Tax deductions can go a long way toward helping a business survive those first few chaotic years. Before revealing some of the best tax deductions for small businesses, it’s important to understand the difference between a tax deduction and a tax credit. Also, depending on the type of business you have, some tax deductions may be more beneficial than others. Knowing which ones to focus on can help your business thrive....
The E-commerce Marketplace Transaction Safety Ratings (TSR) aimed to evaluate the extent to which these platforms had implemented anti-scam measures that ensured, amongst others, user authenticity, transaction safety, and availability of loss remediation channels for consumers. For instance, e-commerce marketplaces would be assessed on whether they had measures in place to verify sellers’ identity and were continuously monitoring for fraudulent seller behaviour. The platforms also would be rated against the use of secure payment tools for transactions as well as the availability of dispute reporting and resolution mechanisms....
The revelation comes weeks after repeated warnings from the government that cryptocurrencies, due to their “sharp speculative price swings”, are unsuitable retail investments for the public. Recent market events clearly demonstrated the risks with prices of several cryptocurrencies dipping significantly, said Senior Minister and Minister in Charge of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Tharman Shanmugaratnam. In a written response issued Monday to a parliamentary question, he said MAS since 2017 had issued cautionary notes about cryptocurrency investments....
Scheduled to run until April 7, the test flights are part of an initiative jointly run by Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC), ST Engineering, and FoodPanda. The pilot will see deliveries made from food and beverage (F&B) businesses on Sentosa to St John’s Island, which is one of Singapore’s Southern Islands. The tests aimed to determine the feasibility and operational requirements of such drone food deliveries, said SDC in a statement Wednesday....
Jointly led by National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the programme is funded by Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) as well as Facebook. Five other industry players also are participating in the initiative including Keppel Data Centres, Ascenix, and Red Dot Analytics. Key government agencies in Singapore also would provide feedback on the research conducted. The testbed would provide a platform for researchers and industry players to collaborate, the universities said in a statement Wednesday....
Some 54% of white-collar workers in the country said they had fewer opportunities to build rapport with participants who were in the office when they joined meetings remotely. Another 38% felt less included compared to in-person participants, according to a survey conducted by Logitech, which polled 1,067 respondents in Singapore. Some 59% agreed that hybrid meetings would be more productive if all participants had equal dips to contribute and speak, the study revealed....
Another way of putting it: 50 years ago, computers were room-sized, sparsely interconnected via the nascent internet, cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and were available only to the few; now they are powerful, highly connected handheld devices that cost hundreds of dollars, and more than six billion people have them. But nothing stands still in the tech world: for example, the handheld paradigm might, in time, give way to wearable and even implantable devices, ushering in – along with appropriate connectivity – truly ambient computing....
Google announced the new capability on Thursday, along with several other new features and design upgrades. The Android Auto updates were first unveiled at CES, the world’s largest tech conference. Carmakers and other companies involved in the auto industry have a significant and growing presence at CES. Also: Ring unveils new car dashboard camera at CES 2023 Fulfilling one of consumers’ top requests for Android Auto, Google also announced that they’re introducing a seekable progress bar for music and podcasts to the platform, so users can skip ahead in a song or episode....
Sophos Firewall is an enterprise cybersecurity solution that can adapt to different networks and environments. Firewall includes TLS and encrypted network traffic inspection, deep packet inspection, sandboxing, intrusion prevention systems (IPSs), and visibility features for detecting suspicious and malicious network activity. On March 25, the cybersecurity company disclosed the RCE, which was privately disclosed to Sophos via the firm’s bug bounty program by an external cybersecurity researcher. Sophos offers financial rewards of between $100 and $20,000 for reports....
The Singapore-based data centre vendor would lease the two sites from Australian integrated property group Goodman Group, which also had been tasked to develop the data centres, STT GDC said in a statement Thursday. Encompassing 60,000 square metres of gross floor area, the new facilities collectively would offer a potential IT load capacity of 60 megawatts (MW). The first site was slated for completion in the second quarter of 2024....
Stack Overflow is a darling of programmers and one of the biggest Web properties in the world. The person referencing the joke, in this case, is Jody Bailey, the newly appointed chief technology officer of the fourteen-year-old company. What Bailey is setting out to do in this new role is not exactly copy-and-paste. It’s more creative than that, namely, to bring the company more deeply into a public cloud age after years of the company building everything on its own....
According to The Key keyboard maker, developer Q&A site Stack Overflow, the new RGB LEDs was one of “the most requested features”. The Key started out as an April Fool’s joke in 2020, playing on the idea that many developers scour the web and Stack Overflow for open-source code snippets to solve their programming problems. SEE: Remote work vs office life: Lots of experiments and no easy answers Certainly, developers are keen on re-using code when they can: according to separate research, nearly half (44%) said they copied and pasted up to 50 lines of code a week from other sources, while a third (33%) said they copied somewhere between 50 and 100 lines a week; 13% said they copied 100 to 500 lines a week....
A particular concern for these tech-savvy folks – let’s call them ‘Family Information Officers’ (FIOs) – is getting the older generation (65+) onboard and comfortable with using digital devices and software to interact with a world that’s rapidly ditching alternative analogue routes. Also: This 1980s computer was a huge leap forward. Now you can download its source code Banking is a good example: as society becomes increasingly cashless and banks close ever more brick-and-mortar branches, the pressure to switch to digital versions increases....
Rauh and I believe that when data is visualized, anyone can take action. Rauh did a brilliant job of demonstrating the power of analytics in driving better business outcomes. An important 2020 business lesson is that every business must become a digital business. We also learned that scale and distribution is key for businesses to adapt in uncertain times. And lastly, the most important currencies in a digital economy is speed and relevance – both requiring data-rich capabilities....
The IDC research reports an increase of 68% in tablet sales in the second quarter of 2021 in relation to Q2 2020, with 801,000 units sold. In the third quarter, some 884,000 units were sold, the equivalent to an 18.2% increase in relation to the same period last year. According to the analyst firm, the emphasis on remote learning and working boosting tablet sales could be seen across the retail and the corporate markets, as well as the public sector....
At 1:38pm AEDT, TasNetworks took to Facebook to explain the issue. “We are experiencing a major statewide internet outage caused by upstream provider issues. TasNetworks external website has been impacted and is currently unavailable as a result,” it said. By 2:25pm AEDT, the company said some connectivity was being restored, but a number of ISPs were still down. Telstra said it believed the outage was due to two separate cable cuts on its main routes to the island....
I personally don’t have that kind of money, or space, which was why I was so excited to try Tempo’s more compact fitness machine: the $395 Tempo Move, which ditches the mirror display in favor of broadcasting its content directly to your TV. The Move might be smaller, but it doesn’t compromise functionality and the use of Tempo’s existing technology. Instead, it accommodates its compact size by leveraging products that you use every day, including your smartphone....
The multi-hour outage last Wednesday impacted Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, Outlook, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Microsoft Graph, PowerBi, M365 Admin Portal, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, and Microsoft Defender for Identity. Prior to the outage, Microsoft had warned customers that a planned update might cause latency or timeouts from 07:05 UTC on Wednesday when customers attempted to connect to Azure resources in Public Azure regions, Microsoft 365, and Power BI....
For those intrigued by the sub-$500 phone, the wait is over a lot sooner than I anticipated. The newest Motorola Edge is available from T-Mobile starting today for $498, or if you add a line to your account, you can walk away with the new Edge for free. It’s unclear how long the discounting launch price will be available, but once the promotion ends, the price will go up from $100 to $599....
The technology is undeniably having a moment in the spotlight, particularly as consumers figure out innovative ways to use headsets for the new post-pandemic work paradigm. One of the key uses of pro-level XR headsets by consumers is to eliminate the pain points of working remotely. If you’re a professional in a field like design, field service, or any other highly collaborative and primarily visual field, these headsets could completely change how you work while freeing you to work from virtually anywhere....
