José Jeuland's  latest photography exhibition, "Longevity Okinawa" was officially opened amid huge fanfare at Fullerton Hotel in Singapore on April 19. A series of portrait shots of Okinawa residents aged 89 to 106 years years old in early 2017 on Okinawa, José had been intrigued by the health and longevity of Okinawa's residents every...

Long before wireless networks, carrier pigeons were widely used to send messages. We uncovered five fascinating fast facts about carrier pigeons through the years. By Rachel Kwek In the eastern Indian state of Orissa, 400 police stations relied on the Police Pigeon Service to communicate daily and during natural disasters. The...

Most foreign apps are alien to Chinese residents in China. But they don't need them because local companies have developed copycats that often surpass the originals. We look at four of the most successful ones. By Zigor Aldama Baidu is a Chinese multinational technology company specialising in Internet-related services and products and artificial intelligence,...

With the advent of mobile phones, public payphones have fallen by the wayside. We take a look back at how they have evolved with us through the years.1878 Thomas Doolittle reportedly created what could be considered the first payphone by placing a telephone in Bridgeport and another in BlackRock, Connecticut in wooden booths and connecting...

By Rachel Kwek. Take a trip down memory lane as we recall these communication must-haves of yesteryear The Pager: These personal radio devices allow users to receive messages broadcast on a specific telephone number and frequency over a special network of radio base stations. Every pager is assigned a specific phone number and...