Midtown Blogger/Manhattan Valley Follies: Techworld of Singapore Straits Times

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The localisation of games, such as Star Wars: Battlefront, for the Mandarin-speaking market is another focus area for Japanese game makers. While booths that showcased virtual reality headsets dominated the show floor and drew the longest queues at T

Virtual reality is the name of the game for next few years

This year's Tokyo Game Show (TGS) was a harbinger of the shape of the gaming landscape over the next few years. The booths that dominated the show floor and drew the longest queues showcased virtual reality headsets, which are expected to hit the shelves early next year.

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Beat the rush hour queue - order via FasTrack

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Instagram now at more than 400 million users, quadruple that of Twitter

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The Apple iPhone 6s, in four colours, has put on 14g but is still great to hold and handle.

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My SingPass obstacle course

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Modi out to woo US tech giants to India

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Reigning Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton at the Epson-Mercedes GP Technology Showcase at Mandarin Oriental Hotel. He says his favourite games are first-person shooters, such as Call Of Duty, and action games like Grand Theft Auto and Metal Gear S

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Virtual reality is the name of the game for next few years

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(Top) Each player starts with a Zombie Jammer pack, which renders zombies neutral. (Above) At the same time, a player has to battle gun-slinging enemy shooters.

Playing a hectic match in Biohazard: Umbrella Corps

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Still have your old mobile phone or Sony Walkman? Share your favourite gadget from the past

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REVIEWS

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Review: Apple Watch Sport (Rose Gold) with watchOS 2

Among my favourite improvements in WatchOS 2 are the ability to use multiple colours for sketching drawings to send to your friends and reply to emails straight from the watch.

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Mr Jamie Keen, one of the game designers, said Battlefront is intended to take iconic moments from the film, and let players experience those moments themselves.

GAMES & APPS

Star Wars: Battlefront - an epic clash on a 40-screen stage

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Metal Gear Online: Anything goes in free-for-all arena

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WEARABLES

Rough it out with Casio's G-Shock Mudmaster GWG-1000

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Besides its software and apps, this model comes with a separate connected device about the size of an external keyboard that houses all the TV's connectors, including the LAN port, four HDMI 2.0 inputs and three USB ports.

TECH

Samsung 78-inch SUHD JS9500 is one curved monster that's huge on features

PEOPLE

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ProperHands co-founder and CEO Wayne Soh (right) with operations manager Karen Yong and operating and marketing executive Chua Kuixiang. The company hopes to break into other markets such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea.

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