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Month: August 2017

viu philippines
Features

Q&A: Relevant content and Facebook key to Viu’s Philippines strategy

August 31, 2017 John C. Tanner 0

On the sidelines of CASBAA Philippines In View, which wrapped up on Wednesday, Jacky Lai, assistant vice president of business development at PCCW OTT-Viu, updates Disruptive.Asia on Viu’s progress in the Philippines and explains why Read more…

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Amazon and Microsoft connect their digital assistants to each other

August 31, 2017 News Centre 0

REUTERS – Amazon.com and Microsoft have joined forces to let their voice-controlled virtual assistants talk to each other, offering users the ability to seamlessly tap into work, their homes and shop online. The partnership is Read more…

Views

M1 and StarHub launch (more or less) unlimited data plans

August 31, 2017 John C. Tanner 0

ITEM: Singapore has become the latest battleground for unlimited data plans, with cellcos M1 and StarHub launching competing plans offering customers unlimited 4G data – although the two operators have slightly different ideas of what Read more…

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Vietnam govt struggles to control social media dissidents

August 31, 2017 News Centre 0

HANOI (Reuters) – “This isn’t like China,” says Vietnamese activist “Anh Chi” at a noisy bar off one of the narrow streets of Hanoi’s Old Quarter. “They can’t shut Facebook down here.” His 40,000 Facebook Read more…

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HKT and StarHub announce exclusive offers with Google-Wifi

August 31, 2017 John C. Tanner 0

Google-Wifi has landed in Hong Kong and Singapore via separate exclusive deals with telcos HKT and StarHub, who are offering the mesh Wi-Fi device as part of revamped broadband bundles. HKT Smart Living is offering Read more…

SK Telecom launches IoT service to monitor and manage school air quality
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SK Telecom launches IoT service to monitor and manage school air quality

August 31, 2017 News Centre 0

SK Telecom announced that it launched an IoT-based air quality monitoring and management service for schools. Billed as Smart Air for School, the service measures and analyzes air quality – e.g. fine dust (PM2.5, PM10) Read more…

Dara Khosrowshahi
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Khosrowshahi takes the helm at Uber, promises changes

August 31, 2017 News Centre 0

SAN FRANCISCO/GEORGETOWN, Del. (Reuters) – Uber Technologies’ new chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi told employees on Wednesday the ride-services company would change its culture and may go public in 18 to 36 months. Khosrowshahi, who led Read more…

toyota
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Toyota joins the Grab party with investment and tie-up

August 31, 2017 News Centre 0

TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp’s trading arm became the latest participant in ride-hailing firm Grab’s current financing round that is expected to raise $2.5 billion, led by Chinese peer Didi Chuxing and Japan’s SoftBank Read more…

towers
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Edotco and DH Corp buy 13,000 towers in Pakistan for $940 million

August 31, 2017 News Centre 0

Axiata Group subsidiary edotco has landed a deal to acquire approximately 13,000 towers in Pakistan from Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited (PMCL) for $940 million in partnership with local investment conglomerate Dawood Hercules Corp (DH Corp). Read more…

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Google raises the stakes in augmented reality battle with Apple

August 30, 2017 News Centre 0

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google on Wednesday unveiled tools to make augmented reality apps for mobile devices using the Android operating system, setting up its latest showdown with Apple’s iPhone over next-generation smartphone features. Phone-based Read more…

finance
Views

Thanks to FinTech, finance services will be just another payment option

August 30, 2017 Jouko Ahvenainen 0

In many industries – such as airlines, retail, and media – disruption has been linked to new low-cost, almost commodity-type services. Southwest Airlines and Ryanair paved the way for low-cost flights, online news has become Read more…

china unicom
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Unicom’s 5G model rips up the West’s net neutrality rulebook: report

August 30, 2017 News Centre 0

If China Unicom’s so-called “2I2C” strategy of combining close commercial partnerships with minority investments by internet companies and industry vertical specialists is successful, it could not only serve as a model for 5G development in Read more…

Kik
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Kik plans to raise $125 million from Ethereum token sale

August 30, 2017 John C. Tanner 0

(Reuters) – Kik Interactive, the Ontario, Canada-based creator of the global chat platform Kik, valued at $1 billion, said on Tuesday it will launch in two weeks the sale of its own cryptocurrency which is Read more…

skin diseases smartphone
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Kyocera co-developing AI to diagnose skin diseases via smartphone pics

August 30, 2017 News Centre 0

Kyocera announced that its subsidiary, Kyocera Communication Systems (KCCS) has started joint research with the University of Tsukuba to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) system capable of detecting melanoma and other skin diseases by analyzing Read more…

Telkomsel launches TCash payments for buses in Semarang
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Telkomsel launches TCash payments for buses in Semarang

August 30, 2017 News Centre 0

Indonesian mobile operator Telkomsel has expanded its TCash digital payments offering by conducting trials of its TCash Pass payment service for the Semarang Rapid Transit Bus (RTB). Telkomsel developed TCash Pass to address the need Read more…

uber
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Uber will provides free insurance for drivers in India

August 30, 2017 News Centre 0

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies will give free insurance to its 450,000 driver partners in India that will cover death, disability or hospitalization due to accidents, the company said on Tuesday. Read more…

News

Apple teams with Accenture to develop iOS business apps

August 30, 2017 News Centre 0

REUTERS – Technology company Apple and professional services company Accenture said Tuesday they will team up to help businesses build better applications for iOS, the operating system that powers Apple’s iPhone and iPad. Accenture helps Read more…

symantec
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India and Pakistan targeted by sustained cyber espionage: Symantec

August 29, 2017 News Centre 0

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Symantec, a digital security company, says it has identified a sustained cyber spying campaign, likely state-sponsored, against Indian and Pakistani entities involved in regional security issues. In a threat intelligence report that Read more…

Views

We need a better definition of edge computing – this just might be it

August 29, 2017 Guest Writer 0

For the past five years, the primary impact of shifting IT platforms was to drive greater data center concentration and the creation of a core IT portfolio. It included the consolidation of smaller corporate data Read more…

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Telkom-1 outage knocks out thousands of ATMs, payment machines

August 29, 2017 News Centre 0

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Thousands of ATMs and electronic card payment machines in Indonesia went offline over the weekend, and it might take two more weeks before full service is restored, after an outage from a Read more…

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