Videos: Customers queue for the new iPad around the world

• iPhone 4S sold out in Singapore

  Apple released its new phone in 22 countries Friday. In one it's already "unavailable"

  Singapore would seem the perfect place for an Apple Store.

  The former British colony of 5 million people on the tip of the Malay Peninsula is the world's fifth busiest shipping port, the fourth largest financial center, the second biggest casino gambling market and first in the percentage of millionaire households.

  Plus, it can't get enough of those iPhones. The newest MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 29, 2011 6:55 AM ET
  Posted in: Apple, Apple Store, iPhone, iPhone 4S, Launch, MacRumors, Singapore, Tech65

• Can Singapore engineer creativity?

  Singapore's government gets what it wants — from social policy to tourism. But its bid to enhance the nation's creative atmosphere may be a challenge more difficult any other.

  By Katherine Ryder, contributor

  FORTUNE -- Singapore's government has a way of getting what it wants. Fertility rates too low? The Social Development Unit organizes boat-trips to spin romance among the singles crowd. Not enough tourism? The Tourism Board spearheads the development of MORE

  Sep 13, 2011 12:03 PM ET
  Posted in: Facebook, Google, Groupon, Singapore, startups, Yahoo

• iPhone video: 3GS insanity in Singapore

  The still photos of the iPhone 3GS debut in Singapore Friday (see here) don't quite do justice to the magnitude of the event.

  To get a better feel for what it was like to be there that night, check out the video pasted below. It was shot by customer No. 10 -- a student named Satya -- with his new phone as he walked back through lines that seem to go MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jul 12, 2009 6:22 PM ET
  Posted in: Apple, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, Singapore

• Thousands crowd iPhone launch in Singapore

  Steve Jobs is not the only one who knows a thing or two about event marketing. Check out Damian Koh's photos of the launch of the new iPhone 3GS in Singapore Friday night.

  By 8 p.m., according to SingTel, Apple's (AAPL) exclusive local carrier, between 1,500 and 2,000 eager customers had gathered outside company headquarters for the festivities, with many more expected over next two days.

  "On average," executive vice president Yuen MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jul 11, 2009 1:18 PM ET
  Posted in: Apple, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, Singapore