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How Apple can win back the Chinese smartphone market
Apple hasn’t been having a great time in China as of late. Last week, the company posted its fourth consecutive revenue drop in the region it calls “Greater China,” even as the company’s global...
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Grab gets into coach booking for groups of passengers
Photo credit: taina / 123RF. Southeast Asian ride-hailing app Grab now lets you hail quite a big ride. The transportation startup is rolling out GrabCoach, a service for booking large passenger...
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China’s new smartphone king is a brand you’ve probably never heard of
Photo credit: SteveC. After the demise of HTC, Samsung, and Xiaomi in recent years in China’s smartphone market, all the smart money was on Huawei lifting the crown in 2016. But that’s not what...
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10 sales and business development jobs: Oikos, VVV Suites, Fabelio and more
Looking for sales and business development opportunities? We have handpicked 10 jobs for you this week. Click on the links below and apply away! Recruiting and keen to list your jobs in future...
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How do you build a billion-dollar startup? Lessons from a CEO who just did it
Careem’s Mudassir Sheikha. Photo credit: Careem. Mudassir Sheikha is the CEO and co-founder of ride-hailing app Careem, one of the hottest startups on the Asian continent. In December, it raised US$350...
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TravelTriangle raises $10m ahead of India’s global tourism boom
A still from the movie Queen. Photo credit: Santabanta. Holiday marketplace TravelTriangle, which lets users book, plan, and curate vacations, just raised US$10 million in series B funding from...
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4 rising startups in India – Feb 7, 2017
A closeup of the face of the Great Sphinx with a set of pyramids in Cairo, Egypt. Photo credit: pius99 / 123RF. A travel portal, a new fund, a phone company, and a hotel solutions provider. Looks like...
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Snapdeal’s go-to man for fundraising quits amidst mild investor interest
Photo credit: kantver / 123RF Stock Photo Amidst fundraising troubles and cost-saving measures, Snapdeal’s two senior executives have quit the firm. Abhishek Kumar, who was the head of corporate...
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Blockchain is becoming more than a buzzword, and now there’s tangible proof
Photo credit: Wikimedia. Blockchain, which many experts have called the biggest innovation since the internet, has started gaining steam among bankers and financial institutions, a survey by Infosys’...
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In China, social media means shopping
Chinese smartphone users on the subway. Photo credit: Pedro Serapio. When a Chinese fashion blogger who calls himself Mr. Bags last week sold US$174,000 worth of designer handbags in just 12 minutes,...
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Eduardo Saverin in $25m funding for insurance and wellness marketplace
Rosaline Koo. Photo credit: CXA. Rosaline Koo made a huge bet with CXA. Not long after she started up the healthcare products marketplace, it acquired Singapore’s third-largest homegrown insurance...
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I was caught in the middle of India’s demonetization move. Here’s what I learned
Lines at ATMs are common in India after PM Modi’s announcement. Depleted ATMs are often marked by signs saying “No Cash.” Photo credit: Monito. On November 8, I was walking back from grocery shopping...
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Here’s how traditional retail players like Tesco are going online in...
Photo credit: estherpoon / 123RF. Southeast Asia is an ecommerce goldmine waiting to be tapped. With AT Kearney estimating the region’s ecommerce market to be about US$88 billion, it’s not surprising...
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10 software engineering jobs to watch this week
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Wealth management marketplace raises funding to connect rich people to more...
Photo credit: Wealth. Finance management marketplace Wealth is a little, er, wealthier today with a fundraise of US$705,000, according to the startup. The funding comes from investment firm Vulpes and...
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Energy efficiency startup Zenatix gets US$1.2 million in fresh funding
Photo credit: wirtschaft_verstehen / 123RF. Early-stage venture capital fund Pi Ventures announced today that it’s ploughing US$1.2 million in energy efficiency startup Zenatix Solutions. The...
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Samsung Pay launches in Thailand
The MBK shopping center in Bangkok. Photo credit: wihtgod / 123RF. Samsung Pay, the Korean mobile giant’s cashless payment service, has officially landed in Thailand, the company announced today. The...
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Your smartphone is screwing your love life. Here’s the evidence.
Photo credit: Pixabay. It’s no longer the other man or the other woman who’s threatening your relationship. It’s the other thing. That’s the story of love in the time of tech. Intel Security did a...
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Silver lining: Infosys founders’ accelerator doubles startup intake
Axilor CEO and co-founder Ganapathy Venugopal chatting with founders. Photo cedit: Axilor. Amidst the gloom in India’s startup ecosystem over a funding crunch, here’s a silver lining: Bangalore’s...
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Snapdeal’s Shopo to shut shop on Feb 10
Photo credit: Alex Bellink. Shopo, the online marketplace for quirky and handicraft products owned by Snapdeal, is going to shut down after a year and a half of trying to make it in India’s crowded...
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