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✨ How are you liking the refreshed #Singpass app? ✨ As Singpass grew as an identity platform, with more services, information and features available through the app, the app's visual language and direction needed a refresh 💫 🧠 The Digital IC was designed to be skeuomorphic – resembling our physical IC – to befit the mental model users already have with physical cards. 📱The team also reviewed the app's information architecture with end-users and moved valued features to the homepage. 🤔 Ever wondered how the team came up with the current scalable and sleek design? Read this article to find out! 👉 go.gov.sg/tg-technews-032 #GovTechSG -- 💬 Have app enhancement suggestions for us? Leave it in the comments and we will relay it to the team!

🔔 Singpass #Contest 🔔 You’ve experienced the Digital IC in the Singpass app, now are you game enough to level up your IC in 60 secs? 👾⏱ Try out our new Instagram AR filter game: 👉 go.gov.sg/singpass-ig-arfilter-2021 Be one of the 15 winners to each receive exclusive Singpass swags and a $20 NTUC voucher! Here's how you can participate: 1️⃣ Follow our Instagram page 2️⃣ Save the AR filter to enjoy the full game and share your video gameplay on your Instagram stories (remember to set your account privacy to ‘Public’ for us to view your entry) 3️⃣ Tag @GovTechSG and 2 friends in your stories 📆 Submit your entries before 28 Dec 2021, 2359! Winners will be announced on our Instagram on 3 Jan 2022. Contest terms and conditions: 👉 go.gov.sg/digitalic-ar-tnc 🤗 Have fun! #GovTechSG

Looking for fun activities to do this holidays? 👀 Visit the newly-opened Smart Nation PlayScape exhibition at: 📍Science Centre Singapore -- 15 Science Centre Road (Singapore 609081) 🥳 Suitable for all ages, this permanent exhibition allows you to experience various technologies that our Smart Nation uses in a fun and interactive way! Interested in co-creating with us? Chat with our on-site Smart Nation Ambassadors to share your ideas. 👉 Visit this link to find out more about the exhibition: go.gov.sg/tg-sncityscape-002 #GovTechSG

🔥 #HotJoboftheWeek! 🔥 #GovTechisHiring and we’re 👀 for a Delivery Manager to improve the agility of our internal development team and deliver business value. If you are a certified Scrum Master with tech expertise, have excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, passionate about building a team that embraces candid problem-solving, APPLY NOW: 👉 go.gov.sg/tg-hjotw-0073 🤗 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.

Looking for fun activities to do this holiday? 👀 Visit the newly-opened Smart Nation PlayScape exhibition at: 📍Science Centre Singapore -- 15 Science Centre Road (Singapore 609081) 🥳 Suitable for all ages, this permanent exhibition allows you to experience various technologies that our Smart Nation uses in a fun and interactive way! Interested in co-creating with us? Chat with our on-site Smart Nation Ambassadors to share your ideas. 👉 Visit this link to find out more about the exhibition: go.gov.sg/tg-sncityscape-002 #GovTechSG

🗞 #TechNewsRoundup 🗞 🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE 🇸🇬 (1) $100 CDC vouchers given to each household to use at hawker centres and heartland shops 🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0217 🌎 #WORLD 🌎 (2) Taiwan's new super app, TaipeiPASS, improves their citizens’ lives in 4 ways 🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0218 (3) Thailand plans to boost their standard of living with digital technology 🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0219

🎨 Calling all Sticker Pack Artists 📣 Got a unique sticker pack that you'd like to share with our community? ⭐️ Submit your pack at go.gov.sg/govtech-tele-stickers, and you might see your creations and profile featured here! #GTStickers

Thinking of interning or applying for a role at our Sensors and Internet of Things (SIOT) Division? 🤗 📹 Watch's Jun Han's interactive Instagram takeover give you a better insight! He answered some of the work and culture questions from our social media followers, and took us on his daily adventure to share what he does as a Research and Development Engineer Intern at the SIOT Division. ✨ Follow our Instagram to be notified of the next GovTechie takeover: go.gov.sg/govtechinstagram 👉 Leave us a comment on what other job roles you'll like to see next! #GovTechSG

When was the first time you used #Singpass? 🤔 🧑‍💻 Rahman was sitting for his PSLE in 2003 when he first heard about Singpass. 17 years later, he is a Product Manager in our National Digital Identity (NDI) team that works tirelessly on the app and Digital IC feature that we now enjoy. Read all about the team's ambitions, considerations, and how they overcame challenges when developing the latest version of the Digital IC in the Singpass app. ⭐️⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-technews-030 #GovTechSG

🔥 #HotJoboftheWeek! 🔥 #GovTechisHiring and we’re 👀 for a Data Engineer to be part of the team that architects, design, and build the next-generation data infrastructure to galvanise digitalisation in the public sector. If you are experienced with the cloud, with implementing batch and streaming data pipelines, able to build software frameworks to solve data problems at scale, APPLY NOW: 👉 go.gov.sg/tg-hjotw-0072 🤗 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.

🔔 LifeSG #Contest 🔔 Think you know the answer to the question? 🟢 Submit your entry on our Instagram post by 14 Dec, 2359, at https://go.gov.sg/tg-lifesgcontest-11dec2021 🟢 Full T&Cs here: https://go.gov.sg/lifesg-contest1-tnc 🎁 3 winners will be announced on 15 Dec on our Instagram page where they will each receive a $10 GrabFood voucher! ⭐️ PS: Don’t wrangle with math like Collab to calculate your government benefits. Download the LifeSG app to check them out at a glance https://go.life.gov.sg/ADpo #GovTechSG

🗞 #TechNewsRoundup 🗞 We found more interesting local news this week, so we will be sharing 3! 🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE 🇸🇬 (1) You've heard about the recent UK-Singapore digital trade deal. Find out how it might affect you 🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0214 (2) While most of us are stuck at home, Singapore-made robot Ella has made its way to Tokyo, serving up coffee at Yokohama train stations 🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0215 (3) Can cockroaches save lives? A Singapore team managed to turn cockroaches into cyborg bugs. Read more 🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0216 -— Do you prefer reading local or international news? Let us know in the comments!

🔥 #HotJoboftheWeek! 🔥 #GovTechisHiring and we’re 👀 for a Manager for our Organisational Development (OD) Team, to drive organisational change by designing and delivering OD interventions. If you are passionate about simplifying work processes, possess strong stakeholder management skills and see yourself as a self-starter and team-player, APPLY NOW: 👉 go.gov.sg/tg-hjotw-0071 🤗 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.

🔥 #HotJoboftheWeek! 🔥 #GovTechisHiring and we’re 👀 for a Manager for our Organisational Development (OD) Team, to drive organisational change by designing and delivering OD interventions. If you are passionate about simplifying work processes, possess strong stakeholder management skills and see yourself as a self-starter and team-player, APPLY NOW: 👉 go.gov.sg/tg-hjotw-0071 🤗 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.

🗞 #TechNewsRoundup 🗞 🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE 🇸🇬 (1) $4.8 million earmarked to support community projects that boost digital readiness 🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0211 🌎 #WORLD 🌎 (2) National Taiwan University Hospital has successful trials of Leukaemia Diagnostic AI system 🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0212 (3) Australian government vows to unmask online trolls and will be introducing new legislation to hold social media giants responsible 🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0213 -— 😲 What is one tech that impressed you this week? Share with us in the comments!

🔥 #HotJoboftheWeek! 🔥 #GovTechisHiring and we’re 👀 for a Digital Business Analyst to partner with our business teams to elicit citizen/business needs through human-centric service journeys. If you are adept at balancing multiple projects, have past development and consulting experience, and have strong analytical, conceptualisation and problem-solving skills, APPLY NOW: 👉 go.gov.sg/tg-hjotw-0070 🤗 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.

🎨 Calling all Sticker Pack Artists 📣 Got a unique sticker pack that you'd like to share with our community? ⭐️ Submit your pack at go.gov.sg/govtech-tele-stickers, and you might see your creations and profile featured here! #GTStickers

🗞 #TechNewsRoundup 🗞 🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE 🇸🇬 (1) 24/7 digital kiosks launched to help heartland minimarts 🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0208 🌎 #WORLD 🌎 (2) Israel is becoming a global cybersecurity powerhouse 🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0209 (3) China's digital RMB takes off in air services 🌟⏩ go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0210

🔔 Singpass Contest 🔔 Want to own exclusive Singpass swags and win a $20 NTUC voucher? 🥳 ➡️ Visit our Instagram post for info on how you can take part in this #contest. ⭐️ Contest ends on 30 Nov 2021, 2359hrs. For terms and conditions, visit the link in bio or go.gov.sg/digitalic-survey-tnc . #GovTechSG