STARHUB mobile users will be able to enjoy Shozu, an award-winning mobile utility which allows users to connect with over 50 Web 2.0 sites via their cell phones.
Shozu came up tops in the Future Mobile Awards, in which awards were granted to companies that have contributed significantly to their sector by a panel of judges. Winners are based on a number of criteria such as Innovation and Ease of user/use interface. Shozu received gold awards in these categories.
Shozu has parterned with several companies, including Singapore's StarHub, under revenue-share agreements, while shipping as an embedded application on Motorola and Samsung handsets.
Said, Mr Ian Chard, panel judge and analyst at Juniper Research: "By providing the mobile web equivalent of a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) and catering to the needs of the prosumer, Shozu is a deserving Gold winner this year."
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Trucker slums at Woodlands Checkpoint
Stricter checks for fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari have not only caused massive truck jams at Singapore's two border crossings but turned them into a kind of trucker slum as well.
The Woodlands Checkpoint especially, where about 400 trucks trailed from the check point all the way to the Bukit Timah Expressway yesterday, seemed like a stretch of no man's land with groups of truck drivers, mostly Malaysian, huddling outside their vehicles.
Some were chatting, smoking or hanging around. Some stayed within the comforts of their trucks. But most were dazed and tired as they had been stuck in stagnant traffic close to 24 hours.
Discarded empty food wrappers and cups were strewn around the pavement and were clogging up drains.
As you walked along the road from truck to truck, not only are you met with a cacophony of angry honking and yelling, but an all-too-familiar putrid smell permeated the air.
There were only six mobile toilets dotting along Woodlands Road. But according to Mr Wan Kim Poh, 39, who had been stuck in line for about 19 hours, truckers do it in the bushes.
Mr Wan delivered construction material to Singapore almost daily but since the jams started, he could only shuttle between Singapore and Johor once in two or even three days. His bosses were angry as he was unable to keep to the delivery schedule.
"Since Mas Selamat escaped, situations have gotten so bad. For two days, I haven't bathed and I haven't slept or eaten properly," he lamented in Malay.
"I know he must be caught but can't the border authorities do something to help us move along faster. We have a job to do. Are they forgetting us?" he added.
Tucked away from most of Singapore, close to the border with Johor, one can only wonder.
The Woodlands Checkpoint especially, where about 400 trucks trailed from the check point all the way to the Bukit Timah Expressway yesterday, seemed like a stretch of no man's land with groups of truck drivers, mostly Malaysian, huddling outside their vehicles.
Some were chatting, smoking or hanging around. Some stayed within the comforts of their trucks. But most were dazed and tired as they had been stuck in stagnant traffic close to 24 hours.
Discarded empty food wrappers and cups were strewn around the pavement and were clogging up drains.
As you walked along the road from truck to truck, not only are you met with a cacophony of angry honking and yelling, but an all-too-familiar putrid smell permeated the air.
There were only six mobile toilets dotting along Woodlands Road. But according to Mr Wan Kim Poh, 39, who had been stuck in line for about 19 hours, truckers do it in the bushes.
Mr Wan delivered construction material to Singapore almost daily but since the jams started, he could only shuttle between Singapore and Johor once in two or even three days. His bosses were angry as he was unable to keep to the delivery schedule.
"Since Mas Selamat escaped, situations have gotten so bad. For two days, I haven't bathed and I haven't slept or eaten properly," he lamented in Malay.
"I know he must be caught but can't the border authorities do something to help us move along faster. We have a job to do. Are they forgetting us?" he added.
Tucked away from most of Singapore, close to the border with Johor, one can only wonder.
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