We all want a better way to do messaging and calls on our Androids, and RCS is the best way to make it happen. Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T have all jumped on the RCS bandwagon in one way or another. Sprint has gone all-in with Google behind them and you have probably seen people talking […]
Copyright: svetavo / 123RF. Once popular – and now defunct – ecommerce startup AskMe is breathing its last. The startup’s biggest investor, Malaysia-based Astro Entertainment Network (AENL) has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court to close down Getit Infoservices, AskMe’s parent company. The move thwarts all efforts made by AskMe co-founder and CMD […]
Google has rolled out new features to its cloud storage service, Google Drive, to help transfer content from iOS devices to Android. Google announced on Twitter yesterday that Drive now supports photo, video, contact and calendar event transfers, enabled through the iOS Drive app.To make use of the service, iOS users must first install Google […]
Currency exchange apps that help travelers circumvent traditional moneychangers are fast becoming popular in Asia. The latest one to launch in Singapore is Marcopolee. The startup, headquartered in Australia, fashions itself as a peer-to-peer marketplace, similar to Transferwise. Reuben So, founder of Marcopolee, says it’s free to exchange currency through the platform, with no commission […]
Photo credit: Pixabay. Appropriately enough for the holiday season, two fitness apps make the cut today along with a travel app. There are also two fintech startups, serving different ends of the spectrum of users. Logistics, car rental, edtech, and a marketplace complete the list for today’s rising startups. FitMeIn FitMeIn has raised an undisclosed […]
Photo credit: Wikimedia. Before we turn the page to 2017, let’s take a refresher on the most talked about events of this year. From one startup’s spectacular failure to Alibaba’s shopping spree, here are the top tech stories in Southeast Asia in 2016: 1. Alibaba’s huge Lazada purchase Alibaba this year bought a US$1 billion […]