Giants Volanews

Amazon To Adopt 10K Electric Vehicles Made By Indian OEMs The electric rickshaws will operate in Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad and other cities by 2025.

by Inc42

2020-01-21

INDIA MANUFACTURING SAMSUNG

Samsung To Manufacture Smartphone Displays In Noida Samsung has invested around INR 3,500 Cr in Samsung Display Noida Pvt Ltd

by Inc42

2020-01-21

INDIA CLOUD SERVICE Airtel

Airtel Teams Up With Google Cloud To Take On Jio-Microsoft Partnership Airtel will offer Google’s G Suite services to small and medium scale businesses.

by Inc42

2020-01-21

US CLOUD SERVICE AMAZON

Amazon AWS proposes AI to help NASA predict super solar storms NASA is working with Amazon’s cloud computing services service AWS and Amazon Machine Learning Solutions Lab on a project to use artificial intelligence (AI) to provide early warning of supersolar storms.

by smalltechnews

2020-01-21

US GOOGLE AI

UPDATE 1-Alphabet CEO backs temporary ban on facial-recognition technology over misuse worry The chief executive of Google parent company Alphabet on Monday backed an EU proposal to temporarily ban facial-recognition technology because of the possibility that it could be used for nefarious purposes.

by smalltechnews

2020-01-21

CHINA E-COMMERCE PINDUODUO

Pinduoduo Announced That Its Constellation Duoduo Live Was Officially Launched Duoduo Live is a marketing tool for partners who are strong at, or have the potential for, influencer marketing.

by Finsmes

2020-01-20

INDIA IBM GIANTS

At 900, India second highest contributor to IBM US patent tally in 2019 This the second-highest tally from any country for IBM, right after the US, the company said in a statement.

by techcircle.in

2020-01-20

INDIA XIAOMI GIANTS

Xiaomi Reshuffles Leadership Roles To Take On Realme, Samsung Xiaomi has sold more than one million devices in India’s offline space.

by Inc42

2020-01-20

MALAYSIA Healthcare Affinity Partners

Buyout firm Affinity Partners weighs sale of Malaysia’s Island Hospital Island Hospital, founded in 1996, has 300 beds with over 50 full-time specialists who treat more than 300,000 patients a year, according to its website.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-01-20

INDONESIA ENTERTAINMENT Telkom Indonesia

Telkom Indonesia’s Faisal Djoemadi and Joddy Hernady on blocking Netflix and monetization from video games As new revenue sources emerge, so does Telkom’s business strategy.

by kr-asia

2020-01-20

INDONESIA VC SOFTBANK

Softbank offers to invest USD 40 billion in Indonesia’s new capital The construction of the new capital will start later this year.

by kr-asia

2020-01-20

INDIA CONSUMER GOODS XIAOMI

Xiaomi to launch more Mi phones in India in 2020, Mi MIX Alpha and Mi Note 10 expected “Xiaomi plans to expand its Mi lineup of phones in India, so we could see the launch of Mi Note 10 and Mi MIX Alpha soon”

by 91mobiles

2020-01-20

INDIA CONSUMER GOODS SAMSUNG

Samsung invests $ 500 million to establish a smartphone display plant in India The South Korean giant said the plant would produce screens for smartphones, as well as a wide range of other electronic devices.

by newsdio

2020-01-20

CHINA SOFTWARE GIANTS

List of Top 100 Chinese Software Companies by Revenue in 2019 Released Huawei, Haier, and Aliyun topped the list.

by Francis

2020-01-19

KENYA E-COMMERCE Jumia

Jumia Kenya appoints new CCO to drive commercial success Jumia Kenya has appointed Kenneth Oyolla as its Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) to drive commercial success as the firm eyes new revenue streams.

by techmoran

2020-01-19

KENYA ACCELERATOR MIT Sloan

3 Kenyan startups to host MIT Sloan Global Entrepreneurship Lab projects Kenyan startups AT Labs, Lori Systems and SunCulture have been selected to host Global Entrepreneurship Laboratory (G-Lab) projects, which will help them gain significant insights from MIT MBA students.

by disrupt-africa

2020-01-19

INDIA FINTECH MASTERCARD

Mastercard Plans $1 Bn Investment To Build Tech R&D For India Mastercard also works with fintech startups to boost adoption of digital payments.

by Inc42

2020-01-19

JAPAN VC SOFTBANK

SoftBank’s Biggest Backer May Pull Out Of Vision Fund 2 SoftBank portfolio companies are facing layoffs at present.

by Inc42

2020-01-19

THAILAND RETAIL Central Retail

Singapore’s GIC, Capital Research investing in Thailand’s Central Retail IPO The IPO, first announced in July, comes after Thailand took the top IPO ranking in Southeast Asia in 2019 with $4 billion in fundraisings.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-01-19

US FINTECH MORGAN STANLEY

Morgan Stanley to hire dozens in HK, Singapore to boost wealth business The New York-based bank is looking to add 30 to 35 private bankers in the two cities this year.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-01-19