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Google launches a new app for the next billion – YouTube Go with offline videos
Photo credit: Tech in Asia. India is the world’s fastest growing smartphone market. But hundreds of millions in India, especially in tier-2 and tier-3 cities, have poor connectivity to the internet and...
View ArticleVideo: These headphones are helping athletes and Navy Seals train better
Ever dragged yourself to the gym one early morning, or late after you get home from the longest day at work, wishing you were half as motivated as everyone seems online? This nifty pair of headphones...
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InMobi becomes India’s second unicorn to hit profitability. Here’s what worked.
Naveen Tiwari, co-founder and CEO of InMobi. Photo credit: InMobi. Those of us with eyes glued to India’s tumultuous startup field have been used to hearing bad news from India’s unicorns for some time...
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Singapore: Robotics startup CEO prosecuted by government over unpaid salaries
Woon Junyang, CEO of Singapore-based startup Infinium Robotics, has been charged by the Singapore government’s Ministry of Manpower over unpaid employee salaries. Junyang faces three counts of failing...
View ArticleVideo: The new iPhone could look like this
Smartphone brands fighting to boast the best aesthetic specs surely counts as one of the most epic battles of one-uppance. With the iPhone’s 10th anniversary looming over the industry, the pressure is...
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Rocket-backed Global Fashion Group still far from profitable in 2016
Photo credit: Unsplash. Global Fashion Group (GFG), the umbrella group that holds Rocket Internet-backed online fashion businesses worldwide, saw its revenue hit the US$1 billion mark in 2016, but it...
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How ecommerce players handle a huge shopping rush
Image credit: Pexels. Of the 150 million digital consumers in Southeast Asia, 100 million have made an online purchase. Now imagine all of them online for holiday sales. To thrive and not just survive...
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How Amazon plans to steal Google’s ads business
Photo credit: Amazon. Amazon has articulated a strategy for its advertising business at an internal event. It promises advertisers the chance to target Amazon buyers who are ready to purchase...
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With seed round, Pomona prepares to take on Indonesia’s customer loyalty segment
Pomona, an app that lets shoppers collect loyalty points, today announced it raised a seed round from Frontier Capital, Prasetia Dwidharma, and a number of angel investors. The amount was not...
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Latest marketing job openings this week!
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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Fully unmanned drones are coming to China’s farmlands
Potato farmers in Inner Mongolia. Photo credit: Hive. When it comes to drones, China leads the world. Shenzhen-based DJI, for instance, commands about 70 percent of the world’s consumer drone market....
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Check out these 11 startups in Japan and the ecosystem builders supporting them
The Japan Association of New Economy held its annual New Economy Summit today. The association is headed by the founder of Rakuten, Hiroshi Mikitani, and for the third year in a row the business...
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99.co raises $7.9m as Singapore’s online property battle heats up
High-rises in Singapore. Photo credit: guiselaine / 123RF. Singapore property portal 99.co has raised US$7.9 million in fresh funding, it announced today. The round, dubbed “series A-plus” by the...
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Meet these industry game changers at TIA Singapore 2017
With a little more than a month to go to Tech in Asia Singapore 2017, joining their signature conference is a stellar line-up of speakers. Already topping the list are Alexis Ohanian (co-founder of...
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Snapdeal sale to Flipkart closer, but not a done deal yet: the real story
Snapdeal co-founder and CEO Kunal Bahl. Photo credit: Snapdeal. The ongoing negotiation for the sale of Snapdeal to its larger Indian ecommerce rival Flipkart has let loose a barrage of reports in the...
View ArticleVideo: In a mobile minute
From Tinder to Uber, Snap to Amazon, here’s a snapshot of what happens every single minute among smartphone owners on the internet. (Hat-tip to Appinstitute for collating the data) This post Video: In...
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Brief: This could be Hong Kong’s first billion-dollar startup. It’s run by a...
Image credit: Silicon Dragon 25-year-old entrepreneur Terence Kwok is the founder of Tink Labs, a startup that lends phones to tourists. He’s now raising US$40 million and aiming for a valuation of...
View ArticleVideo: Why Xiaomi is like Costco, not Apple
Xiaomi, after a horrible year in China tempered by a strong rise in India, should be compared to Costco, not Apple – that’s according to boss and co-founder Lei Jun in a recent Bloomberg interview....
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KPIs are crucial to your startup’s growth. Are you doing it right?
Commerce loves its buzzwords, but it’s hard to think of one that buzzes more than KPI. With everyone from CEOs of MNCs to your neighbourhood grocery store owner in the loop, KPIs have become a...
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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...
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