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MI (Multimedia Integrated) Closes Down

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Recently I was in Funan for lunch and noticed something slightly different when I walked past Gamescore.

MI (Multimedia Integrated) closed down.

A quick check to its website revealed this;

with a QQ number to facilitate the possible sale of its domain name to Xiaomi, since anyone searching for Xiaomi Singapore is likely to go to www.mi.com.sg instead of Xiaomi’s www.mi.com/sg domain.

In the old days, MI was one of the big boys in the local Apple retail scene, together with iShop and Epicentre. Epicentre became a big shot, and we all knew what happened to iShop.

Seems like with Apple favoring only retailers with big capital these days (nuBox and Epi) and the skyrocketing local rent, sheer “legacy” is no longer enough to keep certain retail stores alive.

I did not know anyone in MI even in the past, but it is still sad to see another part of local Apple legacy go.

Mac User Group Singapore Meetup 05/2013

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We are holding a MUGS (Mac User Group Singapore) meet up this coming Wednesday evening, the first in three years.

Other than myself, there might not be anyone else attending.

In the last three years, while raw numbers of Mac and iOS users have just exploded, the close-knitted Mac community some of us valued over the years have literally vanished at the same time.

The Facebook event list literally has myself as the only one listed as attending.

This event is not restricted to MUGS members, and is open to anyone who fancy themselves as die-hard Mac/iOS users. There isn’t even proper membership for MUGS in the first place (there used to be, but that was a long, long, long time ago).

If you are interested in meeting up, or if you are only interested in walking by and looking at pathetic me sitting at the meet up venue alone, the details are;

MUGS Meetup 2013

Date: 29th May 2013
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Location: Funan the I.T. Mall food court

Will anyone turn up?