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Propmatch.com Props Up Property Search
The online property portal market in Singapore last month saw a new addition with the launch of Propmatch (www.propmatch.com), which promises to revolutionize hunting for Singapore property on the Web.
Prince Media Company, King Of Outdoor Advertising?
Philip Kafka hung up his racket at the age of 23 merely months into his professional tennis career to become an entrepreneur instead.
N4MU Takes You from Print to Digital (and sometimes back again)
N4MU allows the content of traditional print materials to be stored and developed into a digital form that can easily and instantly be broadcast and distributed to devices such as computers, smartphones and other hand-helds.
Right Skills, Right Time With Skillendar
Ever encountered the frustration of trying to look for a service provider, but unable to find a suitable one based on locality and the availability of the service provider? Skillendar (http://www.skillendar.com) may be able to help.
BungoBox.com – An Eco-Friendly Move
Florida-based company BungoBox (www.BungoBox.com) rents out BungoBoxes - durable, stackable, supposedly sustainable plastic containers that helps you save on moving costs and save the environment in the process.
Appitalism – Digital Content For All
Appitalism aims to help consumers to easily and quickly discover and download the best digital content across all devices, be they smartphones, tablets, PCs or eBook readers.
Fornova Enables You To Trawl And Aggregate The Deep Web
ForNova provides B2B turnkey content aggregation solutions for classified advertisers, e-commerce and other specific content verticals without the need for site-specific customizations.
MoneyLine.Sg – One-Stop Financial Information Site For Singapore
MoneyLine.sg is a new comprehensive online personal banking and finance comparison portal in Singapore offering free access to information covering a range of financial, personal banking and insurance products.
SocialReport.com, the Google Analytics for Social Networks
Social Report is a social network analytics solution that helps track and analyze social network accounts - Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, for example - and provides tools to manage marketing initiatives.
Kembrel – Private Online Shopping Club For Students
Online private shopping club sites usually target higher-end, premium fashion customers. An interesting twist to this concept is US-based Kembrel, a campus-focused private shopping community catered exclusively for students.
Fiverr.com Lets You Buy And Sell Services for Just US$5
Micha Kaufman and Shai Wininger, founders of e-commerce site Fiverr.com, believes that there can be an entire marketplace where people can purchase and sell services at the fixed price of US$5.
Emergent Detection’s BodyKey Aids Your Fight Against Flab
Obesity is a major problem in America and it's only getting worse. Entrepreneurs Keegan Hall and Eric Fogel, founders of Emergent Detection, believe they have a solution to this weighty issue with their fitness technology product, BodyKey.
Sunflower – Always Sunny, Always Different!
Contributing writer Ho Sim Yee dropped by Sunflower - a concept store focusing on unique hand-made, environmentally-friendly and socially-conscious merchandise - to find out what makes it bloom.
Urban Spoils Aggregates Daily Deals; Adds Relevance
Seattle-based Urban Spoils is a daily-deal aggregation service that capitalizing on the rising trend of social buying, where the best daily deals across group buying sites are cherry-picked and aggregated on a single site.
The Drinking Partners – Inculcating A Beer Culture
The Drinking Partners is a local purveyor and distributor of specialty beers from Belgium that aims to promote a beer appreciating culture in Singapore.
Chatting Up With Qvaq
Qvaq is a web-based group messaging application that offers an easy way to create and join discussion groups based around interests, big or small.
Bontq Makes It Easier To Squish Bugs
Bontq is a web-based project management and bug tracking application that lets you manage projects, track bugs, manage tasks and maintain documentation.
NowRelevant.com Makes Searches More Relevant
New seach engine NowRelevant monitor millions of sources and feeds to give you the most up-to-date and pertinent information on a subject from only the past two weeks for relevance.
What Do You Want To Buy At 12Buy.sg?
Local IT retailer Challenger Technologies is now extending its reach online, and is hoping that Singaporeans will take to buying from its newly-launched, and the country's first mass category lifestyle shopping portal, 12Buy.sg.
Cooklet Cooks Up a Culinary Social Network
Cooklet.com is a social networking platform that offers users a different way for users to explore and interact with the culinary world.
Shoutreel – Online Discussions In Reel Time
Shoutreel, an online site that allows you create your own forums and discussion groups, was founded in 2009 by Farooq Yousuf, Ammar Yousuf and Amir Sahib, all of whom work in web development and developed Shoutreel in their free time.
The Nübox Way To Computer Retail
Computer retail is big business in Singapore. That's what personal computer retail chain Newstead Technologies is counting on for its growth, especially with its new Apple-focused Nübox concept stores.
Big Heart Baby – Baby Helping Baby
Founded in early 2010, California-based Big Heart Baby Clothing Company is positioned as a socially-conscious baby clothing company that donates 50-percent of profits to children’s charities.
Fatboy’s Guide To Building A Burger Business
Fatboy's The Burger Bar is a specialist burger joint located in the heart of Singapore. Founded by brothers Bernie and Kennie Tay, Fatboy's was so named because both of them are, well, big boys.
Tip-It – Tipping Over Daily Deals
Are there too many group buying sites already? Bryan Sio, Steven Kwok and Nicole Teo certainly don't think so - the three young undergraduate entrepreneurs has just launched Tip-It!, Singapore's latest site dedicated to daily deals.
LocalBigwig.com
New York City-based LocalBigwig.com helps facilitate the search for local life experiences in metropolitan destinations around the world by connecting global travelers with homeowners offering short-term rentals for furnished local homes.
Erwan Mace and Bitsmedia – Developing Mobile Applications That Stick
Bitsmedia Pte Ltd is a Singapore-based mobile application development shop specializing in the development of iPhone applications, such as Muslim Pro, MyHub, Quit'n'Tell and OnMyWay, amongst others.
Make And Save Your OwnSkin
OwnSkin.com is a website that allows users to customize their mobile phones by making their own mobile phone content such as themes (also known as skins) and wallpapers.
iWeb’s Akshay Shah Says Tough Times Don’t Last, Tough Men Do
Mumbai, India-based iWeb Technology Solutions was founded by Ketan Trivedi and Akshay Shah in 2005 to service the under-served small-to-medium enterprise (SME) market with cost-effective, enterprise-level software products.
Adroit Data Recovery Centre (ADRC) On Dealing With Data Loss
Contributing writer Caroline Yeung speaks to Felix Chang, managing director of data recovery company Adroit Data Recovery Centre (ADRC), about data recovery and loss.