[caption id="attachment_5195" align="aligncenter" width="615"] The focus should be on usage and not ownership.[/caption] LTA's evaluation of a change in ERP system this week peaked my interest. They are looking move from a single charge entry
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Rethink Taxes on Motor Vehicles in Singapore
26 May 13 Current Affairs, Economics COE, Cost, Economics, ERP, Motor Vehicle, Road Tax, Singapore, Tax
Addressing Concerns on the Rise of Asia
7 May 13 Current Affairs, Economics Asia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam
[caption id="attachment_4893" align="aligncenter" width="615"] How the West perceives the rise of Asia.[/caption] Asia's rise to prominence in the past two decades has yielded a flurry of discussions by economists, international relations scholars and even historians.
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Why Groupon is Flawed
6 March 13 Economics, Tech Andrew Mason, Groupon, Marketing, Targeting
[caption id="attachment_4037" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Groupon: Needs a rethink.[/caption] Groupon's stock plunged after news of a poor earnings call. After a 25% plunge, the sacking of Andrew Mason leveled things off a little but questions should be asked
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The Year Ahead: Google
2 March 13 Economics, Tech Android, Apple, Email, Enterprise, Google, Google Glasses, Maps, Microsoft, Search, Web
[caption id="attachment_3983" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Google: Exciting future needs some work.[/caption] Google is the one unique tech company that can claim to have the largest user base in the world. You can break things down in
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The Inevitable Fall of Nations
21 February 13 Economics, Tech, Values Empires, Future, Government, Internet, Nations, Politics, Social
[caption id="attachment_3824" align="aligncenter" width="615"] The longest lived intermediary conduit will inevitably fall. (Credit: Madiba127 on DeviantArt)[/caption] For thousands of years, nations were important building blocks of civilizations. As human beings, we found the need to
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How to Support 6.9 Million in Singapore
16 February 13 Current Affairs, Economics Cycling, Flexible Hours, Infrastructure, Policy, Population, Singapore, Transport, Walking
[caption id="attachment_3738" align="aligncenter" width="615"] A cramp Singapore can be better managed.[/caption] Singapore's population is going to grow and there's no stopping it. We can slow down the growth rate but we cannot turn back. With
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The Year Ahead: Apple
7 February 13 Economics, Tech Acer, Apple, Dell, Google, HP, IBM, iOS, iTunes, Mac, Microsoft, OEM
[caption id="attachment_3531" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Apple needs to regain momentum in 2013[/caption] Apple did not enjoy usual warm coverage by the press this year with more negative pieces being churned out against what is usually the
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Aaron Swartz – The Tragic Misunderstanding of Public Goods
16 January 13 Current Affairs, Economics Academic, DOJ, FBI, Idealism, JSTOR, MIT, Public Goods, Reality, Swartz
[caption id="attachment_3061" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Aaron Swartz: 1986 - 2013[/caption] The death of Aaron Swartz, a renowned 26 year old computer genius, has brought the spotlight back on the problem of public goods. Before delving briefly
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Is Gift Giving an Economic Nightmare?
11 December 12 Economics Christmas, Deadweight Loss, Gifts
[caption id="attachment_2718" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Unwanted Consumption: Christmas in the eyes of an Economist.[/caption] Gifts. You're going to hear, see and hopefully receive lots of them in this coming month. Consumerism has turned Christmas into a
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The Economic Value of Advertisements
13 November 12 Economics
[caption id="attachment_2518" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Times Square: Ads everywhere you go. Plenty of them. (That performance is also an ad.)[/caption] I remember a section on advertising being placed at the end of a chapter in my
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iPad Mini: Sweet Spot Challenges Google & Apple
24 October 12 Economics, Tech Apple, Asus, Google, iOS, iPad, Nexus
[caption id="attachment_2208" align="aligncenter" width="615"] The iPad Mini will shake up the consumer tablet market.[/caption] The key takeaway from Apple's event was the iPad Mini. The interesting part of the Mini's launch was its size and
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[caption id="attachment_2098" align="aligncenter" width="615"] R&D Benefits: More than just guts[/caption] Today's record breaking jump from the stratosphere is yet another entry in both history books and the continual desire of mankind to break limits. Felix
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Common Sense, Future Tense: PC Sales Crawl
13 October 12 Economics, Tech Acer, Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, OEM, Windows
[caption id="attachment_2065" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Tanking: Traditional desktops and laptops, both Windows and Macs, are failing to hit sales targets.[/caption] Personal computer sales are limping along. These include both Windows and Macs. Manufacturers affected range from
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Piracy is illegal but I'm willing to bet you've done it before. Music piracy was all rage during the IRC, Napster and KaZaA days. Then software piracy took over with shady shops in Sim Lim
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Within 4 hours, I queued, received, sold and banked $1,240 from the sale of Apple's new flagship - its iPhone 5. The following account is an experience that I hope people in the market hoping
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Geeks love updates. Mainstream users and enterprise technicians hate it. It is no surprise that we have been and will continue to move head first into digital world without version numbers and visible updates. The
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Arsene Wenger celebrated his 16th anniversary at Arsenal yesterday. I am not an 'Arsene Knows' type of fan and many a times a critic of his methods but there are multiple areas I admire this
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With the court rooms often filled with design based technology patents, it seems to be a good time to break down where the main schools of design are and how technology has made way for
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This might sound strange to most Singaporeans. For decades, everything Singapore was tied to its economy. Incredible growth, one of the four proud Asian Tigers / Dragons, an economy that weathered the Asian Financial Crisis
Read MoreThe Joke of Economic Sanctions
3 June 12 Economics
The reliance on economic sanctions to solve everyday international problems is ridiculous. While I believe in a free market economy, the reckless use of this mechanism as the first alternative is baffling. It has been
Read MoreReducing Frictional Unemployment
30 May 12 Economics
When we built the internet, there were high hopes surrounding this superior and extensively collaborative network. Economists saw that as a pathway to the holy grail - Perfect Information. The internet has been around for
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