Cheng Yee

BizSpark Night aims to bring the startup community and industry investors together. There will be sharings on resources relevant to startups, such as Microsoft BizSpark, Windows Azure and our media partnership with TechinAsia. We also have in store an exciting panel discussion on entrepreneurship and pitching. Power yourself for a night of Date: 17th June 2013 Time: 630PM-930PM Venue: Microsoft Auditorium, Level 21 Agenda 6.30pm – Registration, Dinner / Networking 7.15pm – BizSpark Night Introduction: Joyce Huang, Microsoft BizSpark 7.30pm – Panel Session with Sequoia Companies: Brett from Bubble Motion, Shobhit from AdNear, Shashank from Deskera, Anant from Capillary – Yinglan as moderator. 8pm – Getting Your Startup Visible - BizSpark Collaboration with TechinAsia, Willis Wee, Founder, TechinAsia Panel Session with Sequoia-Backed Companies (Bubble Motion, AdNear, Deskera), moderated by Sequoia Capital Venture Partner, Tan Yinglan We are pleased to have Tan Yinglan, Venture Partner from Sequoia Capital and the executive teams from Sequoia-backed companies - Brett Bouchard (Chief Product Officer) from Bubble Motion, Shobhit Shukla (Vice President, APAC) from AdNear, Shashank Dixit (Chief Executive Officer) from Deskera share about building a sustainable business and fundraising in this region. Getting Your Startup Visible with Tech in Asia by Willis Wee, Founder, Tech In Asia Willis Wee, founder of Tech in Asia will be present to share about how to get your startups in to the top tech blogs in the region. Tech in Asia is an online technology news startup based in Asia, with team members all across the region. As a crew of journalists and bloggers with a passion for new ways of delivering news, we’ve bonded together under one goal - to create a great Asia-focused tech news site to tell the world about the wonderful thing that are happening here. ...

If you missed Echelon 2012, don’t miss the chance to be part of Asia’s largest tech conference this year. There are exciting events in store for you, from insightful keynote presentations to networking with others. It will be two days of exploration of the Asia’s startup scene. Insightful keynote presentations Industry leaders, leading investors and business mentors share their experience and knowledge at Echelon to discuss trends in digital, mobile, the internet and where Asia’s tech industry is headed. Spending two days at Echelon ensures a tech and business event like no other and propels you to the top of your game. ...

App of the week is a weekly showcase of an awesome app developed on Windows 8 or Windows Phone. Got an app you love that you want us to talk about? Leave us a comment and tell us which app and why you love it! If you want to trade on the move, check out KE Trade SG app on the Windows store. The app is available on both Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. ...

We Live to Code has officially come to an end on 5th May, when we received the final app submissions from our participants! Great job to all the participants in this hackathon! So who are the winners of the Samsung Ativ PCs? *drumrolls* 3rd prize goes to StockFolio. StockFolio allows you to monitor the progress of your desire stock exchange market. It could support multiple stock exchange markets and keep their settings neatly separated. Interested to download, visit the Windows Store! ...

Microsoft Cloud Summit 2013 offers breadth and depth of topics that will help your company get the most of your existing software investments. Learn how Microsoft can help you improve productivity and drive down costs, preparing you to better advise business decision makers on future technology investments. Date: 22 May 2013 Time: 9am - 5pm (registration starts from 8.30am) Venue: InterContinental Singapore Bugis Grand Ballrooms, Level 2, 80 Middle Road Singapore 188966 For enquiries, please contact Christine at Tel: 6296 7769 or email her. Why you should attend this event: ...

App of the week is a weekly showcase of an awesome app developed on Windows 8 or Windows Phone. Got an app you love that you want us to talk about? Leave us a comment and tell us which app and why you love it! Join the Global Defense Force. Restore Earth to its rightful owners. Stop the Harvesters. In a futuristic science fiction themed RPG, The Harvest has a game plot of hostile aliens out to turn Earth’s organic life into cyborgs. These aliens, known as The Harvesters, use humans and animals to create cyborgs. It is thus the player’s job to hinder the progress of The Harvesters. As a member of the Global Defense Force (GDF), you and your fellow freedom fighters have been deployed to various parts of the world to wage a war against The Harvesters in hope of restoring Earth to its rightful owners. ...

iCreate Mobility Challenge 2013 Come join the iCreate Mobility Challenge and bring your great idea and dreams to life! This year, we challenge you to unleash your skills and creativity to design a totally new cutting edge app experience that can enhance students’ experience at NUS to the next level. Winning entries will receive prominent recognition and great prizes. All participants who submit their apps will receive a certificate of participation and a token of appreciation. Certificates and tokens will be distributed during registration at the Awards Ceremony. The prizes for each of the categories are as follows*: ...

App of the week is a weekly showcase of an awesome app developed on Windows 8 or Windows Phone. Got an app you love that you want us to talk about? Leave us a comment and tell us which app and why you love it! Channel Newsasia has officially launched their Windows 8 app. To download the app, you can do so from the Windows Store. Some key features of the app include: ...

App of the week is a weekly showcase of an awesome app developed on Windows 8 or Windows Phone. Got an app you love that you want us to talk about? Leave us a comment and tell us which app and why you love it! Changi Airport is now Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8! Here’s some of the highlights of the app: Find details of your flight or check the status of your or your friend’s flights! Keep yourself updated with the highlights of Changi Airport to get the best deals! Furthermore, more information on shops, dining, and attractions at Changi Airport are also available! Don’t miss out on the convenience iChangi app brings you! :)

Yesterday marked the end of our overnight We Live to Code hackathon hackathon in Microsoft office! This year, the hackathon was held in collaboration with Samsung Singapore and we hosted about eighty participants and 20 teams pitched their ideas on the final pitching session on Sunday, 7th April. The series of events in We Live to Code started on 5th April night, where participants came to pitch their ideas, network and find potential team mates to work with. Various interesting ideas were pitched and we were delighted to witness the creative juices of our participants. As the night wrapped up, the participants headed home to prepare for an early morning the next day. 6th April morning marked the start of the overnight hackathon! This year, we had exciting activities in store for the participants as well! There were sharings by Windows 8 developers on their app development journey. ...