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Korean accelerator SparkLabs expands into China
Beijing on a smog-free day. Photo credit: 06photo / 123RF. Just as international companies – eBay, Groupon, Google – struggle when entering China, Chinese companies often run into challenges when...
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Move over, landlines. The internet is powering our calls.
Conference calls over landline phones: so 2000s. Image credit: Bustle. In the past, contacting someone overseas would require us to pay a hefty price, while talking to multiple clients through a single...
View ArticleVideo: All you need to know about Xiaomi’s new Mi6
Xiaomi’s latest flagship smartphone may be the world’s sleekest Frankenstein monster. Sporting an aesthetic similar to Samsung’s Galaxy S7, hardware to match the freshly released Galaxy S8, and that...
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How WeChat Pay became Alipay’s largest rival
Paying for Starbucks coffee. Photo credit: Tencent. In China, tech giants tend to delineate their influence around certain industries – Alibaba has made ecommerce its calling, while Tencent owns social...
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5 latest marketing and public relations jobs in Singapore
Ready for your weekly dose of marketing & public relations jobs in Singapore? This list will feature exciting career opportunities that have recently opened up from companies on Tech in Asia Jobs....
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Less than 5% of Indian engineering students are fit for techie jobs, study finds
Photo credit: Pixabay. India is seen abroad as a place that produces high-caliber tech talent, and there’s good reason for that. Silicon Valley is teeming with Indian entrepreneurs, and some of the...
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China’s hottest media startup worth $11 billion with new funding
Photo credit: stokkete / 123RF. Chinese news site Toutiao has reached new heights with a recent round of fundraising, reported Reuters today citing a personal privy to the matter. The Beijing-based...
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Brief: Drivers are leaving Uber at an alarming rate. It’s working on a fix.
Photo credit: Mark Warner Uber executives have been alarmed recently by the accelerating rate at which drivers are leaving the service. Internal data shows that only 25 percent of drivers who sign up...
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A startup tackles Southeast Asia’s hidden esports opportunity
An esports tournament. Photo credit: Dota 2 The International. It may not be long before an athlete wins a gold medal at the Olympics – for playing a computer game. Competitive computer gaming, or...
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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: Going back to the future with Google’s Tango AR
As younger generations choose to spend more of their lives behind screens, museums have sought to stay relevant with the use of digital media and new technologies. The National Museum of Singapore’s...
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118 startups to add to your Bootstrap Alley checklist
Located in the heart of Tech in Asia Singapore 2017’s conference floor is Bootstrap Alley, our signature startup exhibition where hundreds of early-stage companies gather to showcase their innovative...
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Brief: iFlix will produce its own original content for Southeast Asia
Netflix rival iFlix announced today it’s going to produce its own original content in the vein of its US-headquartered competitor. Its first original TV show is called Magic Hour and it’s a spin-off...
View ArticleVideo: This nifty device will make traveling a whole lot easier
Technology finally seems to be catching up to the world’s language woes. An increasing number of startups join the race to build ultra-portable, handheld real-time translation devices. Travis the...
View ArticleVideo: Fujifilm Instax’s latest camera is #instagoals
It’s happened. Fujifilm’s Instax division has released the world’s first hybrid instant camera. The Instax SQ10 combines digital flexibility with analog output. I mean, why be creative when you have...
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Is the Lazada-Uber-Netflix alliance a game changer?
Image credit: lightwise / 123RF Stock Photo. Southeast Asia’s biggest ecommerce marketplace Lazada made headlines recently with a blockbuster launch of a membership program in Singapore called LiveUp,...
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Brief: Singapore’s SMRT negotiating to sell taxi operations to Grab
Image credit: Wikimedia. Singapore transport operator SMRT wants to sell off its taxi business, and has been in talks with transport app company Grab for a deal. The move is due to SMRT’s desire to...
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Last Week in Tech: The Lazada-Uber-Netflix alliance and SEAsia’s sinking funding
From left to right: Y Combinator’s Kevin Hale, 500 Startups’ Dave McClure, and Movida’s Taizo Son taking a selfie on stage at Tech in Asia Tokyo 2014. Why are people upset over a US$400 juicer, and how...
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Brief: Uber’s CEO tried to trick Apple. It backfired.
Travis Kalanick, CEO of Uber. Image credit: Wikimedia. It’s another account of Travis’ win-at-all-cost ethos. In 2015, Uber had a problem. Uber drivers in China were using stolen iPhones to set up...
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Brief: Singapore’s iFashion group aims to IPO by end of 2017
Photo credit: Unsplash. Singapore-based online fashion platform iFashion says it’s planning to go public, raising US$10 million in an initial public offering by the end of the year. iFashion has been...
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