Daily Briefing: Singapore ranks first in smartphone addiction; COE closed mixed in latest tender

And Singapore seals IRB Sevens hosting.

We have long known that Singapore has an amazing smartphone adoption rate, but how amazing is amazing? Well as it turns out, according to a global study called Consumer Barometer released by Google, Singapore is the number one smartphone adopter in the world at 85 per cent. View more here.

Certificates of entitlement (COE) closed mixed in the latest tender despite an increase of 16 per cent in the supply quota. View more here.

Singapore has clinched a four-year deal to host a leg of the IRB Sevens World Series at its state-of-the-art new National Stadium starting next year, a media report said Monday. View more here.

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