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Woz says Apple could not emerge in Singapore

by Mike Schramm (Dec 15th, 2011)

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak got a little political lately, saying in an interview with the BBC that a society like Singapore, with its relatively strict approach to aberrant behavior, would never be able to host a company like Apple, with its early days of long-haired weirdos working on ...

Singapore to hand out iPads to its soldiers

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 27th, 2011)

The Defence Ministry of Singapore said on Monday that it will be issuing 8,000 iPads to new recruits this year. Armed with the iPad, new soldiers will be able to snap photos and videos of the battlefield, which can be uploaded to a central database. They can also communicate with officers and ...

Schools in Singapore issuing iPads to teachers and students

by David Quilty (Jan 17th, 2011)

Reuters is reporting that, at an initial cost of S$135,000 (about US$100,000), a pilot program handing out iPads to 140 students and 10 teachers at Nanyang Girls High School, Tampines Secondary School, Nanhua Primary School and Dunman Secondary School in Singapore aims to replace textbooks and ...

Ben & Jerry's stores in Singapore giving away free iPhone cases

by Mike Schramm (Dec 9th, 2010)

Popular ice cream chain Ben & Jerry's is giving away a set of pretty awesome iPhone cases -- but only in Singapore. Customers in that country will be able to trade in four carton tops to stores there and pick up one of 5,000 completely free iPhone covers. You can see what the covers look like ...

Timezone confusion baffles eager 3.0 downloaders

by Michael Rose (Jun 17th, 2009)

We're not innocent of error, and on occasion we create our own dramatic bits of fail, but in this case we can help clarify things: If you are visiting an "official Apple site" that shows a release date of June 18 for the iPhone 3.0 software update, take a closer look at that URL before you start ...

SingTel confirms iPhone for Singapore, India, the Philippines and Australia

by Mat Lu (May 12th, 2008)

In a singularly uninformative press release, SingTel, Singapore's largest telecommunications company, has announced that it is bringing the iPhone to "Singapore, India, the Philippines and Australia later this year" through several subsidiary carrier brands: SingTel, Bharti Airtel, Globe and Optus. ...

iTunes Music Store in Singapore by 2007?

by Dave Caolo (Jan 20th, 2006)

According to a recent article in the Straits Times, Singapore may gain access to the iTunes Music Store sometime in 2007. Consider that iPod sales over the past year in Singapore increased in the "triple digit percentages" (Apple doesn't release region-specific numbers), and it's clear ...

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