🤖 Did you know you can programme the retrieval and verification of an individual's Vaccination HealthCert in Singapore? 😮

With the updated workplace vaccination measures starting from 15 January 2022, only fully vaccinated employees can return to the office. 💉

If you are an employer with employees returning to the workplace, skip the tedious manual checks and embrace tech to make your life easier! 👍

Find out how you can automate checks for vaccination status here:
⭐️➡️ go.gov.sg/tg-technews-035

Share this with someone who might find this helpful!

#GovTechSG

📚 #HistoryofTech - Social Media 📚

Ever heard of MySpace or Friendster?📱

The way we consume media has evolved greatly over time. Social media is a big part of how we communicate now. 🤳

But how did this all begin? 🤔 Let's take a trip down memory lane with our Gen-Z intern, Naomi, to uncover the History of Social Media in just 2 mins! (⚠️Warning: nostalgic sounds ahead)

What was your favourite OG social media platform? 👀 Share with us in the comments!

#GovTechSG

🗞 #TechNewsRoundup 🗞

🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE 🇸🇬
(1) Holograms used to help NUS medical and nursing students get more practices
🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0226

(2) The rise of NFTs in Singapore
🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0227

🌎 #WORLD 🌎
(3) China is pushing for broader use of its digital yuan
🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0228
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Have you created or purchased an NFT before? Share with us your experience!

🔥 #HotJoboftheWeek! 🔥

#GovTechisHiring and we're 👀 for a Senior Engagement Manager to join our Digital Workplace Engagement team to advocate user experience for public officers.

If you are analytical, have great interpersonal skills and are comfortable with leading a cross-functional team to manage the change journey for public officers across government agencies,
APPLY NOW: 👉 go.gov.sg/tg-hjotw-0077

🤗 Share this post with your family/friends who might be interested in this role for their next move!

👉 Visit go.gov.sg/govtechjobs to browse for more jobs.

💪 Is being productive part of your 2022 resolutions? Let these apps give you a helping hand!

🤗 What other apps are you using to help achieve your new year resolutions? Share with our community — let's help one another out!

#TechTips #GovTechSG

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Shopping for items to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year? 🍊🍊

Remember to claim the CDC vouchers for your household on the #RedeemSG portal:
💰➡️ go.gov.sg/cdcv

Here's a nifty virtual map of all participating merchants:
🗺 ➡️ https://www.gowhere.gov.sg/cdcvouchersmerchants/map

Support your local hawkers and heartland merchants! 💪 Share this post with your family members!

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✨ #GovTechieTips - How to clean your digital space part 1 ✨

Have you started on your spring cleaning yet? 🧹💨

🌟 Don't neglect cleaning up your digital space too! Our GovTechie, Winston, gives some advice on how to spark joy when it comes to your tech life.

Taking inspiration from the KonMari method, he shares tips on how you can tidy up your digital space, both for work and your personal documents.

✨ Which spring cleaning hack will you be trying out? ✨

#TechTips #GovTechSG

🗞 #TechNewsRoundup 🗞

🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE 🇸🇬
(1) Robots roped in to help SCDF respond to hazardous material incidents and assist police with patrols
🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0229

🌎 #WORLD 🌎
(2) Open and accountable tech help Taiwan with their democracy
🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0230

(3) Korea moves toward a contact-free culture, nudging their senior citizens to go digital
🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0231

💻 STACK-X Meetup Webinar 💻

The first STACK-X Meetup of 2022 is here! Join for an insightful session on how data sharing can improve customer delivery process in today's Digital Economy.

GovTechie Kian Chai, and Kaijun, our guest speaker from Confluent, will discuss the various data-sharing solutions that are used effectively in the public sector and industry today.

Find out more and register here:
👉🏻 go.gov.sg/tg-webinar-0030

Details in Singapore Time
🗓: 27 Jan (Thurs)
📍: Zoom
⏰: 10:30-11:30am
💵: It's FREE!

#TechforPublicGood #GovTechStack

Hope you had a restful weekend! Here's a light-hearted meme to kick start your week 🐯

🦦 P.S No oTTers were harmed in the making of this social media post. The #TraceTogether app oTTer will not be updated to become a tiger, but do share this post for laughs! 😆

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🔥#HotJoboftheWeek!🔥

#GovTechisHiring. We’re 👀 for a Digital Services Manager to lead a team of business analysts and project managers to develop and maintain ICT application systems required by the Government to realise SIngapore's Smart Nation vision.

If you're a decisive and driven leader who takes a proactive approach to managing business transformation,
APPLY NOW:
👉 go.gov.sg/tg-hjotw-0078

🤗 Share this post with your family/friends who might be interested in this role for their next move!

👉 Visit go.gov.sg/govtechjobs to browse more jobs

✨ #GovTechieTips - How to clean your digital space part 2 ✨

Did you know that unused apps not only take up memory space, they can also run in the background and slow down your device! 😲

Watch the video for three tips from our cybersecurity GovTechie, Edmund, on how you can ‘spring clean’ your tech gadgets to free up space and ensure that your files are safely deleted. 🗑

Got useful #TechTips to share with our community? Leave them in the comments for all to learn! 🤗

#GovTechSG

Spark new conversations this Lunar New Year! 😄💬

Here is a list of tech terms that you can use to steer away from awkward topics away this year. We've even translated them to Mandarin to double the wow factor. 😉

Read the full article (and translations) here:
⭐️ go.gov.sg/tg-technews-036

#GovTechSG

🍊Are people sending you Lunar New Year messages already? 🍊

Reply them with these cute festive stickers along with your well wishes to add some pizzazz.✨

What other kind of stickers would you like from our Telegram sticker pack? Let us know! 😎

#GTStickers

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📲 Are you an Android 12 user?

🔔 We’ve launched app update v2.11.2 for TraceTogether yesterday. With this update, Google no longer requires the “Location” permission for the TraceTogether app to access your phone’s Bluetooth.

After updating, the app will seek your confirmation to use the “See nearby devices” permission.

✅ Please accept this request so that TraceTogether can continue to function normally. You can verify in your app setting that “Location” permission has been removed and not in use.

➡️ More info on this update here
➡️ Read our full FAQ here

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🗞 #TechNewsRoundup 🗞

🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE 🇸🇬
(1) Can we use tech to detect depression? NTU researchers have developed a wearable device with the ability to do so
🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0232

(2) Do you know these "crypto influencers" in Singapore?
🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0233

🌎 #WORLD 🌎
(3) Dubai creates the world's first metaverse customer service centre to offer health services virtually
🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0234

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What do you think about seeing your doctor in the metaverse instead? 🤔