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Crowd-free, heat-free, mosquito-bite-free visits to Singapore’s attractions, courtesy of Google Street View

If you’re the unadventurous sort who won’t wander further than your local neighborhood park, perhaps the newly updated Google Street View will be the perfect tool for you to explore Singapore – without having to leave the comfort your house.

Aside from the streets and roads of Singapore, a whole list of new locations have been added to Google Street View. These places were chosen through a poll that was conducted among Singaporeans. The poll, jointly organised by the Singapore Tourism Board, asked citizens to nominate the places they’d like to see the most on Google Street View.

So which are Singapore’s best places to explore, as chosen by Singaporeans? We have famous landmarks such as the Singapore Flyer, Haw Par Villa, Fort Canning Park, One Fullerton and the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, which will now appear larger than life on your computer screen. All of this made possible with the help of the Street View cars which successfully captures a 360 street- panoramic view of that particular area. Check out the video we’ve posted to see what you can expect when exploring these areas.

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Games Solution Centre to incubate local game developers

The Media Development Authority (MDA) has today launched an all-new facility called the Games Solution Centre (GSC)

Designed to be a “one-stop resource centre”, the GSC will provide a conducive environment for small, medium game enterprises in Singapore to develop local games.

Services are provided free-of-charge and are on a first-come-first-served basis. The GSC will be managed by Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP)

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Nikon releases local pricing details for its new 1 series of cameras

The Nikon 1 J1 and Nikon 1 V1, in red and black respectively.

Nikon has finally released the local pricing details of its new range of compact, mirror-less cameras with interchangeable lenses. Here are the details:

Model Features NIKKOR lens included Price
Nikon 1 V1

(Available in black and white)

  • 10.1 Megapixels
  • Mechanical and electronic shutter
  • 3.0-inch LCD 921K-dot TFT LCD
  • Electronic View Finder: 0.47-inch 1440k dots TFT LCD
  • Full HD movie capture with the ability to simultaneously capture stills
10-30mm + 3-110 mm S$1,549
10-30mm + 10mm S$1,499
10mm S$1,369
10-30mm S$1, 299
Nikon 1 J1

(Available in black, pink and white. Red and silver available at a later date)

  • 10.1 Megapixels
  • Electronic shutter
  • Ability to capture movies at 10, 30 and 60fps
  • 3.0-inch LCD 460K-dot TFT LCD
  • Built in flash
  • Full HD movie capture with the ability to simultaneously capture stills
10-30mm + 3-110 mm S$1,249
10-30mm + 10mm S$1,199
10mm S$1,069
10-30mm S$999

RIM offering free premium apps for users after service disruptions

In a bid to redeem their 12 year long relationship with their customers after the recent service disruptions, RIM has announced that it will be offering a selection of free premium applications to its users.

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Blackberry unveils Tag function

Tap it or bump it and you’ll instantly be able to share it. It’s nothing salacious either, just the new Blackberry Tag function that was unveiled today by Mr Jim Balsillie, co-CEO at Research in Motion, at the GITEX conference in Dubai.

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