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Brief: MIT’s new device is a step above wearable health trackers
WiGait can be put up on a wall like a painting to continuously monitor people walking about the house. Photo credit: MIT News. The news The AI lab at MIT has developed a health tracker called WiGait...
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WeChat maker Tencent opens AI lab in US
Photo credit: Tech in Asia. Tencent, China’s US$300 billion tech giant and maker of the popular messaging app WeChat, today confirmed it has opened a lab in Seattle devoted to AI tech. The social media...
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Brief: Alibaba rival JD may invest in Indonesia’s Tokopedia
Tokopedia’s William Tanuwijaya speaking on stage at TIA Jakarta 2016. The news: Chinese ecommerce giant JD is in talks to make a major investment in Tokopedia, one of Indonesia’s largest online...
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Southeast Asia’s VC landscape: What startups need to know
Southeast Asia has seen tremendous growth in their startup scene throughout the past few years. As a young region with a market that promises huge growth potential (many thanks to the increasing...
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How a bootstrapped media company became 500 Startups’ first investment in...
Vichet In (middle), and his brothers Visal (L) and Vichea (R). Image credit: Khmerload. “Often, you come across entrepreneurs who have no traction, no market position, and are asking for a lot,”...
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UberEats arrives in India. First stop: Mumbai
Photo credit: lenyvavsha / 123RF. Uber forayed into India’s big, fat, and still unsolved on-demand food delivery space today. It launched UberEats in Mumbai, the country’s most populous city, promising...
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A love (hate) story: Apple’s eight years in China
Eight years ago, Apple opened its first store in China. Today, there are 40 scattered across the country, the largest iPhone market in the world. It’s been a love-hate relationship. The iPhone is both...
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Singapore cleantech startup now valued at $143m after raising funding
Photo credit: Shawn Hempel / 123RF. Sunseap, dubbed Singapore’s largest renewable energy provider, today announced that it has raised US$4.8 million in funding to fuel its expansion plans. The amount...
View ArticleVideo: This autonomous robot 3D prints buildings
Siberia? Sahara? Any place you didn’t think you’d live in? MIT seems confident that one of its latest toys, the autonomous Digital Construction Platform, will be able to travel to any location you...
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Q&A: 500 Startups’ Dave McClure on China’s tempting but ruthless market
Dave McClure, self-proclaimed “Sith Lord” and founding partner of 500 Startups. Photo credit: 500 Startups. Maybe it’s the jet lag. When I sit down with Dave McClure, founding partner of 500 Startups,...
View ArticleVideo: Peter Thiel explains why competition is for losers
From Sam Altman’s “How to Start a Startup” series, here’s PayPal mafioso Peter Thiel talking about finding your own niche, instead of competing in a huge industry with huge competition. This post...
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Hate filling out forms? The Singapore government has a solution
Image credit: 123RF. Opening a bank account is painful. You’d need to fill out long forms and submit documents. The Singapore government has begun a pilot with the four main banks in the country to...
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Get connected with Google Maps, ironSource and more at TIA SG 2017’s...
This year, Tech in Asia has spared no effort in getting the industry’s best – including a dazzling line-up of global CXOs, founders, leaders and investors in the tech industry. You’ll hear how...
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It’s looking really grim for Apple in China
Apple boss Tim Cook. Photo credit: iphonedigital. Chinese consumers are voting with their wallets – and they’re no longer voting for a new iPhone. That’s clear to see from Apple’s latest earnings...
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Chinese live streaming app Live.me raises $60m to challenge Facebook, Periscope
Live streaming ladies doing their thing. Photo credit: Eva Xiao. Chinese live streaming company Live.me is gearing up to take on competitors in the West. The startup – 70 percent owned by Chinese...
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Brief: Why China may overtake US in AI, argues Chinese investor Lee Kai-Fu
Image credit: aleutie / 123RF Stock Photo. In short: Prominent Chinese tech investor Lee Kai-Fu (view his portfolio here) thinks China could overtake the US in certain areas of AI, such as...
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Berrybenka CEO on why he’s opening offline stores
Berrybenka’s shop opening at Pondok Indah Mall in Jakarta. Image credit: Tech in Asia. Fashion ecommerce startup Berrybenka last weekend opened a physical store in a popular shopping mall in Jakarta....
View ArticleVideo: Jeff Bezos’ 4 keys to business success
Based off his inspiring 2017 letter to shareholders, here are Amazon head honcho Jeff Bezos’ key tenets to maintaining a successful business. This post Video: Jeff Bezos’ 4 keys to business success...
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Singapore will spend $107m to be a force for AI in the next 5 years. It’s...
Minister for communications and information Dr. Yaacob Ibrahim announces AI.SG at Innovfest Unbound. Photo credit: Innovfest Unbound. Artificial intelligence is the trending tech topic of the year and...
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People now use 10 apps a day, and spend more time on them: App Annie
Photo credit: David Rothwell. People are using 10 apps a day worldwide on average, says a new report from mobile data analytics firm App Annie. In a month, they use 30 apps. Brazil, India, and China...
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