Features
Friday Futures: how to create a wormhole, nuking hurricanes
This week: how to create a wormhole; AR transforms learning; running a cable to the moon; a new type of time; nuking hurricanes; a seacosphere. Read more…
Month: August 2019
Features
Identity verification central to any fintech startup portfolio
We approached one of our regular guest writers, Jonathan Jensen, to find out what role identity verification is playing in the fintech sector in Europe and what role it may play in Asia as deregulation Read more…
News
Huawei interested in undersea cable South America to Asia
Huawei Technologies said on Wednesday it was “very actively” interested in building the first undersea fibre-optic cable between South America and Asia. Read more…
News
Amazon in early talks for a stake in Indonesian Go-Jek
Amazon Inc is in early talks with Go-Jek Group to buy a stake in the Indonesian ride-hailing startup, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. Read more…
News
Asia’s non-banking firms keen to challenge Singapore banks
Asia’s non-banking firms keen to challenge traditional banks in Singapore by leveraging their technology and user databases to offer banking services. Read more…
News
Huawei to launch high-end smartphones, without Google
Huawei plans to forge ahead with the launch of new high-end smartphones in Europe even though it may not be able to offer Google’s Android operating system Read more…
Features
Investors to transform Greater Bay into urban mobility demo
GreaterBayX investors aim to use the Greater Bay Area to develop urban mobility tech for the rest of the planet. HK’s current political crisis is not a concern, they say. Read more…
Views
The art of pricing – and the smartest tricks in the book
In pricing, there was a thing called a ‘simplicity curve’. When telcos were selling, well, telco stuff, the simplicity curve started by being, well, simple. Read more…
Features
Reality hits – 130 applications from the US to supply Huawei
The US Commerce Department has received more than 130 applications from companies for licenses to sell US goods to China’s Huawei. Read more…
News
Now Google shifts Pixel production to Vietnam
Google is shifting its Pixel smartphone production to Vietnam from China starting this year as it builds a cheap supply chain in Southeast Asia. Read more…
