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Facebook tryst with Explore Feed hits record-low drop in organic reach of newsfeed

Speculations arise that Facebook could be gearing up for a permanent transfer of posts by pages to the Explore Feed to further monetise the main newsfeed.

Oct 25, 2017

By Mario Manlupig, Jr

Facebook

Singapore has world's 2nd most 'powerful' passport: 2017 Index

Singapore passport 'most powerful' in the world

Singapore now boasts of the most powerful passport in the world, thanks to Paraguay.

Oct 25, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

5 things you need to know about Infosys results

Infosys, India's second largest software services company by revenue, reported its September quarter results on Tuesday.

Oct 25, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

Changi Airport conducts dress rehearsal ahead of Terminal 4 opening

Changi Airport Group (CAG) said it conducted its full dress rehearsal for Terminal 4 as it prepared to commence operations at the terminal on October 31.

Oct 25, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

Frasers Centrepoint Trust Q4 DPU rises 5.5%

Frasers Centrepoint Trust, a real estate investment trust, on Wednesday reported a 5.5 percent in fourth-quarter distribution per unit.

Oct 25, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

Vijay's movie 'Mersal' rules box office scene worldwide

Vijay's " Mersal "movie is ruling overseas with a wide range of collection at the box office and is one of the Vijay's highest grossing movie of his career in Kollywood, and is expected to collect Rs.200 crore worldwide.

Oct 24, 2017

By Sahana S

Hard disks are pictured inside a server room at a company in Bangkok

Blockchain is capable of creating new cyber security model: R&D firm

The coming year is considered very significant for companies as they adopt Blockchain, the software behind digital currency Bitcoin, to harness its immense potential in the sector of business, money, and society.

Oct 24, 2017

By Adrita Biswas

Artificial intelligence

What's not right with Stephen Hawking's 1966 thesis about galaxies?

The thesis, which Cambridge University made public on October 23, crashed the University website due to high-demand and now experts discuss about its right and wrong assumptions.

Oct 24, 2017

By Poulami Nag

5 takeaways from PM Lee's visit to the US

Read the five important takeaways from Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's visit to the US. During the visit, he met the US President Donald Trump and conducted diplomatic talks

Oct 24, 2017

By Nirmal Narayanan

Gary Neville: Stunned by loss at Huddersfield and Jose Mourinho's outburst

The former Manchester United defender feels United need to be wary of Tottenham's form.

Oct 24, 2017

By Arnab Ganguly

Singapore Symphony Orchestra is back to Kuala Lumpur after 17 years

Singapore Symphony Orchestra is going to celebrate 40 years of its existence in 2018 by performing after 17 years in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur on November 19, Sunday.

Oct 24, 2017

By Sahana S

Thomas Tuchel frontrunner for Everton job after Ronald Koeman gets sacked

The Merseyside club have made the former Borussia Dortmund man their priority after Koeman got the sack

Oct 24, 2017

By Arnab Ganguly

Sony Xperia XZ Premium receives Android 8.0 Oreo with 3D Creator, Predictive Capture and more

Xperia XZ Premium receives all of Sony's native feature in Android 8.0 Oreo on top of Google's improvements and tweaks.

Oct 24, 2017

By Mario Manlupig, Jr

Indian shares gain for second day as lenders advance

Indian shares rose for a second session on Tuesday, led by state-owned lenders after HDFC Bank posted a 20 percent jump in quarterly profit.

Oct 24, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

Mapletree Industrial forms JV to buy data centers worth S$1 bln

Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT) on Tuesday formed a joint venture with Mapletree Investments to buy a portfolio of 14 data centres located in the U.S. for US$750 million (about S$1 billion).

Oct 24, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri