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Video: Use your face as a boarding pass
Tired of carrying a paper boarding pass around? China is testing a new system where all you need is your own face. This post Video: Use your face as a boarding pass appeared first on Tech in Asia.
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Arena returns to TIA Tokyo 2017 in search of the next big startup
If you are a fan of Pokemon Go, you would be familiar with the excitement of battling in gym arenas and beating other players’ Pokemons to become a gym leader and earn badges of glory. Now, Tech in...
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Firing: How to do it right
Here’s a tough pill to swallow: In any startup, every leader must fire their own team members. And the people you hired will remember the day you fire them. So how do you deliver the news? As horrible...
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Grab rolls out credit transfer between GrabPay users in major push beyond...
Grab cars in Singapore. Photo credit: BYD. Grab has further expanded the use of its payments service beyond transportation with the launch of a peer-to-peer (P2P) fund transfer feature in its app. The...
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Brief: Singapore robo-advisory startup bags fresh funding
Photo credit: Bambu. Bambu is a business-to-business financial robo-advisory software firm based in Singapore. Launched in February 2016, the company’s white label solution automates the process of...
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Four Southeast Asian countries with room for logistics and infrastructure growth
Image credit: Pixabay. The phrase “Made in China” is arguably cliche but maybe not for long – the country’s rising labor costs over the past decade are driving production to Southeast Asia. Southeast...
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Video: China’s swarming military drones
If one drone can’t get the job done, perhaps a few hundred working together can. This post Video: China’s swarming military drones appeared first on Tech in Asia.
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‘I will not bullshit you … Uber will go public within three years,’ new CEO...
New CEO Dara Khosrowshahi addresses Uber staff. Photo credit: Uber. Uber will go for an IPO in 18 to 36 months, says its new CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi. He made the promise of public stock market listing...
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Alibaba’s movie business is booming – and losing a ton of money
Photo credit: leaf / 123RF It isn’t just in online shopping and payments where Jack Ma’s Alibaba is making coin – it’s also seeing a big boom in its movie-making business. That turned into a US$79.7...
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Here’s how you can get the best ROI from any tech conference
For the most of us, tech conferences can be incredibly rewarding yet draining at the same time. It usually involves multitasking between participating in the various conference segments and networking....
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Temasek’s Vertex preps new $150m-plus fund for Southeast Asia, India
Photo credit: Pixabay. Vertex Ventures, the venture capital arm of Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings, has exceeded its target size of US$150 million for its third fund for Southeast Asia...
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IoT skills shortage creates ‘security threats’: study
Photo credit: Pexels. Businesses are lacking worker skills needed to develop Internet of Things (IoT) technology and cyber security, a new study says. According to the report by UK-based satellite...
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Grab’s engineering head departs
Grab’s former vice president of engineering Arul Kumaravel (L) talking at a media briefing in Singapore in January 2016. Photo credit: Grab Indonesia. Grab’s vice president of engineering, Arul...
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Meet 6 top investors giving you money at Tech in Asia Tokyo 2017
Setting up an investor partnership can be quite tedious. Never mind the actual paperwork; just getting an investor to say yes can take several months. In the business world, not a lot of processes can...
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Video: Mark Cuban on failure
“When you’re 22, 23, 24, there’s no such thing as failure,” says Mark Cuban. Video by Centaine Lim. This post Video: Mark Cuban on failure appeared first on Tech in Asia.
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In China, KFC tests out ‘smile to pay’
KFC is now testing out booths at a store in China where people pay with their face. GIF by Tech in Asia. From video by Ant Financial. First you browse KFC’s selection on the screen, tap your choices…...
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This startup uses blockchain tech to make sure your vaccines are safe
Statwig co-founder and CEO Sid Chakravarthy. Photo credit: YouTube capture. About half of vaccines today go to waste because of mismanagement of the supply chain, while inefficiencies in that chain...
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The rare startup that wants to put Singapore on the medical robotics map
EndoMaster’s robot. Photo credit: EndoMaster. EndoMaster is a unicorn. No, it’s not worth a billion bucks, but it’s a rare and promising medical devices startup in Singapore. It has oodles of ambition....
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12 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. Mobikon | Singapore (Startup...
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Video: This single robot can steal 10 people’s jobs
At risk: a total of 60 million to 75 million jobs in the global textile industry. This post Video: This single robot can steal 10 people’s jobs appeared first on Tech in Asia.
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