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 […]
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 […]
Uncle Tongdao’s 12 star sign characters. Photo credit: Uncle Tongdao. Cai Yuedong is an artist. Now, he’s also a millionaire, having sold a majority share of Uncle Tongdao, the company he built by posting astrology cartoons on WeChat. After the US$31 million sale to media and entertainment company Meisheng Culture, Uncle Tongdao is now valued […]
Broadband network will cost budget $580m in 2016-17 and increase from there, but the final cost won’t be known until NBN Co is soldThe annual cost to the federal budget of the government’s investment in the national broadband network will grow in coming years.The cost to the budget in 2016-17 is estimated to be about […]