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Video streaming apps are finding huge success in Asia. Here’s their secret.
Image Credit: Pixabay. Mobile video streaming is rapidly redefining the way we consume media. The popularity of video streaming apps is at an all-time high in Asia. In China alone, live streaming is...
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3 rising startups in India – Feb 21, 2017
Photo credit: 123rf. A well-known Indian furniture etailer bags funding even as trouble brews within the startup, while a utility app secures moolah from one of the biggest investors in the world....
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10 sales and business development jobs: TrustedCompany, Ebizu, 123RF 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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India’s newest telco just issued a fierce 4G challenge to rivals
Photo credit: 123rf. Reliance Jio, the telco launched by India’s richest man – has just taken the tariff war directly to its rivals’ turf. “Jio will match the highest selling tariff of other operators...
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Does very high salary = lower loyalty for startup employees?
Do very high monetary benefits equal lower loyalty for startup employees? The debacle at Google’s self-driving adventure, Waymo, hints so. An ongoing debate in the global startup ecosystem – or let’s...
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China’s top search engine raises $1.5b to battle Alibaba over streaming
Photo credit: Tech in Asia. Streaming video is one of the most brutally expensive sectors in China’s tech industry, with a number of web giants paying out big money to secure the rights to movies and...
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Meet the fast-growing Go-Jek of Bangladesh
Dhaka traffic. Photo credit: joiseyshowaa. Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, is an insanely densely populated city. Growing up here, Elius Hussain says, one thing is always on your mind. The traffic. The...
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Freecharge CEO quits amidst reports of parent Snapdeal seeing fundraising...
Govind Rajan, CEO of FreeCharge. Photo credit: Freecharge. Freecharge CEO Govind Rajan has resigned within a year of taking charge at the Snapdeal subsidiary, media reports say. Turnaround expert Jason...
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How one company is cracking Japan’s difficult fintech market
Photo credit: Micah H. Last week, online cross-border payments company Payoneer announced its expansion into Japan via subsidiary Payoneer Japan. While the business was already processing payments...
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Meet the 7 Indian startups pitching to global firms in Brazil today
Photo credit: Nateclicks. 100 Open Startups is a program that began in Brazil with the support of large corporations like IBM, Accenture, and HP that wanted to engage with startups. It grew with...
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10 software engineering jobs to watch this week
Looking for opportunities in software engineering? 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 articles?...
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Nida Rooms secures $5.6m series A amid heated ‘Uber for budget hotels’ battle
A Nida Rooms hotel in Central Jakarta. Photo credit: Tech in Asia. Indonesia-based budget hotel startup Nida Rooms announced closing a series A investment worth US$5.6 million today. This is the formal...
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They understand how hard it is to lock in clients. Now their product takes up...
Proov’s Toby Olshanetsky (left) and Alexey Sapozhnikov (right). Photo credit: Proov. Building a startup is tough. You’re handling multiple roles – whether it’s fine tuning code, hiring a team, locking...
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This is India’s best mobile innovation – according to GSMA
Photo credit: Stefano Ravalli The second most used mobile operating system in India, after Android, is not iOS. It’s Indus OS, and it’s made in India. The Mumbai-based startup, founded in 2015 by three...
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Snapdeal founders to take 100% pay cut amidst layoffs. Here’s their letter to...
Snapdeal CEO Kunal Bahl. Photo credit: Wikimedia. Snapdeal today announced that it is going to lay off employees and become a leaner organization as it chases profitability. Founders Kunal Bahl and...
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Here’s how Zendesk finds talent and maintains a startup culture in Singapore
Zendesk GM of chat Royston Tay (L) and CEO Mikkel Svane at the company’s revamped Singapore office. Photo credit: Zendesk. When Singaporean startup Zopim was bought by Silicon Valley customer...
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Yepme delays salaries, lays off staff. Is it going the AskMe way?
Photo credit: 123rf. Is the online fashion retailer Yepme heading towards an AskMe-like fiasco? Last month, the Gurgaon-based Yepme quietly shutdown two of its units – warehousing and quality control –...
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A billion-dollar ride-hailing company comes to India hunting for 100 engineers
An earlier Venturesity hackathon. Photo credit: Venturesity. A billion-dollar ride-hailing company wants to hire 100 engineers. Where better to hunt for tech talent than in India! A million engineers...
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Snapdeal’s laying off people, but here’s why it’s a good thing
Photo credit: Garry Knight Today Snapdeal, India’s third largest ecommerce company, announced that it was laying off staff to “rationalize” its workforce as it aims to “become India’s first profitable...
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Latest from Freshdesk: a marketplace of customer support apps
Photo credit: Freshdesk. Leading cloud-based customer engagement software maker Freshdesk is constantly innovating to stay ahead of the curve in a highly competitive field. The latest is a marketplace...
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