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Carousell’s Push Notifications Are So Annoying, Even Facebook Singapore’s...
“Snap To Sell, Chat To Buy” That tagline makes it sound so easy, but after five years and countless app updates, popular mobile marketplace Carousell may need some help returning to the simple...
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Michelle Chong: Singaporeans “Don’t Care About What They Do”
As National Day slowly approaches like a Sembcorp contingent on a march-past, we are reminded of how Singapore essentially bootstrapped itself from third world to first. We hear about The Singapore...
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Ah-Lemak! The Nasi Lemak Burger From McDonald’s Singapore is Sold Out
Now you see me, now you don’t. The divisive Nasi Lemak Burger from McDonald’s Singapore has been declared “sold out” at all branches just two weeks since its introduction. Get ready to quit cold...
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WhatsApp Goes Free (Again): 5 Things Singaporeans Can Do With That $1 Saved
Tremendous news for all cheapos out there – instant messaging platform WhatsApp has announced that it’ll revert to being a free app! Speaking at the Digital-Life-Design (DLD) Conference in Munich on...
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Let It Happen: Tame Impala Comes To Singapore This April
Australian indie rock band Tame Impala will be coming to Singapore this April! Previously here for the 2013 edition of the annual St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, the psychedelic rock outfit will,...
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Jude Young Talks New Music and Why “#SupportLocal” Is A Dangerous Phrase
“This song is an anthem for everyone who’s losing their youth to “life”. That should never be the case.” Bringing his art to the emerging local stage is 22-year-old Jude Young. After weeks of...
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Making “Anti” A Free Album Was Rihanna’s Only Good Decision
After approximately 2 million years (give or take an ice age), former pop star Rihanna has finally decided to come out of retirement to make her only good decision so far: releasing her album free of...
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Why Rebecca Lim’s “Retirement” Is The Best Marketing Stunt of 2016
By now most of Singapore would have read about the attention-grabbing marketing stunt cooked up by NTUC Income in collaboration with Mediacorp actress Rebecca Lim. From the moment Rebecca posted that...
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It’s Back On Again: Gentle Bones Announces Second Concert Date
[UPDATE on Feb 19: Tickets to a second show will open at 9AM today via SISTIC. A second show has been added for 11th June 2016, also at the Esplanade Concert Hall. Local folktronica singer-songwriter...
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Old Meets New At The Inaugural Keong Saik Carnival Happening This May
Singaporeans familiar with Keong Saik Road will associate the area with popular hipster cafés and so-cool-it-hurts speakeasies. The Popspoken Team are no strangers to the uber-hip Chinatown street; we...
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Overtime #2 at CATO: Meet The Artists Behind The Works
Theme: Open Source. > Open source (n); a public endeavour; liberty from capitalistic constructs, collaboration with the community; sympathy for the system; without conditions of discrimination,...
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Join Popspoken For Drinks & Inspiration At Overtime #2
You’ve heard us talking about it – Popspoken’s second event is arriving in less than a day! Overtime #2 is happening on Thursday, 21st April 2016 at the second floor of CATO, the mod Asian restaurant...
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Discussing Open Source And Censorship In Art & Design At Overtime #2
Popspoken’s second iteration of Overtime saw 4 artists from various disciplines engage in a roundtable discussion about the relevance of open sourcing in their industries. Hosted at CATO, the session...
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Is “Captain America: Civil War” Marvel’s Best Movie Yet?
With a 97% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, you might imagine “Captain America: Civil War” to rank among the greatest films Hollywood has to offer. Thankfully, you’re not that far off. The sequel to...
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Coming To Singapore: Kylie Minogue, Bastille, Queen + Adam Lambert And...
They say good things come to those who wait, so do better things come to those who wait even longer? The organisers behind the F1 Night Race Singapore Grand Prix seem to think so, teasing us with a...
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A Dictionary’s Desperation to Define “Chinese Helicopter”
My mother is 59 and Chinese-educated. Her sisters, too, are Chinese-educated. On many occasions she has revealed to me that her biggest regret in life is this very fact. Now that the derogatory term...
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Honest Grub And A Round-The-World Trip At Olivia & Co.
I’m not sure about you, but I’m tired of cafés who aggressively try to be everything at once. You know what I’m talking about – those pretentious outlets who siphon money off you by slapping on an...
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Sorry Singapore Influencers, No Defense for “SHIT English”
A post by online publication Rice Media has sparked fresh debate over influencers in Singapore. Netizens are divided about whether instances of influencers’ poor command of English is cause for online...
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HOW CAN DIS B ALLOW: Loh Wai Poon on Being A “Facebook Uncle”, Fake News, and...
“$2.80 for a breakfast set? It’s ridiculous, you know?” To be fair, our choice of breakfast venue isn’t the most economical. Lau Pa Sat on a Tuesday morning calls to mind white-collar bankers and...
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“SAMA-SAMA”: Student-Run Photo Exhibition Explores Similarities Between...
When was the last time you visited Johor Bahru? Was it for some fish head curry? Some waffles at a cafe? Or were you simply there for some of that legendary banana cake from Hiap Joo? Past the debate...
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