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Morningside Ventures sets up first RMB fund as Chinese startups ditch dollars
Photo credit: freerlaw / 123RF. Morningside Ventures, one of China’s earliest and most prominent tech investment funds, has just set up its first over RMB-denominated fund, reports China Money Network....
View ArticleVideo: This oba-chan proves it’s never too late to start coding
Most people tend to give up on keeping at the forefront of technology at a certain point in their lives. Not 81-year-old Masako Wakamiya. After learning to use Apple’s Swift programming language from a...
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Apple said to open first Indonesian R&D center in Jakarta satellite city soon
Image credit: Pixabay. Apple’s plans to set up a research and development center in Indonesia are taking shape. According to Sanny Iskandar, an expert staff member of the Indonesian ministry of...
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WeChat leaps into bike-sharing craze
On your bike: Hu Weiwei, Mobike co-founder and president. Photo credit: Mobike. WeChat, China’s ubiquitous messaging app with not far shy of 900 million active users, already has an array of services...
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Your app is on the store but you can’t monetize. Here are tips from veterans...
Image credit: Pexels. A player is in the middle of a battle in a dungeon somewhere in a fantastical island. The dragon glows yellow – the go-to color for legendary item drops. He taps on the dragon....
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Thai payments startup Omise to raise funding using digital coins
Thai payments startup Omise plans to raise up to US$16 million by allowing investors to use ether, the digital currency of blockchain technology Ethereum. The fundraising starts from May. Investors...
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Xiaomi will cross $15 billion global revenue in 2017: CEO Lei Jun
Lei Jun launched Xiaomi’s first phone in 2012. Photo credit: Xiaomi. In its home turf China, Xiaomi fell to the fifth spot behind Oppo, Huawei, Vivo, and Apple last year. But its bet on India has paid...
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5 design UI/UX jobs this week
Ready for your weekly dose of design UI/UX jobs? This list will feature exciting career opportunities that have recently opened up from companies on Tech in Asia Jobs. Interested in any positions...
View ArticleVideo: This wearable is your personal, silent subwoofer
In the club, in the cinema, or on the dancefloor, bass makes or breaks the experience. The visceral feeling of low frequency notes roaring out of a woofer as tall as you and rattling you to your bones...
View ArticleVideo: Self-balancing scooters are shrinking in size
Most personal mobility innovations seem to be met with a good deal of scorn and derision. Segways have become associated with tourists and mall cops, while hoverboards quickly made their way into...
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In China, Didi speeds far ahead of Uber in gender diversity
A junction in Shanghai. Photo credit: Carlos ZGZ. Didi, China’s top ride-hailing startup, has more than twice the rate of women in technology-related jobs compared to Uber. Women make up 37 percent of...
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Are ports the next industry startups can shake up? PSA Unboxed thinks so
Photo credit: delcreations / 123RF. Given that startups often face stormy waters and unpredictable weather, it’s a wonder they haven’t yet dealt more with maritime and shipping – which faces these...
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Apple launches app accelerator in Bangalore
Photo credit: HackNY. Apple has launched its app accelerator in Bangalore. Tim Cook had announced it during his visit to India last year, and now it is up and running. This is the first country outside...
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This Indian couple helps companies go green with a stylish, upturned umbrella
ThinkPhi founders Priya and Samit Choksi. At first glance, they look like art installations. Gleaming rods sprouting from the ground and staring at the sky with gaping mouths, like upturned mushrooms....
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5 rising startups in India – April 1, 2017
Photo credit: greenartphotography / 123RF. It’s April Fool’s Day. But this is no prank. Here are five startups making merry with funding. BigBasket Photo credit: rklfoto123 / 123RF. India’s leading...
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15 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. Snapcart | Indonesia...
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WeChat’s latest feature aims to make it even more omnipresent
Photo credit: Tech in Asia. In China, WeChat is uncontested in its dominance over online traffic. People use it to read news, order food, hail cabs, pay their bills, and, of course, chat. But with 889...
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Make conversions happen with UI/UX and data science
In the current economic climate, startups face competition from everywhere. To maintain a competitive edge (and to survive), they are forced to continuously innovate and improve their product to drive...
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Last Week in Tech: Elon’s new mission isn’t in space, and more funding action.
Image credit: Automobile. Elon Musk wants to mess with your brain, and there’s been a ton of funding news in the last week of the first quarter of 2017. Welcome to Last Week in Tech, where we look back...
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Grab confirms it will acquire Kudo to boost digital payments
Grab co-founder and CEO Anthony Tan (l) shakes hands with Albert Lucius, co-founder and CEO of Kudo. Grab, an Uber-rival in Southeast Asia, and Indonesian startup Kudo are officially joining forces....
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