YouTube Singapore is now official! YouTube makes its official debut in Singapore and it’s aim is to help Singaporeans find their favorite content and spread Singaporean content across the globe.

Its initial partners include music collection society COMPASS, leading sports rights agency World Sport Group, music distributor Valleyarm / Music Services Asia, and production companies Interactive SG, Oak Media, and Refinery Media.

The YouTube Partner Program opens in Singapore, allowing local video creators to earn income from their work on YouTube through sharing advertising revenue.

The official YouTube account for YouTube Singapore is youtube.com/SingaporeYT!

Official: YouTube Singapore

Went to the official opening of Tampines 1 last Friday. The ceremony was held at the rooftop terrace with host Adrian Pang. The official opening marks the 100 days since it open it doors to the public since 9th April 2009.

Here is the press release:

Tampines 1 celebrates Official Opening on 100th Day of Business
More than 6.6 million visitors since Tampines 1 opened its doors on April 9

Singapore, 17th July 2009 – Asiamalls, the property manager of Tampines 1, announced today that the mall has attracted 6,643,989 visitors, since the mall opened for business. Celebrating its official opening today, Tampines 1 opened its doors on 9th April, 2009 and has revitalized the shopping mix in Tampines Town by offering an exciting array of new concept stores alongside several international fashion brands like Cache Cache, Diva, Dorothy Perkins, Promod, Springfield, Topshop, and Uniqlo that have opened their first or largest stores in a suburban mall.

“We are happy to note that the overall opinion of the mall has been extremely positive and that consumers have acknowledged that Tampines 1 is a great alternative to downtown shopping. A lot of effort was spent to put the “urban” into Tampines 1, from the mall’s design to the overall retail mix, and brand strategy. All these initiatives helped us meet the expectations of a new generation of consumers who visit the mall to shop, dine and relax after work or over the weekend,” said Stephanie Ho, General Manager of Asiamalls Management (South East Asia) Pte Ltd, Property Manager for Tampines 1.

The basement piazza and open space within the mall demonstrates an atypical shopping mall layout, and combined with the layered voids and external roof terraces the interior design of the mall focused on ensuring a break in between the mall’s shopping space. F.I.S.H, Sushi Tei and Thai Express have duplex loft style restaurants that offer customers a unique ambience for dining. There is also a 24 hour Coffee Club for those looking for a place to enjoy a late meal or drink.

The mall has also installed a digital directory on each floor where customers can learn more about each individual shop with just a touch of a finger, or they can learn more about on-going promotions, or pick up the phone and speak with the mall’s customer service officers for directions or further information.

Tampines 1 has also launched an overall Spring to L1fe branding campaign targeted at showcasing what the mall offers and has its own mall blog, facebook and twitter account, which helps to further differentiate it as a new generation mall for the young and savvy.

The mall will organize a Sure-win Lucky Dip + 8 Malls & More Lucky Draw where shoppers can get a chance to win one of eight cars when they spend more than $50 in one single receipt before 25th September.

With a total of 173 tenants, the retail mix comprises of Fashion (35%) + Food (20%) + Beauty (12%) + Sportswear (3%) + IT/Electrical (5%) + Lifestyle/Gifts/Entertainment (25%). The mall features a cluster of mini-anchor tenants including a fitness centre with a pool – Amore Living, IT retailer Challenger, Cold Storage, HSBC, and Japanese Gourmet Town Manpuku.

Launch Videos

Links

• Site: Tampines 1
• Blog: Tampines 1
• Facebook Gallery: Photos Taken By Me

It has been confirmed that Windows 7 will be just called Windows 7. Simple, short and sweet.

And, as you probably know, since we began development of the next version of the Windows client operating system we have been referring to it by a codename, “Windows 7.” But now is a good time to announce that we’ve decided to officially call the next version of Windows, “Windows 7.”

While I know there have been a few cases at Microsoft when the codename of a product was used for the final release, I am pretty sure that this is a first for Windows. You might wonder about the decision.

The decision to use the name Windows 7 is about simplicity. Over the years, we have taken different approaches to naming Windows. We’ve used version numbers like Windows 3.11, or dates like Windows 98, or “aspirational” monikers like Windows XP or Windows Vista. And since we do not ship new versions of Windows every year, using a date did not make sense. Likewise, coming up with an all-new “aspirational” name does not do justice to what we are trying to achieve, which is to stay firmly rooted in our aspirations for Windows Vista, while evolving and refining the substantial investments in platform technology in Windows Vista into the next generation of Windows.

Simply put, this is the seventh release of Windows, so therefore “Windows 7″ just makes sense.

We are very excited about the opportunity to tell you more about Windows 7 in the coming weeks, and show you how we have continued to build on investments begun in Windows Vista to deliver on the next release of the Windows operating system.

Source: Windows Vista Team Blog