Tag: singapore
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Taiwan’s digital nation plan
Taiwan’s ICT industry is expected to grow 3.96 percent in 2017 on the back of rising demand for high-tech devices from end-users. Realizing the need for digital transformation, Taiwan has recently launched its 8-years Digital Nation Plan, dubbed DIGI+, to develop its high-tech economy and propel digitalization among companies. eGov Innovation speaks with Mr. Francis Liang,…
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Singapore: An autonomous innovation center
Jim Robinson of RRE Ventures said it best last month at the Silicon Dragon Conferencewhen comparing Silicon Valley to New York, “There are two kinds of centers that have a lot of startups and technology, there are technology centers and commerce centers.” New York falls into the later category, while the Valley is the former.…
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Small Singapore has big ideas about innovation culture
When it comes to innovation, there is no such thing as status quo – you either improve or decline relative to everyone else, and sitting in a comfort zone for too long could prove costly. That is the philosophy of Steve Leonard, the CEO of SGInnovate, the government entity that supports entrepreneurs leading Singapore’s innovation…
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Singapore’s launches S$1 billion innovation fund
Singapore is launching a S$1 billion (~US$717 million) innovation fund to help companies with strong intellectual property strategies to grow and expand overseas, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has announced. The Makara Innovation Fund, a partnership between IPOS and local private equity firm Makara Capital, will invest up to S$150 million on each…
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Pay Pal expanded its research operations Fintech to Singapore
PayPal has expanded its research operations to Singapore, one of the global financial and fintech hubs, culminating in the launch of a new innovation lab in the country and its first outside the United States, according to a PayPal statement. The fundamental goal of the lab will be to help foster a new generation of…
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