Thursday, September 28, 2017

Norwegian Air budget flights from London to Singapore


Norwegian Air, Norwegian low-cost airline which is the third largest low-cost carrier in Europe, has launched the world's longest budget flight route from London to Singapore, which will cost £149.90 one-way (273.84 Singapore Dollars). The budget Singapore flight will be a non-stop flight between Gatwick Airport which is 47.5 km south of Central London to Singapore Changi Airport and will take 12 hours and 45 minutes.

The route was announced in April 2017 and is operating since September 28th 2017. The flight departs 10.30 a.m. from London and lands in Singapore at 6.15 a.m Singapore time.

You may think that it would be a torture to take almost 13 hours budget flight. But the London - Singapore budget flight is operated by a brand new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. All seats on the Dreamliner have personal 11-inch seat-back screens and USB ports.


Norwegian Air budget flights from London to Singapore

The London - Singapore budget flight also offers premium seats at a price tag of £699.90 (1278.59 Singapore Dollars) one way. This has a "spacious cradle seating" with more than a metre of legroom, and free lounge access at Gatwick Airport.

Monday, September 25, 2017

Fun N Laughter (City Square Mall) Indoor Playground


My 4.5 years old daughter loves Indoor Playgrounds. I love them to because if you find a clean and safe one, you can leave your kid inside and go out or even if you are inside you can just stay in a corner and enjoy your mobile phone.

The one I go most (actually nowadays almost entirely) is Fun N Laughter at City Square Mall. This Singapore Indoor Playground focuses on active play and I find their play area very friendly even for young kids. Somehow I have a feeling that they can also keep the area clean because one of my biggest problem with an indoor playground is that my kid could get pretty regularly sick after each playground visit.

The playground design is quite impressive because unlike some other places, there is almost no area in Fun N Laughter where you need to be around your kid for his / her safety or to help to climb up. But if you want to follow up your young kid, the active play area is high enough for an adult to easily follow his / her kid without bending. In some indoor playgrounds, these areas require you to bend down and it becomes very tiring for a parent to follow up after some time.

The slides in the indoor park are great fun for kids. They are tall and long and very fun to slide.Some other facilities in the indoor playground are :

- a toddler play area with interactive projector games
- a toddler ball pit
- a big ball pit for older kids
- two air blasters and a target board for the blasters
- a nice nursing room with diaper-changing facility and water dispenser

The staff in the playground are also very friendly and helpful.

Photo from http://bpdgtravels.blogspot.com
Admission rate is around 23 SGD for two hours and 28 SGD for unlimited access in peak days (weekends and public holidays). I have a 10 admission package which makes unlimited access any time only around 20 SGD.

The Fun N Laughter is at City Square Mall #B2-32, 180 Kitchener Road, Singapore 208539. City Square Mall is just at one of the exits of Farrer Park MRT Station (there is a direct connection into the mall). If you drive, the facility is just outside the carpark door.


Tuesday, September 19, 2017

How to choose best gaming laptop for your child?


If your child is into gaming, it is extremely important to spend your money on a laptop that is specifically designed for gaming. That’s because the conventional laptops are not in a position to accommodate the high end specifications that are required by modern world computer games. You can see a wide array of gaming laptops out there in the market. Here is a list of some effective tips that you can keep in mind in order to select the best gaming laptop out of them.

1.    Graphics - When you are purchasing a gaming laptop, you need to pay special attention towards graphics. In fact, the laptop you purchase should have the latest, fastest and the best graphics on the market. A gaming laptop with a good graphics card will give you the opportunity to use it for many different purposes. For example, you will be able to edit videos and run dynamic presentations while playing 3D games. The most popular graphic chipsets available for gaming laptops are NVIDIA, STMicro, Matrox, 3D Labs, SIS and Trident S3.

2.    RAM - All the gamers who are planning to purchase a gaming laptop should select a model with the largest amount of RAM possible. It is the RAM, which determines how much graphics your laptop is able to handle at a time. If you have more RAM in your laptop, you will be able to play high end 3D games without any hassle. It is better to pay your attention towards the speed of RAM as well. It has the ability to create a tremendous impact on the performance of entire laptop.

3.    Processor Speed - The modern world computer processes are very fast and they have the ability to help users with multitasking as well. When you purchase a gaming laptop, you are encouraged to go for a model that comes with the latest generation processor. In addition, you will need to think about the speed of the processor. The laptop should have a good cooling system as well. Otherwise, you will not be able to run high end games on it.

Gaming Laptop for Child


4.    Hard Drive
- It is a must to purchase a gaming laptop with a SSD drive. The SSD drives are faster than traditional hard disks. They are more durable as well. Even though you have to spend a considerable amount of money to get a gaming laptop with a SSD drive, the benefits you get are totally worth when compared to the amount you spend.

5.    Display - Last but not least, you need to go for a laptop that offers the brightest and sharpest display. The quality of display can cause a huge impact on your gaming experiences. In fact, the display of your laptop should have the ability to handle the high end graphics of 3D gaming.
Always, make sure to go for a laptop with in your budget. Best laptop guides will help you to select the right laptop out there in the market.


Friday, September 8, 2017

Singaporean Company Gives Free Software to Businesses, Following Government’s Productivity Push


EMERGE App, a Singaporean software startup wants to give free software to all trading and distribution companies in Singapore, in line with the Government’s push to increase productivity overall by 3% annually until 2020. Interested companies can sign up and get their cloud software account immediately from www.emergeapp.net.

In addition to the funding and assistance provided by organisations such as SPRING Singapore, EMERGE App is stepping in now to provide order processing and inventory management software so that businesses can streamline their business and product workflows.

Although Singapore’s trading and distribution industry in 2015 totaled nearly S$1 trillion, EMERGE App believes this number can be enhanced by reducing the inefficiency companies face from poor administration habits.

Currently, SMEs looking for order processing and inventory software either use Microsoft Excel or will have to purchase customised software, which can be nearly impossible for them to afford. Entrepreneur Benjamin Yee faced a similar problem with his T-shirt wholesale business back in 2010, and thus decided to solve it on his own. The result was EMERGE App.

Singaporean Company Gives Free Software to Businesses, Following Government’s Productivity Push


Moreover, EMERGE APP features a complete system for growing business dealing with traditional offline distribution & online e-commerce sales. It comes with a full suite of features manages your entire operation from multi-channel sales to purchasing, product, inventory & simple accounting management. If you are running a growing business with more than 2 employees, EMERGE full user access management allow privacy settings applied to different parts of the app.

You can manage your complete workflow from sales, purchasing and delivery. The system allows you to be on top of every complex sales and purchase relationship for companies keeping full, partial or completely no stock. Tracking all your sales receivables and purchase payables is a breeze as well.

EMERGE App’s accounting features include accounts receivable with credit and debit note creation, customer account statement generation, and payment tracking, account payable with supplier invoice generation, partial and consolidated payments, and automatic updates, reporting in multiple curreemerncies, invoice creation, and much more.

Calling all wholesale and distribution companies across Singapore to try EMERGE free software for your business. 

Sunday, September 3, 2017

Popular Singapore Technology Bloggers By Web Design


Today we will feature other tech websites and blogs. Our article will feature the top Singapore technology blogs as at the time of writing. Our criterion, best user interface (UI) design. The list below is in no particular order.

Tech in Asia

Tech in Asia is a media, events, and jobs platform. Tech in Asia counts East Ventures, Fenox Ventures, Marvelstone, Softbank, Walden International, Y Combinator, and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin amongst its list of investors.

Vulcan Post

Vulcan Post is a another media company. A team of remarkable, passionate and curious people, they write on news that is intriguing and informative; products that they love and use. They have offices in Singapore and Malaysia.

e27

e27 is one of Asia's larger Tech media platform. Starting out as a blog to keep track of Singapore’s sprouting startups in 2007, they have continued to evolve with time to ensure that they could continue to provide the relevant tools and resources to Asia’s tech ecosystem.

HardwareZone

HardwareZone is part of the SPH Magazines Men's and Special Interest Network. HardwareZone is the leading platform of choice for computing and consumer electronics information that empowers users through their complete buying cycle, as well as community interaction with the largest forum in the region to discuss all things related to tech, leisure and lifestyle.

Techies In Singapore

Techies In Singapore is a top Singapore technology blog. They feature weekly content on software tips and tricks, the latest technology news, business reviews and specials on startups in Singapore.



Tech65

Tech65 are tech evangelists with a deep bench and the broadest expertise online. They aim to empower you with valuable tech advice and content that is most relevant to you.

Techgoondu

Techgoondu is published by Goondu Media Pte Ltd, a company registered and based in Singapore. Started in June 2008 by technology journalists and ex-journalists from Singapore who share a common love for all things geeky and digital, the site now includes segments on personal computing, enterprise IT and Internet culture.

The Tech Revolutionist

The Tech Revolutionist is Singapore based technology site. They provide a Singaporean and Asian perspective into various technology topics such as Computer Hardware/Software, Software development, Engineering, etc as a focus.

Lester Chan

lesterchan.net is the personal blog of Tech in Asia Head of Engineering Lester Chan. He is a gadget lover and likes to do web programming especially providing support for his WordPress plugins.

There are many more other great sites and we apologize if you got upset we did not feature them; but we hope the above sites provide some good reading for you.