Articles on Literacy

Case study: Nokia Life Tools - Oct 20, 2009

Features Nokia may be a name most would associate with handsets and great user interfaces. But increasingly, the Finn is focusing on solutions and services. We take a look at the launch of its Life Tools for emerging markets. Read story »

Sony's "David Blaine" starts 30 days of living in display window - Oct 6, 2008

Crave "One man. One revolutionary cause. 30 days." I don't know if there's a Guinness Book of Records world record at stake here, but as part of its effort to promote ... Read story »

Premier Wan rocked the Chinese cyberspace - Mar 1, 2009

Blogs Wen Jiabao, the Chinese Premier, rocked the Chinese cyber community by holding a 2 hour-long online chat with Netizens. This event was jointly hosted by the Central Government Web site (http://english.gov.cn) and ... Read story »

Abstracting national concerns - Jun 25, 2009

Blogs Still on my info-graphics binge. I stumbled upon this site Capital Words. Interesting to note the number of times some words were said over others. Like "Oil" for example, as compared ... Read story »

Datanoid - Jun 17, 2009

Blogs The world is about numbers and figures. The death of an individual is a tragedy, the death of thousands but a statistic. We can paint a good picture of a particular ... Read story »

Campus Snapshots: Singapore Management University II - May 29, 2009

Features We showcase some of the best works from student photographers and let them share their experiences when shooting in tricky situations.  Read story »

Campus Snapshots: Singapore Management University I - Apr 30, 2009

Features We showcase some of the best works from student photographers and let them share their experiences when shooting in tricky situations.  Read story »

Eradicate infantile illiteracy, have a bunny computer - Jun 12, 2006

Blogs Almost all Asian parents think that the first skill their kids need before they acquire toilet training is--computer literacy. There exists no concrete definition of this magic skill. Some regard swearing ... Read story »

The short and sad life of Japanese ATM - Apr 10, 2006

Blogs No other place in the world can beat Japan in the per-capita counting of ATM machines. They are everywhere like the mushrooms after rain. These days, most of the convenience stores ... Read story »

Computerized embroidery in your hand - Apr 3, 2008

Blogs These days, even a centuries-old workhorse, the sewing machine, has been computerized, or forcedly connected to digital gears. Operators can't operate this sturdy piece of machine anymore without some computer literacy ... Read story »

Online Shopping in India - Nov 2, 2007

Blogs E-commerce is seeing a steep rise according to Assocham (Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India). Two metros (Delhi and Mumbai) are driving this growth with each contributing 24% and ... Read story »

China do-gooders part 1: China dream blog - Sep 21, 2007

Blogs In my last post, I briefly mentioned the guys over at China Dream Blog and the great work they're setting out to do. Both David and Lonnie have taken on this ... Read story »

How not to study Chinese online - Jul 14, 2006

Blogs I have to be honest. Most Chinese Web sites break my head completely. Clicking into your average Chinese portal or social networking site is like being dropped into the Web equivalent ... Read story »

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