Looking at SEA Gamer Mall now, it’s hard to believe it began in a small bedroom. An engineering graduate and avid gamer, Wong Ong Hua began SEA Gamer Mall in 2008, after being introduced to the in-game virtual goods secondary market by an online friend from China. When co-founder Tommy …
Read More »How Does A Physical Escape Room Pivot Online? We Played Breakout’s Newest Game To Find Out.
Throughout the MCO, popular escape room operator Breakout was unable to open, so the team decided they needed to momentarily pivot. They came up with personalised gift puzzle boxes called The Enigma, and during our interview about that, they also shared something else they’d been working on which was in …
Read More »Observations Post-GE 2020: A Watershed Election And The Rise Of ‘Personality Politics’
On July 11, Singaporeans woke up to a new reality. The watershed general election (GE) of 2020 had come and gone, and major shifts seem to have happened in Parliament. With 83 out of 93 seats, the People’s Action Party (PAP) — also Singapore’s incumbent government since independence in 1965 …
Read More »No Queues, No Forms: This S’pore Startup Lets You Quickly Check In To Hotels With A Selfie
Hotel guests everywhere face a common predicament: long waiting lines to check-in. In fact, a study from Cornell University’s Center for Hospitality found that just a five-minute wait at check-in causes guest satisfaction to drop by 50 per cent. But what if there was a way to make the process quicker, easier, …
Read More »GE 2020: 9 Iconic Quotes From Our Dear Politicians That Will Be Remembered Forever
This year’s general election (GE) has been a rollercoaster ride for both Sinagaporeans and the various political parties from the start till the end. The events that happened this election season, from Ivan Lim’s hasty exit from the incumbent People’s Action Party (PAP), to Worker’s Party’s (WP) Raeesah Khan being …
Read More »M’sian Dev Creates A Chrome Extension For Friends To Netflix & Chill Together, Virtually
Nazreen is a software engineer who’s currently in London doing his Masters in Political Philosophy. During the early stages of lockdown, he wanted to watch something on Netflix with his friend, but since they couldn’t meet, they needed a way to watch it online together, in sync. A quick search …
Read More »We’d Like To See This M’sian Startup Survive In The Food Delivery Biz, But Boy, It’ll Be Tough
Author’s Blurb: It’s safe to say Malaysians are quite spoilt for choice when it comes to food deliveries. We have so many apps to choose from that we probably have several of them downloaded to cross-check prices for the best deal in terms of overall meal cost. Packed, a food …
Read More »We Asked MDEC About Its Newest Funding Initiative, Here’re 6 Things We Confirmed
In the span of the past 4 months, the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) had launched 6 alternative funding initiatives for companies seeking financial relief during the MCO. Their sixth and latest one is called Founders Grindstone. It’s positioned to elevate the proficiency of startup founders to navigate the complexities …
Read More »From Novels To Comics: Here’s A List Of Websites And Apps That Let You Read For Free
Here are our top picks of the best free book and comic apps and websites on the Internet! If you’re sick of hitting a paywall every time you get to the best part of a novel–trust us, we are too. That’s why we made it our personal mission to find …
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