On Saturday, 29th May, StarHub and M1 began selling MicroSIM cards, with SingTel following tomorrow, 1st June. It's unclear whether the telcos allow MicroSIM in MultiSIM or restrict it to data plans. Either way, scissors will do.
mig33 is expanding and hiring more engineers and designers! We want PHP/MySQL web engineers, Java and J2ME engineers, ideally raw graduates up to five years' experience, plus designers. Interested? Send your resume to lester.chan at mig33global.
I was invited to my first ever Sony Ericsson event, their Backstage blogger session. We were introduced to Sony's tagline, make.believe, where the dot matters by separating make believe into make and believe, before being shown five new products.
The Infocomm Accessibility Centre has launched a month-long civic movement, The Tweet Meet, to bridge the digital divide for people with disabilities. The centre aims to offer more IT course placements to people with disabilities across Singapore.
HP hosted the gala premiere of Sex and the City 2 at Golden Village VivoCity, and we were honoured to be invited. I'm a huge fan from the TV series days, and glad the sequel didn't take long.
Thanks to Hwee Tong and Sharon for the gala invite to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time at Cineleisure! It opens islandwide this Thursday, 27th May 2010. Running about two hours, it's action-packed throughout, with impressive, never-before-seen sand animation.
The People's Association is bringing 2010 FIFA World Cup screenings to the heartlands, partnering Singapore Pools, SingTel and StarHub. The five Community Development Councils and PA Community Clubs will show the matches at venues across the island for residents.
IDA is holding a road show, IDA's New Infocomm & U, at Downtown East this Saturday, 22nd May 2010. The whole 24seven team will be there, with activities for you and your readers to learn new infocomm skills.
I wanted a 16GB iPad Wi-Fi + 3G and tried ordering via comGateway, but it was rejected next day amid overwhelming demand. My colleague Alon offered to order it from the Apple Store and ship it to his place.
Steam for Mac is now available to download, and you get Portal free until 24th May. As Valve quip, there are strings attached, but they're entirely decorative, swaying in the breeze created by a million players.
Time flies! I've worked at mig33 since 1st February 2010, and my three-month probation is up with good news: I'm confirmed! It's my first job and I love it, learning loads, especially ExtJS and proper MVC coding in PHP. Overjoyed!
The iPad arrives in Singapore in July 2010, alongside Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands and New Zealand. Apple separately confirmed an earlier wave for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.
Finally, well done SingTel! Singapore Telecommunications has secured the broadcast rights to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, offering all 64 matches live on mio TV and mobile, with complimentary viewing over the internet for subscribers.
Yes! Three years after Blizzard announced it at their Worldwide Invitational in Seoul, StarCraft II finally hits stores on 27th July 2010. It comes as three games: Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm and the Protoss campaign.