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WeWork chief Neumann ousted over valuation plunge
WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann will resign after SoftBank and other shareholders turned on him over a plunge in the company’s estimated valuation. Read more…
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Seems e-scooters aren’t as eco-friendly as you might think
Dockless e-scooters are touted as a green alternative to cars, but a new study says that actually they aren’t once you look beyond the tailpipe. Read more…
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The future of urban mobility is … sharable pogo sticks?
Forget e-scooters – a start-up in Sweden is promoting the next big thing in urban mobility solutions: pogo sticks. They claim they’re not kidding. Read more…
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Blockchain-washing is the new AI-washing, apparently
ITEM: A company called Primalbase is launching blockchain-enabled shared workspaces. Which doesn’t mean what you might think it means. When Primalbase recently sent out a press release announcing that “UK’s first blockchain-enabled shared workspace launches Read more…
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E-scooters are a step too far for the sharing economy
Not to be outdone by the bike-sharing craze in China, Silicon Valley is jumping on the e-scooter bandwagon, an idea that sounds great but has significant practical difficulties. Car sharing and ride hailing began in Read more…
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Cloud numbers enable privacy in the sharing economy
Sharing economy apps make use of mobile voice calls, but users don’t like sharing their private number with strangers. Solution: telcos can provide disposable cloud numbers for such apps. The seamless transition between digital apps Read more…
News
Asia’s youth keen to ditch cars and taxis for bike-sharing: survey
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Orange, yellow and other brightly coloured bikes have been popping up in cities across Asia, surprising residents and frequent visitors with their sudden ubiquity outside train stations and condo gates over the Read more…
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Sharing-economy apps are perfect targets for DDoS attacks
While Western apps such as Uber and Airbnb are the leaders in the sharing economy, business opportunities in Asia for sharing apps are also thriving. With the sheer size of its population, constantly evolving work Read more…
Off the Wire
Transport and corporate space to drive sharing economy to $40b by 2022
The sharing economy is set to see substantial growth, as players in more established sectors, such as transport and corporate space, press their first mover advantage, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The Read more…
Features
Singapore tightens regulations on sharing-economy disruptors
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore, a keen early adopter of the sharing economy, has fired a warning shot across the bow of Airbnb and Uber with tighter rules that could shake up their business models and growth ambitions Read more…