It's not always easy finding good coffee when you need one—not to mention how costly it can be. Facing the same issue herself, Faye Sit created Hook Coffee in a bid to make fresh, specialty brews easily accessible to all coffee lovers.
While quantum computing presents the prospect of solving problems previously considered insoluble, it’s also moving at a painfully slow pace. SMU Assoc Prof Manoj Thulasidas explains more.
You don't always need to be a hardcore techie to work in tech. SMU Social Sciences alumna Clare Lim shares how she found her way into the world of tech at Salesforce.
The growth of the gig economy has brought with it the creation of new platforms that can efficiently match people with jobs. But are these platforms also creating a race to the bottom on wages? We ask SMU Prof Kotaro Hara
Economists have long been concerned about the widening inequality gap between the wealthiest few per cent and the rest of society, but could the digital age further shift the balance of wealth?
With little to no experience in the travel industry, SMU alumnus Steve Sng started OWNRIDES in Taiwan with the aim of solving an information asymmetry problem through technology. Today, OWNRIDES handles close to S$1 million worth of ... Read More
Mobile apps have brought so much convenience in our lives. But have we become so seduced with the seemingly limitless functionality of mobile apps that we’re overlooking their fundamental downside—the potential compromise of our security ... Read More
While, traditionally, retail payment processing has been dominated by end-of-day batch processing, this is changing with real-time payments fast becoming ubiquitous. Assoc Prof Guo Zhiling tells us more.
The Mentoring Circle invites SMU Alumni Jimmy Soh and Jackson Kwa, as well as Assoc Prof Paul Griffin to talk about adapting to an ever-changing world in this podcast.
Tracking a smartphone's location can unlock a world of deep data on human behaviour. Associate Professor Rajesh Balan, tells us how SMU LiveLabs is doing this.