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Gwendolyn Regina T · · 5 min read

Startups Capitalize On Singapore General Elections 2011

We’ve previously covered how AllDealsAsia launched an “unbiased, randomized casual voting platform” for the elections. Another Singapore upstart, Storepair has done a hot-or-not for election candidates. Here’s a roundup of companies that did some stuff for the elections.

(1) Storepair.com with iLIKEU

Storepair’s iLIKEu system, pitting two random candidates against each other.

Away from elections, Storepair calls themselves a “locational social E-commerce directory that connects businesses and customers”.

(2) Jamiq and Swarm with Singapore General Elections Tracker 2011

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Data visualisation company, Swarm, teamed up with social media monitoring company, Jamiq to launch the Singapore General Elections 2011 Tracker:

This “is a visualisation project that reflects the true national agenda set by the social nature of online discussions and trends around Singapore’s 2011 General Elections. The goal of the project is to help the public follow the elections by separating the signals from the noise by trending the top topics being discussed and showcasing the top articles being shared. The project looks at news articles, blog posts, and Twitter data to identify the top mentioned keywords and the most shared content.”

(3) Brandtology and Tribal DDB with SGPartyTi.me

Advertising agency Tribal DDB teamed up with Brandtology to launch SGPartyTi.me:

SGPartyTi.me “brings together, on a single page, a snapshot of the news, blogs and conversations on the 2011 Singapore General Elections”.

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Solve problems, make art, think deeply, because life is an adventure. Gwendolyn speaks 3.25 languages, loves physics, travelling, dance and adventure sports.