Rakuten Touts Online User Base In Bid For Japan's Mobile Market
Tokyo-based e-commerce operator plans to apply for 4G frequencies, which will be made available by the Japanese governme... Read more
Singapore Defence Ministry Invites Hackers To Breach Its Systems
Country's Ministry of Defence will run a "bug bounty" programme, led by HackerOne, inviting hackers worldwide to identif... Read more
South Korea To Tax Bitcoin Profits, Ban Foreigners From Trading
Foreigners and minors will be prevented from creating accounts or trading virtual currencies in South Korea, the governm... Read more
Samsung And Amazon Launch HDR10 Plus Content
Samsung Electronics and Amazon have launched HDR10 Plus-applied content on Amazon Prime Video. Read more
Airbnb Sees China As Its Number One Market By 2020
The number of rooms in China ready for rent on Airbnb has reached 150,000, according to a co-founder of the global room ... Read more
A Note To Designers: You Dont Own The Design
“We know this solution is more usable based on the feedback the usability tests provide us with, but it’s just a bi... Read more
As Alibaba Ramps Up, Amazon Loses The Plot In Asia
The US online retailer finally introduces Amazon Prime in Singapore but the launch has been described as "piecemeal", wh... Read more
8 Cool Gift Ideas For A Grown-up Geek
Need gift ideas for the beloved geek in your life? For starters, most of the Silicon Republic office would be happy wit... Read more
Diamond-film, Double-glazed Solar Panels Could Offer Serious Power
A new solar power device – unlike any existing solar panel – has been invented by a team of researchers at the Univ... Read more
Weekend Takeaway: Make Way For The Future Of Medtech
Medtech Rising: Ireland will benefit from $522bn global medtech market Connemara, Co Galway. Galway is a major medtec... Read more
Ergos Steve Blanche Keeps The Edge In An Everything Connected World
As one of Ireland’s leading cloud and IT managed services providers, Ergo excels in matching technology to business n... Read more
Tech Is Transformative To The Work Of MSF – And The Irish Tech Community Can Help
One of the lightbulb moments for me regarding the potential of harnessing tech developments to help save lives came du... Read more
Singapore Taxi Operator Acquires Majority Stake In Uber's Car Rental Business
ComfortDelGro is forking out S$642 million for a 51 percent stake in Uber-subsidiary, Lion City Holdings, which runs a f... Read more
NiceHash Bitcoin Heist Sees Theft Of More Than $70m
NiceHash, a Slovenian bitcoin-mining exchange founded in 2014, earlier this week fell victim to a major hacking inciden... Read more
IoT Medication-compliance Devices Set To Skyrocket In Number By 2022
Apple is at the centre of a major security issue with its internet of things (IoT) software HomeKit, which was found to... Read more