Video: Your fanciest lawn umbrella can’t hold a candle to this
Can your patio umbrella charge your devices, play music from them, tell you the weather, broadcast wifi and more? Yeah, didn’t think so. This post Video: Your fanciest lawn umbrella can’t hold a candle...
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How the tech M&A landscape is heating up
It is no secret that 2016 has been an eventful year for reform and development on a global scale, but what do we know about the ramifications on the merger and acquisition landscape? Why is...
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Brief: China’s Didi to be valued $50b after reported $6b round
Photo credit: Didi Chuxing. The news: China’s leading ride-hailing app Didi Chuxing is raising as much as US$6 billion in new funds from investors such as SofBank, according to Reuters sources. The...
View ArticleVideo: ATMs in Singapore get personal with live video support
Ideally, your relationship with your savings bank of choice would comprise mostly of withdrawals, deposits, fund transfers and bill payments, all of which can be done at ATMs, if not online. Sometimes,...
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Brief: Two Singapore politicians to join the tech industry
Teo Ser Luck (left) and Tin Pei Ling. The news: Two Singapore politicians announced separately today that they will be joining the tech industry. Teo Ser Luck has resigned as Minister of State and will...
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Xiaomi founder’s Shunwei invests in Indian gaming startup amid smartphone boom
Photo credit: Mech Mocha. Mobile gaming is yet to take off in India like it has in China. But investors from across the border clearly see the potential for it in the world’s second largest smartphone...
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Brief: It’s still Day 1 for ecommerce in India, says Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon. Photo credit: Steve Jurvetson. “It’s still Day 1 for ecommerce in India,” says Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, in his only statement in the company’s first quarter...
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Ecommerce still falls behind expectations in Indonesia. New report explores why.
Street vendor. Photo credit: Schrista. Ecommerce in Indonesia has a high growth potential. All the ingredients are there. Most importantly, it’s a young, populous, and increasingly affluent nation....
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Didi confirms $5.5b funding to boost ‘global strategy’
Photo credit: toonartist / 123RF. Didi, China’s top ride-hailing startup, today revealed it has secured US$5.5 billion in funding. The investors were not disclosed. The money is to “support its global...
View ArticleVideo: Why a voice imitation AI startup made its tech public
Imitation is often said to be the sincerest form of flattery, but it’s hard to believe that technologies like Lyrebird won’t be used malignantly. The voice imitation AI claims to require a vocal sample...
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Alibaba vs Tencent – on 2 wheels
Photo credit: Ofo. Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Tencent have a timeworn tradition of competing through proxies, usually portfolio companies. In the ride-hailing war it was Kuaidi Dache vs Didi...
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Your TIA Singapore 2017 adventure is (almost) complete with these speakers
In the lead up to Tech in Asia Singapore 2017, a slew of speakers have been introduced to their all-star roster. Aside from Adi Tartako (Houzz), Alexis Ohanian (Reddit), Min-Liang Tan (Razer) and...
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Silicon Valley innovation builder Singularity U launches Singapore chapter
SU Singapore global impact challenge winner Victor Pomponiu (center) with SG Innovate boss Steve Leonard (third from left), SU director of strategic relations Kip Stringfellow (first on the right), and...
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Didi’s master plan to win over local Chinese governments – with data
A road heat map from Didi’s big data traffic platform. Photo credit: Didi Chuxing, modified by Tech in Asia. The security at Didi Chuxing’s headquarters is surprisingly tight for a ride-hailing...
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7 rising startups in India – April 29, 2017
Photo credit: Susan Nilsson Three healthcare startups make the cut in this roundup of rising Indian startups that have raised funding in a tough environment. The biggest funding round for a co-working...
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Japan’s answer to Y Combinator just graduated its next 3 companies
Graduates of Code Republic’s latest batch with YJ Capital’s managing director Shinichiro Hori in front center flanked by East Ventures managing partner Taiga Matsuyama to his left and East Ventures...
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14 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. Niramai | India (Startup...
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Ola, Uber growth in India screeches to a halt in 2017
Photo credit: Pixabay. Ride-hailing apps in India – mainly Uber and its arch-rival Ola – had a fall in rides for the first time in the first quarter of 2017. The number of rides fell by 5 percent...
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Last Week in Tech: Didi’s ascension, and more funds for the taking
Didi’s president, Jean Liu, onstage at WSJDLive in Laguna, California. Image credit: screen grab from WSJ video. Didi’s rise to the top, and a new battle arena for Tencent and Alibaba? What did Uber do...
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In China, a pig farm just got tens of millions of bucks in VC funding
Photo credit: crystaltmc / 123RF. In the tastiest tech deal so far this year, a pig farm in China has attracted US$23 million in funding from some big-name firms and startup investors. It’s not April...
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