October 2019 | Disruptive.Asia

Can big data help you avoid jet lag? Qantas is finding out

October 31, 2019 Guest Writer 0

During the first-ever 19-hour direct flight, Qantas gathered data on passengers and crew to measure the impact on their health and test mitigation techniques. Read more…

Google – winner in search, second to Amazon in smart home?

October 31, 2019 Richard Windsor 0

Google will get better at search which will increase its dominance, but it won’t help in the struggle with Amazon for the smart home. Read more…

Indian telecoms lobby group warns of ‘unprecedented crisis’

October 31, 2019 News Centre 0

India’s telecoms sector leading players will face an ‘unprecedented crisis’ if the government refuses to relax its demand for $13 billion in outstanding dues. Read more…

Indian regulator investigates MakeMyTrip over Softbank bias

October 31, 2019 News Centre 0

Indian regulator will investigate allegations that hotel-booking service MakeMyTrip gives special treatment to SoftBank-backed hotel chain Oyo. Read more…

China backing could tip scales in race for blockchain supremacy

October 31, 2019 News Centre 0

China’s president call to put blockchain at the heart of the country’s innovation could tip the scales towards Beijing in the global race to lead the technology Read more…

NZ Commerce Commission reveals draft levy contributions

October 31, 2019 News Centre 0

New Zealand’s Commerce Commission reveals how much 16 telecoms providers will each pay towards the Telecommunications Development Levy. Read more…

Samsung teases with square foldable smartphone

October 31, 2019 News Centre 0

Samsung Electronics has unveiled a new design for a smartphone that folds into a square, racing ahead in folding devices. Read more…

The mixed reality market is about to skyrocket – apparently

October 30, 2019 Alex Leslie 0

Forget Virtual and Augmented Reality, we should be thinking Mixed Reality. This is according to Juniper Research that doesn’t seem sure what ‘real’ is. Read more…