Launchbyte Podcast

This week, We talk about the support of Series A investment from our local government. Facebook becoming your breaking news source, Apple adds Siri to Apple TV and the status of Project Ara. Download Mp3 Here Tech News Of The Week * From Facebook – Announcing FB Newswire, Powered by Storyful * From 9To5Mac – iOS 7.1 code indicates Apple working on Siri for Apple TV * Vulcan Post – Google making a smartphone you can build at home * From Apple – Better * From e27 –

Two weeks ago, we brought you the chat we had with Ian Tay Pixaroll, and last week, we spoke to Kyaw Lin Oo EventNook. Both entrepreneurs had started their companies from scratch without a single cent of external financing. This week, we have Jerome Chan from Ideas Incubator, who talks about following your heart and allowing passion to fuel your idea forward. Say Hello to Chan, the Co-founder of Petfie, a social network for pet lovers. Listen Here SoundCloud You can find her on Twitter at @_osculate

Last week, we announced that e27 has entered the audio space with our very first podcast series Bootstrappers. We loved our chat with Ian Tay, Co-founder, Pixaroll! To recap, he spoke about how entrepreneurs who are on the path of self-funding should find a market and understand how to make money before anything else. This week, we are rolling up our sleeves with Kyaw Lin Oo, a Burmese entrepreneur in Singapore who has founded EventNook. Here he talks about the value of friendship when working alone, and importance of side projects. Listen Here SoundCloud You can find her on Twitter at @_osculate

This week, Big announcements from Dropbox. Zopim got brought for $30M. Starhub launches new crowdsourcing platform and Alibaba into content businesses? Download Mp3 Here Hot This Week * From Forbes: Dropbox * From Techcrunch: Zopim * From Vulcan Post: Starhub launches new crowdsourcing platform * From CNET: Heartbleed bug

This Bootstrappers series is brought to you by E27 and Us. The series consists of four episodes with four founders who have all gone through the entrepreneurship journey without a single cent of external funding. Listen Here This week, e27 Correspondent Elaine Huang will chat with Ian Tay, Co-Founder, Pixaroll about starting up challenges like finding a market and not going for government grants. You can find her on Twitter at @_osculate

This week, we are going for a change! Instead of the regular tech news. We talk about the local podcast scene and we have fellow podcasters Tomboy Tards with us. We talk and we laugh so hard that this episode reach over an hour. But if you are planning to start a podcast or wonder what podcasting is all about. This is the episode for you! About Tomboy Tarts Tomboy Tarts is a lifestyle brand helmed by two co-owners; Raven Lim and Persis Shanker. Why Tomboy? Classic tomboy greats like Katherine Hepburn, Coco Chanel, Marlene Dietrich and Amelia Earhart embodied the true meaning of what being a tomboy was. They were women who oozed a free spirit with confidence and style. Women who straddled both their feminine and masculine sides with ease. Women who embraced their unique style with courage and grace without having to confo

Google Reader dead, really? Here are some of the alternatives we are using * feedly * digg reader But if you are the kind of guy, who hates being tied to a particular platform – this is for you. Go Read works and act exactly like Google Reader yet you own all the data. nodejs or rails ###problem: I’m looking to learn web development, after researching around, I narrowed down to rails and nodejs but which is the better one for starter like me? Below are some of the references we used in our discussions. Ruby-On-Rails References * What is Rails * Rails Tutorials *

This week, we discuss about the productivity tools we use particularly to ToDo-Lists. There are so much Todo-list apps out there and many times, after downloading it, we often failed to complete the task we set for ourselves. If you faced the same problem as us, you will find this podcast interesting. launchbyte-ep03:MP3 Link Some of the other stuff that we discuss about and their relevant links. sharing our experience of building the first app Chris’s very first app was create for Audi, but because it is an corporate app there is no link for download. Bryan’s first app – pomchek go where So happy that people started using > Instagram vs Vine Video on Instagram

haze monitoring apps beside the “beautiful design” NEA app, here are some apps from the our local developers * pee_S_ai by @anttyc * psi by dev house replaid * sg spi by dashsell This is the official for you to get data not sure if you will find it useful NEA API because they are updated either monthly or daily. interesting events/initiative started due to haze * The PSI Is Right * Group Purchase For N95 we have no links with alldealasia, and we do not take any form of commission. we just find it interesting so we share it here * SG Haze Rescue – a community of Singaporeans offering air-conditioned spaces to individuals and families without such privileges. You can offer anything from a sleeping bag, couch, to a guesthouse. 3d printing for everyone? * our local startup Pirate3

And we are back! We here at Launchbyte talk about news that we think are of interest to the tech community in Singapore and discuss the local tech start up scene. We are back stronger and plan to make launchbyte a success. Links We Share About DIgital, creative and marketing jobs pay less in Singapore but why? http://e27.co/2013/06/13/digital-creative-and-marketing-jobs-pay-less-in-singapore-but-why/ Amobee opens new Asian HQ in Singapore http://e27.co/2013/06/12/amobee-opens-new-asian-headquarters-in-singapore-partners-tmn/ Marco Arment’s opinion on the opportunity in iOS7 http://www.marco.org/2013/06/11/fertile-ground iOS7 Beta To iOS6 (if you ever want to change bac