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5 web development jobs this week: Oddle, Fundnel, and more.
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Brief: Uber broke the law in South Korea. It was fined $8,863.
Photo credit: Tech in Asia. Uber was found guilty of using private vehicles for commercial transportation in violation of South Korean law, a Seoul court ruled yesterday. A spokesperson said the...
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Logistics startup nets $2.75m funding to help businesses survive an ecommerce...
CarPal team. Image credit: CarPal. Ecommerce is a tidal wave that’s supposedly responsible for the current retail doldrum and empty shopping malls. Singapore-headquartered startup CarPal, however,...
View ArticleVideo: Soar over traffic in this flying car
So yes. An actual flying car is available for pre-order right now. It’s not quite Anakin’s speeder or Doc Brown’s hover-converted car, but it should tide us over until those become a reality. The...
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Startup hubs are linking Singapore and Indonesia, filling the gaps in policy
Representatives of SGInnovate and East Ventures at the announcement of their collaboration in Jakarta, along with Singapore’s minister of trade and industry. Tenants of the network of co-working spaces...
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Brief: Singapore sets up new S$1b fund to commercialize promising tech
Photo credit: krunja / 123RF. Singapore’s Intellectual Property Office (IPOS) and private equity firm Makara Capital Partners are setting up the Makara Innovation Fund, a S$1 billion (US$718 million)...
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Tencent ramps up cloud business with new overseas data centers
Photo credit: Tencent Cloud. Chinese social and gaming giant Tencent – now the tenth largest company in the world – is ramping up expansion of its cloud business, which has so far lagged behind...
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Brief: Ticket Monster pockets $115m to keep up with Korea’s ecommerce boom
Photo credit: briangoodman / 123RF. South Korean ecommerce startup Ticket Monster has pocketed US$115 million in funding, it announced today. The cash is from Simone Investment Managers and previous...
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TIA presents ‘SYNC’ – the next step in Asia’s tech ecosystem
Photo credit: tykhyi / 123RF Stock Photo Since 2015, the prominence of expert stages at Tech in Asia conferences has been steadily increasing. They are filled with practical, how-to advice on...
View ArticleVideo: DJI’s Goggles let you become one with your drone
DJI’s latest accessory, the unambiguously named Goggles, pretty much explains itself. The bulky but otherwise minimalistic gadget streams the view from a DJI drone’s camera in real-time. What this...
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Non-gaming apps start making serious money: Line, Spotify are top grossers
Photo credit: tomwang / 123RF Stock Photo. People love to splurge on games in app stores, even as other apps struggle to make money. But this is starting to change as companies figure out ways to...
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TransferWise sets up Singapore office to serve as Asia-Pacific HQ
TransferWise CEO Taavet Hinrikus during a World Economic Forum event in Tianjin, China, in 2016. Photo credit: World Economic Forum / Sikarin Thanachaiary. Online money transfer startup TransferWise...
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4 up-and-coming ecommerce startups to look out for at TIA Singapore 2017
The internet has made life a lot easier by streamlining communication channels. But the emergence of ecommerce sites spell a different story altogether. Beyond providing a diverse portfolio of products...
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China’s top ride-hailing app just added bicycles
Photo credit: Ofo. Didi, China’s top ride-hailing app, just added bicycles to its line-up. The bright yellow bikes come courtesy of Ofo, a startup that Didi invested in seven months ago. Ofo is one of...
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Brief: Spotify gets on the blockchain train with new acquisition
Photo credit: Spotify. Spotify has acquired New York-based startup Mediachain to improve its artist attribution and royalties collection efforts. Mediachain was developing peer-to-peer database...
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Brief: Hackers got chance to steal from millions as Microsoft took months to...
Photo credit: Cuneopost. Microsoft took six months to investigate and patch a flaw in the way Microsoft Word processes documents from another format. An ethical hacker exploited the flaw and alerted...
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Brief: UberEats delivering McDonald’s to more cities
The news: McDonald’s is expanding its collaboration with Uber’s food delivery service, UberEats, to more cities in the US this quarter after a pilot run in Florida. The fast food chain piloted...
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5 latest marketing and public relations jobs this week
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This insurance startup came out of nowhere to raise $50m series A
Photo credit: scyther5 / 123RF. Insurtech firm Singapore Life announced today it has raised a blockbuster US$50 million for its series A round. Investors include Impact Capital Holdings, a subsidiary...
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Brief: Go-Jek investor KKR tops up third Asia fund, nearing $7b target
Photo credit: David Mark/Pixabay. The news: A US private pension provider, the New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF), says it’s putting at least $275 million into a new fund by global investment...
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