Insights
Week in Review: Start-up and funding ecosystem questions
It’s about the role of the funding ecosystem, including accelerators, and on the value our start-ups slap on themselves, writes DNA founder Karamjit Singh.
Economic growth: A four-part solution for companies and countries
It’s time to source best practices from various nations to figure out how to get more from the money citizens are investing in growing their economies and companies. Here’s Verne Harnish with a prescription.
Competitive pressures forcing Apple to up its ante
Apple's stock has tumbled since the introduction of its new products in March 2012. Some have been quick to judge the tech juggernaut as having lost its innovative ways since Steve Jobs passed away 15 months ago. But while it's too early to call curtains on Apple, competitive pressures are forcing it to innovate, writes Edwin Yapp.
DAP polls: If not the butler, you can always blame software
Opposition party DAP has blamed its committee election debacle on a computer error. If this is so, why did a human being have to quit, asks DNA executive editor A. Asohan.
Smartphone rebate turnaround: MCMC hung out to dry?
Even as the MCMC staunchly defended the reasons for imposing a price-cap on the contentious smartphone rebate for youths, the Government did a backflip and removed it, leaving the regulator in the lurch.
Week in Review: Get in on the conversations!
Digital News Asia (DNA) founder Karamjit Singh tells us why he is totally loving the interactive conversations that our articles trigger, via social media and also through the comments section, and urges entrepreneurs to share to help grow the ecosystem.
PDPA: Businesses have responsibilities and burdens
DNA welcomes lawyer Foong Cheng Leong as a contributor with his Bread & Kaya column, which looks at legal issues related to technology and intellectual property, amongst others. His debut column looks at the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA) which comes into force Jan 1, 2013.
PDPA: Need for mandatory data breach notification; SMBs vulnerable
The Government should consider mandatory breach notification an important part of any data protection legislation; and also recognize that SMBs are going to be epseiclaly vulnerable.
Week in Review: Stupid gets stupider?
It looked to have been a slow news week as we wind down for the year, but then the stuff hit the fan, writes Karamjit Singh.
WCIT: Freemasons, Internet memes and salt
For the first time in its history, the ITU failed to reach a consensus on the new International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) at the World Conference on International Telecommunications earlier this month. But the ITRs are a distraction from the ITU's real shortcomings, which are deficiencies of process, writes DNA columnist Jeremy Malcolm.
