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10 marketing jobs: Tripviss, Talking Street, Daily Vanity and more
Looking for opportunities in marketing & public relations? 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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Pakistan is one of Asia’s fastest-growing internet markets
Skardu, Pakistan: Children at a village school. Photo credit: khlongwangchao / 123RF. There are over one million people coming online via their phones every month in Pakistan, but that’s just the tip...
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Google plans to launch its Play app store in China. Too little too late?
Photo credit: Flickr/bfishadow. Google’s app store could finally be on its way back to China. That’s according to a report from The Information, citing anonymous sources who suggest that Google will...
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China’s VR ‘boom’ is a bust, say some experts
Photo credit: supernam / 123RF. While all the headlines say that virtual reality is the next big thing in China, an US$820 million industry in 2016 growing to a projected US$8 billion by 2020, a number...
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Ola’s high-profile CFO quits
A quick Ola ride. Photo credit: Michael Coghlan. India’s largest ride-hailing app just lost its chief financial officer. Ola’s CFO Rajiv Bansal, who had jumped ship from IT behemoth Infosys to join the...
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STEM study makes girls smart, and that lands jobs: survey
Photo credit: yyyahuuu / 123RF. A study of 2,270 girls aged 12-25 across Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore shows that while studying STEM (science, technology, engineering, and...
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Plug and Play’s Indonesian program is accepting applications
Saeed Amidi, co-founder of Plug and Play and legendary startup investor. Photo credit: Robert Scoble. Silicon Valley-based startup accelerator Plug and Play has opened up a branch in Jakarta and is...
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After surge in transactions, Philippine central bank regulates Bitcoin
Photo credit: lightboxx / 123RF. The Philippine central bank has decided to regulate virtual currencies, particularly Bitcoin, with more and more people using it to transfer money across borders....
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Indonesian Stock Exchange sets up startup incubation program
Indonesia Stock Exchange building. Photo credit: Everyone Sinks Starco. The Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) is calling for applicants to its in-house startup incubation program. Startups will receive...
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Singapore just released a massive report on its future economy. Here’s a...
Photo credit: David Russo. One thing no one can say about Singapore’s government is that it stays idle. The little island state at the southernmost end of the Malaysian peninsula has used its...
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Check out these 10 global startups from Hack Osaka pitch contest
Photo credit: Tugi Guenes. From baseball to which side of the escalator people ride, Tokyo and Osaka have always been friendly rivals. Now, the battle is heating up for startups as well. At Hack Osaka...
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Singapore’s ‘Uber for logistics’ scores funding to boost same-day delivery
Photo credit: comzeal / 123RF. Last-mile, same-day delivery is a tough nut that many startups are trying to crack. Singapore-based Qourier enlists the help of the crowds to do the cracking. As tired as...
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Starbucks gets big China boost as WeChat adds gifting feature
WeChat users in China woke up this morning to find a Starbucks had been opened up inside the app. The hugely popular messaging app and social network – with 846 million active users, mainly in China –...
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Xiaomi begins phone manufacturing in Indonesia
Lei Jun launched Xiaomi’s first phone in 2012. Photo credit: Xiaomi. Xiaomi has begun phone assembly in a facility in Batam, Indonesia, the Chinese company announced today. This move allows it to...
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10 front-end developer jobs this week
There’s an influx of companies looking for front end developers to help them provide functional, powerful and meaningful web interactions to their users. If you’re deeply excited about working with...
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5 rising startups in India – Feb 10, 2017
Photo credit: revalent / 123RF. A food startup struck gold, as did a clean tech company, a car-buying site, and of course, fashion. 48East 48East, a Bangalore-based food startup that serves fine Asian...
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80% of the world’s blindness is preventable. This hardware is fighting it in...
Photo credit: OUCHcharley. KC never set out to build a healthcare startup. An avid reader and cricket fan, K. Chandrasekhar – known to colleagues as KC – was working in the semiconductor industry years...
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After conquering China, Oppo has big plans to win India
China’s Oppo is going after mid-market buyers in India trading up from flip phones or budget smartphones. Photo credit: Oppo. Right after being crowned the new winner of China’s smartphone market in...
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This sharing economy startup is helping increase worker incomes by 400%
Photo credit: andreypopov / 123RF. On-demand startups such as Uber and Airbnb have been criticized for increasing income inequality, but a fledgling company in Pakistan wants to ease such concerns....
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30 startups in Asia that caught our eye
Here’s our newest round-up of the featured startups on our site this week. If you have startup tips or story suggestions, feel free to email us. Enjoy this week’s list! 1. Crowdport | Japan (Startup...
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