SINGAPORE – From July, low-income seniors will be able to sign up for affordable one-year mobile data plans that cost as little as $5 per…
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S'pore to invest $50m over 5 years to build digital trust
Singapore will invest $50 million over the next five years to support efforts to create a trusted digital environment for its people and businesses. Communications…
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S'pore to invest $50m over 5 years in efforts to build digital trust: Josephine Teo
SINGAPORE – Singapore will invest $50 million over the next five years to support efforts to create a trusted digital environment for its people and…
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Digital for Life funding hits $7.6m for grassroots projects to plug digital gap, impart tech skills
SINGAPORE – A national movement that provides resources for grassroots projects to equip Singaporeans with digital skills and help bridge the digital divide now has…
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Chope and Qoo10 roped in to give Chinatown businesses a boost both online and offline
SINGAPORE – Chinatown businesses, badly battered by the dearth of tourists during the Covid-19 pandemic, will get more help in going digital. The Chinatown Digitalisation…
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Volunteer your time and expertise to help close S'pore's digital skills gap: DPM Heng
SINGAPORE – Those with the time and expertise should volunteer to help close the digital skills gap in Singapore. This call to action was made…
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Data aggregation on one platform to benefit consumers
Data sharing on an unprecendented scale took place last month with the launch of data aggregation platform Singapore Financial Data Exchange, or SGFinDex. It is…
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Tracking origins of food and medical products
Digital tools that engender trust in food, medical products and vaccine provenance will be one of the key areas of focus this year as Covid-19…
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Singapore women with the IT factor
SINGAPORE – Ms Nurul Jihadah Hussain, 33, is not a technology professional, and does not command in-demand technical skills in artificial intelligence, cyber security or…
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askST: Should I have a separate smartphone just for banking and e-payments?
SINGAPORE – Experts at a Straits Times webinar on digitalisation and cyber security on Wednesday (Dec 9) tackled questions from a live audience on topics…
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Cyber security awareness must keep pace with rapid digitalisation: ST webinar panellists
SINGAPORE – Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020 has been a year marked by rapid digitalisation at an unprecedented pace. But this process has also…
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Hawkers scammed by fake screenshots of e-payments
SINGAPORE – From fraudulent screenshots to quickly cancelled transactions, crafty customers have found some convenient loopholes in cashless payment systems set up in local hawker…
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Push for digital payments pays off
Generous cash incentives have led many hawkers onto the digitalisation track. Close to half of all 18,000 hawker stalls in Singapore now let customers pay…
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SingPass app users can sign documents online
Signing legal and business documents online will be made possible with the roll-out of a new feature on national digital identity system SingPass. Its first…
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Covid-19 spurs 75% of S'pore firms to speed up digital push
The Covid-19 pandemic may have stopped mixed martial arts promotion One Championship from holding large-scale fights, but the company has figured out how the show…
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Low-income seniors to get mobile data plans that cost as little as $5 a month
SINGAPORE – From July, low-income seniors will be able to sign up for affordable one-year mobile data plans that cost as little as $5 per…
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Seniors, hawkers can pick up digital skills at nearly 50 community hubs from August
SINGAPORE – From August, seniors and hawkers needing help with using their digital devices can get assistance at nearly 50 SG Digital community hubs islandwide…
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More Singapore SMEs tapping government grants, initiatives to digitalise amid Covid-19 outbreak
SINGAPORE – Local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly stepping up their digitalisation efforts this year, making use of government grants and initiatives to…
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S-E Asian Internet economy to top $138b
Shop owner Eric Ang, who sells apples and other fruit, recently embraced digital tech to shift a few more items at his stall – Xing…
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New GoBusiness portal will simplify licensing process for F&B businesses
SINGAPORE – A new online service will slash the amount of red tape food and beverage (F&B) businesses have to wade through to secure licences…
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S'pore retains spot as second most digitally competitive country
Singapore has retained its position as the world’s second most digitally competitive country, after the United States, in the latest edition of the IMD World…
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Singapore is the world's second most digitally competitive country, after the US
SINGAPORE – Singapore has retained its position as the world’s second most digitally competitive country, after the United States, in the latest edition of the…
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$40m kitty set up for 5G trials to fuel Singapore's goal of leading in digital economy
SINGAPORE – A $40 million kitty has been set up to accelerate the development of next-frontier 5G applications to support Singapore’s ambition to lead in…
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