the way had realised...
View ArticleLianhe Zaobao’s 6 New WeChat Channels: Overkill Or Winning Strategy?
If you’re a fan of WeChat, and love reading on your smartphone, this one’s for you: last week, SPH announced that Lianhe Zaobao — its Chinese flagship newspaper — has launched a series of six new...
View ArticlePM Lee Prostate Surgery Goes Well, Expected To Recover Fully
This article was originally published on Vulcan Post. PM Lee’s surgery for has gone well, according to a Facebook post on his official page. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced yesterday that he...
View Article8 Ingenious Ways To Hack This Chinese New Year
With the current trend of “life hacks” surfacing all over the Internet these days, you can no doubt trust us Internet people to come up with a million ingenious ways to make your life a little easier....
View ArticleDating App Sparka Replaces Swiping With Stickers, And It Might Just Work
This article originally appeared on VulcanPost.my. Finding new friends is hard, especially if you’ve graduated and have washed your hands off schools and universities. Sadly, graduation also means you...
View ArticleOde To YouTube: 10 Years Of Insanity, Creativity, And Who Knows What Else
On 14th February 2005, YouTube turned 10. We’re lighting each candle with a warm glow in our hearts, each candle shaped as strange talking unicorns and babies biting fingers. The cake is enormous,...
View ArticleSingpost Releases SG50 Hello Kitty, Let The Games Begin!
This article originally appeared on Vulcan Post. For Singapore’s 50th birthday, our’ favourite kitty – sorry, girl – will be celebrating right along with us. Thanks to SingPost, Hello Kitty has...
View ArticleRumoured 12-Inch iPad Plus Confirmed With Leaked Large iPad Case
With every Apple product comes a steady stream of leaks, but the latest one is sure to turn your head. French website nowhereelse.fr (via vr-zone) has announced that they’ve gotten their hands on a...
View ArticleKickstarter Pick Of The Week: This Chopstick Will Give You The Perfect Eating...
Kickstarter Pick of the Week is Vulcan Post’s weekly series where we share some of the most noteworthy and creative projects that pose to make positive improvements in our lives. Come across anything...
View ArticleSteady, Silent, And Deadly: Inside Singapore’s Hidden Gem Startup, ShopBack
At the heart of Singapore’s startup hub Blk71, some 25 people are working late everyday in the hopes of growing ShopBack. We’ve had our eyes on the cashback site for a while now (as early as May 2014),...
View ArticleChinese New Year 2015: The #LoveOfAFamily
As Chinese New Year comes round, we all begin making plans to see our family. Whether it is returning to our hometown or deciding who buys the yusheng, family is at the front of our minds this festive...
View ArticleStop Making 50 Shades Of Grey About Feminism
50 Shades of Grey has once again taken the world by storm. As a woman, I’m fine with that. That’s cool. Some people are laughing at it, making lame jokes about it, and making sex dungeon and BDSM...
View ArticleThis Aidata EZ Laptop Riser Proves Popular’s The Place To Go To For Tech Gadgets
I spend more than 10 hours a day working on my laptop. That is a really long time. While we all enjoy increasingly faster and lighter upgrades to our laptops these days, one human problem remains...
View ArticleSingapore’s Megafash Holds Mega Singapore Sale So You Can Burn Your Angbao Money
It’s the same old story every year: in the days leading up to the Chinese New Year, I’m all gung ho and ready to eat everything in sight despite my general intolerance for the festival. But by the end...
View ArticleApps To Bond With Ah Ma And Ah Gong This CNY
If your extended family is anything like mine, Chinese New Year visits are a dull affair. It’s worse when it comes to my grandparents: since they speak neither English nor Mandarin, and I can’t speak a...
View ArticleGoogle’s Latest Patent May Not Come Up Smelling Like Roses
Not content with dominating the spheres of search engines and email, Google’s latest patent is a portable odor-removing device, designed to ensure that you’ll always smell your best. Their newest piece...
View Article8 Witty Responses To The Typical Chinese New Year Questions
We all know the routine as we enter our relatives’ houses and exchange oranges: in no time, the dreadful part of reunions will commence. Questions about who you are dating, where you are working and...
View ArticleSingPass Upgrades Security With Yet Another Device To Take Care Of
This article originally appeared on Vulcan Post. If you do iBanking, then you would probably be very familiar with these annoying little calculator-like tokens that help keep your accounts safe. And...
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