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Bloggers In Singapore Question Escape Of Militant

The state controlled media and government in Singapore have been heavily criticized by bloggers for not providing details about how an Islamic militant escaped from prison.

Monday Morning Link Fest ...

From Apple to Microsoft to Google, there is hot news written. Below are some of the more interesting articles involving eBusiness and search today. Another obvious patent gets paid off by Apple. Apple has agreed to pay Burst a $10 million payment for infringing on its 1990 streaming video technology patent.

Singapore Bans Xbox Game For Lesbian Scene

The Xbox 360 video game Mass Effect has been banned in Singapore because it features a lesbian scene between an alien and a human.

eBay Works To Keep Buyers, Sellers Interested

I’ve never had a serious grudge against eBay or complaint about its site.  Nonetheless, it’s been months since I’ve visited an online auction for personal reasons, and eBay is trying hard to reverse this sort of behavior.

YouTube, Others Succeed In Singapore

Stories about growth in Asia tend to involve China - it’s hard to ignore 1.3 billion potential users.  But there are other countries in the region, and in one of them - Singapore - Hitwise’s Sandra Hanchard has recorded some impressive growth.

eBay Expresses Interest In Southeast Asia

Like Google and Yahoo before it, eBay is eyeing Asia and the best ways to succeed in that region.  And although eBay is focusing on a slightly different group of countries, it, like Google, intends to concentrate on the mobile market.

Singapore Internet Marketers & eBay Auction Specialists…

…If you haven’t heard the news, you need to read this post. The second installment of Jo Han Mok and Matt Bacak’s Internet Millionaire Incubator hits Singapore this Friday.

Google Earth Gets Book Search Layer

To research a place’s past, you could drive around looking for historical markers.  Or you could call up Google Earth; a new default layer allows users to “explore locations through the lens of the world’s books.”

Google Sallies Forth Into Singapore

After months of rumors, Google has finally opened an office in Singapore.  The search engine giant is also reportedly in talks to open a research and development center on the island city-state - yes, let another round of rumors begin.

Google R&D To Set Up Shop In Singapore?

According to recent reports, Google is preparing to invade Singapore (in a friendly, build-a-research-and-development-center kind of way). This center would be the company’s first such establishment in Southeast Asia, although Google has yet to officially confirm the reports.