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KyberNetwork is a decentralized and trustless exchange that facilitates instant conversion between crypto-assets with guaranteed liquidity. Through KyberNetwork’s service, a user can send token “A” to an intended recipient who wishes to receive the payment in token “B” in a single transaction. Not only that, KyberNetwork will also introduce a new smart contract interface that would allow existing accounts, which only accept certain specific tokens (e.g. an account only accepts REP, GNT, etc. but not others), to receive any existing or future token (e.g. PAY and CVC) without having to modify the token contract code (i.e. the recipient is not aware that the payment actually was proxied via KyberNetwork). KyberNetwork’s protocol will be key to promote liquidity of crypto-assets in the blockchain ecosystem, and improve the perception of tokens as a tradeble asset class to the greater public. Loi is the co-founder and CEO of KyberNetwork. He is a specialist in Ethereum smart contract and a fervent believer in decentralized economies. Notably, his work with Oyente, which made smart contracts smarter is very well-received by the community and is presently one of the most used analysis tools for smart contracts. That aside, his practical experiences with Ethereum blockchain also include co-founding Smartpool, which builds decentralized mining pools for existing cryptocurrencies. Outside of Ethereum, Loi has been featured as one of Asia’s Rising Scientists by Asian Scientist magazine for his contribution to the blockchain space. He is also a recipient of Microsoft Research Asia PhD Fellowship in 2016 which identifies and awards promising young researchers in the region. Loi is also a frequent contributor to conferences and publications, as he had produced works which are featured on Coindesk and presented at numerous keynote events, including Devcon 2 in Shanghai in 2016. Website: http://kyber.network/ Whitepaper: http://kyber.network/assets/KyberNetworkWhitepaper.pdf Event Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Ethereum-Singapore/events/241241820/ Timeline: 6:30-7:00pm Registration 7:00-7:30pm Keynote Part I: Introduction to KyberNetwork 7:30-8:00pm Keynote Part II: Strategies to Manage Reserves in KyberNetwork 8:00-8:30pm Q&A and Networking Jointly organized by DigixGlobal:

Congratulations to BizSpark Startup TurnKey Lender for successfully closing their Series A funding round. TurnKey Lender is a cloud-based loan management system and software which automates every step in the origination and account servicing process. Customers gain speed and agility, while controlling risk with business-driven, adjustable risk parameters. To find out about TurnKey Lender and their cloud-based loan management system and software, please visit their website at https://turnkey-lender.com/ Find out more about this exciting development at Tech In Asia : https://www.techinasia.com/turnkey-lender-series-a

Azure Search is provided as a Search-as-a-Service solution that helps e-commerce developers to easily offer a robust search experience on the website without managing search infrastructure and understanding in depth about search. Working in the e-commerce team, we find search to be very important because as the number of products grows, search function becomes a top-priority task for us to implement. Azure Search is what we choose to use. Upload Data to Index For our e-commerce platform, we have data stored separately in different systems. With Azure Search, we can easily compile and push data to populate the Azure Search index. By doing this way, we don’t need to worry about what our data sources will be. To upload data to Azure Search in .NET, firstly, we need to get the Microsoft Azure Search .NET SDK NuGet Package. [caption id=“attachment_4759” align=“alignnone” width=“1392”] Installed Azure Search NuGet package in ASP .NET MVC project.[/caption] Secondly, we need to create an instance of the SearchServiceClient. ...

Congratulations to our Global BizSpark Startups for their performance in TOP100 Fight Club at Echelon Asia Summit 2017. Poladrone won the Judges’ Choice Award while DesignBold won the Fan Choice award. Here’s a quick look at our BizSpark Startups in TOP100 Fight Club at Echelon Asia Summit 2017: Poladrone (Malaysia) : Providing industry leading aerial solutions to help businesses optimise their business operations and maximise results. We believe in continuously gather data using autonomous systems to predict future events through big data analytics. We see a future where drones will be gathering data in the background and improving our lives without us realising that they’re buzzing above our heads. Poladrone was founded in June 2016. Our vision is to accelerate the drone revolution. We are currently improving agriculture results in Malaysia. DesignBold (Vietnam) : Founded in September 2015 by Hung Dinh, the man behind one of the biggest Joomla templates marketplaces in the world, first thing we do is build the best tool possible. DesignBold empowers users to get access to thousands of nicely-designed ready-made templates. Our users are just some clicks away from a great looking presentations, Facebook ads, or banners, and so many more.

June 24th: CodingGirlsSummit is an inaugural regional event to bring female tech leaders, founders and enthusiasts in Southeast Asia together for a day of sharing, learning and networking. This is a local initiative where they strive to eliminate and lower barriers to entry for ladies from all walks of life who have no or little knowledge in technology but are interested to hone their tech skills. Microsoft is proud to partner with CodingGirls for this year’s event and we would like to thank Michelle Simmons and Utkarsha Singh for taking time off their busy schedules to speak at this event, reaching out to more than 300 attendees. Michelle Simmons, General Manager, SEA New Markets, Microsoft Asia Pacific who joined the distinguished panel of speakers in the First panel of discussion on ‘Closing the Confidence Gap Practical Advice and Where to Begin (the Next Big Idea?)’ which included female leaders from IBM, Google, Spotify and ThoughtWorks. Utkarsha Singh, Technical Evangelist, DX, Microsoft Singapore for sharing her thoughts on Careers in Tech for women in the ‘Career Spotlight: All you want to know about my Technie job’. For a recap of the event, visit ...

The Largest Cross Platform Xamarin Conference of the year! MonkeyFest - Global Xamarin Summit Singapore 2017 is the largest Cross Platform Xamarin Dev conference, and is the meeting place for Cross platform Developers, Software Architects, DevOps, Technical Project Managers, Project Owners from around the world to learn about and exchange experience of Xamarin and related Cross Platform Development Technologies. Expect an avalanche of goodness about the latest and best of the cross platform development world, cloud computing and .Net universe set within an idyllic location with a festival atmosphere. The event will take place over 2 days with 4 tracks in Singapore on 22/23 September 2017 at Microsoft Singapore. Get your tickets now! MonkeyFest - Global Xamarin Summit is a 2 days event on the 22 and 23 of September 2017, with sessions, workshops, demos and exhibitors. The Daily Event Ticket includes access to the event, refreshments, food and MonkeyFest swag. The 22 September evening Party includes party access, food and 1 drink. For more information, visit https://www.monkeyfest.io/

Introducing our BizSpark Startups from around the region participating in TOP100 Fight Club at Echelon Asia Summit 2017: Advvy (Australia) : Advvy is the only enterprise grade workflow management platform just for Media Agencies. Our cloud-based platform transforms inefficient manual processes into a workflow solution to allow Agency employees to work smarter, while giving management real-time visibility into their campaign activity and performance. Ozmo @ Grokinglab (Hong Kong) : Ozmo is smart hydration platform that provides fitness industry and insurance industry with actionable insights to reduce their risk through helping the user to understand hydration. Codemojo (India) : Codemojo runs the World’s first Rewards Network that unlocks user engagement and acquisition through instant rewarding by bringing Brands and App & Website publishers on a single platform. Anterin (Indonesia) : Anterin, under PT Anterin Digital Nusantara registered with their partners throughout Indonesia, providing city courier services, trucking, transportation and warehousing. Anterin a city courier service provider marketplace, trucking, transportation and warehousing, from companies and private. Unlike the services that exist today, Anterin has a unique service that is not owned by any other competitor. As tariff services are determined by partners who already cooperate with Anterin, conducted by an auction mechanism. Plater (Indonesia) : Full services in F&B industries, an online platform including marketplace, branding, consultation, legal & even cooking class! CheQQme (Malaysia) : CheQQme is a gamified mobile marketing platform that focus on bringing online traffic to the offline walk-in foot traffic, especially for the retailers. Poladrone (Malaysia) : Providing industry leading aerial solutions to help businesses optimise their business operations and maximise results. We believe in continuously gather data using autonomous systems to predict future events through big data analytics. We see a future where drones will be gathering data in the background and improving our lives without us realising that they’re buzzing above our heads. Poladrone was founded in June 2016. Our vision is to accelerate the drone revolution. We are currently improving agriculture results in Malaysia. Tralulu (Philippines) : There are over a hundred thousand local guides in Southeast Asia yet there’s no easy way to discover them at a click of a button. Through Tralulu’s marketplace, guides can finally be booked for their specialty on guiding travelers wherever they’re from at a click of a button while helping guides become sustainable. Aimazing (Singapore) : B2B fintech startup that is enabling contactless mobile payments using Soundwaves. BestTop Consulting Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) : BestTop is an online marketplace where working professionals serve as freelancing career mentors and provide customized career advice to help job seekers succeed in career. Cryowerx (Singapore) : CryoWerx is a retail tech company that build an Omni-channel solution using Automated Retail Kiosk for brick-n-mortar retailers. CryoWerx design and build Automated Retail Kiosk which allow self-service experiential purchase for consumer. Our technology enable real-time inventory information and provide detailed sales analytics. Coupled with our mobile apps, this solution can be extended beyond in-store purchase to the online purchase; making it an Omni-channel solution. Dexecure (Singapore) : Dexecure speeds up websites by automating optimization techniques using latest web technologies. In the ever-changing landscape of network protocols, browser features, and platforms, we provide an abstraction layer for performance-first content delivery. We deliver so that your website never has to compromise on performance. ELI Software (Singapore) : ELI Software has a low-code software platform for domain experts to build AI knowledge driven applications. With self learning, these AI applications can update and evolve itself over time. igloohome (Singapore) : igloohome aims to help people manage their homes and properties through innovative technologies to enable simple, safer and smarter living. Our products work offline, which mean that there is no worry about wifi connectivity or wifi hacking. The technology behind our devices involves synchronisation and encryption, similar to that in the internet banking token. igloohome has been featured in major publications such as The Business Times, Digital Trends, The Huffington Post, Tech in Asia, and on broadcast channels such as Channel NewsAsia. Jumper.ai (Singapore) : jumper.ai is the fastest commerce enabler to automagically engage and transact with your customers. AI powered, Personal. Easy. Instant! MapGage (Singapore) : MapGage is a cloud based solution allowing clients to integrate drone maps , blueprints, sensors & field observations. MapGage increases the practical & operational value of drone acquired data. Moving Walls (Singapore) : Moving Walls enables Smart(er) Cities by leveraging our expertise in location and context intelligence, and “all-screen” connected media. Regit (Singapore) :Regit is a compliant real-time communication platform for individuals to share, and update personal information with the people and businesses that they TRUST, keeping business customer records up-to-date. We do this by making it super easy for customers to use their information, give customers control of their information, and adapt Regit to social behavior. Our vision is that users just need one account to do anything they want with their personal information. Share personal information with friends and family in case of emergency, use it at the doctors, book a flight, shop online, sign up for a membership and etc. Surge (Singapore) : Surge is developing a Al-powered smart assistant to help sales professional close more deals by automating data entry and delivering insights turning admin time into more selling time. TranSwap (Singapore) : Transwap aims to be Global Cross-Border International FX payments Hub, facilitating Peer to Peer FX swapping and payments to over 60 countries for businesses and individuals. Zeemart (Singapore) : Zeemart is a B2B sourcing platform for the F&B industry, with a mission to enable businesses to make smarter purchasing decisions via our e-procurement platform. Jameasy (South Korea) : Jameasy is a solution to help learn musical instruments. it based on advanced software and hardware technology to change the boring practice to game-like playing along with useful feedback. Komachine (South Korea) : We are the largest online machine platform in Asia, Connecting more than 40,000 machine suppliers from Korea with over 3 Million Global buyers. LUXROBO (South Korea) : LUXROBO is a venture company specializing in robotics. Based on our robot technology, we create products that make electrical appliances smarter and easier to use. FindYourSpace (Thailand) : FindYourSpace is an enterprise cloud platform for focusing on the real-estate industry in South East Asia.Through technology and innovation FindYourSpace aims to empower the agents with modern and intuitive tools to modernize and improve the way real-estate agents are working in the region. Plizz (Thailand) : Accounting Services powered by online platform with instant access to financials. With its user friendly online platform, Plizz aims at simplifying Accounting processes and providing transparent, cost-effective and all-inclusive Accounting Services for SMEs struggling with their numbers and piles of bills. Telemedica (Thailand) : Telemedica runs a telemedicine platform called ‘Ooca’ that makes teleconsultation more accessible via VDO call. We focus more in mental health area in B2C but all area in B2B. DesignBold (Vietnam) : Founded in September 2015 by Hung Dinh, the man behind one of the biggest Joomla templates marketplaces in the world, first thing we do is build the best tool possible. DesignBold empowers users to get access to thousands of nicely-designed ready-made templates. Our users are just some clicks away from a great looking presentations, Facebook ads, or banners, and so many more. To find out more about the top startups participating in TOP100 Fight Club at Echelon Asia Summit 2017: ...

One of our BizSpark startups, Cafebond, was successfully admitted into the Taiwan Innovation & Technology Arena (TITAN). TITAN is a flagship project supported by Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology which is focused on boosting the diversity of Taiwan’s innovation ecosystem by inviting talents from all over the world. Cafebond offers a web and mobile platform that connects coffee lovers with the best coffee brands in the world, so you can taste and buy unique specialty coffee beans and blends from roaster-owned cafes from London to Melbourne, Singapore to Beijing, in one easy checkout process. To find out about Cafebond and their product offering, please visit their official website at https://www.cafebond.com/

Another exciting edition of ACE Microsoft Tech Talks was held in LaunchPad where Mr. Gerald Goh presented a special workshop on building building Jupyter Notebooks for interactive programming and analysis. Despite the niche topic being presented, the community responded warmly to this workshop, with over 21 individuals signing-up for the event and 15 participants attending the workshop. During the session, Gerald introduced the concepts for Jupyter, IPython, R Programming Language and F# Programming Language, and allowed the participants to apply the concepts learnt in a practical workshop to build their own Jupyter Notebooks. At the end of the session, the audience mingled over light refreshments, and connected with Gerald to find out more about the concepts taught during the session. You can review the materials presented in the session below: Slides : Building Jupyter Notebooks for Interactive Programming & Analysis Code : https://github.com/MSFTImagine/computerscience/tree/master/Workshop Azure Notebooks : https://notebooks.azure.com/ Sign-up for Microsoft Azure : https://azure.microsoft.com/ A big round of applause to our presenter, Gerald, and our audience for taking time off from their busy schedule to attend this session. Special thanks to Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) for being our great event partner for “ACE Microsoft Tech Talks”. Check out our Spiffy Facebook Events to find out our upcoming activities in LaunchPad.